Note to the parent or teacher: Here is a 30- to 45-minute lesson plan to fill out the class “Cities of the Bible: The City of Babylon,” that goes with the lesson objective “Learn the major stories of the Old Testament” (Christian Life and Faith: Bible Knowledge: General Bible Knowledge-1d).

Read “Cities of the Bible: The City of Babylon.”

REVIEW PARAGRAPH 1:

Read Genesis 11:1–9 about the Tower of Babel.

REVIEW PARAGRAPHS 2 and 3:

Read the chapters below about some of the adventures of Daniel and his friends in Babylon. After reading them, see if the children can name the four kings Daniel served. (Answer: Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus. This information can be found in chapters 1, 5, and 6.)

• Daniel chapter 1.
• Daniel chapter 2.
• Daniel chapter 3.
• Daniel chapter 5.
• Daniel chapter 6.

Match the Hebrew and Babylonian names of the four Hebrew friends (answers are found in Daniel 1:7):

• “Young People in the Bible: Captives to Babylon”
• “A Bible Adventure: The Humbled King”

REVIEW PARAGRAPH 4:

View one of these videos about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon: “Gift for a Queen” or “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Gardens of Babylon Part 1 and Part 2.

BABYLON TODAY:

View on this map where the ruins of Babylon are found today. Zoom out and you will see the ruins are located south of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq.

View these pictures of a reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate at the Pergamon Museum of Berlin, Germany.

Additional material:

• “Young People in the Bible: Captives to Babylon”
• “A Bible Adventure: The Humbled King”
• “Heroes of the Bible: Daniel”
• “Heroes of the Bible: Jeremiah”
• “A Bible Adventure: In Defense of the Poor”