Friday, July 13, 2012

Teaching the New Testament in Harmony

   This is the third time for teaching the New Testament. Once I taught the gospels sequentially, taking each book in turn. The second time I tried teaching in "Harmony", covering the like events and principles together. I'm going with the gospels in harmony because the music is so much sweeter. :)


   Checking in with the Teachers Manual has given me a great resource and plan. You'll find this in the pacing section of the introduction. The down side is the students have a more difficult time following along in their personal reading.

Option 1

Teach the four Gospels as a harmony.
Week
Day
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Latter-day Revelation
1
Day 1
Days 2–3
Day 4
2
Days 1–2
Day 3
Day 4
1
2
1:1–2:20

2:40–52
1:1–3
3
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
3:13–17
4:1–11
3:1–22
4:1–13


1:29–2:25
3
4
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4


10
5–7

4:14–32; 5:1–6:49
9:1–6
4–5
5
Days 1–2
Days 3–4
5–7 (cont.)
8–9

1:23–2:12; 5:21–6:6

7–8
6
Days 1–2

Days 3–4
8–9 (cont.)

11–12
1:23–2:12;
5:21–6:6 (cont.)
2:23–3:6
7–8 (cont.)
7
Days 1–2
Days 3–4
13
14:3–33
4
6:14–44
8
Days 1–2
Days 3–4

16

7–8
6
9
Days 1–2
Days 3–4
17
18:1–10
9:14–50

15
10
Days 1–2
Days 3–4
9:1–10:42
7–8
11
Day 1
Day 2
Days 3–4
11–13
14
16–17
12
Days 1–2
Days 3–4
19–20 
10 

9–10



1 comment:

  1. Would you mind explaining how you chose whether to teach as a harmony or sequentially? This is my first time teaching, and I've been trying to decide which to do (leaning toward sequential). You can see my thinking here: http://www.jennysmith.net/blog/jenny-smith-1

    ReplyDelete

What do you think?