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Invasion and Conquest and the Period of the Judges. The Geography of Canaan. Overview of Invasion & Conquest. Central Campaign Southern Campaign Northern Campaign Division of the Land Eastern Tribes Return home. Overview of Joshua. 5-8 Central Campaign 9-10 Southern Campaign
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Invasion and Conquest and the Period of the Judges The Geography of Canaan
Overview of Invasion & Conquest • Central Campaign • Southern Campaign • Northern Campaign • Division of the Land • Eastern Tribes Return home
Overview of Joshua • 5-8 Central Campaign • 9-10 Southern Campaign • 11 Northern Campaign • 12 List of conquered Kings • 13-19 Division of the land • 20-21 Cities of Refuge • 22 Eastern tribes sent home • 23 Joshua’s farewell • 24 Covenant is renewed at Shechem
Helping Students Relate • If you have access to a globe, use it! • Point out Alabama, the United States, and Canaan! • This shows that these stories are very REAL and that we are learning about a real place • Discuss the size of the land, compared to the local geography • Most students K and above will have been to Birmingham • From the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea is 80 miles
Helping Students Relate • Most students will have seen a river • Most students will have seen a mountain • Some students may not have seen the ocean or a gulf, but many will have • Most students will not have seen a desert, but will have an idea of what a desert is like • Most will have seen farmland and livestock
Using Maps • USE MAPS!!! • Especially with children • Use blank maps that the students can label • Allow the younger students to color the maps • Use the whiteboard • Use handouts • Don’t just do one class on geography! • Integrate geography into many of your lessons • Review geography
The Condition of the Land • The land of Canaan has not always been as barren as it is today • It was a fertile land during the time that we are studying! • Num. 13:27; Deut 11:10-11, 14-15, 17 • We should know why the land is barren now! (Deut 29:22-28)
Boundaries • North – Mt Lebanon & Mt. Hermon • South – Negev • East – Arabian Desert • West – Mediterranean Sea
Zones • The land divides itself into four distinct parallel zones running north and south • From west to east these zones are: • The Coastal Plain • The Hill Country • The Jordan Valley • The Trans-Jordan Plateau
Key Locations • Shephelah • Mount Lebanon (Lebanons) • Mount Hermon (Anti-Lebanons) • Dan • Lake Huleh • Sea of Galilee • Dead Sea • Jordan River • Negev(b)
Key Locations • Zered • Arnon • Jabbok • Yarmuk • Mt. Ebal • Mt. Gerizim • Shechem
Key Locations • Mt. Carmel • Valley of Jezreel • Hebron • Jerusalem • Mt. Of Olives • KadeshBarnea
Key Locations • Philistia • Plain of Sharon • Phoenicia • Arabah • Arabian Desert • Ammon • Bashan • Edom • Gilead