Program Details
- The
Bible. The Bible serves as the
foundational text for the course. Each student
should have a copy of the Bible, preferably in a
translation with which the student is comfortable.
Translations used in the development of the student
textbook include the King James Version, the New
Revised Standard Version, and the Tanakh (or Jewish
Bible).
- Student
Edition. With the Bible as the primary
text, the student edition guides the biblical
reading and frames the classroom discussion in
constitutionally acceptable ways. The textbook
covers the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
It is rich in illustration and filled with features
that demonstrate the Bible's influence on culture,
art, and academics.
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Teacher's Edition. The Teacher's Edition
contains all the information, lesson plans,
background, and classroom scripts needed to teach
this course effectively and successfully. New to the
second edition is the Teacher Resource CD. Filled
with blackline masters of student activities and
projects to promote and extend student learning, the
CD contains the following elements:
- The Pacing Guide helps teachers
monitor program instruction and pacing;
- Graphic Organizers promote student
comprehension of the biblical text;
- People of INFLUENCE are blackline
master activities that require students to focus
on major figures from the Bible and on notable
people inspired by the scriptures to create
great works;
- Places of INFLUENCE are blackline
masters that require students to focus on
important locations and sites from the Bible;
- Chapter & Unit Tests include a
variety of questioning strategies to assess a
student's knowledge and comprehension of course
content.
- The Unit Bibliography provides
teachers with scholarly resources, research, and
helpful information to support instruction;
- Unit Project Activities offer
students self-selected, project-based
opportunities to apply knowledge, differentiate
instruction, and integrate curriculum into areas
of visual arts, technology, dramatization,
music, speech, and writing. Projects may be
completed as independent, partner, or
small-group work;
- Unit Writing Activities require
students to use chapter content and ideas to
write for various audiences and various
purposes. These activities serve to familiarize
students with tasks similar to those required of
students by educational standards.
- Test
Master. Teachers can use the book of
blackline masters to assess students' knowledge of
chapter and unit content. Multiple choice,
true-false, and fill-in-the-blank items provide a
range of evaluation techniques to assess student
knowledge.
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Website. The
publisher of The Bible and Its Influence is the
Bible Literacy Project. Its web site,
www.bibleliteracy.org, provides information on
teacher training, access to resources, state
standards, and First Amendment information.
- Teacher
Training. Teacher training workshops are
scheduled throughout the year to support incoming
teachers. Led by experienced classroom teachers and
administrators, these one-day sessions are provided
in a variety of formats. Discussion topics include
instructional strategies for presenting the Bible in
an objective and academic manner, procedures for
developing an effective communications plan,
classroom management techniques, and the creation of
a course syllabus. Online teacher training is also
available.
Click here for information about
Teacher Training.
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