by Darlene N. Böcek | Sep 7, 2018
Projects and presentations ultimately assess student learning. There are many good resources out there for presentations in history. As I mentioned in 10 Elements for Teaching History, resources like Prezi and Youtube are fun and stimulating for students. The free...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Oct 1, 2017
by s. nicole böcek 2017 and AD 33 Sometimes life takes you where you don’t expect to go. When Amber woke up, she had no idea that a man in a pea-green coat would soon be crawling through her window. But it happened….like this: The strange man shoves a bundle into her...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Jul 26, 2017
Trunk of Scrolls is a story of long ago. That makes it historical fiction. But it is also a novel that teaches, which makes it curriculum. Historical fiction is one of two top methods of teaching students to “do history.” Click for free PDF Historical...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Jun 2, 2017
HAS JESUS BEEN JESUS MISQUOTED? Early church librarian, Pamphilus of Caesarea, in the mid-200s, would make copies of Scripture and “correct the manuscripts of the Bible.” Even back then, there was a godly reverence for correctly copying Scripture. In spite...
by Darlene N. Böcek | May 6, 2017
• “I serve Jesus Christ the eternal King. I will no longer serve your emperors. It is not right for a Christian to serve the armies of this world.” ~ Marcellus the Centurion, 298AD, spoken as he gave up his post in the army of Emperor Diocletian because of his faith....
by Darlene N. Böcek | Apr 15, 2017
STORY OF SCRIPTURE The Word in the World Pentateuch For thousands of years the people of God had no full copy of God’s Word. The Israelites of the Exodus had the word of Moses, and the books he was writing. Otherwise it was hearsay. The judges had a couple more books....