Grade 1 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

Sunday School Curriculum Grade 1
Week 4 - Noah in the Ark (II)
Objective:
God saves Noah His son but punished the bad people.
Memory Verse:
“The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights” (Genesis 7:12)
References:
Genesis 7,8
Introduction:
Review the previous lesson and verse with the students. Ask if anyone made an ark at
home….
Use the previous visual aids you prepared for last lesson
Ask them where did we stop last time in the story of Noah and the ark……
Lesson Outlines:
Heavy rain fell down from the sky, all the bad people outside of the ark were drowned...all houses
were destroyed... Each one of them climbed a high place, a tree, a house, but wherever they went they
found water reaching them and all people were drowned. But Noah and his sons, his wife and his
sons’ wives, and the animals that were with him inside the ark were saved. The Ark was floating on
the surface of the water. Noah and his sons were praying inside the ship and the animals were
listening while they were praying. After forty days the rain stopped and Noah opened a window to
see if the earth was dry. He brought a raven and said to it, “Raven, go out and see if there is a tree you
can land on”. The raven went out and did not come back. Noah sent a dove with the same words. The
sweet calm cove obeyed him. It went out quickly but found nothing but water so it went back to him.
Noah sent the dove out again after a few days, and the dove came back with a fresh olive leaf in its
beak..So, he knew that the trees had appeared. Noah was very happy this time. Noah went out of the
ark with his wife, his sons and their wives. All the animals and the birds went out of the ark in groups
of their own kind. They all thanked God because He saved them. And God made a beautiful rainbow
of all colors to appear on the earth as a sign that God will not destroy the earth again.
What did the Lord ask Noah to do?
What happened when rain fell?
For how many days did the rain fall?
Why did God make the rainbow?
Who remembers the verse?
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