Orthodox Marketplace

5th Grade: God Calls Us Series (Volumes 1-6) Student Books

1

This kit includes one copy of each of the 6 volumes from the 5th grade series:

God Calls Us to Faith

God Calls Us to His Holiness

God Calls Us to His Kingdom

God Calls Us to His Church

God Calls Us to Share His World

God Calls Us to Serve

The theme of grade 5 is “responding to God” and deepening students’ understanding of God’s covenants with His chosen people, and His continuing revelation to them. These units present many heroes of the Faith who responded to God’s call as examples of faithfulness, loyalty, self-sacrifice, obedience, love, justice, and social responsibility. Through the study of these great figures, the student learns to respond to God in terms of personal faith and the basics of Christian morality and ethics: The Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ found in the Beatitudes and Parables, and as elaborated on in the letters of St. Paul. God Calls Us helps students understand who they are as persons of God, and how they are to act as Orthodox Christians. It is also an introduction to Church and salvation history.

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Faith (Volume 1) Student Book

Grade 5, Unit 1, God Calls Us to Faith, covers the first eight centuries of the Old Testament story of the Hebrew people. It begins with Abraham’s great test of faith and ends with Moses and the establishment of the covenant that God made with the Israelites on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments showed the Israelites how to serve and love God and one another. The overall purpose of this unit on the faith responses of the Old Covenant people is to help students understand why Christians speak of Jesus as having established a New Covenant. (We also call it a New Testament.) Through Christ, God continues to choose a people and to call them to holiness and faith.

Student Book

5 Lessons

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Holiness (Volume 2) Student Book

Grade 5, Unit 2, God Calls Us to Holiness, covers the twelve centuries of the Old Testament story after the Exodus from Egypt until the period just before the birth of Christ. It begins with Joshua’s leadership of the Israelites in Canaan after the Exodus, followed by the leadership of the Judges, Kings and Prophets, and the rebuilding of Solomon’s Temple. Whenever the Israelites would forget their bond with God, He sent prophets to call them back to who they were—a people chosen and loved by God. The overall purpose of this unit is to introduce God’s Holy Spirit at work in the Jewish leaders of the Old Testament, just as the Holy Spirit today works in the life of the Church and individual Christians who seek God’s guidance and power.

Student Book – 7 Lessons

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

5th Grade: God Calls Us to His Kingdom (Volume 3) Student Book

Grade 5, Unit 3, God Calls Us to His Kingdom, is an overview of Jesus Christ’s life and ministry, through the stories and perspectives of the All-Holy Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, St. Luke, St. Mark, St. Matthew, and St. John. It begins with the pivotal role of Mary, the one whose response to God allowed her to become the Theotokos—the God-Bearer and Mother of Our Lord. Next, it presents Jesus as the one who calls us to the Kingdom of God by showing us how God acts and telling us what God wills for us. These lessons center on Christ as preacher, teacher, all-powerful healer, merciful judge, and loving redeemer. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, we have been reconciled with God. This is the Good News of the Gospels (Evangelion). The overall purpose of this unit is to show that through Christ we know the life, the forgiveness, and the love of God, and share in the life of God in His Kingdom.

25

Student Book

6 Lessons

26

27

28

29

30

5th Grade: God Calls Us to His Church (Volume 4) Student Book

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Share His Word (Volume 5) Student Book

Grade 5, Unit 5, God Calls Us to Share His Word, goes in-depth with St. Paul as he evangelizes through his travels and epistles. It begins with the martyrdom of St. Stephen, which St. Paul witnessed and encouraged. From the road to Damascus to prison in Rome, Lessons 1–4 follow the Acts of the Apostles. Next, Lesson 5 shows how St. Paul’s letters advance the Gospel by showing us what it means to be a Christian and how to live accordingly. Lesson 6 concludes the unit with a look at several Orthodox doctrines that form the backbone of St. Paul’s theology. The purpose of this unit is two-fold: It demonstrates how Paul and the other Apostles spread the Gospel and taught the Christian way of life in the Churches they established in the Mediterranean and beyond. But the legacy of St. Paul and the Apostles is more than these Churches. To this day, their letters—and the Gospels that were recorded later—are our guiding Holy Scripture.

40

Student Book

6 Lessons

41

42

43

44

45

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Serve (Volume 6) Student Book

Grade 5, Unit 6, God Calls Us to Serve, introduces student to the witness of missionaries and others who have shown self-sacrifice and social responsibility in their response to God’s call—right up to the twentieth century, in the lives of St. Nektarios and St. Maria of Paris, and even in North America, with St. Raphael of Brooklyn and St. Nicholas of Zica. But the unit begins with the powerful witness of St. Maximos the Confessor to keep the faith pure, in the seventh century; St. Philothei of Athens, in the sixteenth century; and St. Herman of Alaska, in the nineteenth century. The overall purpose of this unit is to show the faithfulness to Christ to which we are still called by God to witness through the power of His Holy Spirit in our own lives.

46

Student Book

5 Lessons

47

5th Grade: God Calls Us Series (Volumes 1-6) Teacher Guides

48

This kit includes one copy of each of the 6 volumes from the 5th grade series:

God Calls Us to Faith

God Calls Us to His Holiness

God Calls Us to His Kingdom

God Calls Us to His Church

God Calls Us to Share His World

God Calls Us to Serve

One complimentary teacher guide binder

The theme of grade 5 is “responding to God” and deepening students’ understanding of God’s covenants with His chosen people, and His continuing revelation to them. These units present many heroes of the Faith who responded to God’s call as examples of faithfulness, loyalty, self-sacrifice, obedience, love, justice, and social responsibility.

Through the study of these great figures, the student learns to respond to God in terms of personal faith and the basics of Christian morality and ethics: The Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ found in the Beatitudes and Parables, and as elaborated on in the letters of St. Paul. God Calls Us helps students understand who they are as persons of God, and how they are to act as Orthodox Christians. It is also an introduction to Church and salvation history.

49

50

51

52

53

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Faith (Volume 1) Teacher Guide

Grade 5, Unit 1, God Calls Us to Faith, covers the first eight centuries of the Old Testament story of the Hebrew people. It begins with Abraham’s great test of faith and ends with Moses and the establishment of the covenant that God made with the Israelites on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments showed the Israelites how to serve and love God and one another. The

54

overall purpose of this unit on the faith responses of the Old Covenant people is to help students understand why Christians speak of Jesus as having established a New Covenant. (We also call it a New Testament.) Through Christ, God continues to choose a people and to call them to holiness and faith.

Teacher Guide

5 Lessons

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Holiness (Volume 2) Teacher Guide

Grade 5, Unit 2, God Calls Us to Holiness, covers the twelve centuries of the Old Testament story after the Exodus from Egypt until the period just before the birth of Christ. It begins with Joshua’s leadership of the Israelites in Canaan after the Exodus, followed by the leadership of the Judges, Kings and Prophets, and the rebuilding of Solomon’s Temple. Whenever the Israelites would forget their bond with God, He sent prophets to call them back to who they were—a people chosen and loved by God. The overall purpose of this unit is to introduce God’s Holy Spirit at work in the Jewish leaders of the Old Testament, just as the Holy Spirit today works in the life of the Church and individual Christians who seek God’s guidance and power.

63

Teacher Guide

7 Lessons

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

5th Grade: God Calls Us to His Kingdom (Volume 3) Teacher Guide

Grade 5, Unit 3, God Calls Us to His Kingdom, is an overview of Jesus Christ’s life and ministry, through the stories and perspectives of the All-Holy Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, St. Luke, St. Mark, St. Matthew, and St. John. It begins with the pivotal role of Mary, the one whose response to God allowed her to become the Theotokos—the God-Bearer and Mother of Our Lord. Next, it presents Jesus as the one who calls us to the Kingdom of God by showing us how God acts and telling us what God wills for us. These lessons center on Christ as preacher, teacher, all-powerful healer, merciful judge, and loving redeemer. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, we have been reconciled with God. This is the Good News of the Gospels (Evangelion). The overall purpose of this unit is to show that through Christ we know the life, the forgiveness, and the love of God, and share in the life of God in His Kingdom.

72

Teacher Guide

6 Lessons

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

5th Grade: God Calls Us to His Church (Volume 4) Teacher Guide

Grade 5, Unit 4, God Calls Us to His Church, covers the founding of the Church and the first five centuries of the New Testament era. It begins with the work of the Apostles Peter and Paul, and that of St. Philip the Deacon. Next, it moves to the exceptional response to the call of the Church by monks and nuns, illustrated by the life of St. Anthony the Great. It ends with the contributions of three great fathers and teachers of the Church: St. Athanasios the Great, St. Basil the Great, and St. Gregory the Theologian. Guided by the Holy Spirit, the Fathers of the Ecumenical Councils worked through “the big questions” and explained the Christian Faith for the generations to come. The overall purpose of this unit is to show the power of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of the apostles, monastics, and fathers in order to establish and maintain the Church, which was founded on Pentecost though the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Teacher Guide

5 Lessons

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Share His Word (Volume 5) Teacher Guide

Grade 5, Unit 5, God Calls Us to Share His Word, goes in-depth with St. Paul as he evangelizes through his travels and epistles. It begins with the martyrdom of St. Stephen, which St. Paul witnessed and encouraged. From the road to Damascus to prison in Rome, Lessons 1–4 follow the Acts of the Apostles. Next, Lesson 5 shows how St. Paul’s letters advance the Gospel by showing us what it means to be a Christian and how to live accordingly. Lesson 6 concludes the unit with a look at several Orthodox doctrines that form the backbone of St. Paul’s theology. The purpose of this unit is two-fold: It demonstrates how Paul and the other Apostles spread the Gospel and taught the Christian way of life in the Churches they established in the Mediterranean and beyond. But the legacy of St. Paul and the Apostles is more than these Churches. To this day, their letters—and the Gospels that were recorded later—are our guiding Holy Scripture.

91

Teacher Guide

5 Lessons

92

93

94

95

96

5th Grade: God Calls Us to Serve (Volume 6) Teacher Guide

97

Grade 5, Unit 6, God Calls Us to Serve, introduces student to the witness of missionaries and others who have shown self-sacrifice and social responsibility in their response to God’s call—right up to the twentieth century, in the lives of St. Nektarios and St. Maria of Paris, and even in North America, with St. Raphael of Brooklyn and St. Nicholas of Zica. But the unit begins with the powerful witness of St. Maximos the Confessor to keep the faith pure, in the seventh century; St. Philothei of Athens, in the sixteenth century; and St. Herman of Alaska, in the nineteenth century. The overall purpose of this unit is to show the faithfulness to Christ to which we are still called by God to witness through the power of His Holy Spirit in our own lives.

Teacher Guide

5 Lessons

5th Grade: God Calls Us Teacher's Binder

98

This Binder holds all 6 units of the 5th Grade God Calls Us Curriculum. Teacher Guides sold separately.

99