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YOUNG TEEN
7TH GRADE TEXT BOOK
INTRODUCTION
The
Sunday
Schools of North American Keralites (SSNAK)
Board is pleased to present the first volume of the
Sunday
School Text Book “Word of Life” for young teens to the
Pentecostal Keralites of North America. The development of a
Sunday School Text Book was assigned to the board in July 2001
to provide a culturally adaptable and age appropriate textbook
for our future generation.
A thirty member Curriculum Development Team
consisting of theologians, ministers of the gospel,
Sunday School Directors, Sunday School Teachers, and Pentecostal
believers of different professions such as physicians,
engineers, social workers and educators under the direction and
leadership of Dr. Thomas Idiculla, have published this book.
The careful and diligent efforts of these men of God and the
blessings of God have made this work possible.
The
SSNAK
board developed a syllabus for the textbook by reviewing various
Sunday School materials currently in use in
India
and America. To validate the syllabus, several focus groups
discussions and surveys were conducted in various cities. Based
on the feedback received from focus groups and telephone
surveys, these lessons are organized into four major units: Word
Series, Christ Series, Church Series and Living Series. On an
average 9 lessons are included in each unit.
A list of potential authors with
Sunday school teaching experience, writing skills, theological
knowledge acquired through education or life experiences was
obtained from across North America. After ascertaining their
availability and willingness, authors were asked to write
lessons in the areas of their expertise. Following the carefully
provided format, authors submitted their lessons to the
editorial team. Unfortunately, all the lessons obtained from the
authors are not included in this book.
A four-step process was used to review and
edit the lessons. The editorial review began with a review for
theological accuracy and correctness, followed by English
language accuracy review. At this stage the readability
standards were also considered before the formatting review. The
final review was a cursory review to detect any omissions. The
advice and guidance obtained from our consultants proved to be
very beneficial.
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