Since we are at the beginning of a new semester and many of us are engaged in teaching introductory classes, I thought I would point out a resource that I found last year at the SBL. It is the book Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction, edited by Mark Roncace and Patrick Gray.
The book includes 273 exercises by about 100 contributors, each of whom has tried out the exercises in their own classes. A short (2-3 page) essay on each exercise explains the activity and the idea it is meant to convey to the students. I have been using this since November last year, and it is an excellent way to have the students work with a particular method or text instead of merely lecturing on it.
For instance, one of the exercises uses a text that is available on-line to illustrate the principles of textual criticism. Since students cannot work with the original languages,
If you are teaching an introductory course on the Bible, I would highly recommend this book.