Kingdoms of the World

After studying David and Solomon, learners will investigate the cultures of Israel’s neighbors—Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome. They will explore how the growing, and shifting power of these civilizations impacted the followers of God and the Bible.

Unit Essential Questions

  • What is the historical context of the world at the time of the kings and prophets?

  • What were the Empires that impacted the Biblical story? 

  • How did the empires of the world impact God’s people?

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Unit Overview: Time-Traveling Through Empires

This unit kicks off with an exciting project: creating time-travel passports! These passports will be the key to recording everything learners discover over the next five lessons. Each lesson will feature four exploration stations, where students will dive into an empire using the lenses of history, geography, language, and culture. A fifth lens, visual, will also be woven throughout the activities.


Exploration Stations

Station 1: Historical
At this station, learners will uncover the history of an empire by reading a short and engaging paragraph together. Using the information they’ve learned:

  • They’ll solve a word search with clues found in their passports.

  • They’ll also add the empire’s beginning and end dates to a timeline in their passports.

Station 2: Geographical
Here, learners will explore where the empire was located:

  • They’ll locate the empire on a globe and compare it to where they live.

  • In their passports, they’ll color in the empire’s territory on a map to see its size and location clearly.

Station 3: Linguistic
At this station, students will explore the language of the empire through fun activities:

  • They’ll get to read and write words in the empire’s language.

  • Hands-on challenges will help them connect with how people from that empire communicated.

Station 4: Cultural
This station brings the empire to life by focusing on its artifacts and traditions:

  • Learners will examine replicas or images of artifacts from the empire.

  • They’ll record information about their favorite artifact in their passports, making personal connections to what they’ve learned.


Big Picture: Connecting to the Biblical Story

As students journey through each empire, they’ll discover how that empire shaped and influenced the biblical story. By the end of the unit, their passports will be full of discoveries that connect history, geography, language, and culture to the story of God’s people.