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Remembering God's Awesome Acts Review
Curriculum Review by Mary Alice (Our anonymous reviewer!)
This
course is part of the Create-a-Notebook series covering Genesis 1 to Exodus 12
(with a second notebook due to be out soon).
Remembering God's Awesome Acts is
recommended for fifth grade and up. With adaptations, I used it for an upper
level 3rd grader.
My primary focus was to use this for the Ancient Egyptian
section which was quite extensive! We learned about Egyptian Government,
Theories of the Pyramids, Hieroglyphics, and Dynasties, all within a Biblical
viewpoint. For the Egyptian study alone, Remembering God's Awesome Acts is worth
having, but it includes more!
We enjoyed the very detailed art lessons and the wonderful
social studies lessons of getting to know a country. This includes not only
learning about a country's major products and climate but also about their
prayer needs. The authors recommend using Operation World by Patrick Johnstone,
but the teacher’s manual does contain most of the answers if that book is not
available. I also used
Adam and His Kin
by Ruth Beechick for a great read-along literature book.
Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation
by Dennis Petersen is a wonderful resource book on Creation, equipping my child
for the ever present assault of evolution.
Let’s not forget, Remembering God's Awesome Acts does cover
Creation, the Fall, Sumerians, and the Tower of Babel as well as Noah, Abraham,
and Joseph. My child will never forget the bloodline of Noah lesson and can
understand what groups of peoples came from which of Noah's sons.
Remembering God's Awesome Acts includes a teacher's manual
and a notebook “workbook.” Though it is primarily a Bible and History course, it
does include some creative writing, geography, a drawing course and more. It did
take me about 3 months to finish my "adapted" study from this book using other
resources as well. You can adapt yours for as long as you want. I plan to do the
whole book all over again in 3 years as a more intensive study.
Remember we do not need to be a slave to any study, but we
can adapt them to get what we need out of them.
Also by Susan Mortimer is
Remembering God's Chosen Children
Remembering God's Awesome Acts and Related Resources
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