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Good Sam the Samaritan CD

Here's what's in Good Sam the Samaritan 

• Luke 10 --a narrated 3-D animated retelling of the story in three different versions with study notes
• Sam Cam --video interviews with the story characters, and a game in which students must counter excuses for not being Samaritans by selecting the right encouraging Bible verses
• Good Sam Land --a very kid-friendly interactive map with intriguing story related Holy Land photos and graphics with narrated study questions about the story's background, the roots of Samaritan/Jewish conflict, and questions about cultural and religious prejudice ( a really good section for older students especially).
• Who Wants to be a Samari-tan! --play Yakzoot the camel in a strange gameshow that includes memory verse scrambles
• SaMtv --an Mtv style music video that wraps up the lesson with a snappy tune and images to reflect on. SaMtv also includes follow-up discussion activities.

Good SAM has an onscreen 3-D Animated Teacher named Bildad the Bible Explorer (pictured at top of this page). Bildad's job is to introduce program content, offer insights and ask questions. Bildad is jovial, warm, a bit of a crack-pot who loves God and can see to the heart of things. He's also wise. The classroom teacher will facilitate many of the discussion questions Bildad throws out. Along the way, questions are presented for possible discussion, and you can always count on Bildad the Bible Explorer to have a few things to say.

Sam's presentation is more than a multimedia storybook with clickpoints and games. Instead, Good Sam will lead students through the story and help them to explore "what's behind the story" through several multimedia activities. Good Sam is part storybook, part reference work, part quiz program, part discussion starter and part reflection tool. It even has a cool music video about being a Samaritan you and your students can talk about (and print the lyrics).
In other words, Good Sam is packed.

Click here to view a larger version of the Main Good Sam Menu

The Good Sam CD is designed primarily for use in an educational setting. Most Christian software today is designed for unsupervised home use and can be adapted for educational use. Good Sam is the first truly interactive multimedia CD designed specifically for use as a Sunday School lesson.

Good Sam was designed for 2nd through 8th graders but can easily stretch to Kindergarteners and Senior Highs. Good Sam's animated teacher, narrated Luke 10 retelling, and narrated study notes in Sam Land make much of the program suitable for younger children. (We design our software to stretch downward without being babyish to youth).

Good Sam can be completed in one 45 minute class or stretched over several classes. Good Sam is laid out like a lesson plan with a "direction in mind," -a logical progression along the lines of Learn it, Understand it, Live it.

If you take your time, there is enough material in Good SAM to last at least two class periods. We've tucked into the screens dozens of questions and discussion provoking elements. Teachers of younger children will find plenty to use and enjoy, though some content and vocabulary will be too difficult for them. (They'll like the presentation, though, even if they do not understand as much).

Ideally, a prepared 'live' teacher will be exploring the CD with students right at the computer. But we also designed Good Sam with inexperienced teachers in mind. Bildad the Bible Explorer ask questions and make comments just like a teacher would. At the opening he even suggests the path through the program for optimum use. Inexperienced teachers simply need to help students respond to material as it is presented. We told you Good Sam was going to be REVOLUTIONARY !

In Sam Cam ...."The Inside Story"....your students will view video interviews with the story's characters and wrestle with questions raised by the interviews. (The questions are even presented onscreen for you.) "The Priest" Interviewed parked in the handicapped spot, he defends his actions that day. "The Robbers" Clueless about God's laws. "The Lawyer who interviewed Jesus" His "Statement to the Press" interview is an attempt to distance himself from Jesus. Other video interviews include: The woman innkeeper, and Good Sam himself.

Target Age Range: Age 8 through 16. Younger and older students will also get a kick out of much of Good Sam's content.

System Minimums: Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Mac OS 7.6+, 8 or 9, 200mhz minimum, 266mhz or higher recommended, 32 mb RAM minimum, 64 RAM recommended for easy performance, 24x CD minimum. Four megabytes of videoram MINIMUM.

Most of Good Sam will run at 200mhz, however, certain animations will work haltingly on 200mhz chip speeds unless that computer has at least 32 megs of RAM plus decent CD speed and FOUR megabytes of VIDEORAM.

Order: Good Sam the Samaritan $27 each.

Good Sam is/was the very first CD from Sunday Software. In it we made a conscious decision to raise a new standard for Christian software. It begins with our revolutionary design and content, and extends to the rich quality of our graphics and audio. Good Sam is the very FIRST Christian interactive software ever to feature a lesson plan design, 3-D animation of a Bible story, and an onscreen animated teacher. Good Sam debuted in Fall 2000 and was updated in the Winter of 2002.

Order: Good Sam the Samaritan $27 for one.
$25 each for two to four copies. $23 each for 5 or more.