The Judges was a rough time period for God’s people. But it was their own fault. They kept following the peoples they had failed to remove from the promised land. The more they interacted with them, the more they wanted to be like them until there came a time that God was forgotten and they demanded Samuel to give them a king! A king like all the other nations. They had forgotten that they had accepted God as their king.

 “No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 1 Samuel 8:19-20

Thus begins the period we will call the United Kingdom. This name, of course, implies what will come after. If they are united now, they won’t always be.

United Kingdom

As is our routine, we will start class with the books of the Old Testament song and recitation.

Old Testament Books Song MP3

Sing: God Had a Plan by Glenda Schales

17 Time Periods:  Sing song with pictures and hand motions, then pointing to location it happened on timeline.Link to my version of hand motions and song — 17 Time Periods video.

Review Previous Lessons:

Review the main stories in each time period discussed so far using the Feed the Bot activity introduced a couple of weeks ago.

Lesson:  United Kingdom

Power point on laptop for visual aid and all students with Bibles open to proper location as we discuss events.

The beginning of the power point presentation has one picture from the previously studied time periods on each slide randomly placed. As we move through the slides the students will decide which time period the picture belongs in.

To begin this study we will review the promises God has made to

• Noah: Genesis 9:13-16
• Abraham: Genesis 12:1-3
• Moses: Exodus 19:4-6

Read: 1 Samuel 8:19-20 Israelites demand a king.

• Saul: Briefly tell his story then sing We Want A King
• David: Briefly tell his story then sing David
• Solomon: Briefly tell his story then sing Solomon

Show slide of all three kings. Sing The First Three Kings

Bulletin Board Activity: 

Add United Kingdom picture.  Let students take turns putting small pictures in the correct pocket.

Hymn:

Dare To Stand Like Joshua.  Link to John Roger’s recording on Youtube.

Old Testament Challenge:

Give some time to add paper chains.