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Year 4 - Social Justice
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T2 Year 4 Google Drive
* STANDARD DISCLAIMER AND USE STATEMENT: Like the Kingdom here on Earth, this curriculum and its lesson plans are not fully realized and as such has not been approved or reviewed by any ecclesial authority. It does conform to the desires of the Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama and to the Catechism of the Catholic Church as to content.
While freely available for use, this program is the intellectual property of its owners; use for any purpose other than Catholic religious education is not approved. No part may be quoted or reproduced without express permission. Please contact us with any questions.
While freely available for use, this program is the intellectual property of its owners; use for any purpose other than Catholic religious education is not approved. No part may be quoted or reproduced without express permission. Please contact us with any questions.
Many of the classes of this year are 'large group' in nature, in that there are more group activities and less individual presentation. Another way to focus this year is by looking at saints, people who devoted their lives to the big questions of suffering and injustice.
There are some great resources for teens and youth at the bishop's website like: http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/videos-for-faithful-citizenship.cfm. Wander about the site for other useful ideas.
In addition, the later topics of this year have been loosely laid out; in our area we have access to other religious groups which gives us personal resources that allow us to exchange ideas and information in a question and answer format. While the background provided for the world religions classes has some merit, we are by no means experts and it is insufficient next to actually hearing it from the 'horse's mouth'. Access to a Temple, Mosque or other such resource is invaluable to avoiding stereotyping and the understanding others only from our own point of view. There is a class at the end which is designed to keep all of this other information within context and to help the teens understand that while we may agree or not agree with these other groups, we are called by our Baptism to "love one another." As with the other years discussions on bullying and the individual value of being one of God's children, we must have tolerance and understanding, something which may help them to understand the Church's attempts to reconcile with other Christian denominations and to dialog and cooperate with other religious faiths as encouraged by Vatican II. I encourage you to seek out these resources and adapt the later program to the availability of these resources in your area. If unavailable, then I encourage you to spend less time trying to explain them and more time trying to explain the Church's position on ecumenism and ecumenical efforts.
If you need a reader for the Microsoft DOCX format, download one here, PPTX here.
There are some great resources for teens and youth at the bishop's website like: http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/videos-for-faithful-citizenship.cfm. Wander about the site for other useful ideas.
In addition, the later topics of this year have been loosely laid out; in our area we have access to other religious groups which gives us personal resources that allow us to exchange ideas and information in a question and answer format. While the background provided for the world religions classes has some merit, we are by no means experts and it is insufficient next to actually hearing it from the 'horse's mouth'. Access to a Temple, Mosque or other such resource is invaluable to avoiding stereotyping and the understanding others only from our own point of view. There is a class at the end which is designed to keep all of this other information within context and to help the teens understand that while we may agree or not agree with these other groups, we are called by our Baptism to "love one another." As with the other years discussions on bullying and the individual value of being one of God's children, we must have tolerance and understanding, something which may help them to understand the Church's attempts to reconcile with other Christian denominations and to dialog and cooperate with other religious faiths as encouraged by Vatican II. I encourage you to seek out these resources and adapt the later program to the availability of these resources in your area. If unavailable, then I encourage you to spend less time trying to explain them and more time trying to explain the Church's position on ecumenism and ecumenical efforts.
If you need a reader for the Microsoft DOCX format, download one here, PPTX here.
CLASS |
TITLE |
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PPT |
QUICK TAKE |
Background and Introduction |
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Alleviating the Temporal Effects of Sin |
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1 |
Taking Care of Business |
What is Social Justice? |
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2 |
Caring For Creation |
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Thinking globally acting locally |
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The ART of Social Justice |
Act, Reflect, Transform |
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4 |
The Eucharist |
The heart and soul of what we do |
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5 |
The Beatitudes & Common Good |
What does Jesus tell us about the world |
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Balancing Rights & Respect |
What is the secret to treating others right? |
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Election I |
Presidential election activities to help teens |
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Election II |
learn to vote 'Catholic' (ex: compare) |
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Prejudice |
Who is my neighbor? |
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Hunger, Poverty & Homelessness |
How we treat one another |
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Legal and Illegal Migration |
How do we treat the stranger (older ppt) |
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Return And Rehash |
ppt |
Recalling why we are here (post holiday) |
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War, Torture, and Terrorism |
The Effects of Fear and Hate |
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14 |
Crime and Punishment |
How do we think on compassion and justice? |
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Abuse |
Understanding the social effects of abuse |
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Religious Freedom |
What is Religious Freedom? |
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Work and Dignity |
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The dignity of work and workers |
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Large Group – Thinking day |
Thinking about the world and our place in it |
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Abrahamics |
Our father in faith - Intro World Religions |
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Christian Denominations |
How well do the teens know Christians? |
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Faith Lived |
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Rediscovering our commitments |
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Religions survey |
What does plurality mean to us? |
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Fact or Fiction |
Reflections on Faith |
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A Day Without Catholics |
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What would the world be like without us? |
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