BP Notebooking: Giants of the Faith
Giants of the Faith covers faith heroes from Biblical and Church History. BP offers four Giants of the Faith project books, one for each year of study.
Like all BP notebooks, Giants of the Faith can be customized for different grade levels. There are two pages for each giant. The first page has three sections:
- The top of the page asks for basic data about the giant: dates, birthplace, place of ministry, and what he or she is best known for.
- The middle of the page asks students to copy a quote from the giant, or a Bible verse about him or her.
- The rest of the page has space for a short biography of the giant.
Younger students may stop with the first page. Older students may go on to the second page, which includes more lines for a longer biography of the giant. They may print as many copies of this page as they need to finish their biography.
Click the titles below to learn more about specific years:
Year 1 covers giants from the Bible and the early church. There are 59 in all, starting with Noah and ending with some early Christian martyrs. Students start the year by reinforcing their Bible stories, and end by learning how hard it was to follow Christ in Roman times.
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Year 2 covers giants from the Early Church and Medieval times. There are 38 in all, starting with Constantine the Great and ending with key figures from the Protestant Reformation. The journey between shows students just how much the Church changed in medieval times.
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Year 3 covers Christian heroes from 1600 – 1850. There are 44 in all, starting with Bartolome de las Casas and ending with key figures from the Second Great Awakening. This is when students meet their first American Christians, like the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth. They also meet great Quakers like George Fox, great preachers like George Whitefield, and great abolitionists like William Wilberforce.
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Year 4 covers Christian heroes from 1850 – 2000 and beyond. There are 39 in all, starting with George Mueller and ending with Richard Wurmbrand. In between, students meet dozens of missionaries who carried the love of Christ around the globe.
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