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Growing Believers, Healthy People, Active Learners, Effective Communicators, Wise Decision-Makers, Collaborative Workers, Humble Servants, Responsible Servants, Engaged Citizens
Growing Believers, Healthy People, Active Learners, Effective Communicators, Wise Decision-Makers, Collaborative Workers, Humble Servants, Responsible Servants, Engaged Citizens
As a middle school Bible teacher I have the unique and wonderful opportunity to take part in the spiritual formation of today’s young people. With the Spirit as my guide I can communicate to our students that the Bible is relevant, personal, and alive. As we study God’s Word and the history of God’s people I pray that students walk in a personal journey to knowing God, experience saving grace through Jesus Christ, and live a Spirit-filled life that engages and transforms culture.
As a middle school Bible teacher I have the unique and wonderful opportunity to take part in the spiritual formation of today’s young people. With the Spirit as my guide I can communicate to our students that the Bible is relevant, personal, and alive. As we study God’s Word and the history of God’s people I pray that students walk in a personal journey to knowing God, experience saving grace through Jesus Christ, and live a Spirit-filled life that engages and transforms culture.
Unit
Unit
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
Learner Outcomes
Learner Outcomes
Yearlong Practices & Topics
Yearlong Practices & Topics
Who is God?
Who am I?
How can I partner with God to be His agent of restoration and transformation in a broken world?
Read the Bible in context; interpret the Bible and relate teachings to daily life.
Self-reflect personal study skills, learning preferences, strengths and areas for growth.
Explore test preparation tools.
Discover and engage in spiritual conversations and spiritual disciplines.
Pray Scripture over our campus community including local pastors.
Course Intro
Course Intro
How does God show His desire for relationship with His people throughout the biblical narrative and our lives today?
How does my story intersect God's Big Story?
How do I learn best?
Conduct a "liturgical audit" and discuss how we will orient our habits toward relationship with God.
Contribute to a shared Google doc of major Bible events and characters with special emphasis on God's relationship to His people.
Articulate "My Story", noticing God's hand throughout the joys and challenges
Memorize the school-wide Scripture theme and New Testament Bible books.
Gospels
Gospels
Who are we as God's Beloved?
How do the gospels work together to tell us the story of Jesus' life and ministry?
Engage in inductive Bible study on content and themes in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Practice note-taking skills while viewing Henri Nouwen's "Being the Beloved" sermon.
Review and practice excellent paragraph writing with the Step Up To Writing stoplight paragragh.
Self-reflect personal study skills and test preparation using a Google form.
Memorize and show understanding of selected passages from each gospel.
Who is Jesus?
Who is Jesus?
Jesus' Life and Ministry
Jesus' Life and Ministry
What is a true disciple?
What does it mean to life the Spirit-filled life we have through faith in Jesus Christ?
How do I interpret Jesus' parables?
Review Jesus' miracles and create a first-person podcast on one miracle.
Review Jesus' parables according to the tools of Brad H. Young in The Parables and independently interpret some of Jesus' parables.
Write an effective expository stoplight paragraph summarizing Ray VanderLaan's video "In The Dust of the Rabbi: When the Rabbi Says 'Come'".
Complete projects and activities on Jesus' deity, "isms" including legalism and permissivism, and Jesus' names.
Memorize Philippians 2:5-11 and show understanding of the context and application.
The Early Church
The Early Church
(Acts 1-12)
(Acts 1-12)
What is inductive Bible study?
Who is the person of the Holy Spirit?
What did Christians experience in the early church?
Discover and engage in inductive Bible study on Acts 1-12.
Collaborate with another classmate to create six letters of correspondence following NT letter format with details from Acts 1-12. (Each student assumes the name of a NT citizen. One of each student partnership must "live" in Jerusalem.)
Collaborate to create a study guide based on Acts 1-12 key characters, events, and teachings on prayer and the Holy Spirit
Memorize Matthew 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8 and show understanding of the context and application.
Bible Resources
Bible Resources
How do I dig deeper into God's word?
How do I use study Bible tools?
Define and use study notes, text notes, and the cross-reference system (linking chains) in the NIV study Bible.
Explore and practice using the Bible concordance, Bible dictionary, and selected online Bible resources.
Memorize ten consecutive Bible verses and research their context and application using study Bible tools.
Paul's Journeys
Paul's Journeys
(Acts 13 - 28)
(Acts 13 - 28)
What is active listening?
What is the language of learning?
How do I bring my strengths to a group while embracing the strengths of others?
How do I develop confidence in public speaking and leadership?
Practice active listening.
Practice the language of learning.
Engage in small group inductive Bible study and spiritual conversations on one of Paul's journeys in Acts.
Prepare and present a Google Slides presentation showcasing the highlights of the small group study.
NT Letters
NT Letters
(Step Up To Writing Research Essay)
(Step Up To Writing Research Essay)
How do I complete a research essay while breaking the project into small, obtainable goals?
What are the author, audience, content and application of a particular New Testament letter?
What are open and closed questions?
Why is it important to have spiritual conversations with Christian adults in my life?
Write a research paper on one NT letter using Step Up To Writing Accordion Essay format. Strong thesis, thorough research, clear organization, non-summarizing conclusion, title page, works cited and peer edits are required.
Prepare interview questions using both open and closed questions. Then, complete two in-person interviews with Christian adults on the assigned NT letter.
Memorize ten consecutive Bible verses from the assigned NT letter and research their context and application using study Bible tools.
Introduction to World Religions
Introduction to World Religions
How does Christianity compare to other world religions?
What is a creed and what role does it have in the life of faith?
What is the role of doubt in the life of faith?
Study basic beliefs of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Mormonism.
Memorize the Apostles' Creed, Westminster Short #1, and Heidelberg Catechism Q & A #1.
Name twenty countries on a world map which represent the location of the major religions.
Pray over countries using tools from Operation World.
Dialogue with local pastors regarding questions of faith and doubt.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
How did God "wire" me?
In what ways might God want to transform me to be more like Jesus Christ?
How do I make personal choices about my time, friendships, and character traits?
What does it mean to live in God's grace and the freedom of Jesus Christ?
Define allegory, transformation, sanctification, and personal character growth while reading C. S. Lewis' Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Memorize portions of Romans 12 and Ephesians 6.
Complete personal character study using Scripture references, contemplation, and the resources in Wired That Way by Marita Littauer.
Learn about and practice a spiritual discipline.
Complete Bible studies on loving the unlovable, judging others, honoring our parents, practicing humility, accepting discipline, facing temptation, and trusting God.
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