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How to Teach Religion

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Aim, the the child determining, 30 of religious instruction, 42 religious habits as, 193

Appreciation as an aim of instruction, 86 cultivating religious, 194

Approach, psychological mode of, 52

Art in religious teaching, 72 types of in curriculum, 125

Assignment of lesson, 197

Attitudes religious as aim, 45 to be cultivated, 76 toward the school, 77 the child's spiritual, 84

Bible, the the teacher's knowledge of, 23 the child's knowledge of, 68 continuing interest in, 82 as a source of material, 111 and reason, 167

Conservation, religious, 33

Child, the as a Christian, 34 his concept of God, 59 his concept of religion, 63 the teacher's knowledge of, 25 as the great objective, 30 and his spiritual growth, 31

Christian, the child, 34

Church, the the child's knowledge of, 69 participation in activities of, 101 loyalty to, 88

Danger Points in instruction, 161 how avoided, 162

Deduction, in religion, 190

Distractions freedom from in recitation, 155 avoiding unnecessary, 156

Dramatic, the children and, 176 use of in teaching, 176

Drill, place of, 192

Duty, as a virtue, 99

Expression religious in the home, 106 as a mode of learning, 44 in social service, 101

Giving, training in, 104

God the child's concept of, 59 harm from wrong concepts of, 60 made the daily counselor, 100

Habit preventing the, of defeat, 81 religious, as aim, 93 the growth of, 94

Heroes, appeal of to child, 89

Home, religious expression in, 106

Ideals, 85

Imagination use of in religion, 170 how to appeal to, 172

Induction, use of in religion, 187

Instruction response as a test of, 53 various tests of, 56, 107

Interest as a test of attitude, 79 in the Bible, 82 how to appeal to, 151

Jesus, an ideal teacher, 217

Knowledge religious as an aim, 44 of most worth, 58 of the Bible, 67 of the church, 69

Laboratory, work in religion, 102

Lessons Uniform, the, 134 Graded, the, 134 in text book form, 134 different types of, 183

Life requirements of for religion, 43 religious teaching and, 91 a code for, 95

Loti, Pierre, quoted, 61

Loyalty, cultivation of, 88

Material, for instruction means instead of end, 35 adapting to child, 50 chapter on, 109 sources of, in in story form, 118 organization of, 126

Measures of success, 38 of child's progress, 39

Memory, the laws of, 177 training of, 179

Method of the recitation, 201 the topical, 202 the lecture, 204 the question-and-answer, 206 the story, 212

Music in worship, 72 in the curriculum, 126

Nature, as a source of material, 122

Neglect, and stress of subject matter, 51

Obedience, as a virtue, 97

Objective, the chapter on, 30 for the teacher, 30 effect of on teaching, 37

Organization, of material chapter on, 129 different types of, 130

Personality building of, 16 chart for, 18

Pictures types of in use, 125 appeal of to child, 174

Plan, the lesson, 141

Presentation, and response, 55

Principles, foundation in teaching, 42

Question, the, method, 206

Questioning, principles of, 207

Recitation, the, 201

Religion the child's concept of, 63 related to living, 64, 92 and art, 72 influence of music in, 72 laboratory work in, 102

REVIEW, the, 196

School, the church pupils' attitude toward, 77 the spirit of, 78

Score Card, for personality, 19

Service social as expression, 101 training in social, 105

Singing, in worship, 104

Story, the as lesson material, 118 other than Bible, 120 method of, 212 principles of telling, 214

Stress, and neglect of material, 51

Subject Matter as means to end, 35 selecting right, 48 chapter on, 109 sources of, 111

Teacher, the chapter on, 13 types of, 14 preparation of, 21 as a student, 27

Teaching technique of, 148 measures of effective, 165 types of, 183

Text Books, of religion, 139

Thinking required in religion, 165 and Bible study, 167

Uniform Lessons, 134, 135

Wells, H.G., quoted, 60

Worship, in church school, 104

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