At the end of this rotation, participants will be able to:
* Locate the story in the Bible; identify the book of Judges as an Old Testament book of history.
* Recognize the characters in the story and know something about them – Deborah: a Judge, obedient to God, confident in her faith; Barak: military leader summoned by Deborah; Sisera: enemy general; Jael: a woman who hid Sisera but then killed him.
* Explain the role and meaning of a judge in Old Testament times.
* Examine the cyclical structure of the background to this story: people go astray, there is suffering, the people ask God for help, God sends a judge who delivers, then the deliverer dies – and the cycle begins again. Discover a foreshadowing of the need for a leader who wouldn’t die – Jesus.
* Judge the actions of the characters in the story based on their obedience to God; extrapolate this to making judgments about our own choices.
MATERIAL IN THIS ROTATION SET
BIBLE BACKGROUND [Ruth Wilcox]
Reflect on the Old Testament story of Deborah, the Scripture passage, and the memory verse.
BANNERS/TEXTILES [Stacy Tate]
Learn about the pattern of worship in the Israelite’s relationship with God through the story of Deborah and illustrate it with a ribbon banner project.
CINEMA [Anne Camp]
Review the story of Deborah and film interviews with the main characters.
COMPUTER [Neil MacQueen]
Create a condensed version of Judges 4 and develop a memory verse or outline of the story in the form of a keyword poem.
COOKING [Julie Burton]
Make cinnamon cheese and/or goat’s milk fudge to highlight hospitality in Bible times.
CREATIVE WRITING [Stephanie Smith]
Sequence the story of Deborah by using story event cards.
DANCE/GESTURE/MOVEMENT [Cissy Green]
Distill the Song of Deborah into a two to three minute version which will be read (or rapped) and performed with handkerchiefs and American Sign Language.
GAMES [Jaymie Derden]
Match name, story, and description cards related to the story of Deborah.
MUSIC [Carol Hulbert]
Add rhythm instruments to a PowerPoint depicting the story of Deborah through LEGO® pictures.
PHOTOGRAPHY [Joy Feemster]
Study three themes in the story of Deborah -- taking the lead for God, willingly offering oneself for God, and praising God – and take contemporary pictures of people in these situations today.
PUPPETRY [Amy Crane]
Use LEGO® bricks to create manipulatives and retell the story of Deborah as Object Theater.
SCIENCE [Jo Oehrlein]
Explore the story of Deborah through two experiments – one with an eyedropper and the other with magnets – to recognize the characters plus judge their actions.
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