The following article highlights how the new Institute Scripture Course manuals assist teachers in helping their students develop in their personal scripture study.
1. Encourage students to study in preparation for class
Each lesson provides opportunities for teachers to encourage students to study the scripture block before coming to class. The following images show what this looks like in the curriculum.
2. Opportunities to Improve Study Skills
Each Scripture Course lesson provides suggestions for possible Scripture Study Skills activities that would pair well with a learning activity in the scripture block. As teachers come to better understand their students' needs and abilities, they could include a Scripture Study Skill in the learning activity that fits those needs.
3. Scripture Helps Can Deepen Understanding
Scripture Helps is a new resource that helps students and teachers deepen their understanding of the scriptures. Scripture Helps provides historical, cultural, linguistic, and doctrinal help by utilizing recent prophetic teachings and the latest scriptural scholarship. Each lesson provides a general link to the Scripture Helps lesson that matches the scripture block, as well as specific entries that may be helpful throughout the learning activity.
4. Learning Activities that Encourage Personal Scripture Study
Finally, many learning activities encourage personal scripture study in students. Regularly following the curriculum would provide ample opportunities to naturally develop personal scripture study for students. Here's one example: