- 1-quart hot water (this helps to dissolve the sugar)
- 6 lemons
- 1½cups sugar
December 26, 2024
Easy Lemonade
8th grade Social Studies
There is no specific course of study guidelines for eighth-grade social studies. A homeschool family's curriculum choices or personal preferences are usually the determining factors. An eighth-grader following a classical homeschooling style will likely study modern history.
Other standard topics for eighth-grade social studies include:
- explorers and their discoveries
- the growth and development of the United States
- colonial life
- the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
- the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
Resources:
- https://www.athomemiddleschool.com/socialstudies8
- https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
- https://allinonehomeschool.com/history-year-4/
- https://allinonehomeschool.com/geography-and-cultures/
- https://allinonehomeschool.com/early-american-history/
- https://allinonehomeschool.com/history-year-1/
- https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php
- https://vision.icivics.org/
- https://journeywithadestination.com/blog/2024/07/24/journey-into-the-foundations-of-america/
- https://textbooks.wmisd.org/Downloads/8th/8thGradeUnitedStatesHistory-RevolutionThroughReconstruction.pdf
- https://whfua.history.ucla.edu/
- https://freedomhomeschooling.com/homeschool-history-with-youtube/
- https://freedomhomeschooling.com/free-history-timelines/
- https://freedomhomeschooling.com/history-websites-for-homeschoolers/
- https://freedomhomeschooling.com/virtual-field-trips/
- https://freedomhomeschooling.com/teaching-current-events/
Holy Scriptures
- God's oath
- God's Word
- God's law
- God's statutes
- God's testimony
- God's commandments
- God's judgments
- The Book of the Law
- God's everlasting covenant
- is living; is powerful
- stands forever
- is pure; is perfect
- is sharper than any two-edged sword
- converts the soul
- pierces/divides soul and spirit; joints and marrow
- is sure; is right
- makes me wise
- rejoices my heart
- is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of my heart
- enlightens my eyes
- is true; is righteous
- is to be desired more than fine gold
- is the gospel/salvation
- milk for growth
- is sweeter than honey
- heals and delivers me
- warns His servants
- is great reward to those
- is a lamp to my feet
- who keep it
- is a light to my path
- does not return void
- keeps my steps
- accomplishes what God pleases
- speaks to me
- instructs me
- prospers God's purpose
- guards me from sin
- will not be altered
- is proven
- is settled in heaven
December 24, 2024
Prophets
Prophets
God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began... the gospel of God which he promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures
(Acts 3:21b; Romans 1:2)
The Prophet was to:
- Prophesy
- speak or sing by inspiration
- make prediction (scriptural or other)
- give simple discourse
- be a foreteller
- have visions
- see
- servant
- man of God
- mediator
- watchman
- messenger
- seer
Message - Personal or National
- Covenant Enforces
- a call to covenant faithfulness
- a call to repentance
- warnings of judgement
- blessing for obedience
- Predictive Prophecy
- promise of Messiah and His Kingdom
- wrath and judgement of God
- prophecies concerning Israel and other nations
- Behold, I have come to do Thy will (Hebrews 10:7, 9)
- This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased (Matthew 3:17)
- Not my will but Thine be done (Luke 22:42)
- It is finished (John 19:30)
- Deuteronomy 18:15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
- Deuteronomy 18:18-19 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- Acts 3:22-24 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
- Luke 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
- Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
7th Grade Social Studies
Seventh-grade social studies topics can vary greatly.
World history topics may include:
- the Middle Ages
- the Renaissance
- the Roman Empire
- European revolutions or
- World War I and World War II.
American history may include:
- the Industrial Revolution
- the Scientific Revolution
- the early 20th century including the 1920's, 1930's
- the Great Depression
- Civil Rights leaders.
Geography may include:
- a detailed study of various regions or cultures, including the history, foods, customs, and religion of the area.
- It may also focus on the geographic influences on significant historical events.
- https://americanheritage.org/programs/americas-heritage-an-adventure-in-liberty/
- https://www.athomemiddleschool.com/socialstudies7
- https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
- ancient history
- early-american-history/
- geography-and-cultures
- Modern History
- https://www.masterbooks.com/knowledge-base/globalmania/
- https://sites.google.com/view/investigating-history/grade-7?authuser=0
- https://journeywithadestination.com/blog/history-guide/
- https://textbooks.wmisd.org/Downloads/7th/7thGradeAncientWorldHistory.pdf
- https://ureadthru.wordpress.com/
- free-history-unit-studies-and-lesson-plans/
- homeschool-history-with-youtube/
- free-history-timelines/
- virtual-field-trips/
- teaching-current-events/
December 23, 2024
Old Testament Bible History Fast Facts
History
Here is a quick overview of the events that take place between the Creation and the coming of Jeus.
God - Adam and Eve created - Seth - Noah - Shem - The Flood - Tower of Babel-
Abraham
- called out
- Covenant made
- promises given
Issac
Jacob
- Twelve sons = 12 Tribes of Israel
- famine
- Egypt
- Deliver
- Passover, Exodus
- The Red Sea
- Wilderness Journey
- Law Given
- Tabernacle Built
- leader of nation of Israel after the death of moses
- leads Israel into the promised land
- Saul
- David
- Solomon
- Northern Kingdom - Israel = Ten Tribes
- Southern Kingdom - Judah = Two Tribes
December 22, 2024
The Natural, Carnal, and Spiritual Man
- The natural man is one who lives without God - who lives his/her life "in the flesh". The "flesh" in this sense means the sinful (lower) nature- the nature which became a part of man after the fall (sin) of Adam and Eve. Now, this sinful nature is passed down to all men.
- The illustration shows that the door of the spirit (that part of man that relates to God) is closed. the door of the flesh is open. The natural man must be born again - his spirit made alive.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
- Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
- Romans 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
- Galatians 5:16-17 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
- Romans 7:15-25 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
- Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Romans 8:1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Romans 6:12-14 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
- I Corinthians 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
- Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Galatians 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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