Joe and I teach a worldview class to a small group of 8th - 10th graders using Summit Ministry's Lightbearers materials. Since we knew we would be offering the class to more students than just Zachary and Ryan, we purchased the Christian school edition of the materials because it includes DVDs that can be played on a TV screen. (The homeschool edition's discs can be played only on a computer.) The material is written for a full 36-week school year. Since our class is extra-curricular for all the participants, we meet every other week for a couple of hours and cover one week's worth of material during that time. Since we're moving at half-pace, it will take longer than a regular school year to complete the course.
Lightbearers materials include the following:
- Susan Schaeffer Macauley's book, How To Be Your Own Selfish Pig
- Teaching DVDs
- A student workbook that contains more reading material, questions for all the readings/DVDs, and assignments
- A well laid out teacher's manual, which includes a day-by-day schedule
Each of the 12 units takes 3 weeks to cover. The units are:
- Introduction
- Theology
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Biology
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Law
- Politics
- Economics
- History
- Conclusion
Here's a description of the course from the Lightbearers website:
Lightbearers is a . . . video-based curriculum . . . designed to help students clearly understand the tenets of the Christian worldview, and how they compare to the tenets of the leading humanistic worldviews of our day. Students will learn how to apply their Christian faith to every area of life . . . some of the issues covered include: abortion, apologetics, cults, evolution, feminism, homosexuality, naturalism, moral relativism, pluralism, relationships, and socialism.
As you can see, we delve into some pretty heavy-duty topics. Joe and I are both greatly enjoying teaching this class, and we highly recommend the materials.
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