Goals
The Word of God is our personal, spiritual heritage telling the story of our roots and our ultimate destiny. The Our Spiritual Heritage curriculum helps the student see God's plan to build His family and traces that plan through the scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. Memorable people and events from the Bible illustrate powerful lessons and fix them in minds, both young and old. The curriculum emphasizes how the coming of Jesus was the fulfillment of God's plan and the method by which He would adopt mankind as His own Sons and Daughters.
Method
Each week, students study a primary Bible lesson on Sunday and review it on Wednesday. They spend time in review to understand how the current narrative ties to previous lessons. Using flash cards, maps, timelines and character cards, students learn an ever-expanding repertoire of Bible books, people, places, themes, dates and events. The tactile and interactive learning methods go beyond a knowledge of facts and teach the greater purpose of how God used these people to accomplish His great plan for us.
Narratives
Every six months, students approach the Bible from a new theme, a lens through which they view the history of God's relationship with men. Each lesson fits in that theme and focuses on a specific Bible text. Students work with their parents to prepare for their lesson at home with individual workbooks. Once in class, teachers reinforce the concepts in the lesson and demonstrate how the LORD accomplished his plan throughout the Bible.
Who Wall
In each lesson, students identify the characters who play a part in each lesson. Students consistently recognize God's role and the results for those who obey God and those who fail to do so. Teachers use drill exercises with students on each character's part in the lesson.
When Wall
Each week, students review the timeline and understand when the week's lesson fit into that timeline. The narratives go beyond mere facts and students come to thoroughly understand the role each narrative plays in the fulfillment of His plan.
Where Wall
Students become familiar with where the narratives of each lesson occured as they identify and memorize locations on the map. Seeing these events on maps confirms that these were real events that occured in real places demonstrating the truth of God's Word.