Teaching Resources
SBL provides resources for teachers and educators in a variety of contexts, from public and private elementary schools to college classrooms. On this page, explore a sampling of the resources available for SBL members.
College Classrooms
Independent and Private Schools (K−12)
- Bible Electives in Public Schools: A Guide
- American Council of Learned Societies’ Webinars on K-12 Education
- Carney Sandoe & Associates
- Association of Independent Schools of New England Career Center
- California Association of Independent Schools Career Center
- Independent Schools Association of the Central States Career Center
- National Association of Independent Schools Career Center
- New Jersey Association of Independent Schools Career Center
- New York State Association of Independent Schools Career Center
- SchoolSpring Career Center
- The Association of Boarding Schools Career Center
- The New Teacher Project
- Standards for Georgia Bible Courses
- Standards for Tennessee Bible Courses
Lesson Plans
A team of scholars and teachers from the Georgia 3Rs Project created the following five lesson plans. These lesson plans show how the academic study of biblical and other ancient texts can be appropriately included into public high school courses.
Guides from SBL Press
- Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction
- Teaching the Bible through Popular Culture and the Arts
Legal Cases and Guides
- Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
- Doe v. Porter (E. D. Tenn. 2002)
- Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
- Epperson v. Arkansas 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
- Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
- Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (M. D. Penn, 2005)
- McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
- Moreno v. Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees Complaint
- “District to Settle Bible Suit” by Neela Banerjee, New York Times, March 6, 2008
- State of Georgia Attorney General’s 1999 Opinion on the NCBCPS Curriculum
- “Religion in the Public Schools: A Joint Statement of Current Law” (April 1995)
- U.S. Department of Education, “Religious Expression in Public Schools” (1995)
- The Bible and Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide
Organizations