pREHISTORY
Bible:
Study Creation to Tower of BabelReading List:
The Dreamer
by Cynthia Rylant (elementary) - Vocabulary, Essays, and TestsWhat Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
by John Morris and Ken Ham - Vocabulary, Essays, and TestsLife in the Great Ice Age
by Michael and Beverly Oard - Vocabulary, Essays, and TestsNoah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure
by John D. Morris - Vocabulary, Essays, and TestsAdam and His Kin
by Ruth Beechick - Vocabulary, Essays, and TestsResource List:
Abeka History Texts
The Timetables of History by Bernard Grun
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions
Holman Bible Atlas
Encylopedia of the Bible by John Drane
Heart of Wisdom Adam
Genesis, Finding Our Roots by Ruth Beechick
OVCEA's Dinosaur Color Book and Creation Facts
Dinosaurs by Design by Duane T. Gish
God Created the Dinosaurs of the World by Earl and Bonita Snellenberger
Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation Volume 1 by Dennis R. Petersen
It Couldn't Just Happen by Lawrence O. Richards
Did Adam Have a Bellybutton? By Ken Ham
Dinosaur Embryos by Luis Chiappe, National Geographic Dec 1998
A Dinosaur Named Sue by Donovan Webster, National Geographic June 1999
Super Croc by Paul Sereno, National Geographic Dec 2001
France's Magical Ice Age Art: Chauvet Cave by Jean Clottes, National Geographic Aug 2001
Writing Assignments:
Journal entry from the viewpoint of one of the characters on Noah's Ark
Creation poem using the letters of creation.
Make a list of Bible characters that were men after God's own heart
Story of one caught in the flood and hadn't believed Noah was sane prior.
Table of Contents for this unit for portfolio
Research Graphics and Worksheets:
Storyboard of the story of Adam and Eve and the Fall
Article review on National Geographic articles mentioned in resources
Bible Character sketches on Adam, Eve, and Noah
Vocabulary:
ancestor, Tower of Babel, babble, banish, covenant, cubit, deluge, descendant, genealogy, Pentateuch, Genesis, rebellion, evolution, humanism, culture, dispersion, nation
Art:
Color a Creations coloring sheet - Choose from a wide variety
Draw a picture of the ark and how it would have looked
Coloring sheet for Prehistory divider page (elementary)
Divider page for Mesopotamia section of portfolio
Music:
Who is the father of musicians?
Field Trips:
Paleontology lab at a local college
Timeline Characters/Events:
Creation, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, Methuselah, Noah, flood, Ham, Japheth, Lamech, Nimrod, Shem, Shinar, Tower of Babel
History:
Read History text on Ancient Mesopotamia and outline chapter
Write out questions in review and answer with complete sentences.
Study the different ancient cultures of Mesopotamia
Geography:
Make a map of Noah's sons' dispersion
Locate the expected place of the original Garden of Eden on a Mesopotamia map
Map of the world before it divided
Science:
Compare the world before and after a flood. Include drawings of before the flood.
Study and color dinosaurs as found in the OCEA book or coloring sheets off of the web
Create a dinosaur lapbook (elementary)
Write summaries of theory of evolution and discuss Charles Darwin
Culminating Activities:
Organize Notebook section on Prehistory (High school level)
Background from Graphic Garden