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Chapter E: Early Christians Plant the Seeds
On this worksheet, students solve clues to list the names of important early Christians. These answers are then used to decode a secret message.
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Mercenary, Slave, or Disciple
Students identify their motivation for doing good deeds before reflecting on the role of grace in their lives.
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Grace upon Grace
Students look up and read several passages about grace. The worksheet asks students to identify the purpose of grace in each and summarize the ways grace is present in their own lives.
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The Spirit in Multiple Acts
Students look up and read several passages that the Holy Spirit. The worksheet asks students to summarize each passage and describe the role of the Holy Spirit in spreading the Good News.
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Okay, Gang, Listen Up!
Students look up and read several passages that highlight Jesus’ instructions to his disciples. This worksheet then challenges students to reflect on how well the Church is following the instructions today.
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Jesus’ Healings’ Common Points
Students look up and read several miracle stories from the New Testament before identifying common points between them.
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Although You Have Heard
Students rewrite classroom rules modeling their responses after Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
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YES! We Do!
This handout helps provides the dialogue for the students to renew their baptismal promises as a class.
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A Little Help Here!
After reading several real-life examples of conflict, students provide suggestions to mediate each situation.
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Biblical Evidence for Jesus’ Divinity
Students look up, read, and examine Scripture passages that provide evidence that Jesus is God.
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Influential Women
Students look up, read, and answer questions about Scripture passages that note influential women in the New Testament.
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What about You?
After reading Mark 8:27-29, students must answer several questions about who Jesus is to today’s world and people.
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I’m in This Story?
Students must look up several Scripture passages that give insight into the disciples of Jesus. This worksheet poses questions that help make Jesus’ mission relatable to students.
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Popular Bible Stories
This handout provides a list of Scripture passage that can be used for games and to review well-known Bible stories.
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Do You Believe?
For this worksheet, students look up Scripture passages that examine the words and beliefs of Jesus in each story.
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She Is Your Mother
As students complete this worksheet, they will explore what it means when we say that Mary is the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church.
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Priest, Prophet, and King
Students find examples in the Bible of the priestly, prophetic, and kingly work of Christ before applying it to their own lives.
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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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The Lost Son
On this worksheet, students retell the story of the Prodigal Son using texting and social media messages.
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Gospel Comparisons
On this worksheet, students read all four Gospel accounts of the resurrection before identifying similarities and differences between them.
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Waters of Salvation
On this worksheet, students identify the Scripture passages associated with the various parts of the Blessing of the Water used at the Easter Vigil.
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Saying Yes
This handout guides students to examine several Scripture passages exemplifying what it means to say “yes” to God’s call.
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The Word God Speaks
This worksheet helps students to explore the meaning of “the Word” in John’s Gospel and throughout Scripture.
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Stories That Speak to Us
This handout guides students to recognize the importance of stories, both in our families and our faith.
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Unlocking the Codes
This handout provides several short activities for students to complete as they learn about the symbolism of the Book of Revelation.
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By Faith
This worksheet guides students to read numerous passages from the Bible regarding despair, faith, and hope. Students are then asked to draw connections between the passages and heroes.
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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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The Two Feet of Service and Justice
This chart provides students space to create examples of acts of charity and social justice for several real-life situations.
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Married Couple Interview
This handout provides the outline for an interview of a married couple.
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Dear Millie and Mike
This handout provides several real-life situations that teens might encounter. Students are challenged to respond to the situations and give advice to other teens.
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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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Extra! Extra!
Students read two “news articles” and evaluate the morality of each by answering a series of questions.
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Samson Smart
This is a set of riddles to challenge students as they learn about Samson in the Old Testament.
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Music to My Ears
Students evaluate a contemporary piece of music based on several different categories of violence and disrespect.
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Ways to Respect Life
This worksheet challenges students to think about how they can value the dignity of life on a day-to-day basis.
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Justice in the World
This worksheet challenges students to think about how the teachings about Justice from the Bishops of the World apply to their daily lives.
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Teachings from the Catechism
This worksheet challenges students to think about how the teachings from the Catechism on the fourth commandment apply to their daily lives.
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Which Way Shall We Go?
This handout provides a chart for students to list activities that are best to do on Sunday and those that should be saved for other days of the week.
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A Doctrinal Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt to find important Church doctrines, teachings and beliefs in the Catechism.
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The Transfiguration of Jesus
This worksheet helps students to read Scripture passages, answer questions about, and understand the importance of the Transfiguration of Jesus.
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Lead Me Not into Temptation
This handout presents different roles for students to act out from a real-life theft situation
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The Bible’s Practical Moral Advice
This worksheet guides students as they look up Scripture passages that give moral advice.
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Beatitudes Strips
A list of the Beatitudes organized to be cut into strips for a class activity.
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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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Samson Strong
This is a score card to keep track of physical activities based on Samson from the Old Testament.
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Mary’s Little Lamb
This worksheet helps students to reflect on the numerous images of the lamb found in Scripture.
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Supernatural Beliefs: What’s Right?
This worksheet guides students to identify and research Church teachings on supernatural beings.
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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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Baptism of Jesus Study Guide
This study guide helps students reflect on the story of Jesus’ Baptism.
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The Stages of Salvation History
This chart allows students to organize information about the stages of salvation history.
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Interview Chart for Religious Beliefs
This chart allows students to see the comparison between the beliefs of five major religions and those of the Catholic Church.
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Religious Identity Descriptions
This handout provides the religious identities for five major world religions.
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Introduction to the Old Testament
This worksheet guides students to explore and become familiar with the sections of the Old Testament.