Before you begin your unit on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, introduce the themes of the play with a lesson based on the biblical story of Joseph. Taking your high schoolers through selected text from Genesis 17-44,...

Middle schoolers investigate the statue that memorialized Ramses II. In this world monuments lesson, students research national and local monuments to find out if there are any controversies regarding their construction....

Intended for a Christian audience, bible study, or home-school setting, this lesson has learners analyzing the significance of the ten commandments in today's world. They consider the commandments themselves, discuss their historical and...

Have you ever listened to a song that had a deeper political meaning to it? Every examined a work of art with layers of meaning? Pupils analyze the drawings of Arthur Szyk. They research the deeper meaning of several artistic cartoons...

Your home-school, Sunday school, or private Christian school learners can build critical thinking and textual analysis skills by taking a look at Ten Commandments. They use this worksheet to analyze and break down textual meaning in an...

Students are divided into groups and follow directions of their group leaders and complete a worksheet while on site.

Fourth graders examine moral choices faced by Gentiles during the Holocaust and the role of the rescuer.

Students explore different codes and ciphers including Morse Code, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and the Alphabet. They discuss how and why codes are used. Students create their own code and message to exchange with classmates.

Students are introduced to Jewish history thorugh food and various ingredients. As a class, they read a passage from the Bible about the exodus from Egypt and answer discussion questions. They make traditional Jewish meals with their...

Students discover main functions and importance of water in Biblical times.  In this water in Biblical times lesson, students discuss prior knowledge and read Bible passages to find ways that water was valuable in Bible times. ...

Students work together to research the oldest forms of writing in the world and the materials used to create them. They explore the cultures that used this early form of writing and draw conclusions about why specific symbols were used....

Students role play. In this equality instructional activity, students read a passage in Leviticus and describe people that would be considered strangers and how they are to be treated. Students discuss the concept of discrimination....

Middle schoolers study place names for different area in the US and determine why they were named in such a way. They examine maps to look at the religious names, "new" beginning names, and copy cat names. They complete a word search to...

This is an excellent site to help with research on the Ten Plagues in the book of Exodus. It describes the situation in Egypt that the time and gives Biblical references for each plague.

Bible Tutor discusses the life and significance of Jeremiah in the Bible. Includes biblical citations from the Book of Jeremiah.

This Bible Tutor site provides a great summary of the book of Exodus, broken down into three parts. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects, and the information that is presented is interesting and...

Ohr Somayach International provides an introduction to the Ten Plagues. Recently an artifact was found that parallels the Bible's account of the Ten Plagues. Scroll down the site and you can read the similiarities.

A short history of the Assyrian conquest of Egypt that deeply integrates historical references made by Herodotus' "Histories" and the Bible. Includes related links that include a dynasty list.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Moses and the Plagues of Egypt."

Use this site to learn about the inventions and innovations of the Ancient Egyptian farmers. This detailed article, which discusses irrigation and the Nile flooding, planting, and harvesting includes links to related articles and...

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...

This stela contains parts of an inscription attributed to King Taharqa, a Nubian who ruled Egypt during the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, and who is known as Tirhaka in the Bible.

The small plate was used for crushing kohl, an eye paint that was used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes. The plate is decorated with a bearded man with long hair seated in front of a Bible.