FOCUSED, STRATEGIC, & SEQUENTIAL
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
We are so excited for you to see all we are creating. Our first instructional level is most appropriate for children ages 4-6. The two-year program includes 78 toolboxes of weekly lesson plans for sessions of 80, 60, or 45 minutes. All activities and presentations, material lists, videos, music, parent communications, and skill checklists will be downloadable or available in other formats upon request. Curriculum for older students will have online learning options through our secure portal.
- Easy-to-follow lesson plans
- Videos and PowerPoints
- MP3 Songs and Sing-Alongs
- Interactive Activities
- Skill checklists
- FREE
WEEKLY LESSON TOOLBOXES
Everything is included. And, we’re always just a phone call away if you have questions.
What’s in a Sample Toolbox?
| Read Me First: Includes long-range calendar and instructions for accessing checklists | |
| Lesson Plan: Includes objectives, materials list, script, time organizer, tips | |
| Choice of Video Lesson, Audio Only, or PDF | |
| Scripture Memorization Music | |
| Teacher Tools/Ideas |
| Weekly Parent E-mail Template | |
| Memorization Reminder for parents | |
| Concept Illustrations | |
| Manipulative Activities | |
| Art Activities | |
| Active Games |
This actual toolbox includes everything needed for one week’s instruction.
The Critical Thinking Shift
The emphasis of DTBC curriculum is not what children know, but what they are able to demonstrate. This requires a complete shift in how we teach.
Aside from evolving into high-tech productions, children’s Bible curricula have changed little over the last 75 years. Having all the entertaining “bells and whistles” is certainly not a bad thing, but this is where the evolution generally stops. Often, there is little emphasis on critical thinking or defending one’s faith within the current spiritually confusing and often antagonistic culture. In many cases, although the culture has changed dramatically, the equipping has not.
What makes DTBC unique?
DTBC is different in its approach, emphasis, mission, and cost. Every lesson is founded upon an overarching concept, such as “There is only one true and real God,” designed to combat cultural sway. We are authentic in our approach that there are sacrifices associated with serving the one true God, but so worth everything—up to and including persecution and perhaps the giving of our lives.
- The basic DTBC curriculum is a 2-year program for ages 4-18.
- Critical thinking components are practiced within each level. Students use inductive and deductive thinking as they compare Scriptures and discover historical and scientific facts. Music, games, role play, discussions, and skill-based portfolios shift the emphasis from what they KNOW to what they can DEMONSTRATE.
- All students study the same overarching concept simultaneously, study the same Biblical evidence but to different depths, and memorize the same scripture passages. This makes the curriculum perfect for house churches, multi-level age configurations, or homeschoolers.
- The concepts systematically loop back multiple times to increasingly deeper levels. Year 2 repeats the key learnings again with greater complexity using different Biblical evidence and mastery skills. We want to be sure they understand and can defend what they have learned.
- Teachers and parents have Bible-based checklists of skills at each level that children must master. Parents no longer have to ‘hope’ their children are getting what they need, and teachers easily evaluate the understanding of each individual student.
- Defenders of Truth Bible Curriculum is distributed free to everyone. Everywhere. Always!
SKILL CHECKLISTS
Our skill checklists are designed to make learning progress easy to understand—for both teachers and parents.
Horizontal checklists show the full range of skills children typically develop at a specific age, across all topics (strands) they study. Teachers use these to track what students have mastered, and parents can quickly see how their child is growing overall.
Vertical checklists focus on each single topic (strand) to show how that skill deepens as children get older. These are especially helpful if you’d like to see how critical thinking develops step by step over time. Keep in mind that no skill is taught in isolation—each strand is thoughtfully woven together with others throughout the curriculum.
Each week begins with a big idea drawn from the Holy Bible. Children learn this concept through biblical evidence that clearly illustrate it, along with age-appropriate Scripture memorization. These concepts don’t disappear after one lesson—they are gently woven together and revisited continuously, helping children understand and remember them in deeper, more meaningful ways over time.
LESSON PROGRESSION
SONGS & SING-ALONGS
Every lesson includes music for memorizing Scriptures that align with the concepts. These are not for learning once and moving on. Instead, students revisit the music AND THE SCRIPTURES continuously throughout each instructional level using a unique “loopback learning process.”
“DTBC creatively and actively engages students. I appreciate that lessons are congruent with God’s Word, enlighten children to the truth they must understand to defend and represent Christianity, develop confidence in the one true God, and teach them how to live out their faith in a world of spiritual confusion.”
Jan
Curriculum Specialist
Missouri Public Schools