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Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. Deuteronomy 32:2
These lessons are simply listed in alphabetical order and can be used independent of each other. However, some topics align well with others, as is noted where appropriate.
To access the lesson doc, click on the lesson title above the description. To access a slide deck, click on the image above each lesson title.
Each topic has a series of learning activities, some which build on each other, and others that you can integrate independently with existing curriculum.
The facilitation activities referred to in each topic assume you are already familiar with Thinking Classroom style pedagogy (e.g. use of vertical nonpermanent surfaces for writing; selecting randomized groups of 3; etc.) If you are not familiar with these, how to engage in Circle Talks, etc, please visit the Teacher PD page.
Lesson Topics
Lesson Topics
Explore the interrelationship of the Beatitudes and the Sacraments as a fundamental way to understand how these spiritual principles work
to bring us closer to God.
Learn about the origins of Catholic Social Teaching, how it is relevant in addressing significant contemporary issues, and our call to integrate
them into our daily living.
Engage in activities that will help build critical thinking skills and encourage reflection on how our culture and worldview has shaped the way we see ourselves, the world, and our relationship to God, each other, and Creation.
Reflect on the tension between the promotion of moral and ethical relativism in contemporary culture, and the call to strive to the highest good. Examine how being ethical is an intrinsic part of being human.
Invite students to adopt a perspective of the human person as Imago Dei, centering a faith-informed perspective in light of media and social pressure.
At a time when there are many competing influences vying for our attention, it is helpful for students to learn about the formation and in-formation of conscience.
As we witness a shifting landscape of faith in Canada, with a decline in those who identify as religious, examine the hope that journey and synodality brings to the Church. Explore the role of faith in one's own personal heroic journey.
Appreciate the important role of spirituality in the integral pursuit for justice, peace and care for Creation through Laudato Si' and a focus on Laudate Deum.
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