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Share a biblically integrated assignment or assessment you use in your classroom. In what way(s) does it work well? Is there room for improvement? If you don’t currently have any biblically integrated assignments or assessments, share an idea you have for one.
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One of my favorite assignments was a midterm project for Environmental Science in which they had to research the plagues of Egypt and explain how God might have used extreme natural phenomena. They discovered that the order in which the plagues occurred made sense with how nature would respond from one to the other, only on an extreme measure led by the Lord. It was a fun exercise which used many of the ideas we had discussed so far in course, and showed how God is always in control. There were a few resources provided which eliminated much of the self-guided research I had hoped for. I would want them to do more of their own “puzzle assembly” in the future.
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I am working on bulletin boards ideas for the start of school. One art lesson is doodling their name. My original thought was to be creative, add color to our walls, and learn each others names. After taking this course I am working to develop it further and make it a biblically integrated assignment focusing on what the Bible teaches about love. This will be incorporated in the art piece itself and the discussion as we work. I am inspired as the lesson will also enhance our classroom environment as we establish rules and procedures for the new year.
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I definitely think there is room for more biblical integration in my teaching. This year I would like to unit plan more science and ELA units with biblical integration). I teach first grade and I don’t have any assessments (besides bible verse memorization) that require biblical integration. I do however teach a lot about fruits of the spirit and social skills. I use bible stories for students to draw out how the Lord commands us to treat one another. One lesson was about forgiveness. We read a picture book about Peter and Jesus. We read the bible and how Peter denied Jesus three times, but then Jesus forgave Peter. We talked about how hard it is to forgive, and I asked my students why Jesus chose to forgive Peter and what is the Lord teaching us from this story? I stress to my students that to love on another is a commandment from God, and though forgiveness can be hard they should always strive for reconciliation between each other.
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An idea that I would like to use with my students would be to create a rubric that will count as a large portion of the assignments that the students are completing, where they must relate the lesson to the Biblical correlation that we are covering. I will be using the Biblical Integration Ideas paper to constantly help me focus on not just the lesson, but to be intentional in my lesson plans to include core Biblical principles for us to focus on.
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My 7th grade logic course allows for many discussions about wisdom, discernment, and how to evaluate whether someone’s position or view is biblical. One of the first lessons of the course is to learn what God says about wisdom and students go on a Bible scavenger hunt to search for scripture that teaches us the importance of Godly wisdom and discernment. This lesson is ultimately the foundation of our course and it is reinforced through all of the units. We always go back to the question: What does the Bible say? I would like to make sure that students are more involved in the biblical integration process and give them more assignments and activities that require them to see the connection between the Bible and our content.