Mr. Bader; Bible II Syllabus

This course is basically survey of the New Testament. First semester focuses on the Time between the Old and New Testaments, the historical and political background during the New Testament era and comparing and contrasting the four Gospels. Second semester focuses on the book of Acts in detail, and then we work together to get an overview of the Epistles, and end with a brief study of Revelation. 

At the End of the Course you should:

• Explain background to the New Testament and tell what happened between the Old and New Testaments
• Be able to explain why and how the Gospels are different and recall some key stories from them
• Reflect upon the significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus and how it relates to you and your salvation
• Summarize the book of Acts and explain how it can help us to know that the Bible is God’s Word
• Be able to study, understand, apply and explain an Epistle
• Be familiar with the book of Revelation and be able to discuss End Times Prophecies 

1st  Semester

Themes: (There will be 3 main Units)

•          What happened between the Old and New Testaments

•          Compare & Contrast the Gospels, seeing how they are unique and why they are different

•          The passion week of Jesus

Semester Final: This will be a project in which you will have to assemble your own Gospel using the stories in the Gospels

2nd Semester

Themes: (There will be 3 main Units)

•          Survey of the book of Acts

•          An overview of the epistles 

•          A brief study of Revelation & End times Prophecy

Semester Final: will be an Exam over the semester content

Community Service

Once a month, you will receive a grade for your preparation, participation and reflection, may require some planning and prep, extra credit may be given to those who are generous, demonstrate leadership and compassion.
If you are absent from a trip for any reason you must make up the grade by staying after school to help an Elementary teacher. You will be given the option of having one exemption per semester. An exemption will not help or hurt your grade. After your 1 exemption if are absent for a trip and you will get a 0 for the trip until you make up the grade. You will have until the next class trip to make up the grade.

Grading

40% Acquisition of Material (the process of learning the material)

Acquisition of the Material will include classwork assignments and participation in activities. You will be expected to check, revise and fix your classwork until it is done correctly. You will get a zero for any incorrect (unfixed) but once it is turned in correct (fixed) you will get credit for your work. If you have to fix it once you will lose one point, and if you have to fix it more than once you may lose more points but you will not get any point until it is done correctly.  You will also need to development and revise projects by asking for feedback and checking to make sure they are done correctly (however, you will not be able to fix or revise projects once they are due). 

60% Mastery of the Material (demonstrating that you understand and can use the material)

Mastery of the Material will include tests, quizzes and projects/presentations/products. You will have a variety of different ways that you will be able to demonstrate your mastery of the material. You need to make sure that you do your best work on these assignments and get feedback on them before they are done to make sure that they are done correctly.