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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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God’s Presence in Nature
This assignment helps students to create a poem of praise about an object in nature.
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Teacher Evaluation An Interreligious Interview
A teacher evaluation for interviewing someone of a different religion.
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An Interreligious Interview
This handout offers guidelines for setting up an interview with a person from a different religion.
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A Zoroastrian Symbol
This handout presents a Zoroastrian Symbol of faith and explains its elements. Students are then challenged to create their own symbol to represent their personal understanding of faith and human nature.
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Modern-Day Martyrs: Redemptive Love in Action
An activity where students will learn about the lives of several modern-day martyrs, draw connections between the lives of these people and the life and death of Jesus, and explore what the witness of martyrs, from the time of Jesus …
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 5
Several final performance task project options for Unit 5 of The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 7 of “The New Testament: The Good News of Jesus Christ”
Several final performance task options for Unit 7 of “The New Testament: The Good News of Jesus Christ.”
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 5 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of several final performance task options for Unit 5 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Just Choices
A worksheet on just choices where students choose a topic to cover as well as a task based on their preferred learning style.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 6 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of several final performance task options for Unit 6 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 4
A list of several final performance task options for Unit 4 of "Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society."
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 7 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A list of several final performance task options for Unit 7 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Prayer Stations
Three prayer stations presenting ideas for craft projects to help make forgiveness more tangible for students.
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 8 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
Several final performance task options for Unit 8 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 3 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
Several final performance task options for Unit 3 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 2 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
A listing of several final performance task options for Unit 2 of “Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society.”
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Final Performance Task Options for Unit 1
Options for final performance tasks for Unit 1 of "Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society."
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A Place at Our Table
A class activity designed to raise awareness of the reality of hunger in our nation and world.
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Build a Meal: An Outreach Activity for Thanksgiving
Build a Meal: An Outreach Activity for Thanksgiving OVERVIEW This outreach activity invites the young people to build holiday meals and memories for families that might not be able to afford a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Suggested Time: 10 to 15 …
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All Saints' Day: Unmasking Saints
Unmasking Saints: A Learning Activity for All Saints' Day OVERVIEW This 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 …
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Back to School: Saintly Guest Speaker
Saintly Guest Speaker? This activity is designed to have your students move around a little, look at the lives of a few saints, assess where they are in their spiritual lives, and help you assess how they are feeling about …
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Technology assignment - Catholic Social Teaching
Over ten years ago, I began using my home computer to file and create documents for my students. My high school, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, already had a very well-developed technological infrastructure. Internet searches, e-mail, PowerPoint presentations, …
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Following the Spirit Down the (Yellow?) Brick Road
The road is really a five-foot wide path. The bricks are more dappled browns than yellow. But the journey does have a wizard and feisty little black terrier. And along the way we found our hearts, our minds, and our …
