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The Heart

Designing YourOwn School Program

A “True Education” Health Series

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“A sound heart is the life of the flesh.”Proverbs 14:30

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Teacher Section

Table of ContentsTeachers Section

Student Section

Research The Heart – A Vital Organ A Living Machine Location

“The Heart” – Illustration The Spiritual Heart

Reflect – “A Reservoir” The Natural Heart

Review Keeping the Heart

Reflect Throne Room of the Temple

“Heart and Rib Cage” – IllustrationRemind

“Come, Thou Fount....” – Song“The Wonderful River” – Story“Circulatory System” – Illustration

Reinforce – “River” Pump

“Tables” – Illustration Two Parts Chambers

“Chambers” – Illustration“Everything” – Poem

ReinforceReviewRemind

“A Broken Heart” – Poem

Research Circles

“Veins and Arteries” – IllustrationReview

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Remind“The Heart’s Blood Paths” – Illustration

Research Valves

“Heart Valves” – Illustration Repair Damaged Valves

ReflectRemindReview

“The New Heart” – Story“Change the Heart” – Story

Research Heart Muscles Involuntary

“Heart Muscle” – IllustrationReviewRemind

Research Electrical System

“Pacemaker” – IllustrationReinforce – Experiment – “How the Heart Works”Remarkable Facts

Pulse Irregular Beat

“A Good Heart” – Story Knocking

Remarkable FactReinforceReviewRemind

Research Diet

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RemindReview

Research More Tips to Help the Heart

ReinforceReflect – “Coronary Risks”

“Causes of High Blood Cholesterol”Reinforce – “Clogged Blood Vessels”Reflect – “Vessel”

“Types and Structure of Blood Vessels” –Illustration

Review“A Change of Heart” – Story“Christ Entering the Heart” – Story

Research Strong Hearts Heart Trouble A Clean Heart—Created and Renewed

“Jesus in the Heart” – Story“Heart-Temple” – Story

Remedy“Look to Jesus” – Song

ReinforceReviewRemindReinforce

“The Pure in Heart” – Story“Give Me Thy Heart” – Story“A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like a Medicine”

– PoemMark Your Bible – “The Heart”“Pure in Heart” – StoryHeart Stories“The Corpies” – Poem

In the 139th Psalm, 14th verse,David says, “I will praise thee, for I amfearfully and wonderfully made.”These wonderful bodies are the cre-ation of which God has so marvelouslydisplayed His infinite wisdom.

I suppose you have all beeneither near or inside of a factory. Youhave heard the noise of the shafts andthe pulleys and machinery. A factoryis quite wonderful, but do you knowthat in your bodies are found the ele-ments of almost all the kinds of ma-chinery that are used in the world?God has so created us that we do nothear the noise of the machinery of ourbodies, but if you will place your fin-gers gently in your ears you will heara peculiar rumbling sound. Thatsound which you hear is the noise ofthe machinery of your body, which isin constant motion.

Now, the heart, which pumpsthe blood into all portions of the body,makes the largest portion of thisnoise. If the heart were to pump differ-ent blood with each pulsation, insteadof pumping the same blood over andover again, in twenty-four hours theheart of a man of ordinary size wouldpump 150 barrels of blood.

The Bible says that the days ofour years are threescore years andten, or in other words, the allottedperiod of an ordinary life is 70 years.Now, in 70 years the heart wouldpump 164,389,786 gallons; or, to give

it to you in barrels, it would make4,566,382 barrels. If you were to placesix barrels on a wagon, which wouldmake a good load for two horses, youwould have 761,063 loads of thesebarrels. If you were to place theseteams with the wagons containing sixbarrels apiece, with 36 gallons each,at a distance of 25 feet apart, it wouldmake a string of teams stretching1,778 miles, or as far as from NewYork City to Des Moines, in the Stateof Iowa, or from New York City downto the Gulf of Mexico.

I think you will now be able tounderstand what a wonderful pumpeach of us has within our own breast.And it may surprise some of you whenI tell you that the heart, at each throb,beats with a power equal to 100,000pounds.

An ordinary engine or pump wouldsoon wear out, but this little engine ofthe heart goes on beating day andnight from the time we are born untilwe are 70 years of age or older.

One more wonderful thing aboutthe heart is that just as our naturalhearts are hidden away in these bod-ies of ours, so are our spiritual heartsare tucked away in our minds. It isthis moral character and spiritual lifeto which the Bible refers when it says,“Keep thine heart with all diligence,for out of it are the issues of life.”

—Adapted from S. Stall

Introduction for Teacher

The Heart - Teacher - Page 1

Step 1antonyms – carelessness; indiffer-ence; unawareness; levity

Character Quality Verse

Mark 14:38 – “Watch ye and pray,lest ye enter into temptation. Thespirit truly is ready, but the flesh isweak.”

INSTRUCTIONSFor the Teacher

Study the Bible lesson and be-gin to memorize the memoryverses. Familiarize yourselfwith the character quality.

The student can answer theBible review questions. See page6. Use the steps in Bible study.

Bible Lesson

“The Fullness of Time” – Ecclesi-astes 3:1-15; Luke 1:26-35; Gala-tians 4:4, 5

Memory Verses

Galatians 4:4-5; The Desire of Ages32; Acts 3:22; Isaiah 61:1-3; 60:1-3;Genesis 49:10; John 3:16-17

Step 2

Understand How To/And

A. Do the spelling cards so the stu-dent can begin to build his ownspiritual dictionary.

B. Mark the Bible.

C. Evaluate your student’s charac-ter in relation to the character qual-ity of alertness.

D. Familiarize yourself with theheart. Notice the projects.

E. Review the Scripture referencesfor the “Heart.”

F. Notice the Answer Key.

Alertness – quick to understandand watching very carefully: vigi-lance; watchfulness; moving withcelerity briskness; nimbleness;sprightliness

Character Quality


B. How to Markthe Bible

1. Copy the list of Bible texts in theback of the Bible on an empty pageas a guide.

2. Go to the first text in the Bibleand copy the next text beside it. Goto the next one and repeat the pro-cess until they are all chain refer-enced.

3. Have the student present thestudy to family and/or friends.

4. In each student lesson there isone or more sections that have aBible marking study on the subjectstudied. (See the student’s section,page 67.)

C. Evaluate YourStudent’s CharacterThis section is for the purpose ofhelping the teacher know how toencourage the students to becomemore alert.

See page 7.

A. Spelling Cards

Spelling Lists

Health WordsPlace Ibeatbloodheartpumpvalveveinsvessel

Place II - IIIatriumbeatbloodchambercholesterolcoronaryheartpumpvalveveinsventriclevessel

Bible WordsadoptionalertnessblessedconceiveDavid

Bible Wordscontinuedendespousedfailethfavour (favor)favouredforeverfullnessGalileeIsraelJesusJosephkingdomlawmadeMaryNazarethprolongedproverbredeemreignsentsons (Son)standthronetimetroubledundervirginvision

See a diagram of the heart on pages 2-3 in the StudentSection for a more complete listing of spelling words.

See Spelling in the Scripturesfor instructions about

the spelling cards.

D. Familiarize Yourself With the Heart – Notice the Projects

Projects


1. As a family discuss how the heartbeats. God wants our spiritualhearts (our minds) to be alert andbeat in harmony with Heaven.

2. What happens right after youeat? Is your mind alert? Why orwhy not?

3. Use an empty paper towel roll asa stethoscope and listen to eachother’s heart beat.

4. Find things in nature that havesubstances like blood in them. (Ex-ample: tree/sap, insect/blood, etc.)

5. Draw and label a picture of theheart.

6. Purchase a heart model to puttogether.

7. Compare Bible verses about theheart and the mind.

8. Find Bible verses about the heartand the blood.

9. Learn how to prevent some dis-eases of the heart and blood. Readabout the diseases and their curesusing natural remedies.

10. Volunteer to help with a bloodpressure screening.

11. Interview a person who has hadsome type of heart surgery.

12. Study more about what foodsmake strong muscles (the heartbeing a muscle).

13. Find a video about the heart.

14. Notice someone’s chest afterthey have been running or exertingthemselves.

Place I = Grades 2-3-4Place II = Grades 4-5-6Place III = Grades 6-7-8

E. Reviewthe ScriptureReferences

for “The Heart”


Teacher, read through this sectionbefore working on the lesson withthe student.

See page 8.

F. Noticethe Answer Key

The answer key for the studentbook is found on page 11.

Step 3

Read the Lesson Aim.

Lesson Aim

This lesson is to help teach yourchild how his heart works.

It is to help him understand and bealert to the fact that it is throughthe heart, or mind, that God speaksto him. The spiritual heart, or mind,as it responds to God, helps the

spiritual life to flourish, as thephysical heart and blood sustain thephysical life.

The heart is the great pump thatcirculates the blood throughoutthe body. It shows the great law ofgiving and receiving that shouldoperate in the spiritual heart too.The Jews refused to give the lightthey had been given to the world,therefore they did not receiveJesus when He came. They had cutthemselves off from God’s circle oflove.

Heart disease causes trouble for thewhole body. Most of God’s chosenpeople, especially the leaders, hadspiritual “heart disease” at the timeof Christ’s first advent.

A bad diet leads to clogged arteriesand a lack of alertness. The Jewshad an unbalanced spiritual dietand this made them unpreparedwhen “the fullness of the time wascome” (Galatians 4:4).


Step 4

Prepare to begin the HeartLesson.

To Begin theHeart Lesson

As an introduction to the lesson, itwill be helpful if the teacher willhave the student place his hand onhis heart and feel it beat, or takehis pulse and respiration.

Step 5

Begin the Heart lesson. Coveronly what can be understood byyour student. Make the lesson afamily project by all being in-volved in part or all of the les-son. These lessons are designedfor the whole family.

Steps in Bible Study

1. Prayer

2. Read the verses/meditate/memo-rize.

3. Look up key words in Strong’sConcordance and find their mean-ings in the Hebrew or Greek dictio-nary in the back of that book.

4. Cross reference (marginal refer-ence) with other Bible texts. Anexcellent study tool is The Treasuryof Scripture Knowledge.

5. Use Bible custom books for moreinformation on the times.

6. Write a summary of what youhave learned from those verses.

7. Mark key thoughts in the marginof your Bible.

8. Share your study with others toreinforce the lessons you havelearned.


Review Questions1. Does God have a time table?(Ecclesiastes 3:1-15)

2. To whom was the angel Gabrielsent? (Luke 1:26-27)

3. In what town did Mary live?(Luke 1:26)

4. Who was to be Mary’s husband?(Luke 1:27)

5. How did the angel greet Mary?(Luke 1:28)

6. What did the angel say to removeher fear? (Luke 1:29-30)

7. Who did the angel say should beborn to her? (Luke 1:31-33)

8. What does “Jesus” mean? (See aconcordance.)

9. What did the angel say of Jesus’throne and kingdom? (Luke 1:32-33)

10. What would He be called? (Luke1:31)

11. When did God send His Son tothis earth? (Galatians 4:4)

12. What does“the fullness of timehad come” mean? In God’s reckon-ing or man’s?

Thought Question: Why was itnecessary for Christ to come toearth as a man to save man? (Hecame to fulfil what Adam failed todo in the flesh, and He lived a per-fect example of righteousness.)

Evaluating Your Child’s CharacterCheck the appropriate box for your student’s level of development,

or your own, as the case may be.

Maturing Nicely (MN), Needs Improvement (NI), Poorly Developed (PD), Absent (A)

Alertness

1. Does the child show alertnessand recognize opportunities anddangers on his own?

MN NI PD A ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑

2. Is the child able to visualize theconsequences of subtle dangers andact according to the wisdom ofScripture? “A prudent man forseeththe evil, and hideth himself” (Prov-erbs 22:3).

MN NI PD A ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑

3. Does the child act quickly uponcommand?

MN NI PD A ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑

4. Is the child sluggish in the morn-ing?

Yes No ❑ ❑

5. Is the child alert to the specialneeds of others about him?

MN NI PD A ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑

How does the heart showa continual alertness

to the needs of the body?



Physical Heart

Proverbs 14:30 –“A sound heartis the life of the flesh.”

Psalm 73:26 – “My flesh and myheart faileth: but God is thestrength of my heart, and myportion for ever.”

Psalm 104:15 –“And wine thatmaketh glad the heart of man,and oil to make his face to shine,and bread which strengthenethman’s heart.”

Heart Problems

Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 – “Or ever thesilver cord [spinal cord] be loosed,or the golden bowl broken [brain],or the pitcher be broken at thefountain [heart], or the wheel[extremities] be broken at the cis-tern. Then shall the dust return tothe earth as it was: and the spiritshall return to God who gave it.”

Jeremiah 4:19 – “My bowels, mybowels! I am pained at my very

heart; my heart maketh a noisein me.”

Psalm 119:70 –“Their heart is asfat as grease.”

Luke 21:26 –“Men’s hearts fail-ing them for fear, and for lookingafter those things which are com-ing on the earth: for the powers ofheaven shall be shaken.”

I Samuel 25:37 –“But it came topass in the morning, when thewine was gone out of Nabal, andhis wife had told him these things,that his heart died within him,and he became as a stone.”

Proverbs 13:12 –“Hope deferredmaketh the heart sick.”

Psalm 38:10 –“My heart panteth,my strength faileth me.”

Psalm 69:20 –“Reproach hathbroken my heart; and I am full ofheaviness: and I looked for some totake pity, but there was none; andfor comforters, but I found none.”

Scripture References“The Heart”


Psalm 51:10, 17 – “Create in me aclean heart, O God; and renew aright spirit within me. The sacri-fices of God are a broken spirit: abroken and a contrite heart, OGod, thou wilt not despise.”

Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep thy heartwith all diligence; for out of it arethe issues of life.”

Proverbs 15:13 –“A merry heartmaketh a cheerful countenance:but by sorrow of the heart thespirit is broken.”

Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart isdeceitful above all things, anddesperately wicked: who can knowit?”

Romans 2:5 – “But after thy hard-ness and impenitent hearttreasurest up unto thyself wrathagainst the day of wrath and rev-elation of the righteous judgmentof God.”

II Corinthians 3:15 –“But evenunto this day, when Moses is read,the veil is upon their heart.”

Jeremiah 4:14 –“O Jerusalem,wash thine heart from wicked-ness, that thou mayest be saved.How long shall thy vain thoughtslodge within thee?”

Spiritual Heart

Psalm 112:7 –“He shall not beafraid of evil tidings: his heart isfixed, trusting in the Lord.”

Psalm 57:7 –“My heart is fixed, OGod, my heart is fixed: I will singand give praise.”

Proverbs 23:26 –“My son, give methine heart...”

Deuteronomy 6:5 – “And thoushalt love the Lord thy God withall thine heart, and with all thysoul, and with all thy might.”

I Samuel 16:7 – “...The Lord seethnot as man seeth; for man lookethon the outward appearance, butthe Lord looketh on the heart.”

I Chronicles 28:9 – “And thou,Solomon, my son, know thou theGod of thy father, and serve himwith a perfect heart and with awilling mind: for the Lord sear-cheth all hearts, and under-standeth all the imaginations ofthe thoughts.”

II Chronicles 12:14 –“And he didevil, because he prepared not hisheart to seek the Lord.”


Romans 5:5 – “And hope makethnot ashamed; because the love ofGod is shed abroad in our heartsby the Holy Ghost which is givenunto us.”

Matthew 11:29 – “I am meek andlowly in heart.”

Matthew 5:8 – “Blessed are thepure in heart: for they shall seeGod.”

Psalm 147:3 – “He healeth thebroken in heart, and bindeth uptheir wounds.”

Veins Arteries


Answer Sheet continued

into captivity to the obedience ofChrist.

7. love

8. entrance, renewed, poison, foun-tain, error

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1. To pump enough blood at a highenough pressure to constantlycirculate the blood to all parts ofthe body.

2. See pages 12 and 24.

3. It gets rid of its gaseous wasteproduct of carbon dioxide andpicks up a rich supply of oxygen.

4. When the blood takes on oxy-gen, it changes color from a tiredbluish red to a bright, sparklingscarlet.

5. Teacher, check. See pages 21and 22 of the student’s section.

Page 5

1. character

2. Student answer.

Page 6

Heart keeping is like caring for aflower garden because you need toprepare the flower bed beforeplanting—ask the Holy Spirit tosoften your heart.

Page 18

1. It is securely nestled betweenthe lungs and a little to the leftside of the chest. It is also sur-rounded with a shield composed ofthe breastbone and ribs.

2. about the size of their fist

3. septum

4. atria, ventricles

5. choice and emotion

6. The spiritual heart can be keptby guarding the thoughts andimagination and bringing them


Answer SheetPage 25

backward

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nutrition, exercise, water, sun-shine, temperance, fresh air, rest,and trust in God

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1. valves

2. to control the direction of bloodflow

3. four sets

4. leaks occur

6. the noise leaky heart valvesmake

7. rheumatic fever

8. Teacher, check. (It could meannot grumbling when mother saysit is time to put your things awayand get ready for bed, etc.)

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1. It is made of teams of inter-twined muscle layers that weaveover each other lending supportand strength to one another.

2. Teacher, check.

3. No; it beats by God’s supervi-sion.

4. a weak spot in the heart musclethat bulges and pops

5. No; it works without you tellingit to while the arms and legs workat your command.

6. Teacher, check.

Page 36

Your heart is stronger than yourhand.

Page 42

1. electric clock, heart, toaster,blender, fan

2. the pacemaker cells


Answer SheetPage 42 continued

3. electrical charge

4. When the three special fibers,like living wires, carry the signalfrom the pacemaker cells to thesecond spark plug

5. God

6. pulse

7. The cells require more oxygenso the brain will alert the heart tobeat faster.

8.-9. See page 38. See page 2 ofthe Teacher’s Section.

10. Teacher, check. (Jesus knocksat our heart’s door through theconscience. When we respond anddo not resist God’s voice speakingto our hearts then we make thechoice to let Jesus into our hearts.It is our choice; because it is an actof free will, God requests it.

11. Not many Jews were preparedto receive the Christ Child; be-cause of their spiritual problems,they failed in the mission God hadgiven them.

Page 45

1. “traffic jams” occur in the bloodvessels

2. animal products

3. It causes a definite loss inalertness.

4. heart attack, stroke

Page 47

1. Teacher, check.

Page 49

4. Water will not flow as quicklythrought the tube after it waslined by greasy shortening or mar-garine.

Page 51

1. The brain does not get sufficientblood and so cannot think as wellas normal. It is less alert.

2. Fresh air

3. Outdoors; the abundant freshair purifies the blood.


Answer SheetPage 51 continued

4. Tight garments about the chestmay restrict the free movement ofthe heart. Other organs may alsobe compressed by tight clothing,making it harder for the heart tosend blood through them. Chilledlimbs mean contracted capillariesand tight waistlines interfere withthe return of the blood from theextremities.

5. It makes it tired and weak. Ithas to beat faster.

7. weak, flabby, lack, blood

8. in the large organs

9. tea and coffee

10. It makes the heart’s musclefibers become fatty and lose thepower of contraction. It also makesthe heart valves hard and stiff.

Page 63

1. See page 48.

Page 65

1. Many are the claimants for theheart (“mind”) but the Fathercalls, “My son, [not a stranger,enemy, or slave but a son] come tome.” Then yield your whole heartfor He promises, “Ye shall seek me,and find me, when ye shall searchfor me with all your heart” (Jer-emiah 29:13). God desires to healyou to set you free from all sin. Hedemands, not the hands, the feet,the tongue, the ears;but that which is the movingprinciple of all the members—the heart!

2. His Spirit or His mind.

Gardening SheetLesson SubjectTitle

Out of SeasonIn SeasonThe heart keeps the body

flourishing by sending the bloodthrough the arteries and nourishingthe tissues.

Good gardening depends ongood soil. It helps feed the plants. Ifyour soil seems to lack what it takesto grow good plants, then the firststep is to search out the causes ofplant failures.

Ask and answer these questions:

1. Is the topsoil gone? 2. Does it drain poorly? 3. Is there lack of plant food? 4. Does it have bad texture? 5. Is it difficult to work? 6. Can you think of other problems

with your soil?

Test your soil. (Kits can bepurchased as a local store.)

The heart (mind/soil) needs tobe broken up by the Word.

Study more about soils andtheir needs. Did you know thatthere is more going on in the soilbelow your feet than there ever isabove the soil? In a single teaspoon-ful of good garden soil there may beas many as 5 billion living organ-isms that man has thus far discov-ered!

What do these organisms do?Tiny and microscopic though thesemay be individually, by sheer num-bers they exert an enormous power(like a drop of blood pumpedthrough the body). They help miner-als and chemical compounds in thesoil transform the soil from unus-able to usable. Night and day, whenmoisture and temperature condi-tions are right, these creatures livean active, rapid life cycle. In doingso, they yield by-products whichyour garden plants need for lush,attractive growth. (Our hearts needto be alert and active for the Lord.Was Israel?)

Three Health

“The Heart”

Gardening Sheet“The Heart,” continued

Really, all a garden does isprovide a happy home for bacteria,or these soil organisms. When thisis done, the garden flourishes. Howcan this relate to our spiritual life?

Find soil samples differentfrom your own garden and comparethem.

“Such are a few of the many lessons taught by nature’s living par-able of the sower and the seed. As parents and teachers try to teachthese lessons, the work should be made practical. Let the childrenthemselves prepare the soil and sow the seed. As they work, theparent or teacher can explain the garden of the heart with the goodor bad seed sown there, and that as the garden must be preparedfor the natural seed, so the heart must be prepared for the seed oftruth. As the seed is cast into the ground, they can teach the lessonof Christ’s death; and as the blade springs up, they can teach thelesson of the truth of the resurrection. As the plants grow, the corre-spondence between the natural and the spiritual sowing may becontinued.”

—Christ’s Object Lessons 87

Garden of the HeartSee Matthew 13:3-9; 18-23.

“My son, give me thine heart...”Proverbs 23:26

“And thou shalt lovethe Lord thy God

with all thine heart,and with all thy soul,

and with all thy might.”Deuteronomy 6:5

Each booklet in the series, “Designing Your Own School Program,”

is planned for a family to study together for their homeschool curriculum;yet versatile enough to be usedin the conventional classroom.

Learn the principlesof the subject matter from the Scriptures;

discover more of the scientific facts;then apply them to your daily life.

Other titles in the health series are availablein the following subjects:

What is Health?The BodyThe BladderThe KidneysThe CellsThe SpleenThe PancreasThe Gall BladderThe Bones

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