Deep Down Detectives Unit 1:
The God Who Reveals Himself
Unit 1 Overview
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God made us. He wants us to know what He is like so we can know Him, love Him, and praise Him. God shows us what He is like. How? By the heart He gave us to know and love Him; through everything He’s made that we see around us; through His Word, the Bible; and most of all, through His very own Son, Jesus Christ. We will learn 4 ways God shows us what He’s like in this unit.
Bible Truths Included in Unit 1 Curriculum
(3 lessons available for each Bible Truth. You can choose to do 1,2 or 3 lessons.)
How Do I Know What God Is Like? He Shows Me What He’s Like…
- Bible Truth 1: By the Heart He Gave Me to Know and Love Him
- Bible Truth 2: In Everything I See All Around Me
- Bible Truth 3: In the Bible, the Perfect Word of God
- Bible Truth 4: Through His Very Own Son, Jesus Christ
Below are the full curriculum files. Looking just for bits and pieces of curriculum? Go to Bits and Pieces!
IMPORTANT TIPS:
Here are some tips that will really help you fit our curriculum to your needs.
1. This is the Works:
This section contains FULL DOWNLOADS of curriculum, just like the hard copies available through amazon.com. Looking for just a story or a particular, single resource? Go to Deep Down Detectives Bits and Pieces.
Few other churches choose to use all of the curriculum as we use it at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, because we have created enough curriculum to stretch 3 hours each Sunday (Sunday School and Church). You may feel easily overwhelmed.
2. Take the Tour:
Look at this section from the Praise Factory Curriculum Tour to get a good sense of what is offered in this curriculum and how it is structured, were you to use it as the lesson plans suggest (structure of every class is the same… learn it, once and you’ve got it down.) Deep Down Detectives Tour
3. Follow the Stars:
Also, notice that within the lesson plan, there is a simple, basic lesson mapped out for you with stars next to these key elements. Many people using the lesson plan have found the stars just what they need.
4. Use Bits and Pieces Instead:
I would strongly encourage you to choose Bits and Pieces a la carte downloads instead of these full curriculum downloads. Bits and Pieces allows you to download just what you need. If for some reason you find you want to use most of the curriculum as ordered in our lesson plan, then these full unit downloads may be useful to you. Bits and Pieces has instructions about how to helpfully choose what you need. I would suggest looking at that first. Go to Deep Down Detectives Bits and Pieces.
Unit 1 Downloads/Hard Copies
ESV Resources for Unit 1
1. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Core Curriculum
(lesson plans, stories, sheet music, take home sheets, crafts, etc.)
2. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Simple Story Scenes (can be used as a simple, complete curriculum)
(Bible truth overview sheets, set of story scenes with text for each Bible truth story, take-home sheets)
3. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Visual Aids Packages
(Bible truth key concept signs, stories, and pictures that illustrate them)
3A. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Visual Aids with Simple Story Scenes
3B. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Visual Aids with Large Storyboard Figures
(“flannelgraph”-use individual pictures to fit Storyboards AT LEAST 36″ x 48″ in size)
3C. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Visual Aids with Small Storyboard Figures
(“flannelgraph”-use individual pictures to fit Storyboards between 24″ x 36″ and 36″ x 48″ in size)
4. Music Files for Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV audio mp3’s
Core Curriculum Resources (Amazon or download):
Lesson plans, stories, activities, song lyrics and sheet music for the Bible Truths.
Visual Aids Book (Amazon or download): All of the colorful signs and storyboard pics used in the each of the four Bible Truths. I highly suggest you purchase these through amazon rather than downloading them. A lot of ink!
About the pdf files: Each of the pdf files are large files and are bookmarked for easy reference. However, the bookmarks will not show up until you actually download the file onto your computer. When it opens for viewing on the website, you will only see the pages to the document (no bookmarks). FORMATTED FOR DOUBLE SIDED PRINTING
Audio mp3s (Zipped files or live play from this website)
The audio mp3 files: Each audio mp3 file is a zipped file. That means you need to download it onto your computer and then unlock the file by “extracting” the individual files. This process varies with computer software, but is very simple and usually only requires a “right click” with your mouse and choose “extract all.”
NIV Resources for Unit 1
1. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 NIV Core Curriculum
(lesson plans, stories, sheet music, take home sheets, crafts, etc.)
2. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 NIV Simple Story Scenes — can use as a simple, complete curriculum
(Bible truth overview sheets, set of story scenes with story text for each Bible truth story, take-home sheets) Simple, complete curriculum.
3. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 NIV Visual Aids Packages:
(Bible truth key concept signs, stories, and pictures that illustrate them)
3A. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 NIV Visual Aids with Simple Story Scenes
3B. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 NIV Visual Aids with Large Storyboard Figures
(“flannelgraph”-use individual pictures to fit Storyboards AT LEAST 36″ x 48″ in size)
3C. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 ESV Visual Aids with Small Storyboard Figures
(“flannelgraph”-use individual pictures to fit Storyboards between 24″ x 36″ and 36″ x 48″ in size)
4. Deep Down Detectives Unit 1 NIV audio mp3’s
- Download QR Code Sheet for all Unit 1 Bible Truths
- Download zipped file of music
- Or listen from this website