How I created my apocalyptic Quickquest

This exercise has by far been the most challenging and frustrating thus far in this class. I decided I´d exhausted my Paul´s Letter activities (see previous posts and activities). Since that project is already in motion, anything I created related to that content would be strictly academic. I wanted to create something useful, something related to the next unit of tsudy: namely, apocalyptic literature in Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation. Admittedly, I have not taught (or studied) that subject matter to the extent I have Paul, but why not give it a shot!
After reading through the material for this unit (which I finished Thursday or Friday) I began studying the material for my next teaching unit. Since our current project will not end unti late April, I haven´t really spent a lot of time looking through it. So after several hours of reading through it and getting a grasp on what I will be teaching, I began asking myself, "What do I really want my students to know when they finish this unit?" I wasn´t sure, so I began asking pastors that I work with about apocalyptic literature. However, with Sunday looming large over all of us, there wasn´t much time for these conversations. I decided perhaps I´d let it all simmer awhile (like from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon). Internet was dead on Sunday, so I decided to simmer some more.
Monday morning I went online at the office and read some about apocalyptic literature. I liked the idea of visions, of trying to envision a vision, so I began searching for apocalyptic artwork. Found some OK videos. I thought it might be fun to show the students a piece of art depicting one of the visions, or even an animation or video of one of the visions and then have them interpret it by researching the cultural and historical context in which the prophet receieved it. But I didn´t find a video or piece of art I liked, so I scrapped that idea.
I had lunch on Monday with a friend and conversed extensively about what I could do with the unit, what I wanted my students to learn, and came to some great conclusions. However to turn the ideas into a quickquest would have required much more time and study then I had time to devote. I needed one workable idea. I left lunch feeling like I had a brain full of ideas that weren´t aligning right. I came back to the office, put some things in a word document, but none of it really made sense - there was no unity.
Monday afternoon a crisis erupted in another area of life, so I had to put the Apocalypse on hold. I went to bed frustrated that I hadn´t completed the assignment on time, wondering if I shouldn´t have just done something easy and rehashed than original. Ideas continued bouncing around in my head like Captain Kangaroo´s pingpong balls.
Then today, when I came in and started afresh, it all fell into place. I basically created what I was envisioning the day before, but I found a missing piece that all made it fit together. I felt like I had direction and knew what I wanted to achieve. I finished the assignment today at 2:30, in just a couple of hours.