BASIC MODEL: "I Just Want to Know What It Says"
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TRACK A:  GNT & Contemporary Culture
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TRACK B: GNT & Social Justice

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TRACK C: GNT & Christian Spirituality
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OBJECTIVES:

OBJECTIVES:

OBJECTIVES:

OBJECTIVES:

1. Application: Show how to do a synoptic analysis of a NT passage.
2. Analysis: Explain what it tells us about the historical record of Jesus' words/deeds.
3. Synthesis: Create a Storyboard for a "Life of Jesus" game illustrating what other alternatives scenarios Jesus might have experienced or what other life choices he might have made, given his historico-cultural context.

1. Application: Identify key areas in which the NT might offer a critique of contemporary U.S. culture, and vice-versa.
2. Synthesis: Integrate an understanding of the NT with analysis of contemporary cultural movements/phenomena (e.g., the arts, film, hymnody, popular music).
3. Action: Exemplify how the NT might inform the popular debate on a disputed topic or other contemporary concern.

1. Application: Identify key NT attitudes, examples, and teachings with respect to social justice.
2. Analysis: Identify one critique the NT provokes concerning contemporary U.S./Ohio/Cleveland social structures.
3. Synthesis: Integrate the understanding of the gospel with the actual praxis of it in addressing a specific, concrete, contemporary social problem.
4. Action: Exemplify how the gospel energizes believers to concrete action to foster social justice (e.g., the traditional "works of mercy," political action).

1. Application: Identify key NT resources for contemporary Christian spirituality.
2. Analysis: Identify one critique the NT raises concerning contemporary American attitudes toward “spirituality.
3. Synthesis: Integrate the understanding of the gospel with the actual praxis of it in a daily life in imitatio Christi.
4. Action: Exemplify how the NT energizes the Christian faith-life through study, prayer, and praxis.

STRUCTURE:  Individual & partner work (about 50%/50%)

STRUCTURE:  Group project

STRUCTURE:  Group project

STRUCTURE:  Individual project; some optional group work

ASSIGNMENTS:

ASSIGNMENTS:

ASSIGNMENTS:

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. "Bible Bio"
2. "Images of Jesus"
3. Learning Contract
4. Blackboard Pretests
5. "Mark on War" or "Apocalypse" or "Slavery" or "Women Apostles" CHP
6. "JC Movie Star" Film Critique or Infancy Narrative Review
7. Gospel Synopsis (done with partner)
8. Vocation Essay
9. Storyboard (done with partner)
   

1. "Bible Bio"
2. "Images of Jesus"
3. Learning Contract
4. Blackboard Pretests
5. “Mark on War” or “Apocalypse” CHP (in pairs; half of group does one, half does the other)
6. “JC Movie Star” Film Critique or a mini-version of the “St. Paul at the Movies” film critique (in pairs, half of group does one, half does the other; see instructor for details on the modifications to the SPM critique)
7. Vocation Essay
8. GNT & Culture Research Project Portfolio

1. "Bible Bio"
2. "Images of Jesus"
3. Learning Contract
4. Blackboard Pretests
5. "Slavery" or "Women Apostles" CHP (in pairs; half of group does one, half does the other)
6. Soteria Essay
7. Vocation Essay
8. GNT Social-Justice Praxis Portfolio

1. "Bible Bio"
2. "Images of Jesus"
3. Learning Contract
4. Blackboard Pretests
5. CHP on "The Anointing at Bethany" or "Corinthian Women Prophets"
6. "JC Movie Star" Film Critique or Infancy Narrative Review
7. Vocation Essay
8. GNT Spirituality Praxis Portfolio