GOD TALK
Getting hold of God
GOD and the Western World View
Modern Marriage Makeover (in progress!)
Beginning Revelation Study
God's Treasure Chest - Grace
The Place to Grow a Christian
Sequential Bible Curriculum
Church Structure
"But We Know Him!" A sermon
The Ministry of Reconciliation
Don't just Pray for Revival!
Everyday Evangelism
The Hard Taskmaster
Church Discipline examined
Discipleship reality journey
More to come....
LIFE EDUCATION
Child-centred curriculum
A New Model for Intelligence
Phonics (foniks) reading lessons
Fonetik Nuuspel
Say Maori Words Right - it's easy! Kapai!
What is Purpose
Passion for Purpose
Communication Keys
Make a basic webpage
Teaching, Learning, Communicating
Classroom Cultural Studies
Story writing ideas
More ideas to come...
ARTS
Singing Guitar Lessons
Daniel's Doomsday Dreams
and Other Stories - a musical
St George and the Princess
Stories
Artwork
Sayings
Poems
I found this to be an enormously succesful set of lessons - students would go home and be talking about what they had learnt.
To begin the lesson series, ask students: "What would you like to know if you were able to go and stay with some people your age in another culture?"
A four step process...
1/ Help the students come up with good questions eg. What do they eat, what do they wear, what are their houses like?
You could also encourage questions like: "What games do they play, what songs do they sing, or dances, arts, crafts etc?
What work do the adults do, what does the landscape look like around them? What kind of animals and creatures are there?... etc etc etc
Older students could find out about more complex issues - sports, politics, problems, economics etc. You may need more than one visit! In which case the visitor should receive something for their time.
2/ You need to find people you will be able to invite from other cultures and nations. Ask in the school, people in the community, even people online that can be accessed by internet audio-visual link.
3/ Discuss preparation of maps and flags and photos with the visitor prior to them coming, set these up with students to help. Ask the guest to bring some of the answers to the questions, such as their food, clothing, a song etc. They may want to show us how ythey make food, play a game etc...
Set up recording equipment if possible - e.g. cellphone. Get permission to record students and visitors, for sharing in school, possibly on Youtube and Social media. I'd love to add examples here...
4/ Set the time and date for their visit, and have the classroom set up for the best interaction with students.
On arrival, have various students give a welcome, and ask their questions. Have a student ready to thank the visitor at the end of the presentation.
Some students may like to take notes, others take photos, do drawings which can be included in a 'newspaper report' for the library.
Follow up with thank you cards sent from all the students.
I would love to add actual lessons video clips to this page, acknowledging any contributors.