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1) Students will study Scriptural texts that contain a range of textual features and text types that assist Christians in making meaning. They will understand how Scriptural texts are composed and comprehended contextually. They will also discover how Scriptural texts are interpreted critically using a range of processes. 2) The medium through which the concept will be explored through teacher guided tasks, group work and independent investigation. || ** Unit Length ** : 10 weeks || 1) Why are we doing this unit for this group of learners at this particular time? and Why is this important? 2) What will learners investigate throughout the unit? (What will be the key / focus question to guide inquiry) ||^  || Formal examination to test knowledge, understanding and interpretation of scriptures ||^  || Students access a range of textual features to make meaning and interpret messages in scriptural texts. ||  ||   || Know: Range of textual features
 * Level 5, 6 and beyond level 6**
 * **Context:**
 * **Focus:**
 * **Assessment:**
 * **Resources:** ||^  ||
 * ** Focus Learning Outcomes ** || ** Content: ** |||| ** Learning Experiences: ** ||
 * S5.1
 * Sequence of events
 * Characterisation
 * Imagery
 * Metaphor, simile, allegory
 * Repetition
 * Contrast
 * Symbolism
 * Vocabulary
 * Message
 * Voice
 * Treatment of sources
 * Messages in scriptural texts
 * Reign of God
 * Covenant
 * Salvation
 * Liberation
 * Creation
 * Sinfulness
 * Promise
 * Faithfulness
 * Hope
 * Love
 * Worship
 * Justice
 * Resurrection
 * Relationship to the law
 * Divinity of Jesus
 * Action of the spirit
 * Moral life
 * Good and evil |||| Beliefs and ideas about God – OHTs and questions

Images of God – pictorial identification of how God is found in each picture and one that appeals to students and why

Images of God – freeze frame, scripture cards and a postcard activity

Retrieval sheet – simile, metaphor

Pictures of God – matched biblical references

Paper plate activity – God of the old Testament

Movie – God in the Old Testament

Images of God growing – SOR type activity

Some images of God in Hebrew Scripture

Our Father cube

Biblical questionnaire

OHT – what is the bible and how is it developed and written

Old testament books handout and OHT’s

Stages in formation of the bible overhead

Stories – myths of creation and covenant. Genesis vs Babylonian

Ways of reading the scripture Two approaches

Homer’s Guide to bible storyboard and information

Religious truths in Genesis – creation and decreation

Journey through biblical history Covenant – OHT

Creation and Covenant – handouts and overheads

Pacts with people in Genesis

God and people of Israel

Exploration of Hebrew scriptures

Covenant handout

Religion quiz Areas to study for exam

Prince of Egypt DVD

Evan Almighty DVD || Access features to make meaning and interpret messages Students present ways contextual understandings of scriptural texts are applied in contemporary religious and social scenarios. ||  ||   || Know: Application of scripture in contemporary religious scenarios Application of scripture in contemporary social scenarios
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || Do:
 * Study how the textual features of legal / moral codes in the book of Deuteronomy reinforce the moral meaning and message
 * Work in pairs to analyse the textual features of the books of the Pentateuch to identify how they reinforce and clarify the moral meaning and message ||||^  ||
 * S5.2
 * Types of truth (e.g. historical, literal, scientific, metaphoric, religious, moral)
 * Media
 * Social Behaviour ||||^  ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || Do:
 * Compare and contrast religious television broadcasts to show the ways contextual understandings of scripture have been applied similarly and / or differently
 * Analyse a school or televised liturgy for its application of scripture
 * Gather and represent different ways that contextual understandings of scripture have been used for social and religious settings (e.g. works of art, film, drama, prayer reflections)
 * Examine the application of particular understandings of scripture by a contemporary or historical missionary group
 * Analyse an application of scripture to identify different types of truth (e.g. historical, factual, scientific and religious)
 * Examine media commentaries or articles that apply scripture for the justification of a particular political position
 * Critically examine fundamentalist interpretations of scripture that have been used to justify political purposes (e.g. apartheid, KKK, status of women ||||^  ||
 * S6.1

Students engage with a broad range of textual features to critically reflect on messages in scriptural texts. ||  ||   || Know: Messages conveyed through textual features in scriptural texts Students examine the effectiveness of different forms and technologies for the communication of scriptural texts in contemporary contexts. ||  ||   || Know:
 * Reign of God (e.g. images in kingdom parables, beatitudes as a moral code)
 * Covenant (e.g. images of covenant, covenant in legal codes, covenant narratives, prophecy and fidelity to covenant)
 * Liberation (e.g. treatment of Exodus theme in psalms, legal codes and narratives; metaphors of liberation in the New Testament)
 * Justice (e.g. repetition of the theme of preferential option for the poor, characterisation in stories of healing and table fellowship)
 * Resurrection (e.g. imagery of new life in Old and New Testament stories, parallel accounts in synoptic gospels)
 * Faithfulness (e.g. poetic language in psalms, healing stories in Mark’s gospel, narrative in Job ||||^  ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || Do:
 * Locate images, metaphors and similes for the kingdom/reign of God in scriptural texts and evaluate them for their relevance today
 * Complete a S.W.O.T. analysis chart on textual features related to the theme of covenant (e.g. metaphor of bride and groom)
 * Describe how vocabulary is used in moral / legal codes in scriptural texts to achieve particular purposes (e.g. Decalogue, Beatitudes, ritual laws and purity codes in Leviticus ||||^  ||
 * S6.2
 * The role of prophecy in evangelisation

Application of scripture in contemporary social scenarios
 * Politics
 * Media
 * Social Behaviour
 * The influence of the Bible in shaping Australian culture

Traditional forms and technologies
 * Story telling, commentaries, homilies, magazine articles, written texts, theological texts, religious music, religious art, Bible, liturgical texts

Contemporary forms and technologies
 * Billboards, TV, radio, multi-media, sms, community notice boards, aided technologies, advertising, clothing, virtual communications, voice recognition, computer, CD


 * ^  ||^   ||^   || Do :
 * Use strategy to make judgments about the effectiveness of different forms and technologies in communicating the same scriptural text (e.g. a tele-evangelist show, multi-modal presentation, religious art, homily, religious billboard, newspaper articles, protest song, traditional hymn, multi-media reflection, contemporary film)
 * Evaluate the use of different forms and technologies to communicate scriptural texts in contemporary worship settings
 * Use a digital camera to create a folio of ‘signal box art’ for use in communicating scriptural texts
 * Create a gallery display of ways in which the Bible has been interpreted for contemporary Australian culture ||||^  ||
 * Create a gallery display of ways in which the Bible has been interpreted for contemporary Australian culture ||||^  ||