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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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I am blessed to be provided with Biblically integrated curriculum, which makes it much easier to tie each lesson back to Biblical principles. I teach 6th grade, and in history we learn about ancient civilizations. We spend a lot of time looking at the religions of the ancient religions and comparing and contrasting them with Biblical truth. Many of the students point out how amazing our God in and how he loves us. We discuss how incredible it is that the one true God sent his son as our salvation and to serve us in contrast to many false religions in which people have to work to please and serve their false gods. In science, we also discuss how some worldviews in relation to evolution and other topics differ from that of a Biblical worldview. It’s fun to see the students correlate the lessons we are learning back to scripture.
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In each subject, especially in those with a secular curriculum, we compare and contrast what the curriculum teaches as truth with what the Bible teaches. As mentioned in the last answer, while teaching ELA there will often be stories which seem to promote wrong attitudes. As a class, we come up with scriptures stating what our attitudes should be towards, for example, unforgiveness.
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I know our Spanish teacher consistently teaches students verses in scripture in Spanish. Students are learning the language and memorizing scripture at the same time.
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When reading a portion of Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, each student writes a reflection on perfection – according to the Word, can this be attained in their life? As a class, students and teacher discuss what perfection is, what that means to a follower of Christ, and some Bible passages that discuss it. Students then read some of Franklin’s Almanack and with a partner create a Power Point presentation choosing one wise saying from the Almanack and the verse or verses that relate to it. During the presentations, students and teacher discuss the Word. Students write a personal reflection on one wise saying and verse pair and why it is important to them for their lives.
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In fifth grade we have embedded a social emotional curriculum as part of their weekly elective. This has been a game changer as students had time to ask questions and be guided on biblical principals.
