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How is the new curriculum working for you? Some teachers think it's "just the same" and don't seem to be making any changes in their classes. Many are confused. Some of our students are complaining about covering the same material both hours. And we haven't come up with a way to coordinate that doesn't involve extra meetings.
Please share what you're doing, even if it's not working, so we can get ideas . We're desperate!
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My son doesn't like covering the same material in both classes, but he feels he's able to talk a little more in class.
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We haven't had the problem of youth complaining about material being used in both hours. I can definitely see a change in our young women since using the new curriculum. They are more involved in the lesson which lets them talk more as well. I like that we have a topic and then get to choose how we will teach that lesson. Although having said that some lessons it is hard to choose which path to take, or will feel like it's going down the same path as a lesson previously taught. All in all it is a great change and awesome having the young women speak up.
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As a Sunday School teacher it has been hard to teach that topic on how to teach their friends about the Godhead, the plan of Salvation, when we are not even teaching them about the Godhead or the Plan of Salvation. That is taught in YM/YW. It's very confusing to the youth, my child feels like doctrine should be taught in Sunday School and the how we teach/share should be in YM/YW. The lesson on music for the plan of Salvation for Sunday School would probably work better in YM/YW where there is a piano or an opening exercises or a Wednesday night to expound on the idea. Forget about showing a video, unless you bring your own TV/device for the kids to all huddle around, the TV's are taken.
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I have wondered about this, too. It seems like the lessons in SS ask teachers to help kids to "apply" the messages that haven't been taught yet because YM/W is the third hour. Has anyone else found this a problem?
I have always explained that in SS we learn doctrine and in auxiliaries we learn application. CFM is just the opposite.
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The outlines in the Sunday School manual are just guidelines for teachers. I teach the principle along with the guidelines. When we were talking about the Plan of Salvation and how to use scriptures and teach our friends I made sure we talked about and learned more about the Plan of Salvation before I asked them how we can help our friends learn. I always make sure the understand and learn the principle first. One class we talked the whole time about the Plan of Salvation and any questions they had about how it all works. One Sunday another teacher in my ward taught all about understanding the Articles of Faith because the students asked him how to teach their friends what they believe if they don't understand the Articles of Faith themselves. He tied it into how teaching the gospel is important in the plan of salvation.
All classes are different which is why this new concept is great. The students should lead where you go in the class discussion and use the outlines as points to keep the discussion going. We spent 15 minutes on class time on how to approach friends with the gospel.
From the manual:
Learning outlines
Seek the inspiration of the Spirit as you select from the outlines below. Let the questions and interests of the youth help guide you as you decide what to emphasize in this unit and how long to spend on a topic.
These outlines are not meant to prescribe what you will say and do in class. They are designed to help you learn the doctrine for yourself and prepare learning experiences adapted to the needs of the youth you teach.
I hope this helps
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I am working harder to like these new lessons. I teach SS 12-13 and it seems that they don't really know alot about the subject at hand, so it's hard for them to teach their friends. I am now starting the 1st lesson of the month with a short section on the principle, ie, Atonement, then moving to the topic of the lesson-what the prophets say. Next week I am planning on talking about Gethsemane and the scriptures that go with that, then having the kids find other scriptures in other books about it.
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I teach Sunday School. My class are the 12-13 year olds. I have a variety of kids, part member homes, strong families, and inactives. A few of them have their scriptures on electronic devices, and they bring them in and use them for other things, games, texting etc. I have no support from the Priesthood correcting this to make it books only, so right there the kids have won. Spending a whole month on a topic which is being covered by another class is redundant to me. I read what they are teaching and sometimes I wish they would work with me to let me know what they are going to teach so I could follow with something that would reiterate what they have taught and take it a step further. I wish the curriculum maybe had the lessons a few months separated so that when either of us taught, it might seem like we could see what they actually know and take it a step further.
Anything I do with my class, has to be done in the class. Very few if any remember to come prepared as they spend time with one parent on a weekend or vice versa. Others just don't care to complete a church assignment. I've taught the youth for many years and this group, behavior wise, are the most challenging.
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Our youth seem to love it. We now have several of them planning to serve missions. When I was called as Sunday School President; I created a pptx and showed it in a joint Preisthood/RS meeting. I wanted all the parents and other adults to know about the changes, and let them know how they can help the youth. I see the changes as a call to all gospel teachers to improve the quality of their teaching. I also used half of the gospel doctrine time to present the 12 main lessons from Teaching No Greater Call. We've seen some great results because of that. Here's a link to my pptx. Maybe it can help. http://sdrv.ms/WBLcqQ
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