the lesson and that it conveys or clarifies the
learning objectives of the lesson.
When a motion picture is used, the instructor
should outline the purpose of the film, indicate
ideas, actions, or points to be noted in the film
or questions that may be answered in the film.
After the film has been shown, the instructor
should question the students or lead a group
discussion to ensure that the students have
become acquainted with and understand the
material presented in the film.
When an audiovisual aid is a motion
picture, the connection between the lesson and
the film must be made clear to the class by the
instructor. The instructor should prepare the
class prior to showing the film by indicating the
points in the film to be noted, the new concepts
that will be brought out by the film, and the
questions answered by the film. When the show-
ing is over, the RE instructor should have the
students summarize the film. The instructor may
find it necessary to summarize the film to clarify
the material presented. This could then be
followed by a group discussion.
When charts, posters, mockups, or
cutaway models are used as audiovisual aids, RE
instructors should keep them covered until they
are needed so they will not distract the students.
An audiovisual aid must be integrated
into the presentation to achieve maximum
usefulness. The audiovisual aid should not
create distracting breaks in the presentation, but
should be used in such a way that the presenta-
tion flows smoothly, without interruption. To
accomplish this, the RE instructor must plan in
advance how and when audiovisual aids are to
be used in the presentation. This should be
incorporated in the lesson plan.
Requesting Religious Education (RE)
and Audiovisual (AV) Materials
Religious Program Specialists will often be
asked to procure religious education (RE) and
audiovisual (AV) materials. The use of RE
resource guides developed by the Armed Forces
Chaplains Board and the Chaplain Audiovisual
Catalog can be very helpful to the RP in these
two important areas. The use of these resource
guides and the Chaplain Audiovisual Catalog
are discussed in the following paragraphs.
RESOURCE GUIDES.Requests for reli-
gious education (RE) materials can frequently be
met through the use of one of the various
resource guides developed by the Armed Forces
Chaplains Board for military chaplains.
Resource guides utilized for 1981/1982 in-
clude:
Unified Jewish Religious Education Cur-
riculum Resource Guide for the Armed
Forces
Protestant Armed Forces Resource Guide
1981-1982
(Roman) Catholic Curriculum and
Resource Guide
These resource guides are made available to
Navy chaplains by the Chief of Chaplains. Navy
chaplains are encouraged to use the RE material
which has been selected for inclusion in these
resource guides.
However, if none of the
material listed in these resource guides is
suitable, material found elsewhere which is
required by the chaplain may be procured by
open purchase. One example of this is The
Orthodox Church which is not addressed in a
resource guide.
One source for Orthodox
Christian (RE) materials is the:
Orthodox Christian Education Commission
Sales Department
P.O. Box 69, Calvin Station
Syracuse, New York 13205
When materials are requested for a particular
denomination which is represented within the
Command Religious Program (CRP) but is not
listed within a resource guide, such as The
Orthodox Church, the RP must determine
where religious education (RE) materials for that
denomination may be procured. This address
should then be placed on file and a request made
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