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Share one or two ways you embed biblical principles in your lessons. If you don’t already do so, describe how a teacher you know does it.
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Oftentimes I use the characters in literature. We discuss character traits and whether they align with what the Bible teaches. We also discuss the problem and solution of stories and whether the characters chose a wise or unwise way, according to God’s word, to solve the problem. Students are sometimes asked to solve the problem in a better way.
In Science, we often look at the wisdom in God’s creation and how it points to Him. For example, how plants produce seeds and are able to keep reproducing so that we have the food we need to sustain us. We look at how God nourishes his creation and compare it to how we are nourished physically and spiritually.
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I integrate biblical stories, examples and values in my students artwork.
We read and talk about biblical stories before students start to illustrate .
This help students to vision even better with hands on a story from the bible. -
Since I teach literature, it is pretty easy to identify in the characters and the themes morals or the lack of morals. Both give the students the opportunity to use scripture as proof to claims that are being made by themselves, the characters, and/or the authors. This school year we are starting to use a new program called Curriculum Trak. This program builds into it a spot for Biblical Integration. This will definitely help me build in time and activities for the big questions.
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The Word is living and active and can often guide thoughts and connect to conversations when we spend time in it. As a Christian school teacher, the ability to integrate the Word of God with everything taught provides solid counsel and understanding. As students read any text, we look for the ideas presented, whether obvious or embedded, and consider how those ideas align with the ideas God presents in the Bible. Students are able to consider how attitudes and beliefs contribute to choices made by writers, historical figures, and scientists of all kinds. When our ideas are based in the principles of Jesus’ teachings, we are able to consider how people were treated and consider how they should be treated differently.
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1). Identifying scripture that relates to the topic at hand and always pointing students to Jesus. If there was a particular unit we were covering that week, I might choose a certain scripture for the week on that topic, and ask students to write it down daily, and hopefully memorize it by Friday. I always hope to be able to identify anything in a lesson that might be questionable.
2). In addition to the bible, I have also utilized a book titled “Mama Bear Apologetics”. This helps not just “mamas”, but teachers alike in addressing life’s big questions. I think it’s important to be able to address weighty topics from a biblical worldview and in a way that teaches discernment.** As mentioned by Dr. Black, I think it goes without me saying that having a bible-based curriculum is paramount. This is one thing I’ve been able to do personally with my own children through homeschooling, and the school I am seeking to work at does as well.
With proper resources at hand, it becomes more natural to embed biblical principles into the classroom.
