Dear friends:

Thank you so much for accepting the responsibility to present one module of the Fundamental Verities Course. Listed below are the dates and topics for each speaker. If you are unable to to speak that day, please let me know as soon as possible.

The course materials have already been distributed to the Auxiliary Board, the National Education TaskForce, the Bahá’í Publishing Trust and others. It will be revised sometime in 1997.

Enclosed in this letter are several additional items:
	Guidelines for the speaker
	Teacher evaluation form
	Student evaluation form
	Student attendance sheet

If you still require the 200 page syllabus, please let me know. The xeroxing cost is about $10.

Thank you for all your assistance.

Signed.......

Speaker Assignments

	Speaker	      Date	     Module
_______________________________________________________________________

__________________	_______________	  1 Covenant

__________________	_______________	  2 Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

__________________	_______________	  3 Central Figures

__________________	_______________	  4 Administration

__________________	_______________	  5 Prayer, death, unity, behavior, 				     fasting

__________________	_______________	  6 Consultation, marriage

__________________	_______________	  7 Feast, Holy Days, Calendar

__________________	_______________	  8 Teaching

__________________	_______________	  9 Education Children

__________________	_______________	10 Race unity

__________________	_______________	11 Equality Men & Women

__________________	_______________	12 Funds

Number of pages per module

0-8	1-10	2-08	3-22	4-22	5-14	6-06	7-10	8-10	
9-12	10-14	11-06	12-06	13-04	14-22	15-10	16-12	

Total-198

Guidelines for the Speaker

The classes will be 90 minute overviews of the topic, intended primarily for new believers and dedicated seekers.

The speaker should consult with the objective of developing a lesson outline for the topic, which is based exclusively on the writings and other authoritative texts such as “Developing Distinctive Bahá’í Communities - a Guideline for Spiritual Assemblies”

The speaker should consider that the audience has different learning skills, language skills and understanding ability.  Use of Core Curriculum style classes may be very helpful with the components of “knowledge, wisdom, spiritual understanding and eloquent speech.” Various activities such as story telling, skits, drama, art, music, video should be employed whenever possible.

An attendance record should be maintained and returned to the course facilitator.

A hand out has been developed which contains the core information and recommended readings. The objective is to provide the student with an outline, eliminating the need for extensive note taking, and provide references for further study.

After class - students should be encouraged to socialize after the formal class for fellowship and conversation. Hospitality will be provided. 

New Believers should be encouraged to consider teaching a class in the next round of classes.

All classes will be held at _____________________(location), ___________(time). The actual list of dates is attached.

The speaker should be prepared to present this class more than one time.

The speaker will please fill out their class evaluation form and have their students fill out the teacher evaluation form. 

Fundamental Verities
Teacher Evaluation Form

Name		_________________________________________________

Module # (Circle) 	1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9     10      11      12

How would you improve / modify  the syllabus ? :

	objectives	_________________________________________________
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	definitions	_________________________________________________
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	quotes	_________________________________________________
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	references 	_________________________________________________
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Other Comments :	_________________________________________________
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Fundamental Verities 
Student Evaluation Form

Name ( optional ) 	_________________________________________________

Circle class attended:

1 Covenant									  7 Feast, Holy Days, Calendar
2 Writings of Bahá’u’lláh						  8 Teaching
3 Central Figures								  9 Education Children
4 Administration								10 Race unity
5 Prayer, death, unity, behavior, fasting			11 Equality Men & Women
6 Consultation, marriage						12 Funds

Written Syllabus:

	Easy to read ? ( Circle )	Yes          No

	Useful information ? ( Circle )	Yes          No

	Add / Remove items from syllabus ( Fill in ) 	

Speaker:

	Easy to understand ?	Yes          No

	Useful information ?	Yes          No

	Discussed the objectives ?	Yes          No

	Answered your questions ?	Yes          No

	Use of visual / musical / art ?	Yes          No

Other :

	Are you encouraged to study more about this topic?           Yes        No

Fundamental Verities
Attendance Sheet

Circle class attended:

1 Covenant									  7 Feast, Holy Days, Calendar
2 Writings of Bahá’u’lláh						  8 Teaching
3 Central Figures							  	  9 Education Children
4 Administration								10 Race unity
5 Prayer, death, unity, behavior, fasting			11 Equality Men & Women
6 Consultation, marriage						12 Funds

PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME: