Bible and the Arts Class
Grades 7-10
Teacher: Beth Bacon
2367 Kingsland Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, 30360
bethbacon@gmail.com, 404-704-0086
Textbooks:
The Bible As/In Literature
Bible Study Methods
NIV Study Bible
Topics to be covered:
1.Key Biblical Selections with Literature that relates to them.
2.Recognizing Biblical allusions, symbols, themes in literature and the other humanities, including the
visual arts.
3.Procedures for Systematic Upper Level Reading:(all of this within the Bible)
Observation
Interpretation
Application
Key Questions to ask when reading
Looking at key terms and phrases, structure arrangement, atmosphere, and literary form.
Looking at prose, poetry, narration, parables, proverbs, etc.
Historical and cultural setting.
Figures of Speech: simile, metaphor, personification, idioms, hyperbole, and irony(again, all examples
from the Bible)
4.Guided independant Biographical and Topical studies.
Tuition: $50 month
Registration: $25
Bible Study Methods Textbook: $20
Other textbooks are provided by the teacher.
Dunwoody Classes
2009-2010
Family Membership Fee
The membership fee for Dunwoody Classes for 2009-2010 will be $75 per semester for one student and
$100 per semester for families with multiple students. The membership fee includes the facility fee and
unlimited choices of classes for all students within the family. Teacher registration and tuition are made
payable separately to the individual teachers. The membership fee is made payable to Becky Humphrey
and must be paid before or by the first day of class. This one membership fee and the teacher fees are
the only fees that will be assessed