The Bible curriculum

A Bible course in every grade, kindergarten through twelfth

The whole Bible read in order through the early grades, then how to read it, then doctrine, church history and ethics in high school. King James throughout.

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Every course is published in full: every unit, every lesson, every memory verse, and each one opens a complete lesson you can work through with no account. Where Christian traditions differ, the courses name the positions rather than choosing for your family. On origins every course takes Genesis at its word, six-day creation and a young earth, and whether evolution is taught alongside it is your choice at signup. How our Christian curriculum approaches Scripture, science and denominational differences →

Kindergarten

In the Beginning, a Kindergarten Year in Genesis

Genesis, once through, in a year. You read the passage aloud, tell it back in ordinary words, learn a short verse together, ask three questions, and do one small thing. Twenty minutes, three times a week, and no marking.

  1. In the Beginning · 9 lessons
  2. A Family God Chose · 9 lessons
  3. Jacob · 9 lessons
  4. Joseph · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

God made everything

Hear, retell and talk about “God made everything” (Genesis 1:1-25), and say Genesis 1:1 by heart.

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Grade 1

Out of Egypt, a First Grade Year in Exodus and Joshua

One long journey, told in order, across a school year. Egypt, the sea, the desert, the mountain, forty years of waiting, and into the land. Each week you read the passage aloud from the King James, tell it back in plain words, learn one short verse, ask three questions, and do one small thing. From week 11 you also add a drawing to a paper map of the journey that runs along a wall. Twenty minutes, three times a week, and nothing to mark.

  1. Moses · 9 lessons
  2. Out and Free · 9 lessons
  3. The Long Way · 9 lessons
  4. Into the Land · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

God's people in Egypt

Read, retell and talk about “God's people in Egypt” (Exodus 1:1-14), and say Psalm 121:2 by heart.

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Grade 2

Kings, Prophets and a Promise, a Second Grade Year

Judges, kings and prophets in a year, ending on the promise the Old Testament is leaning toward. Each week you read a short passage aloud from the King James, tell it back in the plain words printed under it, learn one verse, ask three questions, and do one thing. At seven the doing starts to include a pencil: copying the verse, writing a sentence, making a list. Twenty to thirty minutes, three times a week.

  1. When Judges Ruled · 9 lessons
  2. A King Like the Nations · 9 lessons
  3. The Kingdom Divided · 9 lessons
  4. Exile and a Promise · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Everybody did what they wanted

Read, retell and talk about “Everybody did what they wanted” (Judges 2:6-19), and say Judges 21:25 (part) by heart.

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Grade 3

The Old Testament, a Third Grade Survey

The whole Old Testament in a year, in order, with your child now reading some of it out loud themselves. Thirty-nine books in thirty-six weeks: the law, the history, the poetry and wisdom, and the prophets. A paper timeline goes up on a wall in week 1 and gets added to all year. In the last week your child walks it from creation to Malachi and tells the whole story without help.

  1. The Law · 9 lessons
  2. The History · 9 lessons
  3. The Poetry and Wisdom · 9 lessons
  4. The Prophets · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

In the beginning

Read, narrate and discuss “In the beginning” (Genesis 1:1-2:3), and say Genesis 1:1 by heart.

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Grade 4

The Gospels and Acts, a Fourth Grade Year

The life of Jesus told once, in the order it happened, taking each episode from whichever of the four Gospels tells it best, and then Acts. Your child reads part of the passage aloud, tells it back without looking, and writes four or five sentences of it in a notebook they keep all year. That notebook asks one question three times, in week 1, week 20 and week 36: who do you say that I am. There is no quiz and nothing to mark.

  1. Who Jesus Is · 9 lessons
  2. What Jesus Taught · 9 lessons
  3. The Cross and the Empty Tomb · 9 lessons
  4. The Church Begins · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Before the manger

Read, narrate and discuss “Before the manger” (John 1:1-18), and say John 1:14 (part) by heart.

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Grade 5

Letters, Wisdom and the Whole Story, a Fifth Grade Year

The letters and the wisdom books, and then the whole Bible seen at once.

  1. Letters to Churches · 9 lessons
  2. Letters to Everyone · 9 lessons
  3. Wisdom for Living · 9 lessons
  4. One Story · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Letters somebody actually mailed

Read, narrate and discuss “Letters somebody actually mailed” (Acts 9:1-19), and say Acts 9:4 (part) by heart.

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Grade 6

How to Read the Bible, and the Life of Christ

Nine weeks learning how to read the different kinds of writing in the Bible, nine weeks on the five covenants that hold the Old Testament together, then eighteen weeks in the life of Christ read slowly with both of those in hand. Your student reads the King James passage themselves, talks through three questions with you, and writes something nearly every week in one notebook kept all year. The writing is the assessment. There is no quiz.

  1. What Kind of Book Is This · 9 lessons
  2. Covenant · 9 lessons
  3. The Life of Christ, Part One · 9 lessons
  4. The Life of Christ, Part Two · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

A library, not a book

Read, examine and write about “A library, not a book” (2 Timothy 3:14-17 and Psalm 119:97-105), and say 2 Timothy 3:16 by heart.

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Grade 7

Acts to Revelation, and the Early Church

Thirty-six weeks in the New Testament after the Gospels, in roughly the order it happened: the church spreading out of Jerusalem, Paul's three journeys with his letters set down where he actually wrote them, the letters written from custody and under Nero, and nine weeks in Revelation read as the letter to seven real towns that it is. Your student does the reading. Most weeks end in something written.

  1. The Church Spreads · 9 lessons
  2. Paul on the Road · 9 lessons
  3. Letters Under Pressure · 9 lessons
  4. Revelation · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Volume two

Read, examine and write about “Volume two” (Acts 1:1-11), and say Acts 1:8 (part) by heart.

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Grade 8

The Old Testament Read Through the New

How the two testaments fit together, taught by watching the New Testament writers read the Old.

  1. Promise and Fulfillment · 9 lessons
  2. Sacrifice, Temple, Priest · 9 lessons
  3. Exodus and Exile as Patterns · 9 lessons
  4. Hebrews, a Worked Example · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

How the first Christians read their Bible

Read, examine and write about “How the first Christians read their Bible” (Luke 24:13-35 and Luke 24:44-49), and say Luke 24:27 by heart.

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Grade 9

Survey and Christian Doctrine

Two halves. Weeks 1 to 18 place all sixty-six books: what each one is, roughly when it was written, where it sits in the story, and how the canon was recognized. Weeks 19 to 36 take Christian doctrine in the traditional order and ask your student to state each teaching in their own words, from the passages it rests on, in writing. It is a survey and a first course in theology, nondenominational, King James.

  1. The Old Testament Books · 9 lessons
  2. The New Testament Books and the Canon · 9 lessons
  3. God, Christ, Spirit · 9 lessons
  4. Salvation, Church, Last Things · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Sixty-six books, one claim

Read, analyze and argue about “Sixty-six books, one claim” (Luke 24:44-49 and Psalm 119:97-105), and say Luke 24:44 (part) by heart.

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Grade 10

Church History, Pentecost to the Present

Two thousand years of the church, told with its failures in rather than left out.

  1. The Early Church and the Councils · 9 lessons
  2. The Medieval Church · 9 lessons
  3. Reformation · 9 lessons
  4. The Modern and Global Church · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

A movement with nothing

Read, analyze and argue about “A movement with nothing” (Acts 2:1-24 and Acts 2:36-47), and say Acts 1:8 by heart.

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Grade 11

Worldview and Apologetics

What Christians believe, why, and the strongest arguments against it. Your student states each objection at full strength before he is allowed to answer it, builds the historical case for the resurrection the way a historian builds one, describes five other worldviews the way their own adherents describe them, and ends by writing down where he actually stands. Every week ends in writing. There is no quiz and nothing to score.

  1. What a Worldview Is · 9 lessons
  2. The Hard Objections · 9 lessons
  3. The Case for Christ · 9 lessons
  4. Other Worldviews, and How to Disagree · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Everyone is standing somewhere

Read, analyze and argue about “Everyone is standing somewhere” (Acts 17:16-34), and say 1 Thessalonians 5:21 by heart.

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Grade 12

Christian Ethics and Vocation

A year of Christian ethics for a student who leaves home in about twelve months. It teaches a method for deciding rather than a list of answers, because the list runs out in the first semester away. Nine weeks build the method, twenty-seven run it through work, money, speech, the body, sex, marriage, family, justice, war, medicine, death, and the question of what to do with one life. The work is written argument, most weeks a page or two, several times three pages, and thirteen of them in a case brief format learned in week 5.

  1. How to Decide · 9 lessons
  2. Work, Money, Words · 9 lessons
  3. Body, Sex, Family · 9 lessons
  4. Justice, Death, and a Life · 9 lessons

First lesson of the year

Ethics is not a lookup table

Read, analyze and argue about “Ethics is not a lookup table” (Micah 6:6-8 and Matthew 22:34-40), and say Micah 6:8 by heart.

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