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Chapter K: Let Your Voice Be Heard: Synod on Cyberbullying

Students are challenged to write a speech as if they were a member of Pope Francis’ synod addressing the problem of cyberbullying.

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Chapter J: Major Events in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Students order important events from the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Encouragement in Persecution

This handout outlines a writing assignment in which students write a letter to an imaginary Roman friend who is enduring persecution in the Empire. Students must use Scripture passages to help them in the writing process.

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Baptism of Jesus Study Guide

This study guide helps students reflect on the story of Jesus’ Baptism.

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Freshman Orientation

This writing assignment asks students to write a description of their freshman orientation to a specific audience.

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Reflecting on Suffering

These journal prompts will help students to reflect on suffering in the world and their personal lives.

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Journal Entry: Inspiration

This is a journal prompt which asks students to reflect on times when they have been given advice.

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The Socratic Seminar

This handout provides a set of guidelines and instructions to help students successfully participate in a Socratic seminar.

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God’s Presence in Nature

This assignment helps students to create a poem of praise about an object in nature.

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The Good News Proclaimed to Me!

This handout asks students to reflect and write about the ways that Jesus' healing is needed in their lives.

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Please Help

This is a writing prompt to help students reflect on what it is like to be a virgin in society today.

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The Ending is Yours

This handout provides the beginning of a story about a teen who is about to break up with his girlfriend. Students are to complete the story following teacher instructions.

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My Own Story

Develop a paper that tells your life story. Use any of the following questions, which may help you to develop a greater sense of who you are, where you have come from, and where you want to go.

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Scope and Sequence

An overview of Chapters 37-50 from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Scope and Sequence

An overview of Chapters 19-36 from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Scope and Sequence

An overview of Chapters 1-18 from the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Handbook Session Overviews

Overviews of the five sections in the Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Catechist Guide Overviews

As stated in other sections of this online resource, three catechist guides accompany the sessions presented in The Catholic Connections Handbook for Middle School- ers, Second Edition (CCH). Each session in the CCH is supported by a session in the …

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Program Overview

An overview of Catholic Connections for Middle Schoolers, Second Edition.

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Create Your Own Crossword Puzzle

Use the link below to create your own crossword puzzles. Use the vocabulary from the course you are teaching, and create your own fun and engaging activity!   http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp  

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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 8

The final performance task options for Unit 8 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include writing journal entries from World War I to today, or writing an original graphic novel or comic book about the Church in …

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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 6

The final performance task options for Unit 6 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include coming up with interview questions for Pope Pius IX, or creating the front page of a newspaper from the day after Vatican …

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The Fall of the Roman Empire in the West: Time Line

A blank time line.

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Assigning Reflective Writing

Here are six tips for making reflective writing assignments more effective.

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Called to Share the Mission of Jesus

Questions about how we can imitate Jesus’ example in the way we interact with others.

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The Bible’s Big Picture (Part II)

A description of what a Covenant is, and discussion questions about God’s promises.

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A Restless Heart

Read through the following questions and discuss your answers with your small group.

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Where Is God Leading Me?

A discussion oriented worksheet that includes meditating on scripture passages and answering questions about the readings as well as personal questions.

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Being versus Doing

A scripture passage from the Gospel of Luke about Martha and Mary is read along with a commentary, and is followed by large group discussion questions.

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Sr. Thea: Her Own Story

A list of discussion questions from the video Sr. Thea: Her Own Story.

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What Will God Call Me to Do

A reflection worksheet and class discussion on the video Gang Busters: One Man’s Mission to Stop Bullets by Creating Jobs.

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A Call to Priestly Ministry

This resource is a discussion guide and worksheet about the call to priestly ministry based on the film clip from There Be Dragons.

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Interviewing a Married Couple

This resource offers a set of guidelines for how to interview a married couple.

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It’s All About You! The Single Lay Christian

A series of questions to guide you through a discussion of the single life, whether temporary or permanent.

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New Testament Timeline

A cut and arrange timeline activity for the New Testament.

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Old Testament History: Major Time Periods

A list of major time periods in Old Testament history.

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Suicide Prevention

A document on suicide prevention including warning signs, action steps, online resources, and lifesaving facts to consider.

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Themes from Catholic Social Teaching

https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching.cfm

This link provides a summary of the U.S. bishops’ seven social justice themes.

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The List of Popes

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm

A full list of all of the Popes with links to information about each Pope.

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Peter and Paul

http://www.pbs.org/empires/peterandpaul/

This link to the Web site for the PBS series Peter and Paul is the starting point for a Webquest exploration.

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Kings of Israel and Judah

https://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197620.html

This site provides a chronological list of the kings of Israel and Judah, with links to brief articles from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia for each king.

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Kings and Prophets

This resource is part of the Living in Christ Series. It is a helpful, organized chronology of the Old Testament Kings, Prophets, and neighboring rulers.

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Artist Appreciate Month: Finding Christian Art Resources on the Web

Teachers and catechists with the capacity for projecting computer images on a screen can find an enormous amount of Christian art on the World Wide Web. Educators are encouraged to be aware of fair use and other copyright laws, respect …