worldciv - Christian Fellowship School

Preparation for the Coming of Jesus

As we have studied the empires and their failures, we have discussed how God was using these empires to prepare the world for the coming of His Son especially the Roman Empire. Your assignment is as follows:

Write a paper identifying as many of the things that helped the world to be ready for the coming of the Messiah as you can. As you identify them, include pictures of these things. Also include Bible verses that illustrate their influence on the people and the times. For example, the Romans had instituted the use of a census to collect taxes from their citizens. What event took place just before the birth of Jesus that involved a census and how were the taxes to be used? Your illustrations can be from the internet, cut out of magazines etc. or you can use your own artistic ability to illustrate the things you choose to discuss by drawing pictures.

The requirements are specifically listed below in the Rubric. Late papers will have 40% deducted from grade.

Requirements: Points Total

Points

Number of words: 1000	1000 words 20 points	900 words 15 points	800 or less 10 points
7 examples (examples of things that ‘set the stage’. For example: common money: pictures of coins with Caesar’s picture on them)	7 examples 30 points	6 examples 20 points	5 examples 10 points
Title Page including the following: Title of paper, your name, name of class, and date	Includes all 5 points	Includes 3 of the items 3 points	Includes 2 or less 1 points
Paper is well organized with each paragraph introducing a different example	20 points	Organized but Lacking clarity with more than one example in a paragraph 15 points	No organization, Scattered thoughts and examples 10 points
7 Bible Verses supporting 5 different examples (see example above)	7 examples 10 points	6 examples 8 points	5 or less examples 5 points
Introduction paragraph telling purpose of paper (what are you going to show, illustrate, prove to the reader)	10 points	Not clear about what trying to tell reader 5 points	No introductory sentence or paragraph 3 points
Concluding paragraph restating your original purpose with a profound statement about God’s history	10 points	Not clear about What trying to tell reader 5 points	No conclusion 3 points
7 illustrations, neatly placed on page with no smudges	7 illustrations 10 points	5 illustrations/or not neatly placed 7 points	3 or less illustrations/ sloppy work 3 points
Paper is neat, well presented, and typed Using 12 font and double spaced	10 points	Not typed 8 points	Not typed, messy, pages wrinkled or bent 5 points
Spelling and grammar are correct	10 points	2 mistakes 8 points	4 or more mistakes 5 points
	135 points possible		Total Points for Paper:

DUE DATE ______Nov. 19th____________