Co-op in Review: September 4, 2014

This week, our history and Bible studies took us to Ancient Mesopotamia, where patriarch Abraham grew up and lived until God called him to leave his home.  We read the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Rebecca and the Tower of Babel.  The Dialectic class made models of the Tower of Babel out of toothpicks and marshmallows.  The Upper Grammar class and the Lower Grammar class both made ziggurats--the stepped temples that the Mesopotamians would use to worship their gods.  The ziggurats were constructed out of cardboard boxes and brown paint and turned out great!  The Five in a Row class read the book, "Storm in the Night."  It's the story of a boy and his grandfather and the stories that are shared when the lights go out because of a storm.  The kids then made rainbows to remind them of God's promise never to flood the earth again, and to remind them not to fear because God is always in control.