The Bible and Music

Our class today was mostly focused on The Exodus. To be completely honest, a lot of it went over my head, as I had to look up what The Exodus even was. One point that did resonate with me, however, was the idea that music could be used in education. I began to ponder the benefits of using music to inform about a topic which lead me to the thought, why isn’t music used more in education?

The conversation that made me initially think of this idea was when the one discussing greeting cards. Majority of us agreed we prefer the cards that contain some kind of poem inside, as it makes us happy and makes the message of the card more memorable. The same can be said of the Bible. I am aware that there are many videos out there made to educate children on the stories of the Bible. This being said, we should try to integrate this way of teaching to children in other areas outside of religion. Dare I say it, integrate it into areas of learning that will really make a difference in our future generation. There should be more songs/videos about climate change and global warming, history of the world, politics, etc. You name it, there should be a song making the material of the topic more attainable to the youth.

The Prince of Egypt example was interesting in that it discussed the hard questions in an entire animated movie. I was intrigued to see how many of my classmates still felt an attachment to the movie even in their coming adult years. They were able to sing along to it perfectly, showing the material was deeply engrained into them, illustrating the impact of music in education.