Teaching

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Teaching
Curriculum
PREPARING A LESSON
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THE GOAL
To provide Bible-based, culturally relevant, and
personally challenging Sunday school lessons for
Young Teen and High School students.
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• TEACHER BOOKS
• Complete lesson plans
• Relevant Scripture commentary
• Reproducible pages
• Learning options
• Quarterly

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• STUDENT BOOKS
• Hands-on activities
• Case studies
• Discussion questions
• Self evaluations
• 4 pages
• Quarterly

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• RESOURCES
• 6 ready-to-use posters
• 4 pages of reproducible handouts
• 1 CD
• 4 audio skits
• 6 videos
• 2 computer games
• Digital posters
• 13 Bible memory puzzles
• Quarterly

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ENCOUNTERThe Magazine

• Engaging articles
• Real-life stories
• Interviews and quizzes
• Daily devotions
• Student art and poetry
• 8 pages
• Weekly (sold quarterly)

EVERY ISSUE RELATES TO THE WEEKLY LESSON
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PREPARING THE LESSON

• Read the lesson text.
• 2 Corinthians 96-9
• 6Remember this Whoever sows sparingly will also
  reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will
  also reap generously. 7Each of you should give
  what you have decided in your heart to give, not
  reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a
  cheerful giver. 8And God is able to bless you
  abundantly, so that in all things at all times,
  having all that you need, you will abound in
  every good work. 9As it is written They have
  freely scattered their gifts to the poor their
  righteousness endures forever.

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PREPARING THE LESSON

• Review the Life Focus.
• This is the theme of the lesson.
• Life Focus Lets be grateful and generous
  managers of our possessions.

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PREPARING THE LESSON

• Look at the goals for each lesson step.
• These four goals provide the roadmap for the
  entire lesson.

Step one Recognize that you are wealthy compared
to most people in the world.
Step two Explain how a Christian should deal
with wealth.
Step three Evaluate present-day examples of how
people deal with wealth.
Step four Resolve to use wealth constructively.
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PREPARING THE LESSON

• Study the Scripture Commentary, Encountering
  Gods Word.
• Take special note of the three main points of the
  lesson.

CHEERFULLY 2 Corinthians 97
GENEROUSLY 2 Corinthians 96
God will always give us enough to share.
God only wants that which we gladly give.
PRODUCTIVELY      2 Corinthians 98, 9
God will cause our gifts to be used effectively.
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LETS TAKE IT TO YOUR CLASSROOM!

• Each weeks lesson follows four steps
• Step 1 Setting the Stage
• Introduce the lesson by engaging student
  interest in the overall topic of the lesson.
• Step 2 Searching the Word
• Help students discover what the Bible says
  about that overall topic.
• Step 3 Making It Real
• Assist students in envisioning how those
  biblical principles would look when lived out
  today.
• Step 4 Living It Out
• Encouraging students to take a specific step
  in response to the study.

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STEP 1 SETTING THE STAGE INTRODUCE THE TOPIC

• In the first section there are three options.
• In this lesson, you can choose a quiz, a video,
  or a news article.

Each activity will meet the goal of the lesson
step. Each activity will lead to the same
transition statement. The first activity is
always designated as the Quick Step activity.
This option requires very limited preparation. It
is great for last-minute volunteer needs.
Use one of the following activities to help each
students recognize that they are wealthy compared
to most people in the world.
Lead into Bible study by saying Its hard to
imagine living without many of the luxuries of
our culture. It is easy to forget that we have
luxuries that few others have had in history. The
Bible tells us to be aware of the blessings we
have and gives us three principles for handling
our wealth.
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STEP 1 SETTING THE STAGE INTRODUCE THE TOPIC

• Activity Option 1
• For this lesson, the engaging quiz is found in
  the Student Book.
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Activity Option 2 For this lesson, the video is
included on the CD in your Resources Packet. Play
it on a laptop or scan this code to play it from
your smart device! . .
Activity Option 3 Download The Scene from
www.encounterface2face.com Discuss one of the
latest headlines from the week of the lesson. It
is designed, to meet the section objective and
lead into the next section of the lesson. If you
prefer, scan the code and view it from your smart
device! . .
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STEP 2 SEARCHING THE WORD GET INTO THE BIBLE

• Discover main points in Scripture.
• You have two choices with which to delve into an
  exposition of the Bible text.
• Each option teaches the main points of the lesson
  text clearly and concisely. Each will also meet
  the same objective and lead into application.
• In this example, you can choose an inductive
  study or a creative activity as Bible study
  options.

Inductive study
Creative option
For this lesson, the inductive study is found in
the Student Book.
For this lesson, the creative option is a
music/song writing activity and is a reproducible
page from your Teacher Book.
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STEP 3 MAKING IT REAL APPLY BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
Show how Bible study principles can be practiced
today. In this example, you can choose to
role-play or do an art activity.

• Application Options
• For this lesson, the role-playing activity is
  found in the Student Book.

Role-playing
The activity uses art to help students apply the
Bible lesson. Since more creative activities such
as creative writing and art are structured with
specific goals in mind, it is easy to turn them
into discussion activities instead!
Art activity
Alternative Activities include suggestions for
playing specific songs to help meet the teaching
objective.
Alternative activity
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STEP 4 LIVING IT OUT CLOSING CHALLENGE
Encourage students to make specific life
changes. In this lesson, you can choose a
self-evaluation or an object lesson.
self-evaluation

• The self-evaluation
• For this lesson, the self evaluation exercise is
  based on an article found in the student
  magazine, ENCOUNTERThe Magazine.

object lesson
The object lesson is described in your Teacher
Book. For this sample lesson, an object lesson is
used to give a concrete take-away as a reminder
of a personal commitment.
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• Flexible every lesson contains multiple options
• Biblically sound students get into the Bible
• Experiential students participate in hands-on
  activities
• Relational engaging small group discussion helps
  build Christ-centered relationships

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All you need are these resources!

• TEACHER CONVENIENCE KITS include
• 1 Teacher Guide
• 1 Student Book
• 1 Resources Pack
• 1 Set of ENCOUNTERThe Magazine

Age LevelsYoung Teen and High School Learning
Plan (Scope Sequence)6 years FormatClassroom
setting Length45-90 minutes
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