Youth / Teens Age Level Teacher Training Resources
These resources are geared more to teaching youth than youth ministry in general. You might find the youth ministry resources page on the MinTools.com site helpful if you are looking for youth ministry helps.
Read more about teenagers and teacher training: What Today's Teens Really Need
Links open in new pages to keep the list available to look at additional teacher training resources. While seeking to choose doctrinally sound resources, we make no claim to total endorsement of any listing. Where possible, we link to merchants with whom we have an affiliate relationship, such as being an Amazon Associate from whom we earn from qualifying purchases. These sites may use cookies to track your activity to ensure that Ministry Tools Resource Center gets commissions from any sales.
General Youth (Teen) Teaching Resources
Articles/Handouts, Hardcopy:
- Youth Leader Training on the Go by Mark DeVries, Jeff Dunn-Rankin - 52 reproducible 2 page handouts on CD; much of this is more about youth ministry in general than simply teaching youth but you will find some of the topics helpful to teaching
Articles, Online:
- 3 Tips for Teaching Teens (Youth)
- 5 Myths About Teaching Apologetics to Students
- 5 Ways to Get Teens into Bible Study
- 6 Tips for Better Lesson Illustrations
- 7 Tips on Getting and Keeping the Attention of Teenagers
- A Place Youth Want to Be
- A Place Youth Don't Want to Be
- Bible Memory Verses for Teenagers
- Discipline with Youth: Preventive Discipline
- Effective Youth Bible Study
- Getting Students to Talk
- Helping Kids (Teens) in Pain
- Methods for Teens
- Motivating Teens to Learn
- Speaking to a Generation with a Short Attention Span
- Teaching Tips for Teachers of Teenagers
- Teens Study the Bible on Their Own?
- Teens Need the Foundation for Studying the Bible
- Teens Need the Right Motivation to Study the Bible
- Teens Need the Benefits for Studying the Bible
- The Focus of Youth Ministry
- Tips for Working with Youth and Handling Discipline Problems
- Young People Need Realness
- Young People Need Reasons
- Young People Need Relationship
- Young People Need Relevance
- Young People Need Renewal
- Youth Need to Know the Lord
- Youth Need to Wait on the Lord
Books:
- How to Do Bible Learning Activities: Grades 7-12 by Ed Steward, Neal McBride
- How to Speak to Youth . . . And Keep Them Awake at the Same Time by Ken Davis
- Speaking to Teenagers: How to Think About, Create and Deliver Effective Messages by Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins
- Teaching That Makes a Difference: How to Teach Teens for Holistic Impact by Dan Lambert
- Teaching the Bible Creatively by Bill McNabb, Steven Mabry
- Teaching the Bible to Adults and Youth by Dick Murray
- The Youth Worker's Guide to Creative Bible Study by Karen Dockrey
- When Church Kids Go Bad: How To Love and Work With Rude, Obnoxious, and Apathetic Students by Les Christie
Group Training at Conventions, Conferences:
Resources:
- Bibles for Teenagers
- Bible Studies for Teens
- Devotional Bibles for Teenagers
- Devotionals for Teens
- Study Bibles for Teens
- The Essential Guide to My New Life with Jesus by Scott Rubin
Videos:
- 5 Steps for Connecting with Teens by Jonathan McKee
- Connecting with Six Types of Kids - Geared more to a youth ministry program than classroom teaching but could be helpful to teachers as well. --- Link to Book referenced in video: Connect: Real Relationships in a World of Isolation by Jonathan McKee
Junior High
Articles, Online:
- 3 Tips for Teaching the Bible to Middle School Students
- How to Teach Junior Highers Without Losing Your Mind - Part 1
- How to Teach Junior Highers Without Losing Your Mind - Part 2
Books:
- Controlled Chaos: Making Sense of Junior High Ministry by Kurt Johnston - deals with Jr. High Youth Ministry in general and not primarily teaching but teachers can benefit
- Junior High Ministry by Wayne Rice - deals with Jr. High Youth Ministry in general and not primarily teaching but teachers can benefit, particularly the chapters about their development
Worksheets:
- Age Level Characteristics: Youth Module Download by Ministry Tools Resource Center
One of the two youth age levels included in this resource relates to junior high students. For this age level you will find an introductory article about that age level, a one page overview of their age level characteristics, and a worksheet with the characteristics to use to assess one's teaching in light of their implications and determine steps to take to improve. The following article title represents this age level:
- Teach Junior High Students??? -- It's not the end of the world!
(This module is from the Age Level Characteristics Download which includes 11 age brackets from infants to older adults.)
Senior High
Worksheets:
- Age Level Characteristics: Youth Module Download by Ministry Tools Resource Center
One of the two youth age levels included in this resource relates to senior high school students. For this age level you will find an introductory article about that age level, a one page overview of their age level characteristics, and a worksheet with the characteristics to use to assess one's teaching in light of their implications and determine steps to take to improve. The following article title represents this age level:
- Do High School students even know the definition of commitment?
(This module is from the Age Level Characteristics Download which includes 11 age brackets from infants to older adults.)