Bible Stories: Extra Credit Project Ideas
                                
Again, you may choose up to any TWO of these projects.  The point value will depend on the quality of your work.

1.    Compile a soundtrack of the Old Testament stories.  You might choose to have a song for some of the major figures in the Bible, or your soundtrack might have selections centered around the various stories. 

2.    Research and write up a report about what archeologists have found to prove or disprove the historical accuracy of the Bible.  (Check out links on MrsApplebee.com to get started.)  You could focus on one place/event/person or on a variety.

3.    What kind of evidence have scientists found of Noah’s ark?  Where is it?  What have they discovered? Write up a summary of past expeditions to the area.

4.    Create some kind of artwork, either around a character or around an event from the stories we’ve read.  The medium is up to you: paint, pastels, diorama, etc.

5.    Create a scrapbook of pictures and captions about the events of all the stories, or you could pick a single character and make a scrapbook that would just be his/hers.  (Feel free to read the story from its original source for more ideas.)

6.    Read and do a PMI journal on one of the magazine articles about the Bible or its characters.  Time, Newsweek, US News (or others) periodically have an article in them. You can borrow one from my collection or find one on your own.

7.    Read and do a book report on a Biblical-related fiction book.  Again, you can borrow any of my books or find one on your own.

8.    Create a family tree of the Old Testament characters from the stories we’ve read.  Be creative!

Even though we don’t do any New Testament in class:
9.    Lots has been said about Mary Magdelene and her role in the life and times of Jesus Christ.  Read a book, do some research and a report, or some other project surrounding the “new” stories about Mary Magdelene.