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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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I recently did a lesson to begin our unit on solving systems of equations that talked about the importance of individual spiritual gifts. Each equation in the system provides important information, a key piece of the puzzle, that without it, the system could never be solved. Similarly, Paul told the church in Corinth that no one gift of the Spirit is more important to the church and to God than the others. All gifts are needed for God’s will to be done.
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After teaching a lesson on the evidence of evolution, I assign students to research about the evidence of intelligent design. This assignment guides students to critically think about what today’s science is founded on. I think I should guide students in this assignment to influence them to realize the faults of evolution and the validity of creationism.
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One thing that came up this year was with my homeroom, not in the course curriculum. Students are required to bring one dollar if they enjoy the dress code on ‘casual Friday.’ Some do not bring the money and I use the opportunity to teach responsibility. The verse we quote is Romans 13:8 – “Owe no man, but the debt of love.” Others were added as they were found.
There is room for improvement. An idea is to use Romans interaction with Jews in the history of the Roman empire and compare the ancient views of polytheism. As for the Romans persecution of Christians, I once wrote a short paper from the book of Acts on this and can use some of those points.
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One I’ve used is when reading screwtape letters use Biblical references and reflection on how the items discussed in the book relate to the Bible, and how they can see these elements in their own life.
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In teaching first grade about plants, I think it’s amazing to talk with kids about the size of seeds and then to show pictures of aspens, oaks, etc. I show a PowerPoint with visuals of seeds, then the trees they become. We talk about growth and how God also has plans for growing us into maturity. We talk about the right kind of soil and show a clip of the Parable of the Sower, then ask what kind of soil they want to grow in.