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 [Comment1] Ann: Will fourth graders be able to come up with such a dialogue?
 * 4:3Israel’s and Judah’s Beginnings **
 * Goal ** Students will learn about what historians and archeologists know regarding the history of ancient Israel and Judah from the time of the Judges through the reign of Solomon with a particular emphasis on the interaction between farming and husbandry.
 * 1. **** Gain the attention of the learner ** Show the class a poster of the food pyramid and ask them where the different groups of foods come from. Note that to get a healthy diet, it is necessary to obtain food from a variety of sources.
 * 2. **** Relevant past learning ** Refer to the timeline and identify the particular period and locations that will be the focus of today’s lesson.
 * 3. **** Present new material ** Summarize what historians and archeologists know about the geography, culture, and politics of Israel and Judah through the rule of Solomon. (See pp. 72-168, and 235-240 in “The Bible Unearthed.”)
 * 4. **** Provide for guided practice ** Teacher take the position of a representative of the farmers and cast the students in the position of nomadic herders. Negotiate a relationship that would serve the needs of each, taking into account the Canaanite geography.[Comment1]
 * 5. **** Provide for independent practice ** Divide the students into groups of nomads and tell them that bad economic times have made it impossible for the farmers to provide the nomads with grain. Each group will try to come up with a strategy for coping with this situation in the Canaanite geography.
 * Close the lesson ** Come together and share strategies.

Also, teacher should have specific time and location in mind when supervising this.