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Sharing the Good News
This activity helps students prepare to share the Good News of Jesus with different individuals or groups, and then act out how they would do so, given the individual's or group's particular needs and characteristics.
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Your Relationship with Jesus
This worksheet leads students to reflect on one of three Gospel passages in which Jesus interacts with the people around him and how he shows them compassion and mercy. Students will also reflect on their own relationship with Jesus and …
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Script for a Special Passover Meal with Jesus
The script for the skit in which children reenact the Last Supper, acting as Jesus, the Apostles, and narrators.
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A Special Passover Meal with Jesus
The instructions for the skit in which children reenact the Last Supper, acting as Jesus, the Apostles, and narrators.
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A Modern Parable of the Prodigal Son
This skit presents the Parable of the Prodigal Son in four scenes, with parts for the Father, Younger son, Narrator, and Chorus.
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Chapter G: Design a Monastery
Students design a monastery based on the responsibilities and needs of the monks.
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Joy and Hope for the Modern World
This handout provides questions for students to reflect on and answer as they read quotations from this Constitution.
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Renaissance Humanism
This handout provides questions for students to research on the Internet about Renaissance Humanism.
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On Your Marks
This worksheet guides group members to work together as they identify the importance of the church being “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic”.
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God Loves a Cheerful Giver
This worksheet guides students to read and answer questions about a specific Hebrew festival from the book of Leviticus.
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Fair Trade
This worksheet provides questions for students to answer as they research and learn about the Fair Trade Movement.
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Be Careful What You Ask For
This is a list of Scripture passages to be acted out from 1 Samuel
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Biblical Heroes
This handout assigns groups to read Scripture passages to learn about a specific biblical hero.
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The Stations of the Cross
Students read a Scripture passage for an assigned station before creating an enactment and discussing questions.
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Exploring the Lectionary
In this activity, partners read the readings for a specific feast day and identify key symbols, similarities, and differences that help make Mass more meaningful.
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Non-Pauline Letters and Revelation
This small-group activity asks students to read and reflect on a Scripture passage from a Non-Pauline Letter in the New Testament. Students must then answer reflection questions about the passage.
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Paul’s Response to the Early Christian Communities
This small-group activity asks students to read and reflect on a Scripture passage about Paul and the early Christian communities.
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Paul’s Missionary Journeys
This small-group activity asks students to read a Scripture passage about one of Paul’s missionary journeys. Students must then create several blog posts describing the story.
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Mind Mapping: "I Am" Statements from the Gospel of John
This small-group activity asks students to reflect on a specific “I am” statement from the Gospel of John.
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Miracles
This small-group activity asks students to read several versions of a miracle of Jesus. Groups must then answer questions and create a storyboard to accompany the Scripture passage.
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Four Images of Jesus
This small-group activity asks students to read a section of the Gospel and answer questions focused on the image of Jesus.
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Final Performance Tasks for Unit 3
This handout provides two project possibilities for students to demonstrate their understanding of the concepts learned in Unit 3.
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The Prophets
This small-group activity provides questions for students to answer about the different prophetic books of the bible.
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King David
This small-group project asks students to read a section from the bible about King David. Students must then create and act out a television show based on their scripture passage.
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The Book of Exodus
This small-group project asks students to read a section from the Book of Exodus before acting out the passage and responding to discussion questions.
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Abraham, Sarah, and Their Descendants
This partner project asks students to read and learn about a descendent of Abraham. The pairs must then complete a writing assignment and create an artistic symbol for the assigned person.
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Jigsaw Activity: Categories of Books in the New Testament
This activity asks small groups to answer questions about a specific section of the New Testament.
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Jigsaw Activity: Categories of Books in the Old Testament
This activity asks small groups to focus on a small portion of the Old Testament as they read and answer questions.
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Literal and Spiritual Senses of Scripture: The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37)
This small-group, discussion guide challenges students to read a familiar story using a different lense and perspective.
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Creating a Triptych
This is a description for an art project where students express the relationship between Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
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Responding to God’s Invitation: Exemplary Models
This project asks students to research an exemplary model of what it means to be the best person that God created each of us to be.
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I Am . . .
This is a project description that asks students to create a poster as they explore their identity.
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Final Performance Tasks for Unit 5
This handout lists two final-project possibilities for Unit 5.
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Rubrics for Final Performance Tasks for Unit 1
This is a rubric to assess the final project options for Unit 1.
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The Fasting Siddhartha
This handout is meant to be used as part of a station activity in which students observe different pieces of artwork from various religions.
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Searching the Scriptures for the World of Jesus
Small-group activity that guides students to discover the culture of Jesus’ world by searching the Gospels
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Justice Resources
Brief description of organization/agency/group and the nature of its work: How does it build relationships? promote justice?
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Exile and Redemption
Discuss the following questions in your group. Have one person take notes in order to report your responses to the class later.
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The Riddler
Working alone or with classmates, identify what is being described in each of the following riddles.
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Three Renewal Movements
Work with your group to complete the section of this handout that corresponds to your assigned topic.
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Research Activity: Working for Social Justice
Answer the following questions about the organization you are researching. Use a separate sheet of paper as needed.
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School History Scavenger Hunt
Write your name and the names of your group members at the top of this handout. As a group, research the history of our school and complete the following questions. For each answer, note the source of your information. This …
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Brochure on Vatican I
Work with your group to create a six-panel (folded) brochure describing the history and work of Vatican Council I.
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Creating a Promotional Brochure
Your group has been assigned to create a brochure about one of the two major religious orders to emerge during the Catholic Reformation: the Jesuits or the Carmelites. Imagine that you are members of this new religious order during the …
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Web Quest on Renaissance Culture
Write your group member’s names at the top of this handout, and circle the topic assigned to your group. Use the Internet to locate three reliable sources about your group’s assigned topic in Renaissance culture. Use this handout to organize …
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 4
The final performance task options for Unit 4 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include making a video about the Protestant reformation and the Catholic reformation, or writing a journal from the perspective of someone witnessing the …
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Scholastics and Medieval Universities
Complete this handout with your partner as you review article 24, “Scholastics and Medieval Universities,” in the student book.
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Challenges to the Papacy
Complete this handout with your group as you review article 21, “Challenges to the Papacy,” in the student book.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 3
The final performance task options for Unit 3 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include creating a podcast about the Church in the High Middle Ages, or creating a journal of a Christian in the High Middle …
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The Roman Empire at the Time of Charlemagne: Research Worksheet
Write a five-paragraph essay summarizing changes and significant events that affected the Church from the 700s through the 800s. Your essay must include suitable citations. You may use article 17, “Charlemagne: Holy Roman Emperor,” in the student book as a …
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 2
The final performance task options for Unit 2 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include creating a children’s picture book, or making a PowerPoint presentation for a parish community.
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Handout: Liturgical Year Match
Column 1 lists the holy days of obligation and several other feast days of the Liturgical Year. Column 2 lists the dates on which those feasts are celebrated. The task of each group is to match the holy day or …
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Handout: The Old Testament and the Gospel of Matthew
In each of the Scripture citations below, Jesus or the Gospel writer refers to a Scripture passage from the Old Testament that sheds light on the identity or mission of Jesus. Read the passages assigned to your group, and then …
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Final Performance Task Options
The final performance task options for Unit 3 focusing on the Paschal Mystery, the Holy Spirit and the Church, and the mission of the Church. The options include exploring one important ministry in a diverse Church, creating a poster comparing …
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 2
Options of final performance tasks for Unit 2 focusing on faith, the Trinity, the Kingdom of God, and creation in the image of God. The options include writing a personal creed, creating a Holy Trinity play, or exploring three Kingdom …
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 1
Options of final performance tasks for Unit One about the basics of Catholicism, Scripture and Tradition, and Reason and Revelation. The options include reflecting on the Catholic faith in an essay, writing a personal story about your salvation history, or …
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 8
Final performance task options for unit 8 focusing on discerning God’s will. The options include writing an essay on a Saint, interviewing someone who lives a Christian vocation, or keeping a discernment journal.
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Exploring Religious Orders and Congregations
A research assignment worksheet done in pairs to find important information about different religious orders.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 7
Final performance task options for unit 7 that assess the students’ knowledge of consecrated life. The options include writing a biographical essay about a woman or a man who chose the consecrated life, or giving an oral presentation on a …
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The Sacrament of Holy Orders Graphic Organizer
A worksheet completed in groups about the symbolic words and actions that take place during the Rite of Ordination, as well as their meaning and effect.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 6
Options for final performance tasks for unit 6 focusing on the vocation to ordained life and the Sacrament of Holy Orders. The options for final performance tasks include creating a brochure on priestly formation for prospective candidates, or writing a …
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The Threefold Ministry of a Bishop
This resource is a group activity worksheet that has students list examples of the Bishop’s roles in the areas of teaching, governing, and sanctifying.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 5
This assessment presents the final performance task options for unit 5 focusing on the priesthood. The options include interviewing a priest, or “adopting” a missionary priest project.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 4
Options of final task performances for students to choose from to demonstrate their knowledge about the Sacrament of marriage.
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