I am so excited about ” Wednesdays Around the World: A History and Geography Link-Up”.  I am still working on the dedicated page and should have it completed by next Wednesday.  Between being sick and the having the Thanksgiving holiday, I was unable to finish it.

This link-up will be dedicated to those who use and love Bright Ideas Press history and geography curriculum.  I love their curriculum and it really works for our family.  So I wanted to share it with everyone and have those who are using their curriculum to link-up and share with others, as well.  There are a lot of great projects and activities to go along with the history and geography lessons.  I am looking forward to seeing what all others are doing.

This past week, we had a short week of lessons.  As I mentioned before, between the Thanksgiving Holiday and my daughter and I being sick, we were only able to do one lesson.  The lesson we did was a good one though.  We talked about Isaiah and Micah, prophets in the Old Testament.

Claire making her clay pot

Isaiah was an amazing man.  He was married, with two children and very well educated.  Isaiah’s writings were harsh at times, but he was also passionate.  He cared about the people and wanted to see them turn to God.

My kids and I learned a few things that we didn’t know before about the book of Isaiah.  Isaiah’s writings are very similar to the format of the Bible.  There are 66 books in the bible and 66 chapters in Isaiah.   There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 39 chapters in Isaiah that talk about the Law and Covenant.  There are 27 books in the New Testament and the 27 chapters left in Isaiah that talk mostly about the coming of Jesus Christ. I thought that was pretty neat!   By standing strong and being firm in God’s word, Isaiah eventually lost his life to a horrible death.  The evil king, Manasseh killed Isaiah by sawing him in half!

Samuel making his clay pot.

During the time Isaiah was writing, God also had another prophet doing His work, Micah.   Micah was not as eloquent and educated as Isaiah.  He was a farmer, a worker of the fields.  Micah also told of God’s displeasure in the sins of the people and like other prophets, including Isaiah, he also told of God’s love.   Most of all, Micah is also known for telling the prophecy of where Jesus would be born!  This happened 700 years BEFORE Jesus was born!  That is truly amazing!

I loved the  activity that MOH suggest for this lesson.  They gave this verse for us to read first, along with Romans 9:20-21:

Isaiah 64:8

8 But now, O Lord, you are our Father;

we are the clay, and you are our potter;

    we are all the work of your hand.

We were then to take modeling clay and pretend we were the potter making and molding a pot.   We were to talk about who was in charge or control of making the pot and did the pot have a choice in how the potter made it look.  Of course the pot didn’t have a choice.  We then talked about how God designed us the way He wants us to be.

finished clay pots

I truly loved this lesson a lot.  I think more than anything, I am just as excited as the kids are, because I am learning things I never knew.  They also like this.  We are learning together as a family!

What history and/or geography are you using?  What have you learned about in this past week or previously? I sure hope you will link up with us and share what you have learned!

**disclaimer~ This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan.