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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The Web site of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops provides a menu for “Issues and Action” used in the research project in this step.

Electronic New Testament Educational Resources

When you open up this site, you will think you have hit the jackpot of biblical resources. An amazing variety of charts and summaries of key biblical themes and history, all created by a respected Catholic Scripture scholar and open to the public. For this unit, see especially “How to Give Biblical References: Format and Examples,” “An Overview of Various English Translations of the Bible,” and “An Introduction to Biblical Genres and Form Criticism.”

Setting Up a Blog

This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It gives an introduction and overview of blogging and its educational value.

The Holy Spirit

Sponsored by the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), this site provides extensive information about the Holy Spirit. The site includes sections on Holy Spirit doctrine, reflections, prayers, and Church documents.

The Vatican Website

The Vatican Web site is a source for information (see Updates on the home page) not only on the Pope’s writings and addresses, but on the various activities sponsored or participated in by the many pontifical councils. Among these are the Pontifical Council on the Laity, on Promoting Christian Unity, and on the Family. A search for the Pontifical Council on Interreligious Dialogue yields recent writings and events related to the Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu religions.

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Methods That Tune In to the Students' World

Jack Kelly, who teaches religious studies at Saint Albert High School in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, offers us thoughts on how to engage students, using the contemporary media that are so familiar to them. The textbook, chalkboard, and teacher remain valued ...

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All Saint's Day: Unmasking Saints

Unmasking Saints: A Learning Activity for All Saints' Day OVERVIEWThis creative activity helps young adolescents learn a little about their Catholic heritage by exploring the life and work of their patron saint or a favorite saint. Group Size: This strategy ...

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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 ...

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January 22: Saying Yes to Life

Preparation Bring in pictures of fetal development. 1. Present a scenario in which a girl like those in your group experiences a crisis pregnancy. Then list on the board a number of options, such as these: She can keep the ...

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Resources for Viewing The Passion of the Christ

Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ opened in movie theaters across the country on February 25, 2004, on Ash Wednesday and is now available on DVD. Because of the movie's R rating and its graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion, ...

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Artist Appreciation Month: Graphic Images of Christ's Passion in Art

Mel Gibson is not the first person to shock the public with a graphically violent portrayal of the Passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In 1515, Matthias Grunewald revealed an artwork called The Isenheim Altarpiece to the monks and churchgoers ...

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November 23-30, National Bible Week: Dei Verbum Fortieth Anniversary

November 18, 2006 marked the forty-first anniversary of the approval of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum), a Second Vatican Council document. Dei Verbum was mainly responsible for the explosion of Bible reading and Bible study by Catholics. ...

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Blessed are the Media Makers . . .

Imagine if a teacher brought students to the school library and allowed them to read anything they wanted without ever asking a single question or demanding that students think critically about what they were reading. Preposterous! What teacher would ever ...

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Saint Paul: Maps, Worksheets, and More

Maps of Paul's Journey From Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics, the first of these two maps show Paul's first and second journey (from Acts 13-14 and 15:39--18:22). The second map show Paul's Third and Fourth Journeys (from Acts 18:23--21:16 ...

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Habit of Prayer Commitment Covenant

It is pretty obvious to anyone involved in education that our students are busy. The World Day of Prayer (held in March) gives teachers the opportunity to teach them about prayer and how to build a habit of prayer. Three ...

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Exegesis Online Information Quest

This resource is part of the Living in Christ Series. It helps students locate and utilize online resources for biblical scholarship and exegesis.

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Using Google Earth

This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It offers an introduction to the use of Google Earth in the classroom.

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Setting Up a Blog

This article is part of the Living in Christ Series. It gives an introduction and overview of blogging and its educational value.

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Blogging and Beyond

This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It offers an overview of what blogging is and how it can be integrated in the classroom. Several suggested blogs are featured at the end of the article.

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Heritage: Civilization and the Jews

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heritage/

This Web site is the companion for a PBS series by the same name (also available on DVD). The first episode, “A People Is Born,” looks at Israel and its neighbors from 3800 BC to 586 BC; the accompanying section on the Web site includes interactive presentations, an interactive atlas, historical documents, and video clips. The Web site also includes a detailed timeline, links to additional resources, and lesson plans. (The Guide for Teachers referred you to the lesson plan for “A People Is Born” in Unit 1.)

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Kings of Israel and Judah

http://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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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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Bibletimelines.org - Interactive Biblical Timelines

http://www.bibletimelines.org/framedlife.html

An interactive timeline can be found at the above link. It lacks the detail of other timelines; but if one of the events in the timeline is clicked, a large frame of Scripture quotations, some from the Old Testament but most from the Gospels, pops up to describe the event.

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Litany of Loreto

http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/litanylor.html

This article begins with a short history of Marian litanies in the Eastern Church. It continues with litanies in the West, followed by an excellent presentation on the Litany of Loreto, including a list of new advocations inserted into the litany since 1587.