School of Grammar: Christian Studies


Christian Studies 4: The Pentateuch

The fourth grade Christian Studies course seeks to deepen the students’ understanding of familiar Bible stories from Genesis through Deuteronomy. Study of these books of the Bible includes names and family relationships of key Bible characters, sequence of key events, and lessons learned from the lives of the people and nations whose stories are recorded. The course also examines the ways in which these people and events reveal God’s character. Additionally, the geographic context of the stories is examined, including names of key water and land forms, and locations of ancient civilizations, nations, and cities.

Students complete reading assignments in The Golden Children’s Bible and answer workbook questions orally to a parent or in writing. Students recite weekly Bible Memory passages to parent for sign-off.


Christian Studies 5: Judges, Kings, Prophets

The fifth grade Christian Studies course seeks to deepen the students’ understanding of familiar Bible stories during the Old Testament period of Israel’s judges, kings, and prophets. Study of these key Bible characters includes names and family relationships, sequence of key events, and lessons learned from the lives of the people and nations whose stories are recorded. The course also examines the ways in which these people and events reveal God’s character. Additionally, the geographic context of the stories is examined, including names of key water and land forms, and locations of ancient civilizations, nations, and cities.

Students complete reading assignments in The Golden Children’s Bible and answer written workbook questions. Students recite weekly Bible Memory passages to parent for sign-off.


Christian Studies 6: Life of Christ

The sixth grade Christian Studies course seeks to deepen the students’ understanding of familiar Bible stories found in the New Testament, with a focus on the life of Christ and a brief look at the early church. The study includes names and family relationships of Bible characters, sequence of key events, and lessons learned from the lives of the people whose stories are recorded. The course also examines the ways in which these people and events reveal God’s character. Additionally, the geographic context of the stories is examined, including names of key water and land forms, and locations of ancient civilizations, nations, and cities.

Students complete reading assignments in The Golden Children’s Bible and answer written workbook questions. Students recite weekly Bible Memory passages to parent for sign-off.