Canaanite Covenant:
Characters: Joshua, Moses, God, Rahab, The Gibonites, Hazor, The Israeli people, Joshua’s spies and the Levites.
Events: Joshua citing Moses death, God talked to Joshua, Joshua sent spies to Jericho – preparing for war, they met Rahab for assistance, Israelis lost first Ai battle, then one second, Gibonites turned into allies, Israel still attacked Hazor, Joshua destroyed tribes-people became refugees, Levites provided towns, all tribes gathered at Shechem for Joshua’s final covenant renewal words, Israeli people controlled Palestine after military campaigns and united with Joshua’s leadership – devoted to covenant.
Themes: War, peace, strength, power, attack, control, life, death.
Karate Kid:
Characters: Dre (Karate Kid), Mr Han, Meiying, Sherry, Cheng, Cheng’s coach and the other school kids.
Events: Dre moving to China with his mother, Dre likes Meiying, Dre gets found out by Cheng and he repetitively bullies him, Mr Han sticks up for Dre in a later fight, Mr Han is a Kung-Fu master who trains Dre using many different techniques, on occasions Dre feels like giving up but he doesn’t, there is an epic battle between Cheng and Dre, Dre gets knocked down with a bad injury – he gets healed, Dre comes back out to a cheer and then the battle starts again with Dre doing his super kick move to defeat Cheng.
Themes: Training, Hard Work, dedication, belief, courage, pain, strength, focus, instruction, obedience, reflection, success, thankfulness, favour, work, rest, fitness, , injury, persistence, come back, denial and life lessons.