Storytelling
To target Biblical perspective, share stories
17/10/07 14:02
Want to target Biblical perspective?
Share stories. Share stories of students learning
about and applying a Biblical perspective.
Here are some of the stories staff shared at a recent staff meeting:
Here’s a 15-minute lesson plan you/a meeting leader can use in a staff meeting:
Here are some of the stories staff shared at a recent staff meeting:
- Bible (middle
school): [Students are looking] at The
Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis and connecting it
to the Bible.
- Bible (high
school): Students are learning that a
Biblical perspective has Christ as its core.
- English (high school):
Students are making connections about how to love
others as they love themselves by finding ways to
demonstrate that love, such as a bake sale to free
slaves.
- Math
(elementary): In math we talked
about how God created the world with all these
amazing patterns. The kids are looking around…and
noticing with new eyes how God has created the
world with patterns.
- Math (high
school): In a recent project, students
viewed the world through the lens of Scripture.
They took Bible passages related to God’s control
of the universe and applied them to the
mathematical situation of one-point perspective.
Good stuff.
- Middle School: In middle
school this year, the theme is variety/diversity….
Students are learning to value their gifts and
diversity as God-given…. They are more able this
year to acknowledge their gifts as something freely
bestowed by God.
- Music
(elementary): Conversation about
an unknown vocabulary word in a song (belfry) led
to a discussion on remembering to pray. A 2nd
grader quoted a Scripture and others eagerly joined
in about how they could remember to pray when they
hear bells.
- PE (high
school): [Students are learning the]
importance of respecting individual differences in
skill level.
- PE
(elementary): [Students are] being
concerned about others, thinking of others and how
they feel…and being servants.
- Sports (secondary): In
cross-country, we have been discussing what it
means to be worshipping God through running…some
[are] coming up with answers. The captains have
been giving devotionals on Wednesdays.
- Social Studies (middle school): Students…[compared] the Egyptian view of the afterlife with what Christians believe.
Here’s a 15-minute lesson plan you/a meeting leader can use in a staff meeting:
- (5 minutes) Emphasize the importance of
students understanding/applying a Biblical
perspective. Share specific examples of students
learning/applying a Biblical perspective.
- (5 minutes): Have staff talk in partners/groups
about 1 or both of the following questions: What
are students learning about a Biblical perspective?
How are students applying a Biblical perspective?
- (5 minutes) Have each staff member write down a story. Collect the stories. Share them!
