Description
The Word in Motion New Testament Bible curriculum takes the intimidation out of teaching Scripture by combining streaming video instruction with vibrant illustrations, fun-to-read narratives, engaging discussion questions, and memorable character profiles. This course tells the story depicted in Scripture in an easy-to-follow, chronological format that equips your student to know, live out, and share the Word of God more. Developed in cooperation with Walk Thru The Bible, this curriculum also gets kids up and moving to help them remember the key people, places, and events from every book of the Bible!
Bible Curriculum Overview
When we offer our students opportunities to learn in different ways (including movement), abstract concepts click, and learning sticks in new ways. Each New Testament lesson incorporates multiple learning styles—seeing, hearing, moving, talking, and repeating—in a way that engages your student’s head, heart, and hands.
Students will learn:
- Keyword memorization to remember important themes of each book of the Bible
- Scripture memorization
- Biblical narratives that present key people, places, events, and important themes of the passage(s) covered by each lesson
- Discussion questions
- In-depth character study of key Bible characters
- Introduction to apologetics
The content of The Word in Motion courses is non-denominational. However, basic doctrines and apologetics that have been historically agreed upon by the church are presented in each lesson. Among the doctrines discussed are the fall of man, sin nature, worship, idolatry, sabbath rest, miracles, repentance, God’s sovereignty, giving, the problem of evil, prophecy, redemption, and many others.
There are 30 lessons in this course. Lessons 1–15 teach students the story of the New Testament, starting with the rise of the Roman Empire and culminating with the founding of the early church and the spread of the gospel to Asia and Europe:
- Lesson 1 Greece, Israel, and Rome
- Lesson 2 The Birth of Christ
- Lesson 3 Baptized and Tempted
- Lesson 4 Second Birth and the Woman at the Well
- Lesson 5 Rejection, Selection, Parables, and Miracles
- Lesson 6 Testimony of Peter and the Transfiguration
- Lesson 7 Counting the Cost, Seeking the Lost, Lazarus, and Zacchaeus
- Lesson 8 Triumphal Entry, Temple Cleansing, and the Last Supper
- Lesson 9 Betrayed, Denied, Crucified, and Resurrected
- Lesson 10 Ascended, Spirit, and Community
- Lesson 11 Servant Leaders, Stephen Martyred, and Persecution
- Lesson 12 Philip’s Preaching, Paul’s Conversion, and Peter’s Vision
- Lesson 13 Law, Grace, and the Call
- Lesson 14 Building, Trials, and Rome
- Lesson 15 Apostles Speak and Wait for Christ
Lessons 16–30 familiarize students with each of the 27 books of the New Testament:
- Lesson 16 Matthew
- Lesson 17 Mark
- Lesson 18 Luke
- Lesson 19 John
- Lesson 20 Acts
- Lesson 21 1 & 2 Thessalonians and Galatians
- Lesson 22 1 & 2 Corinthians
- Lesson 23 Romans
- Lesson 24 Ephesians and Philippians
- Lesson 25 Colossians and Philemon
- Lesson 26 Hebrews
- Lesson 27 James
- Lesson 28 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus
- Lesson 29 1 & 2 Peter and Jude
- Lesson 30 1, 2 & 3 John and Revelation
Notebooking Journal
The notebooking journal provides a place for your students to record their learning and complete hands-on activities.
What’s Inside?
- Notetaking pages for students to take notes after each story
- Bible verse copywork in both print and cursive
- Coloring pages
- Review questions to help students recall the stories they learned
- Activity and prayer pages for each lesson
- Flash cards to help students memorize and review keywords and motions
- Beautiful, full-color Miniature Book for your student to create to recall facts and information learned in each lesson
- Helpful and engaging graphics to help your student visualize and understand concepts
Lesson Plans and Materials
This course is designed to be done 4 days a week in 30-45 minute segments for 30 weeks. Detailed lesson plans, including a suggested daily schedule, are available to download from Book Extras. As a parent, you’ll guide your student through the Old Testament coursework. We include various teaching tools for you to leverage so you can do this confidently.
Teaching tools for this course include:
- Streaming video instruction
- Biblical narratives that tell the story in chronological order
- Discussion questions
- Character profiles
- Essential doctrines and apologetics
- Scripture readings
- Full-color visual aids
- An overview of every Old Testament book
- Insightful articles that bring to life many facets of Biblical history and culture
Engaging Video Lessons Included
Each lesson begins with a short video lesson lasting four to five minutes. Author and speaker Rachael Carman briefly introduces the lesson, providing background, context, and a related Bible story. She will then demonstrate the motion or motions that go with the lesson. More motions are added with each video lesson so that, eventually, students can present a 40-point outline of the entire New Testament, complete with motions and keywords that help them remember each one.
Watch Lesson 1 of the free streaming video lessons that are included.
Product Flip Through
Look inside the textbook and student notebook for The Word in Motion.