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ED 431 704 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION ISBN PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME SO 030 942 Butler, John T.; Carlisle, Kathleen Burgoyne; Davis, William; Hart, Joan; Haney, Regina M.; McGreevy, Anne; Meegan, Elizabeth; Rosenhauer, Joan From the Ground up: Teaching Catholic Social Principles in Elementary Schools. National Catholic Educational Association, Washington, DC. ISBN-1-55833-221-9 1999-00-00 171p. National Catholic Educational Association, 1077 30th Street, NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20007-3852; Tel: 202-337-6232; Fax: 202-333-6706; Web site: http://www.ncea.org ($16 member/$21 nonmember). Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reports - Descriptive (141) MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. Catholic Educators; *Catholic Schools; Civil Liberties; Curriculum Development; Elementary Education; Humanism; *Religious Education; *Social Values; *Thematic Approach *Social Philosophy The role of the Catholic school educator is to "help each student become the 'new creature' that each one is potentially, and at the same time prepare them for the responsibilities of an adult member of society." The potential referred to includes mental, physical, psychological, and spiritual growth. This resource and planning guide for integrating Catholic social teaching into the curriculum is a tool for elementary school teachers to use to achieve this goal by systematically and intentionally forming students who will assist with building "God's kingdom." In this guide, for grades K-8, Catholic faculty share their experiences, ideas, and materials with colleagues around the country. The guide will assist faculty to integrate effectively Catholic social teachings into the curriculum. It suggests tools to evaluate the living-out of these teachings. The guide emphasizes the following seven Catholic social teaching themes: (1) life and dignity of the human person; (2) a call to family, community, and participation; (3) rights and responsibilities of the human person; (4) an option for the poor and vulnerable; (5) dignity of work and the rights of workers; (6) solidarity of the human family; and (7) care for God's creation. Appendixes include selected resources in Catholic social teaching for elementary and secondary education, and a list of members of the Task Force on Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Education. (BT) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************

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Page 1: From the Ground - ERICUp, Teaching Catholic Social Principles in Elementary Schools. Written and-compd9d by the Elementary and Secondary Schools Subgroup of the Task Foke on Catholic

ED 431 704

AUTHOR

TITLE

INSTITUTIONISBNPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

PUB TYPEEDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

IDENTIFIERS

ABSTRACT

DOCUMENT RESUME

SO 030 942

Butler, John T.; Carlisle, Kathleen Burgoyne; Davis,William; Hart, Joan; Haney, Regina M.; McGreevy, Anne;Meegan, Elizabeth; Rosenhauer, JoanFrom the Ground up: Teaching Catholic Social Principles inElementary Schools.National Catholic Educational Association, Washington, DC.ISBN-1-55833-221-91999-00-00171p.National Catholic Educational Association, 1077 30th Street,NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20007-3852; Tel: 202-337-6232;Fax: 202-333-6706; Web site: http://www.ncea.org ($16member/$21 nonmember).Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reports - Descriptive (141)MF01/PC07 Plus Postage.Catholic Educators; *Catholic Schools; Civil Liberties;Curriculum Development; Elementary Education; Humanism;*Religious Education; *Social Values; *Thematic Approach*Social Philosophy

The role of the Catholic school educator is to "help eachstudent become the 'new creature' that each one is potentially, and at thesame time prepare them for the responsibilities of an adult member ofsociety." The potential referred to includes mental, physical, psychological,and spiritual growth. This resource and planning guide for integratingCatholic social teaching into the curriculum is a tool for elementary schoolteachers to use to achieve this goal by systematically and intentionallyforming students who will assist with building "God's kingdom." In thisguide, for grades K-8, Catholic faculty share their experiences, ideas, andmaterials with colleagues around the country. The guide will assist facultyto integrate effectively Catholic social teachings into the curriculum. Itsuggests tools to evaluate the living-out of these teachings. The guideemphasizes the following seven Catholic social teaching themes: (1) life anddignity of the human person; (2) a call to family, community, andparticipation; (3) rights and responsibilities of the human person; (4) an

option for the poor and vulnerable; (5) dignity of work and the rights ofworkers; (6) solidarity of the human family; and (7) care for God's creation.Appendixes include selected resources in Catholic social teaching forelementary and secondary education, and a list of members of the Task Forceon Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Education. (BT)

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mou

nt o

f pla

nnin

g.W

e kn

ow to

o th

at e

ffect

ive

impl

emen

tatio

n of

any

initi

ativ

e re

quire

s ow

ners

hip

from

all

who

mus

t pla

y a

part

in th

een

deav

or. S

uch

is th

e ca

se w

ith th

is e

ffort

to p

repa

re, d

esig

n, a

nd fa

cilit

ate

a pr

oces

s fo

r in

tegr

atin

g C

atho

lic s

ocia

lte

achi

ng in

to th

e cu

rric

ulum

. In

fact

, we

belie

ve th

e in

volv

emen

t of t

he e

ntire

sch

ool c

omm

unity

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

aou

tcom

es a

nd a

cur

ricul

um g

uide

is a

s im

port

ant a

s th

e pr

oduc

t. T

o en

sure

this

invo

lvem

ent,

the

follo

win

g ei

ght s

teps

are

reco

mm

ende

d.

1. D

evel

op a

cor

e co

mm

ittee

.11

/O

nce

the

deci

sion

has

bee

n m

ade

to b

egin

this

pro

cess

, a c

ore

com

mitt

ee s

houl

d be

sel

ecte

d fr

om th

e fa

culty

. The

role

of t

his

com

mitt

ee is

to d

esig

n an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

proc

ess

for

inte

grat

ing

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing

into

the

cur-

1,ric

ulum

. The

cor

e co

mm

ittee

sho

uld

be r

epre

sent

ativ

e of

eac

h el

emen

tary

sch

ool g

rade

leve

l and

may

als

o in

clud

epa

rent

s an

d st

uden

ts.

2. S

tudy

the

bish

ops'

sta

tem

ent a

nd k

ey d

ocum

ents

on

the

Cat

holic

Chu

rch'

s so

cial

teac

hing

.11

1T

he c

ore

com

mitt

ee b

egin

s by

rev

iew

ing

the

Cat

holic

Chu

rch'

s ric

h tr

aditi

on o

f soc

ial t

each

ing.

The

bis

hops

' sta

te-

men

t, S

harin

g C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Tea

chin

g: C

halle

nges

and

Dire

ctio

ns (

App

endi

x C

), w

ill s

erve

as

a pi

vota

l doc

umen

t,al

ong

with

oth

er m

ater

ials

and

res

ourc

es th

at r

elat

e to

the

chur

ch's

soc

ial t

each

ing,

suc

h as

thos

e lis

ted

inA

ppen

dix

A. A

long

with

rea

ding

doc

umen

ts a

nd m

ater

ials

that

cla

rify

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing,

the

core

com

mit-

.'te

e w

ill b

enef

it fr

om o

ngoi

ng p

raye

r, d

ialo

gue,

and

dis

cern

men

t on

how

they

are

cal

led

to li

ve o

ut th

e ce

ntra

lth

emes

not

ed in

the

bish

ops'

sta

tem

ent.

3. D

esig

n a

proc

ess

for

the

full

invo

lvem

ent o

f the

sch

ool c

omm

unity

.F

ollo

win

g th

e re

view

and

initi

al d

ialo

gue

on th

e ce

ntra

l the

mes

, the

cor

e co

mm

ittee

des

igns

a p

roce

ss to

hel

p fa

c-ul

ty, s

taff,

and

par

ents

bec

ome

mor

e kn

owle

dgea

ble

of C

atho

lic s

ocia

l tea

chin

g. In

add

ition

to a

list

of s

elec

ted

read

ings

, the

cor

e co

mm

ittee

may

dev

elop

pre

sent

atio

ns, d

iscu

ssio

ns, a

nd s

harin

g gr

oups

to h

elp

facu

lty, s

taff,

and

pare

nts

beco

me

bette

r ac

quai

nted

with

the

bish

ops'

sta

tem

ent a

nd, s

peci

fical

ly, t

he c

entr

al th

emes

hig

hlig

ht-

sed

in th

e do

cum

ent.

4. A

sses

s th

e le

vel o

f atte

ntio

n th

e sc

hool

cur

rent

ly g

ives

to C

atho

lic s

ocia

l tea

chin

g.O

nce

the

revi

ew h

as b

een

initi

ated

with

the

broa

der

com

mun

ity, t

he c

ore

com

mitt

ee b

egin

s th

e fo

urth

ste

p in

the

prep

arat

ion

phas

eass

essi

ng h

ow th

e sc

hool

cur

rent

ly in

tegr

ates

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing

into

the

curr

icul

um a

ndho

w s

tude

nts

live

out t

heir

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

key

them

es. A

t the

tim

e of

this

pub

licat

ion,

the

elem

enta

ry s

choo

l

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VIII

:

16

subg

roup

had

not

iden

tifie

d a

tool

that

cou

ld b

e re

com

men

ded

for

this

ass

essm

ent.

The

sub

grou

p di

d re

view

the

Ass

essm

ent o

f Cat

holic

Rel

igio

us E

duca

tion

(AC

RE

), p

ublis

hed

by th

e N

atio

nal C

atho

lic E

duca

tiona

l Ass

ocia

tion,

whi

ch is

cur

rent

ly u

sed

by s

ome

scho

ols

to d

eter

min

e ge

nera

l kno

wle

dge

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

Cat

holic

faith

.T

he s

ubgr

oup

note

d th

at s

ome

mod

ifica

tion

is r

equi

red

befo

re th

is s

urve

y in

stru

men

t can

be

used

effe

ctiv

ely

toas

sess

stu

dent

s' k

now

ledg

e of

and

atti

tude

s to

war

d C

atho

lic s

ocia

l tea

chin

g.

Whi

le a

n as

sess

men

t ins

trum

ent c

ould

be

deve

lope

d by

the

core

com

mitt

ee to

stu

dy h

ow w

ell t

he s

choo

l has

inte

-gr

ated

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing

into

the

curr

icul

um, w

e su

gges

t tha

t the

com

mitt

ee fo

cus

its e

ffort

s on

dev

elop

ing

outc

omes

and

the

curr

icul

um g

uide

. We

belie

ve th

at th

ese

guid

es w

ill h

elp

the

entir

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity b

ecom

em

ore

inte

ntio

nal a

bout

pre

sent

ing

the

chur

ch's

soc

ial t

each

ing

and

will

pro

vide

the

tool

to m

easu

re r

esul

ts in

the

futu

re.

A s

ubje

ctiv

e as

sess

men

t als

o m

ay b

e co

nduc

ted

by th

e co

mm

ittee

as

a w

ay o

f pre

parin

g pa

rtic

ipan

ts fo

r th

e ne

xtst

ep, t

hat o

f vis

ioni

ng. T

he c

omm

ittee

invi

tes

the

facu

lty to

ass

ess

the

scho

ol's

cur

rent

abi

lity

to a

ddre

ss th

ech

urch

's s

ocia

l tea

chin

g, p

ossi

bly

durin

g th

e di

scus

sion

and

sha

ring

sess

ions

of s

tep

thre

e.

5. D

evel

op a

sha

red

visi

on o

r po

rtra

it of

the

idea

l stu

dent

at g

radu

atio

n.T

he n

oted

aut

hor

of S

even

Hab

its o

f Hig

hly

Effe

ctiv

e P

eopl

e, S

teph

en R

. Cov

ey, b

roug

ht r

enew

ed a

ttent

ion

to th

eol

d ad

age

"beg

in w

ith th

e en

d in

min

d."

Whe

n w

e fir

st e

nvis

ion

the

idea

l, he

rem

inds

us,

we

tap

into

our

fund

a-m

enta

l val

ues

and

inte

rnal

gui

danc

e sy

stem

, thu

s en

surin

g th

at w

e cl

early

und

erst

and

and

are

focu

sed

on o

urde

stin

atio

n.

The

dev

elop

men

t of a

sha

red

visi

on b

egin

s th

e pl

anni

ng s

egm

ent o

f the

pro

cess

. The

cor

e co

mm

ittee

can

faci

li-ta

te th

is b

y in

vitin

g ei

ther

the

facu

lty o

r th

e en

tire

staf

f to

brai

nsto

rm a

nd a

rtic

ulat

e ch

arac

teris

tics

of th

e id

eal

stud

ent w

ho h

as fu

lly e

mbr

aced

the

chur

ch's

soc

ial t

each

ing.

Par

ticip

ants

will

find

it e

xtre

mel

y en

ergi

zing

to s

eeth

eir

port

rait

of th

e id

eal s

tude

nt e

mer

ge fr

om th

eir

colle

ctiv

e br

ains

torm

ing.

Dev

elop

ing

a sh

ared

vis

ion

of w

hat t

he fa

culty

and

sta

ff w

ant t

he s

tude

nts

to lo

ok li

ke a

nd h

ow th

ey w

ant t

hem

to a

ct b

y th

e tim

e th

ey g

radu

ate

from

the

scho

ol is

ess

entia

l. T

his

exer

cise

will

cen

ter

the

atte

ntio

n of

the

entir

esc

hool

com

mun

ity o

n th

is g

oal.

6. Id

entif

y th

e le

arni

ng o

utco

mes

for

achi

evin

g th

is v

isio

n.W

ith a

sha

red

visi

on o

f the

idea

l stu

dent

as

a po

int o

f ref

eren

ce, t

he n

ext s

tep

in th

e pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss is

to d

evel

-op

the

outc

omes

and

cur

ricul

um g

uide

. The

cor

e co

mm

ittee

may

wan

t to

deve

lop

a m

odel

as

a co

ntin

uing

edu

ca-

tiona

l gui

de fo

r th

e fa

culty

. Thr

ough

this

exe

rcis

e co

mm

ittee

mem

bers

will

bec

ome

acqu

aint

ed w

ith th

e ac

tual

task

of a

) de

velo

ping

out

com

e st

atem

ents

for

each

of t

he k

ey th

emes

not

ed in

the

bish

ops'

sta

tem

ent,

b) id

entif

y-in

g th

e go

spel

val

ues

that

the

outc

omes

cla

rify,

c)

iden

tifyi

ng h

ow th

e ou

tcom

es w

ill b

e m

easu

red,

and

d)

deve

l-op

ing

asse

ssm

ent a

ctiv

ities

that

can

be

incl

uded

in th

e cu

rric

ulum

.

BE

ST

CO

PY

AV

AIL

AB

LE

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A w

orks

heet

ent

itled

"P

lann

ing

Gui

de fo

r Im

plem

entin

g C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Tea

chin

g" c

an b

e fo

und

on p

age

1, fo

l-lo

wed

by

mod

els

for

each

of t

he th

emes

for

grad

es K

-8. T

hese

hav

e be

en in

clud

ed to

pro

vide

a fr

amew

ork

as w

ell

as id

eas

and

exam

ples

for

cons

truc

ting

the

guid

e. O

nce

the

core

com

mitt

ee m

embe

rs h

ave

com

plet

ed th

e pr

epa-

ratio

n pr

oces

s, th

ey c

an b

egin

iden

tifyi

ng o

utco

mes

and

act

iviti

es fo

r th

e sc

hool

. Sin

ce th

e co

mpo

sitio

n of

the

core

com

mitt

ee is

rep

rese

ntat

ive

of th

e en

tire

facu

lty, w

e su

gges

t tha

t app

ropr

iate

com

mitt

ee m

embe

rs ta

kere

spon

sibi

lity

for

faci

litat

ing

the

outc

omes

pro

ject

at e

ach

grad

e le

vel.

The

ir ro

le w

ould

be

to c

onve

ne a

wor

kgr

oup

to d

evel

op a

n ou

tcom

es a

nd a

ctiv

ity s

heet

for

each

of t

he s

even

them

es o

f Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing.

7. C

onso

lidat

e w

orks

heet

s an

d pu

blis

h ou

tcom

e an

d ac

tivity

gui

de.

As

subg

roup

s co

mpl

ete

thei

r w

orks

heet

s, th

e co

re c

omm

ittee

rev

iew

s an

d co

nsol

idat

es s

heet

s an

d co

mpi

les

the

guid

e. T

he r

evie

w s

houl

d el

imin

ate

redu

ndan

cy a

nd e

nsur

e th

at th

e ou

tcom

e, r

atio

nale

, beh

avio

ral o

bjec

tives

,an

d as

sess

men

t act

iviti

es a

re c

lear

, age

app

ropr

iate

, and

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e C

atho

lic s

ocia

l tea

chin

g th

emes

spe

ci-

fied.

The

dra

ft ca

n th

en b

e di

ssem

inat

ed b

ack

to th

e va

rious

gra

de-le

vel w

ork

grou

ps fo

r co

mm

ents

bef

ore

com

-pl

etin

g a

final

edi

t and

pub

licat

ion.

8. Im

plem

ent,

men

tor,

ass

ess

outc

omes

, and

cel

ebra

te.

With

the

com

plet

ion

of th

e ou

tcom

e an

d ac

tivity

gui

de, i

mpl

emen

tatio

n ca

n be

gin

in e

arne

st. T

he p

roce

ss o

fin

volv

ing

all o

f the

facu

lty in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

gui

de m

ay e

ncou

rage

ear

ly in

itiat

ives

on

the

part

of m

any.

The

gui

de, o

nce

deve

lope

d, w

ill s

erve

as

a ta

ngib

le r

esou

rce

for

curr

icul

um p

lann

ing.

Mor

e im

port

ant,

the

guid

epr

ovid

es th

e m

eans

to h

elp

the

facu

lty a

sses

s th

eir

prog

ress

tow

ard

deve

lopi

ng th

e id

eal s

tude

nts

they

env

isio

n.

The

cor

e co

mm

ittee

, hav

ing

com

plet

ed th

e im

port

ant t

ask

of d

esig

ning

and

faci

litat

ing

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

guid

e, m

ay w

ish

to r

econ

vene

sem

i-ann

ually

to e

valu

ate

the

scho

ol's

pro

gres

s, to

faci

litat

e pe

riodi

c di

alog

ue, a

ndto

cel

ebra

te th

e sc

hool

's a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts in

inte

grat

ing

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing

into

the

curr

icul

um.

Con

clus

ion

Wha

t fol

low

s ar

e sa

mpl

es to

ass

ist t

each

ers

to d

esig

n/cr

aft o

utco

mes

, obj

ectiv

es, a

nd a

ctiv

ities

tous

e in

thei

r pa

rtic

ular

clas

sroo

ms.

The

y ar

e no

t com

preh

ensi

ve, b

ut o

ffer

the

idea

s of

one

gro

up o

f edu

cato

rs. W

hile

the

proc

ess

to c

reat

e th

emis

inva

luab

le, w

e re

aliz

e th

at s

ome

may

not

hav

e th

e op

port

unity

to c

reat

e cl

assr

oom

less

on g

uide

s fr

om s

crat

ch.

The

refo

re, w

e en

cour

age

thes

e ed

ucat

ors

to u

se th

e sa

mpl

es a

s th

ey a

re. H

owev

er, t

here

is n

o ci

rcum

vent

ing

the

facu

lty's

expe

rienc

e of

rea

ding

, ref

lect

ing,

and

dis

cuss

ing

the

bish

ops'

doc

umen

t, si

nce

com

mitm

ent t

o an

d liv

ing

out o

f Cat

holic

soci

al te

achi

ng is

cau

ght,

not t

augh

t.

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Plan

ning

Gui

defo

r Im

plem

entin

g C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Tea

chin

gT

his

sam

ple

desc

ribes

eac

h se

ctio

n of

the

teac

hing

mod

els

that

follo

w.

aT

hem

e:T

he g

uide

incl

udes

the

seve

n th

emes

from

the

bish

ops'

sta

tem

ent S

harin

gC

atho

lic S

ocia

l Tea

chin

g: C

halle

nges

and

Dire

ctio

ns.

111

Gra

de:

Eac

h pa

ge a

ddre

sses

a d

iffer

ent t

hem

e fo

r a

spec

ific

grad

e le

vel f

rom

K-8

.

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

his

sect

ion

stat

es th

e sp

ecifi

c ob

ject

ive

to b

e at

tain

ed a

s a

resu

lt of

the

proc

ess.

Rat

iona

le:

The

gos

pel v

alue

that

the

stud

ent w

ill u

nder

stan

d an

d ac

t upo

n is

sta

ted.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:T

he b

ehav

iora

l obj

ectiv

es p

rovi

de th

e m

eans

for

asse

ssin

g th

e ou

tcom

es o

f the

proc

ess.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

The

sam

ple

activ

ities

sug

gest

spe

cific

lear

ning

act

iviti

es th

at m

ay b

e us

ed to

acco

mpl

ish

the

beha

vior

al o

bjec

tives

.

111

111

111

111

1

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2

The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

K

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he c

hild

kno

ws

that

that

eve

ry p

erso

n is

love

d by

God

and

des

erve

s to

be

trea

ted

with

kin

dnes

s.

Rat

iona

le:

Jesu

s ta

ught

us

to lo

ve o

ther

s as

he

love

s us

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ld c

hoos

es to

sha

re p

osse

ssio

ns w

ith o

ther

s.C

hild

will

ingl

y ch

oose

s to

hel

p ot

hers

.C

hild

pra

ys fo

r so

meo

ne w

ho is

sic

k or

hav

ing

a ha

rd ti

me.

Rea

d an

d di

scus

s th

e bo

ok T

he R

ainb

ow F

ish

by M

arcu

s P

fiste

r, a

sto

ry a

bout

a fis

h w

ho le

arns

the

lone

lines

s of

bei

ng s

elfis

h an

d th

e go

od fe

elin

g of

sha

r-in

g po

sses

sion

s w

ith o

ther

s. (

plan

t the

idea

)C

hild

ren

brin

g to

cla

ssro

om p

osse

ssio

ns fr

om h

ome

to d

ispl

ay fo

r "t

he le

tter

of th

e w

eek,

" fo

r ex

ampl

e, o

ne w

eek

child

ren

brin

g in

obj

ects

beg

inni

ngw

ith th

e le

tter

"B."

The

y ar

e en

cour

aged

to p

lay

with

thes

e ob

ject

s an

dsh

are

with

oth

ers

... a

re th

ey w

illin

g to

do

this

? (o

bser

vatio

ns)

Chi

ld a

ctiv

ely

help

s cl

assm

ate

a) fi

nd a

pag

e, b

) bu

ild a

puz

zle,

c)

zip

a co

at,

d) ti

e a

shoe

. (ac

tions

)C

hild

pla

ys w

ith s

omeo

ne w

ho d

oesn

't ha

ve a

frie

nd.

41)

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The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

aG

rade

:K

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he c

hild

is a

war

e th

at h

e/sh

e ha

s a

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

par

ticip

ate

in h

is/h

er fa

mily

.

aR

atio

nale

:F

or a

chi

ld to

mov

e gr

adua

lly in

to a

life

of C

hris

tian

serv

ice,

he/

she

shou

ldha

ve a

n in

crea

sing

aw

aren

ess

of fa

mily

and

its

rela

tion

to th

e co

mm

unity

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

rec

ogni

zes

that

he/

she

is a

mem

ber

of a

fam

ily.

Chi

ld d

iscu

sses

his

/her

jobs

as

a re

spon

sibl

e m

embe

r of

a fa

mily

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ld d

raw

s a

pict

ure

of h

is/h

er fa

mily

.D

urin

g Le

nt, c

hild

will

do

one

good

dee

d fo

r hi

s/he

r fa

mily

.C

hild

ren

can

mak

e a

list o

n ch

art p

aper

of:

I CA

N H

ELP

MY

FA

MIL

Y b

y br

ain-

stor

min

g id

eas,

then

illu

stra

ting

pict

ures

of t

he d

iffer

ent t

asks

.R

ead

a bo

ok s

uch

as N

o N

ap b

y E

ve B

untin

g ab

out h

ow a

chi

ld's

ref

usal

tota

ke a

nap

affe

cts

the

entir

e fa

mily

. Chi

ldre

n ca

n ac

t out

a m

ore

peac

eful

way

to b

ehav

e.

e

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2 6

The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

K

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he c

hild

is w

illin

g to

wor

k w

ith o

ther

s, to

coo

pera

te a

nd s

hare

.

Rat

iona

le:

Chr

istia

ns a

re c

alle

d to

trea

t eac

h ot

her

and

reso

lve

thei

r co

nflic

ts in

way

s co

n-11

1

sist

ent w

ith J

esus

' tea

chin

g an

d ex

ampl

e.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

coo

pera

tes

in la

rge

grou

p si

tuat

ion.

Chi

ld p

artic

ipat

es in

son

gs a

nd a

ctiv

ities

.C

hild

's a

ctiv

ity in

spe

cial

eve

nts

spill

s ov

er to

the

clas

sroo

m.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

At T

hank

sgiv

ing

time,

dis

cuss

the

way

the

pilg

rims

and

Nat

ive

Am

eric

ans

wor

ked

toge

ther

, sha

red

know

ledg

e, a

nd m

ade

thei

r co

mm

unity

a b

ette

rpl

ace

to li

ve.

Put

on

a dr

amat

ic p

lay

with

cos

tum

es a

nd s

ongs

abo

ut th

is e

vent

.S

hare

food

(po

pcor

n an

d ca

rrot

s) to

ree

nact

the

conc

ept o

f giv

ing

than

ks.

Sha

re th

is p

rodu

ctio

n w

ith fr

iend

s an

d fa

mily

.

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The

me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

K

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he c

hild

bec

omes

aw

are

that

som

e ch

ildre

n ar

e po

or a

nd th

atw

e sh

ould

try

to h

elp

them

.

Rat

iona

le:

Chr

istia

ns a

re c

alle

d to

res

pond

to th

e ne

eds

of th

e le

ast o

f Chr

ist's

peo

ple,

espe

cial

ly th

e po

or a

nd n

eedy

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ld c

omm

unic

ates

thro

ugh

pict

ures

and

wor

ds w

itha

grou

p of

chi

ldre

nse

rvic

ed b

y an

Obl

ate

of S

t. F

ranc

is D

e S

ales

' mis

sion

.C

hild

ren

are

enco

urag

ed to

con

trib

ute

pers

onal

ly to

the

poor

and

nee

dy.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

Chr

istm

as c

ards

to s

end

to a

gro

up o

f chi

ldre

n se

rved

by

am

issi

on in

ano

ther

cou

ntry

.C

hild

ren

send

cor

resp

onde

nce

to th

ese

child

ren

thro

ugho

ut th

e sc

hool

year

,es

peci

ally

at h

olid

ay ti

mes

.C

hild

ren

try

to e

xcha

nge

phot

os to

com

pare

dre

ss, e

nviro

nmen

t, et

c. in

ord

erto

und

erst

and

diffe

renc

es a

nd s

imila

ritie

s.

5

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30

The

me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

K

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he c

hild

dem

onst

rate

s an

app

reci

atio

n fo

r th

e ro

le o

f wor

k in

his

/her

life

by

usin

g an

d sh

arin

g G

od-g

iven

tale

nts

with

oth

ers.

Rat

iona

le:

In o

ur u

niqu

enes

s, w

e us

e ou

r G

od-g

iven

tale

nts

in o

ur s

ervi

ce to

war

d ot

hers

.W

e th

en le

arn

to a

ppre

ciat

e th

e w

ork

of o

ther

s.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

The

chi

ld r

ecog

nize

s ho

w g

ood

it fe

els

to d

o hi

s/he

r be

st w

ork.

Chi

ldre

n di

scus

s ho

w o

ther

s' w

ork

help

s th

em. (

teac

hers

, par

ents

, doc

tors

,po

lice

offic

ers)

Tea

cher

s de

mon

stra

te a

moc

k ta

ble

setti

ng in

sch

ool a

nd th

en a

ssig

n th

e se

t-tin

g of

the

fam

ily ta

ble

as a

hom

ewor

k ac

tivity

. The

y fo

llow

up

at s

choo

l the

next

day

with

a d

iscu

ssio

n. (

Did

you

nee

d he

lp?

Was

it fu

n? H

ow d

id y

oufe

el?

Will

you

do

it ag

ain?

)T

each

ers

do a

uni

t on

com

mun

ity w

orke

rs, a

nd in

vite

mom

s an

d da

ds in

tocl

ass

to ta

lk a

bout

thei

r jo

bs. E

ncou

rage

par

ents

to in

clud

e an

swer

s to

thes

equ

estio

ns:

Why

do

they

like

thei

r jo

b?W

hat w

ould

mak

e th

eir

job

bette

r?H

ow d

oes

thei

r jo

b re

spec

t the

rig

hts

of th

e w

orke

r an

d th

edi

gnity

of w

ork?

Tea

cher

s se

t up

a dr

amat

ic p

lay

area

with

cos

tum

es a

nd p

rops

for

appr

oxi-

mat

ely

thre

e w

orke

rs. T

each

ers

ask

for

child

ren'

s id

eas

and

dona

tions

for

othe

rki

nds

of w

orke

rs, a

nd g

et b

ooks

on

thes

e su

bjec

ts to

inte

grat

e w

ith s

ocia

lst

udie

s.

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The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

aG

rade

:K

111

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

is a

war

e of

trad

ition

s in

oth

er c

ultu

res

that

are

the

sam

e an

d di

ffere

nt,

i.e.,

lang

uage

.a

Rat

iona

le:

We

are

one

hum

an fa

mily

.11

1

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

em

ulat

es a

cus

tom

from

ano

ther

cou

ntry

dur

ing

a ho

liday

.11

1C

hild

und

erst

ands

that

chi

ldre

n in

oth

er c

ount

ries

have

sim

ilar

and

diffe

rent

trad

ition

s (i.

e., C

hris

tmas

)al

l Chr

istia

ns, n

o m

atte

r w

here

they

live

, kno

wth

e st

ory

of b

aby

Jesu

s' b

irth.

IIIS

ampl

e A

ctiv

ities

:D

iscu

ss th

e st

ory

of h

ow S

t. N

icho

las

thou

ght p

eopl

e ar

e m

ore

impo

rtan

tth

an th

ings

. Be

like

St.

Nic

hola

s du

ring

Adv

ent.

IIIIn

vite

par

ents

from

oth

er c

ultu

ral b

ackg

roun

ds to

sha

re h

olid

ay tr

aditi

ons,

com

pare

and

con

tras

t the

m to

our

s.

IR

ead

book

s ab

out c

hild

ren

of o

ther

rel

igio

ns (

exam

ple:

Han

ukka

h). W

ear

edi

ffere

nt in

our

cel

ebra

tions

but

we

are

all G

od's

chi

ldre

n.

IIU

se th

e in

tern

et fo

r a

clas

sroo

m p

en p

al in

ano

ther

cou

ntry

.

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34

The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

K

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

lear

ns th

at p

art o

f God

's p

lan

is fo

r us

to li

ve in

har

mon

y w

ith o

urcl

assm

ates

and

nat

ure.

Rat

iona

le:

We

are

all c

alle

d to

be

keep

ers

of th

e ea

rth.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ld k

now

s w

e ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ta

king

car

e of

cre

atio

n.C

hild

app

reci

ates

the

wor

ld G

od h

as g

iven

.C

hild

sho

ws

a ca

ring

and

help

ful a

ttitu

de to

war

d cl

assm

ates

.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

a lit

ter

bag,

take

a w

alk,

pic

k up

tras

h.C

hild

ren

mak

e a

post

er to

rem

ind

pare

nts

to r

ecyc

le e

ach

wee

k.C

hild

ren

take

tim

e to

be

sile

nt o

utdo

ors

to h

ear

wha

t the

bird

s an

d an

imal

sar

e sa

ying

.C

hild

ren

talk

abo

ut w

ater

, its

use

s, h

ow w

e ca

n ke

ep it

cle

an.

Chi

ldre

n ta

lk a

bout

way

s w

e ca

n he

lp e

ach

othe

r in

sch

ool.

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The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

love

s an

d re

spec

ts s

elf a

nd o

ther

s as

gift

s fr

om G

od.

Rat

iona

le:

Jesu

s co

mm

ande

d us

to "

love

one

ano

ther

eve

n as

I ha

ve lo

ved

you,

and

love

your

nei

ghbo

r as

you

rsel

f."

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Boo

ks U

sed:

0 C ti)

Chi

ld c

an in

tera

ct p

eace

fully

with

cla

ssm

ates

.C

hild

sho

ws

inte

rest

and

car

e fo

r ne

wbo

rns.

Chi

ld u

nder

stan

ds a

nd r

espe

cts

elde

rly.

Chi

ld r

espe

cts

hand

icap

ped

and

disa

bled

.C

hild

lear

ns to

imita

te th

e liv

es o

f the

sai

nts.

Chi

ld tr

eats

cla

ssm

ates

with

res

pect

by

usin

g go

odm

anne

rs s

uch

as "

excu

sem

e,"

"may

I he

lp y

ou,"

"I'm

sor

ry."

New

born

bro

ther

s an

d si

ster

s ar

e ce

lebr

ated

with

car

ds o

fco

ngra

tula

tions

.C

hild

lear

ns to

res

pect

eld

erly

by

invi

ting

gran

dpar

ents

to v

isit

the

clas

sroo

man

d sh

are

thei

r ex

perie

nces

.C

hild

ren

give

up

cafe

teria

spac

e fo

r th

e m

onth

ly "

seni

or c

itize

n" lu

nche

on.

Chi

ld le

arns

the

stor

ies

of th

e sa

ints

(du

ring

Nov

embe

r).

Chi

ld le

arns

and

und

erst

ands

"si

gn o

f pea

ce."

Chi

ld m

akes

an

"All

Abo

ut M

e B

ookl

et."

Chi

ld le

arns

to le

ad a

nd te

ach

with

sim

ple

gam

es, e

.g.,

"Sim

on S

ays.

"

Boo

k of

Sai

nts

Pie

rre,

A C

autio

nary

Tal

e by

Mar

aca

Sen

dat

Bet

You

Can

't by

Pen

ny D

ale

Do

Like

Kyl

a by

Ang

ela

John

son

How

to L

ose

All

You

r F

riend

s by

Nan

cy C

arls

onJa

mai

ca's

Blu

e M

arke

r by

Mar

y H

offm

an

3 7

9

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The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

und

erst

ands

that

he/

she

is a

n im

port

ant w

orki

ng m

embe

r of

his

/her

fam

-ily

, sch

ool,

paris

h, a

nd c

omm

unity

.

Rat

iona

le:

We

are

calle

d to

par

ticip

ate

and

cont

ribut

e to

the

wel

l-bei

ng o

f our

fam

ilies

,pa

rishe

s, a

nd c

omm

uniti

es.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

lear

ns a

bout

the

fam

ily u

nit,

neig

hbor

hood

, par

ish,

sch

ool,

com

mun

ity,

etc.

Chi

ld is

abl

e to

mod

el p

ositi

ve b

ehav

iors

whe

n pa

rtic

ipat

ing

with

oth

ers

indi

ffere

nt g

roup

s.C

hild

lear

ns th

at p

artic

ipat

ion

in s

ocie

ty is

impo

rtan

t

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Boo

ks U

sed:

Chi

ldre

n dr

aw p

ictu

res

of fa

mily

, i.e

., fa

mily

tree

, fam

ily b

anne

r.C

hild

ren

brin

g ph

otos

of f

amily

to c

lass

room

to s

hare

with

the

clas

s.C

hild

ren

cele

brat

e G

rand

pare

nt's

Day

, Fam

ily O

pen

Hou

se, o

r cl

ass

part

y at

scho

ol (

with

chi

ld d

emon

stra

ting

appr

opria

te b

ehav

iors

).C

omm

unity

wor

kers

can

com

e to

the

clas

sroo

m to

dis

cuss

con

cern

s, e

.g.,

polic

e of

ficer

.C

hild

ren

part

icip

ate

in a

par

ish

even

t (sc

hool

auc

tion)

.C

hild

ren

part

icip

ate

in a

can

ned

food

driv

e or

Chr

istm

as "

Giv

ing

Tre

e."

Chi

ldre

n pr

ay fo

r fa

mili

es in

cris

is.

Chi

ldre

n di

scus

s w

hat t

hey

wou

ld te

ll th

e pr

esid

ent a

bout

hun

gry

peop

le in

our

coun

try.

The

Giv

ing

Tre

e by

She

l Silv

este

inT

he W

edne

sday

Sur

pris

e by

Eve

Bun

ting

Kno

ts o

n th

e C

ount

ing

Rop

e by

Bill

Mar

tin, J

r. a

nd J

ohn

Arc

ham

baul

tW

hat's

in A

unt M

ary'

s R

oom

? B

y E

lizab

eth

How

ard

Am

azin

g G

race

by

Mar

y H

offm

an

39

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The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he c

hild

is w

illin

g to

wor

k ha

rd in

divi

dual

ly a

ndas

a m

embe

r of

a g

roup

with

tole

ranc

e an

d re

spec

t tow

ard

othe

rs.

Rat

iona

le:

The

chu

rch

asks

that

we

all w

ork

indi

vidu

ally

and

toge

ther

to c

reat

e a

harm

o-ni

ous

grou

p se

tting

with

tole

ranc

e an

d re

spec

t for

all.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ld ta

kes

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r hi

s/he

r ow

nar

ea a

nd p

osse

ssio

ns.

Chi

ld u

nder

stan

ds h

is/h

er r

ole

in h

elpi

ng to

mak

ea

harm

onio

us c

lass

.C

hild

rea

cts

to o

ther

s w

ith to

lera

nce

and

resp

ect.

Chi

ld r

eadi

ly ti

dies

his

/her

ow

n ar

ea in

the

clas

sroo

m.

Chi

ld a

djus

ts to

the

larg

e gr

oup

setti

ng b

y ob

eyin

g cl

ass

rule

s (r

aisi

ngha

nd,

wai

ting

in tu

rn, n

ot in

terr

uptin

g).

Chi

ld li

sten

s po

litel

y du

ring

Ora

l Sha

ring

and

asks

per

tinen

tqu

estio

ns.

Chi

ld is

ass

igne

d or

cho

oses

wor

k pa

rtne

rs a

nd is

abl

e to

coop

erat

e to

geth

eron

a ta

sk.

Chi

ldre

n ca

n dr

amat

ize

situ

atio

ns th

at r

equi

re r

espe

ctin

g ot

hers

'rig

hts.

Gos

pel s

torie

s ca

n be

a b

asis

for

this

.C

hild

can

pra

y fo

r ot

hers

.

Boo

ks U

sed:

Bet

You

Can

't by

Pen

ny D

ale

Do

Like

Kyl

a by

Ang

ela

John

son

How

to L

ose

All

You

r F

riend

s by

Nan

cy C

arls

on

'

41

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The

me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

reac

h ou

t to

child

ren

who

hav

e le

ss th

an th

ey h

ave.

Rat

iona

le:

God

ble

sses

thos

e w

ho c

ome

to th

e ai

d of

the

poor

.Lo

ve fo

r th

e po

or is

an

inte

gral

par

t of l

ivin

g a

true

Chr

istia

n lif

e.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

ren

expe

rienc

e th

e "jo

y of

giv

ing.

"

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n br

ing

cann

ed g

oods

whi

ch th

ey h

ave

boug

ht fo

r th

e po

orw

ith th

eir

own

allo

wan

ce.

Chi

ldre

n pu

rcha

se (

at le

ast c

ontr

ibut

e to

) a

gift

for

the

"Giv

ing

Tre

e"pr

ojec

tat

Chr

istm

as.

Chi

ldre

n sa

ve a

nd w

rap

penn

ies

to s

end

to th

e m

issi

ons.

Chi

ldre

n co

rres

pond

with

an

inne

r-ci

ty C

atho

lic s

choo

l.C

hild

ren

mak

e "g

oodi

e" b

ags

for

the

hom

eles

s or

mak

e va

lent

ines

and

take

them

dow

ntow

n to

the

hom

eles

s.

4 3

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The

me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:A

ll as

pect

s of

a g

ood

life

invo

lve

wor

k.

Rat

iona

le:

Wor

k is

pos

itive

and

som

ethi

ng to

be

prou

d of

.E

very

one

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

pro

vide

for

his/

her

life

and

that

of h

is/h

er fa

mily

as

wel

l as

serv

e th

e co

mm

unity

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ld u

nder

stan

ds th

at w

ork

is a

pos

itive

act

ivity

.C

hild

pro

udly

acc

ompl

ishe

s hi

s/he

r cl

assr

oom

and

at-

hom

e w

ork.

Chi

ld r

espe

cts

wor

k pa

rent

s do

to p

rovi

de th

em w

ith fo

od, s

helte

r, c

loth

ing.

Spe

cial

per

son

prog

ram

allo

ws

child

to le

ad li

nes,

was

h bo

ard,

han

d ou

tpa

pers

, etc

.ex

perie

nce

the

prid

e of

wor

k.C

hild

ren

clea

n ou

t des

ks w

eekl

y, c

lean

floo

r da

ily.

Chi

ldre

n di

scus

s th

eir

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

(jobs

) at

hom

e.C

hild

ren

lear

n an

d sh

are

wha

t kin

d of

wor

k th

eir

pare

nts

and

gran

dpar

ents

do.

Chi

ldre

n in

vite

par

ents

of d

iffer

ent p

rofe

ssio

ns, a

s w

ell a

s pr

iest

s an

dre

ligio

us, t

o co

me

and

talk

abo

ut th

eir

wor

k.C

hild

ren

reco

gniz

e sc

hool

wor

kers

with

sig

ns o

f app

reci

atio

nca

rds,

ban

ners

, etc

.

Boo

ks U

sed:

The

Litt

le R

ed H

en (

such

as

the

vers

ion

for

ages

4-8

by

Pau

l Gal

done

)A

boo

k on

St.

Jose

ph

4

13

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46

The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

is a

war

e of

res

pons

ibili

ties

to o

ther

s th

roug

hout

the

wor

ld.

Rat

iona

le:

In a

link

ed a

nd li

mite

d w

orld

, our

res

pons

ibili

ties

to o

ne a

noth

er c

ross

nat

iona

lan

d ot

her

boun

darie

s.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Dis

cuss

con

ditio

ns a

nd n

eeds

of t

he c

omm

uniti

es in

the

wor

ld.

Incl

ude

the

need

s of

the

wor

ld in

dai

ly p

raye

r.R

ecog

nize

the

good

dee

ds th

at o

ther

s do

As

child

ren

lear

n ab

out n

eeds

of o

ther

s in

the

wor

ld, s

tart

a p

raye

r co

mm

it-te

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r w

ritin

g si

mpl

e pr

ayer

s fo

r th

ese

peop

le to

inco

rpor

ate

into

cla

ss p

raye

r.F

amili

es w

ork

toge

ther

to lo

ok fo

r ne

ws

even

ts in

whi

ch s

omeo

ne in

the

wor

ld to

ok r

espo

nsib

ility

for

othe

rs. D

iscu

ss th

e go

od a

cts

and

thei

r im

por-

tanc

e.C

onst

ruct

a c

hain

of g

ood

deed

s to

sho

w w

hat w

e do

for

othe

rs.

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The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

1

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

lear

n th

at G

od w

ants

us

to ta

ke c

are

of a

ll of

God

's c

reat

ion.

Rat

iona

le:

God

ent

rust

ed u

s to

be

care

take

rs o

f the

cre

ated

wor

ld a

nd to

pre

serv

e its

beau

ty.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

lear

ns to

live

in p

eace

with

all

peop

les

and

the

eart

h.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

4or

Chi

ldre

n ta

ke a

sea

sona

l wal

k an

d ap

prec

iate

all

the

beau

ties

of th

e w

orld

.C

hild

ren

cele

brat

e E

arth

Day

.C

hild

ren

mak

e bi

rd fe

eder

s.C

hild

ren

recy

cle

ever

y da

y.C

hild

ren

lear

n no

t to

was

te fo

od in

lunc

h bo

x.C

hild

ren

lear

n to

take

car

e of

cra

yons

, pen

cils

, and

pap

er.

49_

15

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16

The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ack

now

ledg

es a

nd r

espe

cts

the

good

qua

litie

s an

d ta

lent

s of

oth

ers.

Rat

iona

le:

Bec

ause

all

pers

ons

are

crea

ted

by G

od, w

e ar

e ca

lled

to r

espe

ct a

nd v

alue

the

uniq

uene

ss o

f our

selv

es a

nd o

ther

s.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n re

cogn

ize

and

appr

ecia

te th

e ta

lent

s an

d go

od q

ualit

ies

of th

em-

selv

es a

nd o

ther

s.C

hild

ren

trea

t one

ano

ther

with

res

pect

and

kin

dnes

s in

the

clas

sroo

m a

ndon

the

play

grou

nd.

Chi

ldre

n re

ad W

orst

Sch

ool Y

ear

Eve

r in

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

year

.C

hild

ren

deve

lop

posi

tive

com

men

t she

ets

desc

ribin

g th

e go

od q

ualit

ies

ofst

uden

ts.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

Com

mun

ion

dolls

to r

epre

sent

tale

nts,

inte

rest

s, a

nd u

niqu

e-ne

ss o

f stu

dent

s.C

hild

ren

mak

e th

ank

you

note

s fo

r so

meo

ne w

ho s

erve

s at

sch

ool;

list t

heir

tale

nts.

Chi

ldre

n ro

le p

lay,

trea

ting

each

oth

er w

ith r

espe

ct in

var

ious

situ

atio

ns.

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The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

lear

n th

at w

e ar

e ca

lled

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

soc

iety

.

Rat

iona

le:

For

a c

hild

to m

ove

grad

ually

into

a li

fe o

f Chr

istia

n se

rvic

e, h

e/sh

e sh

ould

have

an

incr

easi

ng a

war

enes

s of

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f par

ticip

atin

g in

fam

ily a

ndco

mm

unity

life

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

52

Chi

ldre

n pa

rtic

ipat

e in

fam

ily r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s.C

hild

ren

can

shar

e w

ith c

lass

how

muc

h th

eir

fam

ily m

eans

to th

em a

nd th

eir

role

in th

e fa

mily

.C

hild

ren

atte

nd a

nd p

artic

ipat

e in

fam

ily a

ctiv

ities

in th

e co

mm

unity

and

paris

h.

In th

e F

amily

Life

Cur

ricul

um, c

hild

ren

will

mak

e po

ster

s us

ing

pops

icle

stic

ksto

rep

rese

nt in

divi

dual

mem

bers

of t

he fa

mily

.C

hild

ren

will

feat

ure

thei

r fa

mili

es o

n a

VIP

bul

letin

boa

rd.

Chi

ldre

n pr

oduc

e a

sim

ple

new

slet

ter

in w

hich

eac

h ch

ild te

lls s

torie

s ab

out

his/

her

fam

ily.

Stu

dent

s w

rite

than

k yo

u no

tes

to s

omeo

ne in

the

fam

ily w

ho h

as d

one

som

ethi

ng s

peci

al fo

r th

em.

Chi

ldre

n se

nd a

n E

aste

r ca

rd to

thos

e w

ho a

re b

eing

rec

eive

d in

to th

e ch

urch

durin

g th

e E

aste

r V

igil.

Chi

ldre

n di

scus

s w

hy it

is im

port

ant t

o vo

te.

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118

The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

can

unde

rsta

nd th

e te

rm "

hum

an r

ight

s" a

nd th

e re

spon

sibi

litie

s th

atgo

alo

ng w

ith th

ese

right

s.

Rat

iona

le:

Chr

istia

ns a

re c

alle

d to

trea

t eac

h ot

her

(and

res

olve

con

flict

s) in

way

s co

nsis

-te

nt w

ith J

esus

' tea

chin

g an

d ex

ampl

e.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s ac

cept

all

child

ren

on a

n eq

ual b

asis

and

forg

ive

othe

rs w

hen

the

need

aris

es.

Chi

ldre

n us

e bi

ble

read

ings

to d

emon

stra

te h

ow J

esus

acc

epte

d an

d fo

rgav

eot

hers

.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

a m

ural

"Je

sus

For

give

s,"

show

ing

stor

ies

abou

t Jes

us' l

ifew

hen

he fo

rgav

e pe

ople

.C

hild

ren

nam

e or

mak

e a

list o

f peo

ple

and

sain

ts w

ho s

how

wha

t it m

eans

to b

e lo

ving

and

pea

cefu

l.C

hild

ren

mak

e a

list o

f way

s th

ey c

ontr

ibut

eth

eir

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

at h

ome

and

at s

choo

l.C

hild

ren

dem

onst

rate

forg

iven

ess

by m

akin

g a

clas

s bo

ok, "

For

givi

ng O

neA

noth

er."

Chi

ldre

n re

ad a

nd d

ram

atiz

e th

e st

ory

of th

e P

rodi

gal S

on.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

frie

nds

with

chi

ldre

n w

ho h

ave

been

left

out.

Dur

ing

Tha

nksg

ivin

g ac

tiviti

es, c

hild

ren

disc

uss

why

peo

ple

have

a r

ight

tofo

od.

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me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

are

awar

e of

the

need

to s

hare

per

sona

l res

ourc

es w

ith th

e po

or a

ndne

edy.

Rat

iona

le:

Chr

istia

ns a

re c

alle

d to

res

pond

to th

e ne

eds

of th

e le

ast o

f Chr

ist's

peo

ple,

espe

cial

ly th

e po

or a

nd n

eedy

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n ca

n de

mon

stra

te s

harin

g by

giv

ing

from

wha

t the

y ha

ve to

pro

-gr

ams

for

help

ing

the

poor

.C

hild

ren

use

bibl

e st

orie

s to

rec

ogni

ze th

e ne

eds

of th

e po

or, s

ick,

and

lone

ly.

Chi

ldre

n re

mem

ber

the

poor

and

vul

nera

ble

in p

raye

rs.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

a co

llage

sho

win

g ho

w C

hris

tians

say

"Y

es"

to G

od (

mag

azin

epi

ctur

es o

f peo

ple

help

ing

othe

rs, c

arin

g, s

how

ing

kind

ness

).C

hild

ren

part

icip

ate

in fo

od d

rives

for

soup

kitc

hens

or

hom

eles

s sh

elte

rs.

Chi

ldre

n ca

n bu

y gi

fts fo

r th

e "G

ivin

g T

ree"

with

thei

r ow

n m

oney

.C

hild

ren

read

and

dra

mat

ize

stor

y of

the

Wed

ding

Fea

st a

t Can

a, th

e Lo

aves

and

Fis

hes,

Mar

y's

Vis

it to

Eliz

abet

h, e

tc. t

o de

mon

stra

te J

esus

' exa

mpl

e of

shar

ing

with

the

need

y.C

hild

ren

rem

embe

r th

e po

or a

nd n

eedy

in M

ass

petit

ions

and

dai

ly p

raye

rs.

191

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The

me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

can

und

erst

and

how

wor

k af

fect

s us

in a

pos

itive

way

and

is a

n ex

pres

-si

on o

f our

hum

an s

elf-

wor

th.

Rat

iona

le:

All

peop

le s

houl

d pu

t the

ir be

st e

ffort

into

thei

r w

ork

and

acce

pt a

nd a

ppre

ci-

ate

the

wor

k of

oth

ers.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n sh

ould

lear

n to

do

thei

r be

st w

ork

in s

choo

l, ev

en if

gra

des

are

not

invo

lved

or

awar

ds a

re n

ot g

iven

.C

hild

ren

will

bec

ome

awar

e of

the

dive

rsity

of c

aree

r ch

oice

s an

d ha

ve a

nop

en m

ind

abou

t all

of th

em.

Chi

ldre

n w

ill s

how

res

pons

ibili

ty in

per

form

ing

clas

sroo

m ta

sks.

Tea

cher

s us

e un

grad

ed a

ssig

nmen

ts o

ccas

iona

lly to

teac

h th

e va

lue

of p

er-

form

ing

for

self-

wor

th in

stea

d of

gra

des,

(e.

g., s

cien

ce p

roje

cts,

boo

kre

port

s).

Tea

cher

s ha

ve p

aren

ts o

r gu

est s

peak

ers

com

e an

d ta

lk a

bout

a v

arie

ty o

fjo

bs o

r ca

reer

s.T

each

ers

use

a jo

b ch

art t

o as

sign

cla

ssro

om ta

sks

on a

rot

atin

g ba

sis.

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The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

will

be

led

to a

n un

ders

tand

ing

and

acce

ptan

ce o

f all

peop

le th

roug

haw

aren

ess

of o

ther

cus

tom

s an

d cu

lture

s.

Rat

iona

le:

God

's p

lan

is fo

r us

to li

ve in

har

mon

y w

ith a

ll pe

ople

, cul

ture

s, a

nd c

usto

ms.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n le

arn

that

Chr

istm

as is

a h

olid

ay c

omm

on to

man

y bu

t exp

ress

eddi

ffere

ntly

thro

ugh

vario

us c

usto

ms.

Chi

ldre

n w

ill d

emon

stra

te g

ood

attit

udes

tow

ard

othe

rs a

nd p

rom

ote

peac

eby

lear

ning

cus

tom

s an

d tr

aditi

ons

of o

ur n

eigh

borin

g co

untr

ies.

Chi

ldre

n ca

n ac

know

ledg

e C

hris

tmas

act

iviti

es fr

om c

ultu

res

arou

nd th

ew

orld

thro

ugh

thei

r w

ritin

g, p

oetr

y, a

rt, e

tc.

Chi

ldre

n w

ill s

tudy

Mex

ico,

Cen

tral

Am

eric

a, a

nd C

anad

a to

lear

n th

e cu

s-to

ms

and

trad

ition

s of

our

nei

ghbo

ring

coun

trie

s.C

hild

ren

crea

te a

bul

letin

boa

rd: T

race

and

cut

out

han

ds fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

pape

r, g

lue

phot

os o

f peo

ple

of o

ther

rac

es a

nd e

thni

c gr

oups

on

the

hand

s,jo

in th

e ha

nds

as a

way

of l

inki

ng to

geth

er a

ll pe

ople

of t

he w

orld

.

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The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

2

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

lear

n th

at G

od w

ants

us

to ta

ke c

are

of h

is c

reat

ion.

Rat

iona

le:

God

gav

e us

our

bea

utifu

l wor

ld a

nd w

ants

us

to c

are

for

it.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

ren

unde

rsta

nd o

ur r

ole

as h

uman

bei

ngs

who

wer

e pu

t her

e to

car

e fo

rG

od's

cre

atio

n.C

hild

ren

use

thei

r le

vel o

f pow

er w

ith k

indn

ess

and

resp

ect f

or a

ll of

God

'scr

eatio

n.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Act

ivity

:"T

he L

adde

r of

Life

"C

ut a

nd g

lue

piec

es o

f rop

e/ya

rn to

pap

er in

the

fash

ion

of a

ladd

er.

botto

m r

ung:

dra

w p

lant

life

next

run

g: a

nim

al s

ticke

rne

xt r

ung:

dra

w p

eopl

ene

xt r

ung:

glu

e co

nfet

ti an

gels

top

rung

: writ

e G

od

Mat

eria

ls:

Bib

le s

tory

of c

reat

ion

Pap

er, u

sed

vert

ical

ly; y

arn;

pen

cils

; cra

yons

; glu

e; s

ticke

rs o

f diff

eren

tw

ildlif

e; c

onfe

tti; a

ngel

s

Met

hod:

Rea

d an

d di

scus

s th

e st

ory

of c

reat

ion

emph

asiz

ing

the

leve

l of r

espo

nsib

ility

that

hum

ans

have

as

care

take

rs o

f all

God

's c

reat

ion.

Dis

cuss

leve

ls o

f life

-fo

rms

and

thei

r pu

rpos

e.

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The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

3

utco

mes

Sta

tem

ent:

Stu

dent

s ca

n re

late

to o

ther

s w

ith r

espe

ct.

ffi3

atio

naB

e:E

very

hum

an p

erso

n is

cre

ated

by

God

and

is th

eref

ore

valu

able

and

wor

thy

ofou

r re

spec

t.

Stu

dent

Ele

havi

orai

Obj

ectiv

es:

Chi

ldre

n lis

ten

care

fully

to a

noth

er p

erso

n.C

hild

ren

activ

ely

seek

to u

nder

stan

d th

e at

titud

es a

nd o

pini

ons

of o

ther

s.C

hild

ren

disa

gree

with

oth

ers

and

still

res

pect

them

.

Sam

pie

ctM

ties:

Chi

ldre

n w

ork

to d

evel

op g

ood

liste

ning

hab

its s

uch

as r

aisi

ng h

ands

, not

spea

king

whe

n ot

hers

are

spe

akin

g, w

aitin

g fo

r th

eir

turn

.T

hrou

gh p

aren

t and

teac

her

mod

elin

g, c

hild

ren

lear

n to

ask

que

stio

ns to

find

out m

ore

rath

er th

an s

hut o

ut o

pini

ons

that

diff

er fr

om th

eir

own.

Chi

ldre

n us

e gr

aphi

ng a

ctiv

ities

to il

lust

rate

div

erse

opi

nion

s.

64

23'

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66

The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

3

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nt r

ecog

nize

s th

e im

port

ance

of a

nd is

com

mitt

ed to

exe

rcis

ing

resp

onsi

-bl

e m

embe

rshi

p in

fam

ily a

nd c

omm

unity

.

Rat

iona

le:

For

a c

hild

to m

ove

grad

ually

into

a li

fe o

f Chr

istia

n se

rvic

e, h

e/sh

e sh

ould

have

an

incr

easi

ng a

war

enes

s of

fam

ily a

nd it

s re

latio

nshi

p to

the

com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

iden

tify

char

acte

ristic

s of

fam

ilies

and

com

mun

ities

.S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in fa

mily

res

pons

ibili

ties.

Stu

dent

s id

entif

y re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

var

ious

com

mun

ity h

elpe

rs.

Stu

dent

s ca

n ex

plai

n th

e im

port

ance

of p

artic

ipat

ion

in c

omm

unity

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Tea

cher

s in

volv

e th

e pa

rent

s in

a p

rogr

am o

f rec

ogni

zing

thei

r ch

ildre

n's

inpu

t in

the

fam

ily. T

his

coul

d be

don

e by

writ

ing

lette

rs o

r ca

rds,

than

king

child

ren

for

doin

g th

eir

chor

es, h

avin

g br

ight

sm

iles,

por

tray

ing

frie

ndsh

ip.

Tea

cher

s se

t up

job

char

ts w

ith s

choo

l tas

ks o

n on

e si

de a

nd h

ome

task

s on

the

othe

r si

de. S

tude

nts

will

use

the

char

ts to

do

a se

lf ch

eck.

Stu

dent

s ar

rang

e w

ith th

e po

lice/

fire

depa

rtm

ent o

r po

stal

ser

vice

to m

ake

post

ers

in s

uppo

rt o

f com

mun

ity a

war

enes

s. T

hese

can

be

used

to a

id in

com

mun

ity e

duca

tion.

Stu

dent

s an

d pa

rent

s ar

e m

ade

awar

e of

com

mun

ity, c

hurc

h, a

nd s

choo

l ser

-vi

ce a

nd a

dvoc

acy

even

ts. T

hey

are

enco

urag

ed to

par

ticip

ate.

Tea

cher

par

tic-

ipat

ion

will

dem

onst

rate

the

impo

rtan

ce to

chi

ldre

n.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

why

it is

impo

rtan

t to

vote

and

writ

e sa

mpl

e le

tters

to th

epr

esid

ent a

bout

hun

gry

peop

le in

our

cou

ntry

.

67

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The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

3

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd w

hat i

s in

clud

ed in

the

term

"hu

man

rig

hts"

and

kno

ww

hat r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s go

alo

ng w

ith th

em.

Rat

iona

le:

The

bas

ic r

ight

s of

hum

ans

incl

ude

the

right

s to

free

dom

of c

onsc

ienc

e an

dre

ligio

us li

bert

y, to

rai

se a

fam

ily, t

o im

mig

rate

, to

live

free

from

unf

air

dis-

crim

inat

ion,

and

to h

ave

eart

hly

good

s su

ffici

ent f

or o

nese

lf an

d on

e's

fam

ily.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n ha

ve th

e ab

ility

to e

xpre

ss a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e te

rm "

hum

anrig

hts.

"C

hild

ren

have

the

abili

ty to

follo

w r

ules

and

dem

onst

rate

und

erst

andi

ng o

fth

e im

port

ance

of r

espe

ctin

g hu

man

rig

hts.

Chi

ldre

n ca

n re

late

the

ten

com

man

dmen

ts a

nd th

e "g

olde

n ru

le"

to th

erig

hts

of o

ther

s.

Thr

ee-s

tep

activ

ity:

1. S

tude

nts

begi

n by

list

ing

hum

an r

ight

s an

d di

scus

sing

com

man

dmen

tsan

d ac

tions

of C

hris

t.2.

The

y dr

aw p

oste

rs s

how

ing

peop

le fo

llow

ing

God

's la

w in

act

ion

toda

y.3.

The

y ac

t out

eac

h rig

ht w

ith p

rese

nt-d

ay s

ituat

ions

.C

hild

ren

keep

a "

Boo

k of

Rig

hts"

whi

ch li

sts

clas

sroo

m, c

omm

unity

, and

wor

ld r

ight

s.C

hild

ren

reco

rd in

stan

ces

whe

n th

ey s

ee s

omeo

ne ta

king

res

pons

ibili

ty fo

rth

e rig

hts

of o

ther

s.T

each

ers

tie in

with

soc

ial s

tudi

es a

nd o

ur B

ill o

f Rig

hts.

69

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70

The

me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

3

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

com

mitt

ed to

sha

ring

pers

onal

res

ourc

es to

hel

p th

e po

or.

Rat

iona

le:

The

chu

rch

appe

als

to e

very

one

to r

ecog

nize

a s

peci

al o

blig

atio

n to

the

poor

and

vuln

erab

le: t

o de

fend

and

pro

mot

e th

eir

dign

ity, a

nd to

ens

ure

that

they

can

fully

par

ticip

ate

in s

ocie

ty.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

rec

ogni

zes

need

s of

the

poor

in h

is/h

er p

raye

rs.

Chi

ld s

peak

s re

spec

tfully

of t

he p

oor

and

does

not

look

dow

n on

them

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

A s

choo

lwid

e pr

ogra

m is

initi

ated

for

givi

ng lu

nche

s to

the

poor

(a

loca

l she

l-te

r). G

rade

leve

l ass

ignm

ents

are

:7-

8 re

sear

ch a

nd s

et u

p.4-

6 pr

epar

e fo

od.

K-3

dec

orat

e ba

gs a

nd fi

ll w

ith n

apki

n.7-

8 fo

llow

up

with

rep

orts

of t

he g

roup

s re

ceiv

ing

the

food

.C

hild

ren

wor

k w

ith p

aris

h-re

late

d m

issi

on g

roup

suc

h as

the

Obl

ates

of S

t.F

ranc

is D

e S

ales

Mis

sion

in A

fric

a.C

hild

ren

brin

g in

the

mon

ey th

at th

ey w

ould

hav

e sp

ent f

or c

andy

and

giv

eit

to th

e pr

iest

to ta

ke to

his

mis

sion

. Pos

sibl

y ha

ve a

follo

w-u

p to

see

the

resu

lts o

f the

ir go

od d

eeds

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me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

GF

ade:

3

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

put t

heir

best

effo

rts

into

thei

r w

ork.

Rat

h:m

ale:

Wor

k is

mor

e th

an a

way

to m

ake

a liv

ing.

It is

an

expr

essi

on o

f our

dig

nity

and

a fo

rm o

f con

tinui

ng p

artic

ipat

ion

in G

od's

cre

atio

n.

Stu

cleM

Beh

avlo

ral O

l:qec

thie

s:

Sam

ple

Act

lyltl

es:

7,7

O S

tude

nts

com

plet

e w

ork

in a

tim

ely

man

ner.

O S

tude

nts

take

car

e of

sup

plie

s, e

tc.

O S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in a

ll fa

cets

of t

he s

choo

l day

.O

Stu

dent

s re

late

thei

r sc

hool

day

to th

e w

ork

day

of th

eir

pare

nts.

O S

tude

nts

are

taug

ht to

see

sch

ool a

s th

eir

job

for

the

pres

ent a

nd th

at th

eyar

e re

spon

sibl

e to

com

plet

e th

eir

assi

gnm

ents

.O

Stu

dent

s ar

e en

cour

aged

to ta

ke c

are

of s

uppl

ies,

kee

p de

sks

neat

, and

com

epr

epar

ed fo

r cl

ass.

O In

ord

er to

dem

onst

rate

the

valu

e th

at is

pla

ced

on th

eir

role

in th

e cl

ass-

room

, stu

dent

par

ticip

atio

n sh

ould

be

rew

arde

d.O

Stu

dent

s co

nduc

t cla

ssro

om d

iscu

ssio

ns to

rel

ate

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f par

ents

'w

ork

to th

e im

port

ance

of s

tude

nts'

wor

k.

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me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

3

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt u

nder

stan

ds th

e co

mm

itmen

t to

the

com

mon

goo

d an

d is

com

mit-

ted

to w

ork

for

wor

ld p

eace

.

Rat

iona

le:

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Vio

lent

con

flict

and

the

viol

atio

n of

the

dign

ity a

nd r

ight

s of

peo

ple

anyw

here

on th

e gl

obe

dim

inis

h ea

ch o

f us.

Sol

idar

ity e

xpre

sses

the

chur

ch's

con

cern

for

wor

ld p

eace

, glo

bal d

evel

opm

ent,

envi

ronm

ent,

and

inte

rnat

iona

l hum

anrig

hts.

Stu

dent

s in

clud

e pe

ace

in th

eir

writ

ings

(po

ems,

ess

ays)

.S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in a

ctiv

ities

that

sup

port

wor

ld p

eace

.S

tude

nts

use

peac

e-m

akin

g te

chni

ques

in th

e tr

eatm

ent o

f cla

ssm

ates

and

frie

nds.

Chi

ldre

n w

rite

peac

e po

ems

to b

e pu

blis

hed

in th

e sc

hool

pap

er to

sha

rew

ith o

ther

s.C

hild

ren

role

pla

y an

d ac

know

ledg

e pe

ace-

build

ing

activ

ities

in th

e cl

ass-

room

.C

hild

ren

star

t pen

pal

act

iviti

es w

ith p

eopl

e th

roug

hout

the

wor

ld to

lear

ncu

stom

s an

d tr

aditi

ons

that

pro

mot

e go

od a

ttitu

des

tow

ards

oth

ers

and

ther

efor

e pr

omot

e pe

ace.

Chi

ldre

n m

ake

peac

e po

ster

s sh

owin

g ho

w w

e ca

n he

lp o

ther

s.C

hild

ren

com

pare

the

need

s of

cul

ture

s ot

her

than

thei

r ow

n.C

hild

ren

writ

e pr

ayer

s fo

r pe

ace.

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me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

3

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

lear

n th

at G

od w

ants

us

to ta

ke c

are

of a

ll of

his

cre

atio

n.

Rat

iona

le:

God

ent

rust

ed u

s to

take

car

e of

the

eart

h.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

follo

w th

e ex

ampl

e of

St.

Fra

ncis

of A

ssis

i by

appr

ecia

ting

and

resp

ectin

g th

e an

imal

kin

gdom

.S

tude

nts

show

thei

r th

ankf

ulne

ss fo

r th

e m

any

gifts

of G

od's

cre

atio

n.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

76

Stu

dy a

nd g

ive

repo

rts

on th

e fiv

e cl

asse

s of

ani

mal

s.O

n th

e F

east

of S

t. F

ranc

is, O

ctob

er 4

, hav

e a

Ble

ssin

g of

the

Ani

mal

s.A

t Tha

nksg

ivin

g, s

tude

nts

nam

e gi

fts, t

ell w

hy th

ese

gifts

are

impo

rtan

t, an

ddr

aw p

ictu

res

for

disp

lay

to r

emin

d ot

hers

.

,

7 7

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78

The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

act r

espo

nsib

ly to

hel

p ot

hers

and

def

end

the

basi

c rig

hts

of o

ther

s.

Rat

iona

le:

Chi

ldre

n re

aliz

e th

at r

espe

ct is

nec

essa

ry fo

r ev

ery

pers

on b

ecau

se w

e fin

dJe

sus

in h

im/h

er.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s ce

lebr

ate

that

we

are

mad

e in

the

imag

e an

d lik

enes

s of

God

by

trea

ting

othe

rs fa

irly

in d

aily

situ

atio

ns a

nd b

y us

ing

curr

ent e

vent

s to

pro

-m

ote

hum

an d

igni

ty.

Stu

dent

s pr

omot

e po

sitiv

e re

latio

nshi

ps w

ithin

the

clas

sroo

m.

Chi

ldre

n lis

ten

atte

ntiv

ely

whi

le s

tude

nts

are

givi

ng o

ral p

rese

ntat

ions

.C

hild

ren

stud

y hi

stor

ical

as

wel

l as

curr

ent e

vent

s in

ligh

t of w

heth

er h

uman

dign

ity w

as h

elpe

d or

ham

pere

d.C

hild

ren

act o

ut h

isto

rical

situ

atio

ns, t

akin

g va

rious

sid

es.

Chi

ldre

n ha

ve a

"m

yste

ry p

erso

n" a

nd w

rite

posi

tive

note

s to

him

/her

.C

hild

ren

have

a d

aily

goa

l to

say

or d

o on

e po

sitiv

e th

ing

for

a cl

assm

ate.

The

chi

ldre

n di

scus

s/w

rite

abou

t the

dig

nity

and

val

ue o

f hom

eles

s pe

rson

s.

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me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

reco

gniz

e im

port

ance

of a

nd a

re c

omm

itted

to m

embe

rshi

pin

fam

ilyan

d co

mm

unity

.

Ra.

Uon

ee:

For

a c

hild

to m

ove

grad

ually

into

a li

fe o

f Chr

istia

n se

rvic

e, h

e/sh

esh

ould

have

an

incr

easi

ng a

war

enes

s of

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f par

ticip

atin

gin

fam

ily a

ndco

mm

unity

life

.

Stu

dent

Beh

av:o

ra O

kqec

tives

:

Sam

pOe

AcV

ves:

BO

O C

hild

ren

iden

tify

fam

ily r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s.O

Chi

ldre

n id

entif

y th

e va

ried

cultu

res

and

the

cont

ribut

ions

that

they

mak

e.O

Chi

ldre

n ce

lebr

ate

thei

r cu

ltura

l and

eth

nic

herit

age.

O c

hild

ren

iden

tify

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

.

O S

tude

nts

draw

a p

ictu

re o

f the

ir fa

mily

and

list

joys

and

res

pons

ibili

ties

ofea

ch m

embe

r.O

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s th

e ro

le o

f eac

h ch

ild in

the

fam

ilyfir

st, m

iddl

e, a

ndyo

unge

st.

O S

tude

nts

draw

a "

fam

ily s

hiel

d" th

at s

how

s fa

mily

bac

kgro

und

and

inte

gra-

tion

of th

eir

cultu

re w

ith o

ther

s.O

Stu

dent

s ar

e m

ade

awar

e of

org

aniz

atio

ns a

ctiv

e in

the

com

mun

ity.

0 T

each

ers

brin

g in

spe

aker

s w

ho c

an d

iscu

ss w

ith c

hild

ren

how

they

are

activ

ein

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

how

chi

ldre

nca

n be

com

e m

ore

invo

lved

.O

Stu

dent

s re

spon

d to

com

mun

ity n

eeds

: Giv

ing

Tre

e, R

ice

Bow

l, fo

od d

rives

,cl

othi

ng d

rives

.O

Stu

dent

s pa

rtic

ipat

e in

a m

ock

elec

tion

and

disc

uss

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f vot

ing.

O S

tude

nts

writ

e to

a le

gisl

ator

abo

ut a

n is

sue

affe

ctin

g th

e po

or a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e.

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8,2

The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd th

e ba

sic

conc

ept o

f hum

an r

ight

s.

Rat

iona

le:

We

unde

rsta

nd th

at w

e ar

e to

car

e fo

r al

l liv

ing

thin

gs a

nd r

espe

ctrig

hts

ofot

hers

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

beco

me

awar

e of

oth

ers'

nee

ds.

Stu

dent

s ac

t for

the

bene

fit o

f oth

ers.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

ad li

tera

ture

in w

hich

hum

an r

ight

s ar

e ad

dres

sed

and

disc

uss

thei

r re

actio

ns to

thes

e si

tuat

ions

.S

tude

nts

writ

e th

eir

own

stor

ies,

pla

ys, e

tc. w

here

issu

es n

eed

to b

ere

solv

ed.

Stu

dent

s us

e en

cycl

oped

ias

and

the

inte

rnet

to s

earc

h fo

r pe

ople

who

have

defe

nded

hum

an r

ight

s.S

tude

nts

set u

p de

bate

gro

ups

whi

ch a

ddre

ss s

ocia

l iss

ues.

In s

ocia

l stu

dies

, stu

dent

s di

scus

s B

ill o

f Rig

hts.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s cu

rren

t eve

nts

whi

ch d

emon

stra

te h

uman

rig

hts

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies.

%ad

;)

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me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in s

ervi

ce a

nd a

dvoc

acy

proj

ects

tohe

lp p

erso

ns w

ho a

rele

ss fo

rtun

ate.

Rat

iona

le:

We

follo

w J

esus

' Gre

at C

omm

andm

ent b

y lo

ving

oth

ers

asw

e lo

ve o

urse

lves

and

by s

harin

g ou

r re

sour

ces

with

oth

ers.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

8 4

Stu

dent

s id

entif

y se

rvic

e gr

oups

that

hel

p th

epo

or.

Stu

dent

s lo

ok fo

r pu

blis

hed

artic

les

that

prom

ote

iden

tifyi

ng a

nd h

elpi

ng th

epo

or.

Chi

ldre

n lo

ok fo

r ne

wsp

aper

/mag

azin

e ar

ticle

ssu

ppor

ting

legi

slat

ion

that

bene

fits

the

poor

.C

hild

ren

cont

ribut

e no

n-pe

risha

bles

to c

omm

unity

"pan

try.

"C

hild

ren

colle

ct u

sed

toys

, clo

thin

g fo

r G

oodw

ill a

nd o

ther

com

mun

ity o

rga-

niza

tions

.

BE

ST

CO

PY

AV

AIL

AB

LE

4

33'

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86

The

me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

exer

cise

res

pons

ibili

ty fo

r th

e gi

fts a

nd ta

lent

s G

od h

as g

iven

them

.

Rat

iona

le:

Wor

k is

mor

e th

an a

way

to m

ake

a liv

ing.

It is

an

expr

essi

on o

f our

dig

nity

and

a fo

rm o

f con

tinui

ng p

artic

ipat

ion

in G

od's

cre

atio

n.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:C

hild

ren

beco

me

awar

e th

at a

ll jo

bs a

re w

orth

y of

res

pect

.C

hild

ren

iden

tify

vario

us c

aree

r ch

oice

s an

d op

port

uniti

es.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s st

udy

diffe

rent

kin

ds o

f vol

unte

er o

ppor

tuni

ties,

i.e.

, hos

pita

l,sc

hool

, chu

rch,

sic

k an

d el

derly

.S

tude

nts

stud

y oc

cupa

tions

that

ser

ve th

e co

mm

on g

ood,

i.e.

, nur

ses,

pol

ice-

men

, fire

men

, wai

ter,

jani

tor.

Stu

dent

s st

udy

how

peo

ple

who

gro

up to

geth

er b

ecau

se o

f a c

omm

onjo

bca

n he

lp o

ne a

noth

er.

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me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

are

awar

e of

res

pons

ibili

ties

to o

ther

s ar

ound

the

eart

h.

Rat

iona

0e:

God

's p

lan

is fo

r us

to li

ve in

har

mon

y w

ith a

ll pe

ople

, cul

ture

s, a

nd c

usto

ms.

Stud

ent B

ehav

ior&

Ob,

iect

tives

:o

Stu

dent

s re

cogn

ize

how

we

can

be in

volv

ed in

hel

ping

to a

llevi

ate

wor

ldpr

oble

ms

such

as

hung

er, p

over

ty, d

isea

se.

Sam

pie

Act

iviti

es:

83

e S

tude

nts

read

boo

ks w

ritte

n ab

out c

hild

ren

from

the

third

wor

ld.

O S

tude

nts

sear

ch fo

r ar

ticle

s on

peo

ple

who

are

pea

cem

aker

s.O

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch B

read

for

the

Wor

ld a

ctiv

ities

on

the

inte

rnet

and

dis

cuss

way

s to

sup

port

hun

ger

relie

f (ht

tp://

ww

w.b

read

.org

).

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90-

The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

4

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

lear

n th

at G

od w

ants

us

to ta

ke c

are

of a

ll of

his

cre

atio

n.

Rat

iona

le:

God

ent

rust

ed u

s to

be

care

take

rs o

f the

cre

ated

wor

ld a

nd to

pre

serv

e it.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:T

o be

com

e aw

are

and

unde

rsta

nd th

e im

port

ance

of c

onse

rvin

g th

e re

sour

ces

God

cre

ated

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Rea

d T

he D

ream

er b

y C

ynth

ia R

ylan

t.B

rain

stor

m a

s a

clas

s th

ings

God

has

cre

ated

that

hav

e im

port

ance

.D

iscu

ss h

ow w

e fe

el w

hen

our

poss

essi

ons

or fe

elin

gs a

re h

urt o

r de

stro

yed.

Dis

cuss

why

it is

impo

rtan

t not

to h

urt o

r de

stro

y G

od's

cre

atio

ns.

Eac

h ch

ild c

hoos

es o

ne o

f God

's c

reat

ions

from

the

brai

nsto

rmin

g lis

t, th

enw

rites

a p

arag

raph

exp

lain

ing

why

it is

impo

rtan

t and

wha

t we

can

do to

ensu

re it

s sa

fety

, and

dra

ws

a pi

ctur

e to

acc

ompa

ny it

.S

hare

pho

togr

aphs

so

we

can

see

how

peo

ple

see

impo

rtan

ce in

man

y of

God

's c

reat

ions

.P

ut p

hoto

s to

geth

er in

boo

k or

mak

e a

bulle

tin b

oard

.S

cien

ce: R

ecyc

le1.

Wat

er2.

Pap

er3.

Can

sS

ocia

l stu

dies

: Ren

ewab

le/n

onre

new

able

res

ourc

es1.

Diff

eren

ces

betw

een

Ren

ewab

le a

nd N

onre

new

able

2. H

ow c

an w

e co

nser

ve n

onre

new

able

res

ourc

es?

3. R

educ

eReu

seR

ecyc

le

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me:

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de:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

5

111

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

help

oth

ers

and

defe

nd th

e rig

hts

of o

ther

s.

111

Rat

iona

le:

Peo

ple

have

bas

ic d

igni

ty a

nd a

re m

ore

impo

rtan

t tha

n th

ings

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

list w

ays

they

can

hel

p ot

hers

.S

tude

nts

exhi

bit s

uppo

rt fo

r ea

ch o

ther

: def

end

dign

ity a

nd r

espe

ct fo

r al

l as

111

child

ren

of G

od.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

cogn

ize

lack

of r

espe

ct fo

r ot

hers

and

dis

cuss

how

to c

hang

eth

ese

situ

atio

ns.

111

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch d

iffer

ent h

isto

ric e

vent

s (e

.g.,

WW

II) a

nd e

xam

ine

the

situ

-at

ions

to s

ee h

ow h

uman

dig

nity

was

affe

cted

by

civi

l rig

hts

viol

atio

ns.

Stu

dent

s br

ains

torm

, rol

e pl

ay, p

repa

re s

peec

hes

in d

efen

se o

f res

pect

for

hum

an d

igni

ty o

f all.

Stu

dent

s vi

sit a

loca

l Hol

ocau

st m

useu

m a

nd d

iscu

ss h

ow th

e H

oloc

aust

vio

-la

ted

the

dign

ity o

f the

per

son.

aS

tude

nts

brai

nsto

rm o

n ho

w to

pea

cefu

lly r

esol

ve p

eer

conf

licts

. Rol

e pl

ayco

nflic

ts th

at m

ight

occ

ur a

t rec

ess

and

brai

nsto

rm fo

r so

lutio

ns th

at s

olve

the

conf

lict w

ithou

t los

s of

dig

nity

.S

tude

nts

have

deb

ates

that

focu

s on

opi

nion

s (d

efen

ded

with

fact

s). S

tude

nts

disc

uss

reac

tions

to o

pini

ons

and

how

opi

nion

s m

ay b

e ob

ject

ivel

y rig

ht o

rw

rong

.

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me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

5

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt r

ecog

nize

s th

e im

port

ance

of a

nd is

com

mitt

ed to

exe

rcis

ing

resp

onsi

ble

mem

bers

hip

in th

e fa

mily

and

com

mun

itybe

com

es m

ore

awar

eof

com

mun

ity in

volv

emen

t.

Rat

iona

le:

Fam

ily is

the

basi

c un

it of

soc

iety

.W

e ha

ve th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

to b

e in

volv

ed in

com

mun

ity, o

ur la

rger

fam

ily.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

9

Stu

dent

s le

arn

to a

ppre

ciat

e an

d re

spec

t all

mem

bers

of t

he fa

mily

.S

tude

nts

can

reco

gniz

e va

rious

soc

ial g

roup

s as

"co

mm

unity

."S

tude

nts

iden

tify

way

s th

at y

oung

peo

ple

can

beco

me

invo

lved

in th

ese

com

-m

uniti

es, i

.e.,

choi

r, s

cout

s, a

thle

tics,

cle

anup

s.

Stu

dent

s ou

tline

the

role

of f

amily

in th

eir

lives

, con

side

ring

wha

t fam

ilydo

es fo

r th

em a

nd d

eter

min

ing

thei

r re

spon

sibi

litie

s as

a m

embe

r of

that

fam

ily.

Stu

dent

s id

entif

y a

com

mun

ity to

whi

ch th

ey b

elon

gsc

hool

, par

ish,

nei

gh-

borh

ood,

tow

n. T

his

will

req

uire

that

stu

dent

s re

sear

ch r

oles

that

spe

cific

peop

le h

ave

and

thei

r si

gnifi

canc

e to

the

com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s w

ays

in w

hich

they

can

hel

p:(T

hese

cou

ld b

ecom

e co

mm

unity

ser

vice

pro

ject

s.)

Sha

red

read

ing

(boo

k bu

ddie

s). T

alk

to a

nd r

ead

with

you

nger

stud

ents

in th

e sc

hool

.W

rite

a le

tter

to a

n el

derly

fam

ily m

embe

r.O

rgan

ize

a co

llect

ion

of u

sed

pape

r in

cla

ssro

om/s

choo

l for

rec

yclin

gto

hel

p th

e w

orld

com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

s le

arn

abou

t a p

ublic

pol

icy

issu

e (e

.g.,

land

min

es, c

hild

ren'

s he

alth

care

), e

xpre

ss th

eir

opin

ions

, and

dis

cuss

wha

t the

y w

ould

do

if th

ey w

ere

ale

gisl

ator

, in

light

of C

ST

.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

the

issu

es b

eing

add

ress

ed d

urin

g an

ele

ctio

n.S

tude

nts

writ

e an

ess

ay o

n th

e im

port

ance

of v

otin

g in

the

Cat

holic

trad

ition

.

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111

111

The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

5

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd th

e ba

sic

conc

ept o

f hum

an r

ight

s.

Rat

iona

le:

We

have

res

pons

ibili

ty to

one

ano

ther

to r

espe

ct e

ach

othe

r's r

ight

s.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

iden

tify

basi

c hu

man

rig

hts

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies.

Stu

dent

s re

cogn

ize

situ

atio

ns w

hen

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

coul

d le

ad to

rig

hts

bein

gde

nied

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s fo

cus

on a

tim

e in

thei

r lif

e w

hen

they

felt

a la

ck o

f res

pect

.(E

mph

asiz

e th

at c

hild

ren

have

a b

asic

nee

d fo

r re

spec

t.)S

tude

nts

asse

mbl

e lis

ts a

nd fo

cus

on ti

mes

whe

n th

ey tr

eate

d ot

hers

dis

re-

spec

tfully

. (G

oal i

s to

ope

n ey

es to

tim

es w

hen

we'

ve h

urt o

ther

s.)

I.Stu

dent

s vi

ew s

hort

clip

s of

wel

l-kno

wn

mov

ies

(e.g

., R

osa

Par

ks)

that

illus

-tr

ate

whe

n pe

rson

s w

ere

not t

reat

ed r

espe

ctfu

lly a

nd d

iscu

ss a

ltern

ativ

ebe

havi

or.

An

"I'm

sor

ry"

box

in th

e ro

om a

llow

s ch

ildre

n to

ano

nym

ousl

y le

ave

a no

teex

pres

sing

thei

r re

gret

for

trea

ting

or s

eein

g an

othe

r st

uden

t tre

ated

unf

air-

ly: "

Sue

, I w

as s

ad to

see

you

left

out o

n th

e pl

aygr

ound

."S

tude

nts

use

new

spap

ers/

mag

azin

es to

res

earc

h si

tuat

ions

that

den

y rig

hts

to11

11ot

hers

thro

ugho

ut th

e co

untr

y/w

orld

and

situ

atio

ns th

at p

rese

rve

basi

crig

hts.

9 7

a9

6

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The

me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

5

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

cons

ider

the

prim

ary

need

s of

oth

ers

befo

re th

eir

own

seco

ndar

yne

eds.

Rat

iona

le:

We

need

to c

ontr

ibut

e fr

om o

ur o

wn

reso

urce

s to

ens

ure

that

all

have

the

basi

c re

quire

men

ts fo

r lif

e w

ith d

igni

ty.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s le

arn

to d

istin

guis

h be

twee

n "I

wan

t" a

nd "

I nee

d."

Stu

dent

s pr

ay fo

r ot

hers

.S

tude

nts

beco

me

awar

e of

the

need

s of

oth

ers.

Stu

dent

s gi

ve th

eir

time

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

oth

ers

who

are

less

fort

unat

e.

Stu

dent

s br

ains

torm

wan

ts v

s. n

eeds

for

spec

ific

situ

atio

ns.

Stu

dent

s fo

cus

stric

tly o

n th

e po

or, o

ffer

pray

er a

nd p

etiti

ons

durin

g w

eekl

ylit

urgy

and

dai

ly p

raye

r.S

tude

nts

sele

ct c

urre

nt n

ews

stor

ies

that

dis

cuss

nee

ds o

f peo

ple

and

disc

uss

need

s/w

ants

.S

tude

nts

com

mun

icat

e w

ith s

choo

ls th

at a

re n

eedy

and

sha

re e

xper

ienc

es b

yes

tabl

ishi

ng p

en p

als

in c

orre

spon

ding

gra

des.

Stu

dent

s gi

ve to

col

lect

ions

for

the

poor

(fo

od a

nd c

loth

ing

driv

es).

Stu

dent

s in

vite

mis

sion

arie

s to

spe

ak to

the

scho

ol c

omm

unity

abo

ut s

uppo

rt-

ing

the

poor

and

vul

nera

ble.

Stu

dent

s id

entif

y po

licie

s in

new

spap

ers

and

mag

azin

es s

torie

s th

at h

urt o

rhe

lp th

e po

or.

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me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

5

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

dem

onst

rate

app

reci

atio

n of

wor

k an

d re

cogn

ize

wor

ker's

con

trib

u-tio

n to

soc

iety

.R

atio

nale

:

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Wor

k is

a w

ay fo

r us

to p

artic

ipat

e in

God

's c

reat

ion.

Stu

dent

s de

velo

p a

resp

ect t

owar

d w

ork,

esp

ecia

lly th

e jo

bs o

f the

ir pa

rent

s.S

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd th

at th

eir

wor

k is

bei

ng a

stu

dent

.S

tude

nts

reco

gniz

e an

d ap

prec

iate

the

man

y jo

bs th

at a

re e

ssen

tial t

o th

eir

com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

s in

terv

iew

an

adul

t abo

ut h

is/h

er jo

b w

ith a

n em

phas

is o

n w

ork

ethi

c an

d so

cial

con

trib

utio

n.S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in "

Tak

e Y

our

Chi

ld to

Wor

k D

ay"

and

shar

e th

e m

ean-

ing

of p

aren

t's jo

b an

d ho

w it

hel

ps o

ther

s in

the

com

mun

ity w

ith th

eir

clas

s-m

ates

.S

tude

nts

hold

a c

aree

r da

y at

sch

ool f

or s

harin

g in

form

atio

n ab

out p

aren

ts'

jobs

.S

tude

nts

char

t the

ir ow

n w

ork

day,

i.e.

, cho

res

and

hom

ewor

k, a

nd e

valu

ate

how

this

hel

ps b

uild

res

pect

for

wor

k.S

tude

nts

writ

e a

para

grap

h ab

out t

he d

utie

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

var

ious

scho

ol-r

elat

ed jo

bs, i

.e.,

secr

etar

y, p

rinci

pal,

teac

her,

jani

tor.

Tea

cher

s em

phas

ize

that

eve

ryth

ing

we

do is

san

ctifi

ed, r

ecal

ling

the

mot

toof

Fra

ncis

De

Sal

es: D

o th

e or

dina

ry in

an

extr

aord

inar

y w

ay.

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162,

The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

5

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

aw

are

of r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s to

oth

ers

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

orld

.

Rat

iona

le:

We

are

one

peop

le c

reat

ed b

y G

od a

nd c

alle

d to

car

ry o

ne a

noth

er's

bur

dens

.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

lear

n ab

out w

orld

pro

blem

s su

ch a

s hu

nger

, pov

erty

, dis

ease

.S

tude

nts

reco

gniz

e ho

w th

ey c

an b

e in

volv

ed in

hel

ping

to a

llevi

ate

thes

epr

oble

ms.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s ho

w a

nd w

hy w

e ge

t inv

olve

d in

hel

ping

oth

er n

atio

ns.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s "a

dopt

" a

child

in a

noth

er c

ount

ry.

Stu

dent

s co

rres

pond

with

and

lear

n ab

out a

noth

er s

tude

nt a

nd h

is/h

er c

ount

ry.

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s' in

volv

emen

t in

aidi

ng o

ther

cou

ntrie

s in

such

pro

ject

s as

the

Pea

ce C

orps

, Pro

ject

Hop

e, C

AR

E (

doct

ors

aidi

ng p

oor)

,C

atho

lic R

elie

f Ser

vice

s.A

t Chr

istm

as, s

tude

nts

writ

e to

U.S

. tro

ops

serv

ing

in a

fore

ign

coun

try.

Stu

dent

s ad

opt a

mis

sion

/mis

sion

ary

and

supp

ort w

ith le

tters

and

/or

proc

eeds

from

a fu

ndra

iser

, i.e

., ba

ke s

ale

or c

ar w

ash.

Stu

dent

s pr

ay fo

r m

issi

ons

arou

nd th

e w

orld

.S

tude

nts

writ

e a

lette

r to

the

pres

iden

t abo

ut a

land

min

e ba

n, a

fter

rese

arch

ing

the

issu

e.

1C3

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The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

5

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

will

lear

n th

at G

od w

ants

us

to c

are

for

all o

f his

cre

atio

n.

Rat

iona

le:

God

has

giv

en u

s th

is w

orld

and

we

mus

t pre

serv

e its

bea

uty

and

reso

urce

s.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

will

lear

n th

e ef

fect

s of

pol

lutio

n on

our

wat

er r

esou

rces

and

the

resu

lts if

ste

ps a

re n

ot ta

ken

to p

rese

rve

wat

er.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s id

entif

y na

tura

l sou

rces

of w

ater

pol

lutio

n.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

way

s th

at h

uman

s ad

d to

wat

er p

ollu

tion.

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch a

reas

of t

he w

orld

that

do

not h

ave

suffi

cien

t wat

er fo

rba

sic

need

s.S

tude

nts

unde

rtak

e a

proj

ect t

o sa

ve w

ater

.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

wha

t will

hap

pen

if po

llutio

n co

ntin

ues

and

how

pol

lutio

naf

fect

s G

od's

cre

atio

n?S

tude

nts

prep

are

post

ers,

pic

ture

s an

d sl

ogan

s sh

owin

g ef

fect

s of

wat

er p

ol-

lutio

n an

d w

hat e

ach

of u

s ca

n do

to h

elp.

Pla

ce in

hal

ls.

43

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The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt m

anife

sts

a re

spec

t for

hum

an li

fe a

nd d

igni

ty a

t eve

ry s

tage

of

deve

lopm

ent.

Rat

iona

le:

Eac

h pe

rson

pos

sess

es a

bas

ic d

igni

ty th

at c

omes

from

God

, not

from

any

hum

an q

ualit

y or

acc

ompl

ishm

ent.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

iden

tify

God

's te

achi

ngs

on h

uman

dig

nity

in th

e B

ible

.S

tude

nts

valu

e th

e ex

perie

nce

and

wis

dom

of e

lder

s in

the

com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

s re

cogn

ize

whe

n a

clas

smat

e's

dign

ity h

as n

ot b

een

valu

ed.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s sp

end

time

with

eld

erly

in th

e fa

mily

or

com

mun

ity th

roug

h vi

sits

,in

terv

iew

s, c

orre

spon

denc

e.S

tude

nts

read

Psa

lm 1

04 to

see

how

God

take

s gr

eat e

njoy

men

t in

wat

chin

gcr

eatu

res

God

bro

ught

into

bei

ng.

Stu

dent

s an

alyz

e cl

assr

oom

or

play

grou

nd c

onfli

cts

and

see

way

s th

at th

eco

nflic

t was

res

olve

d, a

nd h

ow it

cou

ld h

ave

been

res

olve

d.S

tude

nts

mat

hem

atic

ally

gra

ph h

uman

dig

nity

vs.

hum

an a

ccom

plis

hmen

tfr

om b

irth

to li

fe.

(Thi

s de

mon

stra

tes

that

hum

an d

igni

ty is

con

stan

t and

acc

ompl

ishm

ents

cou

ldris

e an

d/or

fall.

)

L1.

0

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The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

com

mitt

ed to

taki

ng p

ositi

ve s

teps

to b

uild

up

fam

ily li

fe a

tho

me

and

to b

e a

part

icip

atin

g m

embe

r of

the

com

mun

ity.

Rat

iona

le:

The

fam

ily is

the

basi

c un

it w

here

we

lear

n an

d ac

t on

our

valu

es.

We

have

the

right

and

res

pons

ibili

ty to

par

ticip

ate

in a

nd c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

dive

rse

com

mun

ities

in s

ocie

ty.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

prom

ote

posi

tive

valu

es le

arne

d w

ithin

fam

ilies

.S

tude

nts

real

ize

that

fam

ily c

ontr

ibut

es to

soc

iety

thro

ugh

part

icip

atio

n in

com

mun

ity (

chur

ch, s

tate

).

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s lis

t virt

ues

prac

ticed

by

indi

vidu

als,

fam

ilies

, soc

iety

.S

tude

nts

plan

a fa

mily

nig

ht w

here

all

mem

bers

"st

ay in

" to

enj

oy e

ach

othe

r's c

ompa

ny.

Stu

dent

s pr

ay to

geth

er a

s a

fam

ily a

s of

ten

as p

ossi

ble

(Gra

ce b

efor

e M

eals

,A

dven

t/Len

t pra

yers

, litu

rgic

al c

eleb

ratio

ns, e

tc.)

.S

tude

nts

and

thei

r fa

mili

es v

olun

teer

at s

oup

kitc

hen,

food

or

clot

hing

dri-

ves.

Stu

dent

s in

vite

a g

uest

spe

aker

to s

hare

his

/her

org

aniz

atio

n's

role

in b

uild

-in

g up

the

com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

s co

nduc

t a m

ock

elec

tion

cam

paig

n fo

cusi

ng o

n su

ch is

sues

as

wel

-fa

re r

efor

m, f

orei

gn a

id, e

mis

sion

s co

ntro

ls. S

tude

nts

then

dis

cuss

why

, in

the

Cat

holic

trad

ition

, it i

s im

port

ant t

o vo

te.

109

108

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The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd th

e ba

sic

conc

ept o

f hum

an r

ight

s.

Rat

iona

le:

Peo

ple

have

an

oblig

atio

n to

res

pect

the

right

s of

oth

ers

and

to w

ork

for

the

com

mon

goo

d.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

lear

n to

dis

tingu

ish

thos

e th

ings

that

mak

e lif

e tr

uly

hum

an.

Stu

dent

s re

view

our

bas

ic r

ight

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s ne

cess

ities

of h

uman

life

: foo

d, c

loth

ing,

hou

sing

, hea

lthca

re, e

duca

tion,

sec

urity

, and

em

ploy

men

t.S

tude

nts

mak

e a

list o

f thi

ngs

they

hav

e th

at a

re n

eeds

and

thin

gs th

at a

rew

ants

.S

tude

nts

read

and

dis

cuss

his

toric

al d

ocum

ents

rel

ated

to h

uman

rig

hts

(Mag

na C

arta

, Bill

of R

ight

s).

Stu

dent

s re

ad a

nd d

iscu

ss h

ow th

e ch

urch

is a

ddre

ssin

g th

e ne

eds

of p

eopl

e.

lii

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The

me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

cons

ider

nee

ds o

f oth

ers

befo

re th

eir

own

seco

ndar

y ne

eds.

Rat

iona

le:

As

Chr

istia

ns, w

e ar

e ca

lled

to r

espo

nd to

the

need

s of

all

our

brot

hers

and

sist

ers.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

112

Stu

dent

s w

ill g

ive

to th

e ne

edy,

usi

ng th

eir

own

time

and

reso

urce

s.S

tude

nts

will

rec

ogni

ze w

ays

that

Chr

istia

ns a

id th

e vu

lner

able

.S

tude

nts

will

rea

lize

that

we

are

all p

oor

in s

ome

way

s an

d re

quire

ass

ista

nce.

Stu

dent

s co

ntrib

ute

to s

choo

l act

iviti

es: "

Giv

ing

Tre

e" a

t Chr

istm

as, "

Ado

pt a

Sch

ool"

prog

ram

, foo

d dr

ives

.S

tude

nts

rese

arch

cur

rent

fam

ines

in th

e w

orld

and

join

in in

tern

atio

nal

fam

ine

relie

f effo

rts.

Stu

dent

s sh

are

way

s in

divi

dual

fam

ilies

/gro

ups

have

wor

ked

toge

ther

to h

elp

othe

rs.

Stu

dent

s vi

ew p

arts

of t

he v

ideo

"R

omer

o" to

see

how

vul

nera

ble

peop

le c

anbe

and

the

way

s in

whi

ch R

omer

o be

cam

e th

eir

spok

espe

rson

.S

tude

nts

shar

e a

mea

l tha

t sim

ulat

es u

nequ

al d

istr

ibut

ion

of fo

od in

the

wor

ld a

nd th

en o

bser

ve r

eact

ions

and

feel

ings

.S

tude

nts

use

liter

atur

e an

d m

ovie

s to

dis

cove

r th

at h

uman

bei

ngs

can

bepo

or in

non

mon

etar

y w

ays.

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The

me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

give

thei

r be

st a

t the

ir w

ork

and

mak

e a

com

mitm

ent t

o co

ntrib

ute

to s

ocie

ty b

y m

eans

of t

hat w

ork.

Rat

iona

le:

Wor

k is

an

expr

essi

on o

f our

dig

nity

, and

peo

ple

have

the

right

to d

ecen

t and

prod

uctiv

e w

ork.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Chi

ldre

n w

ill d

evel

op a

pos

itive

atti

tude

tow

ard

wor

k.C

hild

ren

will

bec

ome

mor

e aw

are

of d

iffer

ing

wor

king

con

ditio

ns c

onne

cted

to jo

bs, a

nd v

iew

wor

k at

hom

e an

d sc

hool

as

a m

eans

of p

artic

ipat

ing

inG

od's

cre

atio

n.

Stu

dent

s br

ains

torm

and

eva

luat

e em

otio

ns e

voke

d by

var

ious

type

s of

wor

k.S

tude

nts

affir

m o

ther

s in

thei

r w

ork

acco

mpl

ishm

ents

.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

Mot

her

Ter

esa'

s qu

ote:

"A

t the

mom

ent o

f dea

th w

e w

illno

t be

judg

ed a

ccor

ding

to th

e nu

mbe

r of

goo

d de

eds

we

have

don

e or

by

the

dipl

omas

we

have

rec

eive

d in

our

life

time.

We

will

be

judg

ed a

ccor

ding

to th

e lo

ve w

e ha

ve p

ut in

to o

ur w

ork.

"S

tude

nts

rese

arch

law

s, o

rgan

izat

ions

, or

grou

ps th

at o

vers

ee s

afe

wor

king

cond

ition

s.S

tude

nts

rese

arch

and

dis

cuss

com

pani

es th

at a

re b

eing

boy

cotte

d be

caus

e of

labo

r co

nditi

ons.

Stu

dent

s sh

are

tale

nts

at s

choo

l via

tuto

ring

and

acro

ss g

rade

act

iviti

es.

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The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

are

com

mitt

ed to

wor

k fo

r w

orld

pea

ce a

nd g

loba

l dev

elop

men

t.

Rat

iona

le:

Sin

ce w

e ar

e on

e hu

man

fam

ily, o

ur r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s to

one

ano

ther

cro

ssna

tiona

l, so

cial

, eth

nic,

and

eco

nom

ic b

ound

arie

s. T

he d

enia

l of d

igni

ty a

ndrig

hts

to p

eopl

e an

ywhe

re o

n th

e gl

obe

dim

inis

hes

each

of u

s.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

416

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch c

ount

ries

with

diff

eren

t rac

ial,

ethn

ic, a

nd e

cono

mic

cul

-tu

res

and

repo

rt fi

ndin

gs to

cla

ss.

Stu

dent

s co

mpa

re a

nd c

ontr

ast t

he p

robl

ems

and

burd

ens

that

peo

ple

from

othe

r cu

lture

s fa

ce w

ith th

ose

we

face

.S

tude

nts

reco

gniz

e th

at w

e ar

e al

l hur

t whe

n in

just

ice

exis

ts a

mon

g ou

rhu

man

fam

ilies

.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s ho

w th

ey w

ould

rea

ct to

, or

cope

with

, situ

atio

ns fa

ced

bype

ople

s w

ho s

uffe

r in

just

ice.

Stu

dent

s "a

dopt

" a

scho

ol in

Jam

aica

or

anot

her

coun

try.

Stu

dent

s be

com

e pe

n pa

ls w

ith c

hild

ren

from

cul

ture

s le

ss fo

rtun

ate

than

Our

s.S

tude

nts

writ

e a

lette

r to

the

pres

iden

t abo

ut a

land

min

e ba

n af

ter

rese

arch

ing

the

issu

e.

117

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113

The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

6

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:C

hild

ren

lear

n th

at G

od w

ants

us

to ta

ke c

are

of a

ll of

his

cre

atio

n.

Rat

iona

le:

God

ent

rust

ed u

s to

be

care

take

rs o

f the

cre

ated

wor

ld a

nd to

pre

serv

e it

for

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:D

evel

op u

nder

stan

ding

of a

ctio

ns th

at s

tude

nts

can/

will

take

to b

ecom

e a

bette

r st

ewar

d of

God

's e

arth

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Div

ide

larg

e pi

ece

of p

aper

into

thre

e co

lum

ns. U

se m

agaz

ine

pict

ures

, dra

w-

ings

, pho

tos,

etc

. to

show

a c

ondi

tion

whi

ch n

eeds

to b

e im

prov

ed in

the

left

colu

mn.

In c

ente

r co

lum

n, li

st w

ays

to im

prov

e it,

and

in r

ight

col

umn

show

the

resu

lt.

Litte

r

Pap

er w

aste

Pla

ce c

onta

iner

s fo

rD

raw

pos

ter

show

ing

litte

r co

llect

ion.

litte

r-fr

ee a

reas

.

Use

less

pap

er.

Rec

ycle

pap

er.

Use

alte

rnat

ive

to p

aper

,su

ch a

s bl

ackb

oard

,ov

erhe

ad p

roje

ctor

,co

mpu

ter.

Pos

t pho

tos

of tr

ees

that

are

sav

ed

L-

119

A.s

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The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt tr

ies

to fi

nd p

ositi

ve q

ualit

ies

in p

eopl

e w

ho a

re d

iffer

ent f

rom

him

/her

.

Rat

iona

le:

Life

is a

gift

from

God

, and

incl

udes

all

crea

tion.

As

follo

wer

s of

Jes

us, w

e ar

e ca

lled

to a

ct c

ompa

ssio

nate

ly.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

1 a0

Stu

dent

s sh

ow a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e di

fficu

lties

faci

ng th

e ph

ysic

ally

cha

l-le

nged

.S

tude

nts

resp

ond

to th

e ne

eds

of th

e ph

ysic

ally

cha

lleng

ed.

Stu

dent

s sh

are

obse

rvat

ions

and

feel

ings

abo

ut p

erso

ns w

ho a

re p

hysi

cally

chal

leng

ed, h

omel

ess,

etc

.S

tude

nts

rese

arch

and

dis

cuss

scr

iptu

re p

assa

ges

that

sho

w J

esus

' com

pass

ion

and

trea

tmen

t of t

he p

hysi

cally

cha

lleng

ed.

Stu

dent

s re

ad a

nd d

iscu

ss th

e st

ory

of a

fam

ily th

at a

dopt

ed c

hild

ren

who

wer

e ab

ando

ned.

Stu

dent

s m

ake

arra

ngem

ents

to w

ork

with

the

hand

icap

ped

in th

e Ju

nior

Oly

mpi

cs o

r si

mila

r pr

ogra

ms

such

as

note

d be

low

:C

halle

nger

Bas

ebal

lan

out

reac

h of

Litt

le L

eagu

e pr

ovid

ing

men

tally

and

phys

ical

ly c

halle

nged

chi

ldre

n th

e op

port

unity

to b

e a

mem

ber

of a

Litt

le L

eagu

e te

am.

Edd

ie's

Pla

cest

uden

ts a

re p

aire

d w

ith m

enta

lly a

nd p

hysi

cally

chal

leng

ed p

erso

ns fo

r S

unda

y af

tern

oon

activ

ities

, i.e

., ar

ts, c

rafts

,da

ncin

g, a

nd g

ames

.

'4:

I

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The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

com

mitt

ed to

taki

ng p

ositi

ve s

teps

to b

uild

up

fam

ily li

fe a

tho

me

and

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

com

mun

ity.

Rat

iona

le:

The

fam

ily is

the

basi

c un

it w

here

we

lear

n an

d ac

t on

our

valu

es.

We

have

the

right

and

res

pons

ibili

ty to

par

ticip

ate

in a

nd c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

dive

rse

com

mun

ities

in s

ocie

ty.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

disc

uss

St.

Pau

l's d

escr

iptio

n of

love

.S

tude

nts

unde

rsta

nd th

e "d

o's"

and

"do

n'ts

" ne

cess

ary

to a

void

fam

ilyco

nflic

ts.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

ad 1

Cor

inth

ians

13:

4-7,

set

up

a ch

art u

sing

Pau

l's d

escr

iptio

ns o

flo

ve, d

iscu

ss th

e m

eani

ng o

f the

se q

ualit

ies,

and

giv

e a

real

-life

exa

mpl

e of

each

qua

lity.

Stu

dent

s m

ake

a lis

t of "

do's

" an

d "d

on'ts

" to

han

dle

fam

ily c

onfli

cts.

Pai

rsof

stu

dent

sa

scen

ario

in w

hich

a "

don'

t" a

dds

to a

fam

ily c

onfli

ct.

Stu

dent

s pu

t the

"do

" ru

les

for

hand

ling

conf

licts

on

a po

ster

for

fam

ily u

se.

Illus

trat

e w

ith s

ymbo

ls o

f pea

ce o

r w

ith m

agaz

ine

or n

ewsp

aper

pho

tos

ofha

rmon

y.S

tude

nts

prac

tice

rand

om a

cts

of k

indn

ess

with

in th

e co

mm

unity

.S

tude

nts

mak

e a

list o

f way

s th

ey c

an a

dd to

a m

ore

just

and

pea

cefu

lco

mm

unity

.S

tude

nts

writ

e le

tters

to a

legi

slat

or a

bout

a p

ublic

pol

icy

now

affe

ctin

g th

epo

or a

nd v

ulne

rabl

e (la

nd m

ines

, for

eign

aid

, fun

ding

for

food

sta

mps

, etc

.).

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s w

hy th

e C

atho

lic tr

aditi

on h

olds

that

it is

impo

rtan

t to

vote

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me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

will

ing

to d

efen

d th

e hu

man

rig

hts

of o

ther

s w

hen

they

are

thre

aten

ed.

Rat

iona

le:

As

follo

wer

s of

Jes

us, w

e ar

e ch

urch

, the

bod

y of

Chr

ist,

and

thus

cal

led

tore

ach

out w

ith C

hris

t to

thos

e w

ho s

uffe

r.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

6 S

tude

nts

refle

ct o

n Je

sus'

ope

nnes

s to

all

peop

le.

Stu

dent

s tr

ace

the

impa

ct o

f peo

ple

who

hav

e w

orke

d to

sen

sitiz

e pe

ople

topr

ejud

ice.

O S

tude

nts

esta

blis

h re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith c

hild

ren

of c

ultu

res

othe

r th

an th

eir

own.

G S

tude

nts

read

and

dis

cuss

gos

pel s

torie

s th

at s

how

Jes

us' o

penn

ess

to a

ll pe

o-pl

e an

d hi

s st

rong

opp

ositi

on to

pre

judi

ce (

Goo

d S

amar

itan,

Sam

arita

nw

oman

, cal

ling

of M

atth

ew to

be

an a

post

le).

Stu

dent

s re

ad a

bout

Ros

a P

arks

and

dis

cuss

her

rol

e in

the

Civ

il R

ight

sM

ovem

ent.

O S

tude

nts

rese

arch

and

rep

ort o

n de

fend

ers

of h

uman

rig

hts

who

hav

e m

ade

a di

ffere

nce

for

thei

r pe

ople

(C

hief

Sea

ttle,

Ces

ar C

have

z). D

iscu

ss h

ow th

eym

ade

a di

ffere

nce

in p

eopl

e's

lives

and

bra

inst

orm

how

the

stud

ents

can

cre

-at

e ch

ange

in th

eir

own

com

mun

ities

.S

tude

nts

esta

blis

h pe

n pa

l rel

atio

nshi

ps w

ith c

hild

ren

from

cou

ntrie

s w

here

hum

an r

ight

s is

an

issu

e.

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me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt w

orks

to le

ssen

pov

erty

by

empo

wer

ing

peop

le to

end

thei

r de

pen-

denc

y on

oth

ers.

Rat

iona

le:

As

follo

wer

s of

Jes

us, w

e ar

e ca

lled

to d

evel

op a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e sk

ills

of th

e le

ssfo

rtun

ate.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

flect

on

Jesu

s' te

achi

ngs

of th

e ba

sic

prin

cipl

es o

f life

.S

tude

nts

real

ize

that

all

pers

ons

can

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e, e

ven

thou

gh th

ey a

reyo

ung.

Stu

dent

s ac

tivel

y pa

rtic

ipat

e in

hel

ping

the

less

fort

unat

e.

Stu

dent

s se

arch

Scr

iptu

re fo

r pe

ople

with

who

m J

esus

ass

ocia

ted

(tax

col

lec-

tors

, chi

ldre

n, s

ick,

sin

ners

).S

tude

nts

disc

uss

the

basi

c pr

inci

ples

of l

ife in

God

's k

ingd

om (

beat

itude

s,co

rpor

al a

nd s

pirit

ual w

orks

of m

ercy

) to

see

how

the

stud

ents

are

cal

led

tohe

lp th

e po

or a

nd w

eak.

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch o

rgan

izat

ions

suc

h as

Cat

holic

Rel

ief S

ervi

ces,

Bre

ad fo

r th

eW

orld

, and

loca

l age

ncie

s to

lear

n w

hat t

hey

can

do fo

r th

e su

fferin

g.S

tude

nts

volu

ntee

r at

day

car

e.S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in p

eer

tuto

ring.

Stu

dent

s pa

rtic

ipat

e in

Bre

ad fo

r th

e W

orld

's o

fferin

g of

lette

rs, w

ritin

g ab

out

a pu

blic

pol

icy

issu

e af

fect

ing

the

poor

.

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me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nt r

ecog

nize

s ta

lent

s an

d pu

ts th

em to

wor

k.

Rat

iona

le:

By

virt

ue o

f bap

tism

, eve

ry C

hris

tian

is c

alle

d to

ser

vice

and

this

cal

l is

fulfi

lled

thro

ugh

a va

riety

of l

ifest

yles

and

min

istr

ies.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

4,8

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s th

e m

ajor

gro

ups

of m

inis

trie

s:co

mm

unity

bui

ldin

g, w

ork,

wor

ship

, ser

vice

, and

hea

ling.

Stu

dent

s re

spon

d to

the

use

of th

eir

tale

nts

to s

erve

a p

erso

n or

grou

p.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s th

e m

ajor

gro

ups

of m

inis

trie

s.S

tude

nts

deci

de w

hich

of t

he fi

ve m

ajor

min

istr

y gr

oups

to p

artic

ipat

e in

at

this

tim

e in

thei

r lif

e.S

tude

nts

have

a p

aris

h pr

iest

add

ress

them

on

min

istr

y in

the

chur

ch a

ndho

w th

ey c

an p

artic

ipat

e in

the

wor

k of

the

chur

ch.

Stu

dent

s de

cide

on

a sp

ecifi

c tim

e an

d pl

ace

to m

inis

ter

or s

erve

a pe

rson

or

grou

p w

ho n

eeds

thei

r ta

lent

s or

gift

s.S

tude

nts

brai

nsto

rm a

nd e

valu

ate

emot

ions

evo

ked

by v

ario

us ty

pes

of w

ork.

Stu

dent

s af

firm

oth

ers

in th

eir

wor

k ac

com

plis

hmen

ts.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s M

othe

r T

eres

a's

quot

e: "

At t

he m

omen

t of d

eath

we

will

not b

e ju

dged

acc

ordi

ng to

the

num

ber

of g

ood

deed

s w

e ha

ve d

one

or b

yth

e di

plom

as w

e ha

ve r

ecei

ved

in o

ur li

fetim

e. W

e w

ill b

e ju

dged

acc

ordi

ngto

the

love

we

have

put

into

our

wor

k."

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch la

ws,

org

aniz

atio

ns, o

r gr

oups

that

ove

rsee

saf

e w

orki

ngco

nditi

ons.

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch a

nd d

iscu

ss c

ompa

nies

that

are

bei

ng b

oyco

tted

beca

use

ofla

bor

cond

ition

s.S

tude

nts

shar

e ta

lent

s at

sch

ool v

ia tu

torin

g an

d ac

ross

gra

de a

ctiv

ities

.

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The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

will

ing

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

glo

bal d

evel

opm

ent a

ccor

ding

to p

er-

sona

l tal

ents

.

Rat

iona

le:

"For

just

as

the

body

is o

ne a

nd h

as m

any

mem

bers

, and

all

the

mem

bers

of

the

body

, tho

ugh

man

y, a

re o

ne b

ody,

so

it is

with

Chr

ist."

(1

Cor

12:

12-2

6)

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

cogn

ize

how

they

are

all

mem

bers

of o

ne b

ody

of p

eopl

e in

this

wor

ld.

Stu

dent

s le

arn

wha

t it i

s lik

e to

wal

k in

ano

ther

's s

hoes

.

The

re a

re 8

00 m

illio

n pe

ople

in th

e w

orld

suf

ferin

g fr

om h

unge

r. L

ook

at th

ear

eas

mos

t affe

cted

. Is

ther

e en

ough

food

and

res

ourc

es to

go

arou

nd?

Cre

ate

a w

orld

map

to il

lust

rate

the

disp

arity

of r

esou

rces

in th

e w

orld

.H

old

a fa

st d

ay o

r al

tern

ativ

e lu

nch

(bag

s fo

r so

me

with

ric

e, o

ther

s w

ith a

sand

wic

h an

d ap

ple)

to e

xper

ienc

e a

feel

ing

of h

unge

r. L

ead

stud

ents

in a

disc

ussi

on a

bout

how

they

feel

and

the

effe

cts

of th

e ex

erci

se.

Mee

t and

dia

logu

e w

ith h

omel

ess

peop

le in

the

com

mun

ity b

y vo

lunt

eerin

gat

a lo

cal f

ood

pant

ry o

r so

up k

itche

n.C

ondu

ct r

esea

rch

to e

xam

ine

the

kind

s of

legi

slat

ion

avai

labl

e in

the

com

mu-

nity

to h

elp

the

poor

. Pre

pare

a p

rese

ntat

ion

abou

t the

se is

sues

in c

lass

on

topi

cs s

uch

as w

elfa

re, s

choo

l fee

ding

pro

gram

s, a

nd fo

od s

tam

p pr

ogra

ms.

Stu

dent

s ad

opt a

chi

ld in

ano

ther

cou

ntry

.S

tude

nts

rese

arch

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

invo

lvem

ent i

n ai

ding

oth

er c

ount

ries

insu

ch p

roje

cts

as th

e P

eace

Cor

ps, P

roje

ct H

ope,

CA

RE

(do

ctor

s ai

ding

poo

r),

Cat

holic

Rel

ief S

ervi

ces,

etc

.

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me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

7

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt r

ecog

nize

s th

e im

port

ance

of c

arin

g fo

r cr

eatio

n an

d pa

rtic

ipat

esin

act

iviti

es to

pro

mot

e st

ewar

dshi

p of

the

eart

h.

Rat

iona

le:

God

has

ent

rust

ed th

e w

orld

to u

s as

car

etak

ers

of G

od's

cre

atio

n.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

refle

ct o

n ou

r us

e of

res

ourc

es a

nd th

e im

port

ance

of s

tew

ards

hip.

Stu

dent

s ex

erci

se th

eir

resp

onsi

bilit

y as

car

etak

ers

of G

od's

cre

atio

n.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch a

rtic

les

on h

ow o

ur u

se o

f res

ourc

es im

pact

s th

e w

orld

and

its fu

ture

.S

tude

nts

mak

e a

map

of d

isap

pear

ing

rain

fore

sts

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

orld

and

disp

lay

it in

the

scho

ol h

all.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s th

e im

port

ance

of p

rese

rvin

g th

e gi

ft of

cre

atio

n fo

r th

efu

ture

.S

tude

nts

orga

nize

a s

choo

lwid

e co

llect

ion

of r

efun

dabl

e ca

ns fo

r re

cycl

ing

and

send

the

mon

ey to

a lo

cal s

oup

kitc

hen.

57

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The

me:

Life

and

Dig

nity

of t

he H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt tr

ies

to fi

nd p

ositi

ve q

ualit

ies

in p

eopl

e w

ho a

re d

iffer

ent f

rom

him

/her

.

Rat

iona

le:

As

Chr

istia

ns, w

e ar

e ca

lled

by J

esus

to a

ct w

ith to

lera

nce

and

resp

ect.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

spon

d to

Jes

us' c

halle

nges

to p

reju

dice

s of

his

tim

e.S

tude

nts

disc

over

thei

r le

vels

of t

oler

ance

for

thos

e w

ho a

re d

iffer

ent.

Stu

dent

s re

ach

out t

o th

e ph

ysic

ally

cha

lleng

ed.

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch a

nd d

iscu

ss e

xam

ples

of J

esus

trea

ting

Sam

arita

ns, G

reek

s,an

d R

oman

s w

ith c

ompa

ssio

n.S

tude

nts

use

a to

lera

nce

inve

ntor

y to

hel

p th

em r

ealiz

e th

e le

vel o

f the

irto

lera

nce.

Stu

dent

s st

udy

scrip

ture

exa

mpl

es o

f Jes

us' t

reat

men

t of o

ppre

ssed

, ill,

phy

si-

cally

and

men

tally

cha

lleng

ed, a

nd e

lder

ly.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s ho

w J

esus

wou

ld h

andl

e va

rious

situ

atio

ns in

volv

ing

phys

i-ca

lly a

nd m

enta

lly c

halle

nged

peo

ple,

eth

nic

grou

ps, a

nd r

acis

m in

soc

iety

.S

tude

nts

volu

ntee

r to

wor

k w

ith S

peci

al O

lym

pics

.S

tude

nts

take

an

adje

ctiv

e in

vent

ory

in w

hich

eac

h ch

ild li

sts

one

posi

tive

attr

ibut

e fo

r ea

ch s

tude

nt in

cla

ss.

Eac

h ch

ild r

esea

rche

s a

diffe

rent

rel

igio

n (in

clud

e sy

mbo

ls, h

oly

days

, bel

iefs

,an

d an

y hi

stor

y of

opp

ress

ion)

and

pre

pare

s a

pres

enta

tion

for

the

clas

s.S

tude

nts

read

the

Dia

ry o

f Ann

e F

rank

and

dis

cuss

the

caus

es a

nd e

ffect

s of

anti-

Sem

itism

and

rac

ism

.S

tude

nts

soci

aliz

e w

ith th

e se

nior

citi

zens

who

hav

e a

mon

thly

get

-tog

ethe

rat

sch

ool.

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The

me:

Cal

l to

Fam

ily, C

omm

unity

, and

Par

ticip

atio

n

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt r

ecog

nize

s th

e im

port

ance

of a

nd is

com

mitt

ed to

exe

rcis

ing

mem

-be

rshi

p in

the

fam

ily a

nd c

omm

unity

.

Rat

iona

le:

Fam

ily is

the

basi

c un

it of

soc

iety

.W

e ha

ve th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

to b

e in

volv

ed in

com

mun

ity, o

ur la

rger

fam

ily.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

port

ray

an u

nder

stan

ding

of q

ualit

ies

need

ed fo

r fa

mily

hap

pine

ss.

Stu

dent

s un

ders

tand

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f par

ticip

atin

g in

soc

iety

and

con

-tr

ibut

ing

to th

e co

mm

on g

ood.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

1 3

6

Stu

dent

s co

nduc

t a m

ock

elec

tion

cam

paig

n fo

cusi

ng o

n su

ch is

sues

as

wel

-fa

re r

efor

m, f

orei

gn a

id, e

mis

sion

s co

ntro

ls. S

tude

nts

then

dis

cuss

why

, in

the

Cat

holic

trad

ition

, it i

s im

port

ant t

o vo

te.

Dur

ing

an e

lect

ion

year

, stu

dent

s us

e th

e bi

shop

s' s

tate

men

t "C

all t

o P

oliti

cal

Res

pons

ibili

ty"

to e

xam

ine

our

role

as

Chr

istia

ns in

the

polit

ical

pro

cess

.S

tude

nts

use

vide

otap

ed s

egm

ents

from

fam

ily te

levi

sion

sho

ws

and

disc

uss

how

they

por

tray

fam

ily h

appi

ness

. Als

o, d

iscu

ss th

e co

mm

unity

issu

es in

clud

-ed

in th

e sh

ow. W

hat d

o th

ese

show

s sa

y ab

out s

ocie

ty?

Is o

ur r

ole

asC

hris

tians

diff

eren

t tha

n th

at p

ortr

ayed

in te

levi

sion

? If

so, h

ow?

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The

me:

Rig

hts

and

Res

pons

ibili

ties

of th

e H

uman

Per

son

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

com

mitt

ed to

adv

anci

ng th

e co

mm

on g

ood

in s

ocie

ty.

Rat

iona

le:

Our

chu

rch,

the

com

mun

ity o

f Jes

us, i

s ca

lled

to b

e a

com

mun

ity o

f com

pass

ion.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

real

ize

how

the

chur

ch h

as a

ddre

ssed

soc

ial j

ustic

e is

sues

and

how

muc

h m

ore

need

s to

be

done

.S

tude

nts

wor

k to

geth

er fo

r th

e co

mm

on g

ood

of th

ose

in n

eed.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s br

ains

torm

way

s th

e ch

urch

is m

akin

g a

diffe

renc

e an

d ad

ditio

nal

way

s th

e ch

urch

cou

ld h

elp

mak

e th

e w

orld

a b

ette

r pl

ace.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s ho

w th

e ch

urch

has

add

ress

ed th

e ne

eds

of p

eopl

e by

teac

hing

soc

ial j

ustic

e an

d is

suin

g pa

stor

al le

tters

.S

tude

nts

adop

t a s

choo

l in

Jam

aica

or

else

whe

re a

nd c

ontr

ibut

e su

pplie

s an

dbo

oks,

usi

ng th

eir

own

mon

ey.

Stu

dent

s re

ad a

nd d

iscu

ss g

ospe

l sto

ries

that

sho

w J

esus

' ope

nnes

s to

all

peop

le a

nd h

is s

tron

g op

posi

tion

to p

reju

dice

(G

ood

Sam

arita

n, S

amar

itan

wom

an, c

allin

g of

Mat

thew

to b

e an

apo

stle

).S

tude

nts

read

abo

ut R

osa

Par

ks a

nd d

iscu

ss h

er r

ole

in th

e C

ivil

Rig

hts

Mov

emen

t.S

tude

nts

rese

arch

and

rep

ort o

n de

fend

ers

of h

uman

rig

hts

who

hav

e m

ade

a di

ffere

nce

for

thei

r pe

ople

(C

hief

Sea

ttle,

Ces

ar C

have

z). D

iscu

ss h

ow th

eym

ade

a di

ffere

nce

in p

eopl

e's

lives

and

bra

inst

orm

how

the

stud

ents

can

cre

-at

e ch

ange

in th

eir

own

com

mun

ities

.S

tude

nts

esta

blis

h pe

n pa

l rel

atio

nshi

ps w

ith c

hild

ren

from

cou

ntrie

s w

here

hum

an r

ight

s is

an

issu

e.

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The

me:

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r an

d V

ulne

rabl

e

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt w

orks

to le

ssen

pov

erty

by

empo

wer

ing

peop

le to

end

thei

r de

pend

ency

.

Rat

iona

le:

As

Chr

istia

ns, w

e pu

t the

nee

ds o

f the

poo

r fir

st.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

see

the

beat

itude

s as

a b

luep

rint t

o lif

e as

Chr

istia

ns.

Stu

dent

s sh

ow a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of w

hat i

t mea

ns to

be

a co

ntra

dict

ion

toso

ciet

y's

valu

es.

Stu

dent

s fo

llow

the

teac

hing

of J

esus

by

shar

ing

som

e of

thei

r m

ater

ial w

ealth

.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Afte

r re

adin

g an

d an

alyz

ing

the

beat

itude

s fr

om th

e S

erm

onon

the

Mou

nt,

stud

ents

use

pic

ture

s fr

om p

erio

dica

ls to

pre

sent

the

prac

tice

of th

e be

atitu

des

in to

day'

s w

orld

in a

col

lage

form

.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

how

the

beat

itude

s ar

e a

cont

radi

ctio

n to

soc

iety

's v

alue

s an

da

blue

prin

t of J

esus

' tea

chin

g.S

tude

nts

cont

ribut

e re

sour

ces

and

purc

hase

food

whi

ch th

ey ta

ke to

the

soup

kitc

hen,

pre

pare

, and

ser

ve to

the

poor

. Ask

stu

dent

s: W

hy d

o w

e ne

edso

upki

tche

ns?

Wha

t wou

ld h

appe

n to

peo

ple

if w

e di

d no

t hav

e th

em?

Stu

dent

s ad

opt a

sch

ool a

nd p

rovi

de s

uppl

ies

and

book

s fo

r st

uden

ts.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s th

e su

mm

ary

of N

atio

nal C

onfe

renc

e of

Cat

holic

Bis

hops

' let

ter,

Eco

nom

ic J

ustic

e fo

r A

ll.T

each

ers

dist

ribut

e so

met

hing

edi

ble,

suc

h as

rai

sins

or

pean

uts,

to r

epre

sent

the

wor

ld's

goo

ds:1

8 to

Asi

a; 2

5 to

Eur

ope;

20

to N

orth

Am

eric

a; 1

to A

fric

a an

d th

eM

iddl

e E

ast;

2 to

Sou

th a

nd C

entr

al A

mer

ica.

Dis

cuss

the

disp

arity

of

reso

urce

s.S

tude

nts

cond

uct a

con

test

suc

h as

soc

cer

pena

lty s

hots

or

bask

etba

ll fr

eeth

row

s, a

nd a

sk p

eopl

e to

spo

nsor

it (

a sp

ecifi

ed a

mou

nt fo

r ea

ch p

enal

ty s

hot

or fr

ee th

row

mad

e). T

hey

use

the

mon

ey to

hel

p an

org

aniz

atio

n su

ch a

s S

OM

E(S

o O

ther

s M

ight

Eat

), B

read

for

the

Wor

ld, C

HO

(C

omm

ittee

s H

elpi

ng O

ther

s),

Cat

holic

Rel

ief S

ervi

ces,

or

othe

r lo

cal s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ion.

Stu

dent

s ta

ke th

em

oney

to th

e or

gani

zatio

n an

d as

sist

in w

hate

ver

way

they

can

.S

tude

nts

use

the

appr

oxim

ate

stat

istic

s be

low

to d

iscu

ss w

hy:

Nat

ions

spe

nd $

22 fo

r m

ilita

ry p

urpo

ses

to e

very

$1

spen

t to

aid

the

poor

.W

omen

ear

n $.

59 fo

r ev

ery

$1 th

at m

en e

arn.

8.7%

of W

hite

, 21%

of H

ispa

nic,

30%

of B

lack

, 34%

of N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

fam

ilies

in th

e U

.S. a

re c

onsi

dere

d to

be

in p

over

ty.

Eld

erly

in o

ur c

ount

ry a

re a

mon

g th

e fa

stes

t gro

win

g gr

oup

of p

oor.

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142

The

me:

Dig

nity

of W

ork

and

the

Rig

hts

of W

orke

rs

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:S

tude

nts

appr

ecia

te th

eir

tale

nts

and

the

tale

nts

of o

ther

s an

d w

ork

tow

ard

ensu

ring

the

free

use

of t

hese

tale

nts

in th

e w

orkp

lace

and

bey

ond.

Rat

iona

le:

By

virt

ue o

f bap

tism

, eve

ry C

hris

tian

is c

alle

d to

ser

vice

and

this

cal

l is

fulfi

lled

thro

ugh

a va

riety

of l

ifest

yles

and

min

istr

ies.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s se

e co

nnec

tions

am

ong

lifes

tyle

s, m

inis

trie

s, a

nd v

ocat

ions

.S

tude

nts

expl

ore

serv

ice

dim

ensi

ons

of jo

bs.

Stu

dent

s id

entif

y ho

w b

eing

a C

hris

tian

influ

ence

s ou

r va

lues

and

prio

ritie

s.S

tude

nts

lear

n ab

out t

he u

nder

lyin

g is

sues

of l

abor

dis

pute

s an

d th

e le

gisl

a-tio

n in

pla

ce to

pro

tect

wor

kers

.

Stu

dent

s re

ad s

elec

tions

abo

ut s

aint

s su

ch a

s F

ranc

is o

f Ass

isi a

nd C

lare

, dis

-cu

ss h

ow th

ey li

ved

sim

ply

and

valu

ed p

eopl

e ov

er th

ings

, and

sha

re th

em

essa

ge th

ey d

raw

from

the

lives

of F

ranc

is a

nd C

lare

.S

tude

nts

disc

uss

how

bei

ng a

Chr

istia

n sh

ould

influ

ence

val

ues

and

prio

ritie

sin

the

wor

kpla

ce.

Stu

dent

s lis

t job

s th

at v

alue

peo

ple

over

thin

gs.

Stu

dent

s re

sear

ch s

aint

s an

d w

rite

a re

port

or

do a

ski

t sho

win

g ho

w s

ervi

cew

as im

port

ant i

n th

eir

lives

.S

tude

nts

refle

ct in

writ

ing

how

thei

r vo

lunt

eer

expe

rienc

e m

ade

them

feel

.U

se e

xcer

pts

from

the

ency

clic

al O

n H

uman

Wor

k to

hig

hlig

ht c

urre

nt la

bor

issu

es in

the

new

s.H

ave

stud

ents

cre

ate

a C

onsu

mer

Ple

dge

to m

onito

r th

eir

buyi

ng h

abits

.C

onta

ct C

atho

lic R

elie

f Ser

vice

s fo

r in

form

atio

n on

thei

r W

ork

of H

uman

Han

ds, a

co-

op p

rogr

am fo

r th

ird w

orld

cou

ntrie

s. L

esso

n pl

ans

are

avai

labl

eto

hel

p cl

asse

s su

ppor

t the

se c

o-op

s or

hos

t alte

rnat

ive

gift

fairs

.

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The

me:

Sol

idar

ity o

f the

Hum

an F

amily

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

com

mitt

ed to

wor

ld p

eace

.

Rat

iona

le:

"For

just

as

the

body

is o

ne a

nd h

as m

any

mem

bers

, and

all

the

mem

bers

of

the

body

, tho

ugh

man

y, a

re o

ne b

ody,

so

it is

with

Chr

ist."

(1

Cor

12:

12-2

6)

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

show

that

they

und

erst

and

thei

r ob

ligat

ions

to w

ork

for

peac

e.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s re

ad "

The

Box

" (a

poe

m o

n w

ar)

by K

andr

ew L

asce

lles

and

Sad

aka

and

the

Tho

usan

d P

aper

Cra

nes.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s se

lect

ions

and

writ

e a

reci

pe fo

r w

orld

pea

ce.

Stu

dent

s vi

sit a

ll cl

assr

oom

s, te

ll th

e st

ory

of S

adak

a, a

nd te

ach

stud

ents

how

to m

ake

peac

e cr

anes

to b

e di

spla

yed

thro

ugho

ut th

e sc

hool

.S

tude

nts

read

and

dis

cuss

sel

ectio

ns fr

om T

he C

halle

nge

of P

eace

, the

U.S

.bi

shop

s' p

asto

ral l

ette

r on

war

and

pea

ce.

Stu

dent

s se

nd le

tters

to c

ongr

essm

en/w

omen

and

rep

rese

ntat

ives

abo

ut a

nin

tern

atio

nal i

ssue

.S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in th

e cr

ane

activ

ity.

Stu

dent

s de

velo

p an

edu

catio

n ca

mpa

ign

in s

choo

l to

teac

h ot

hers

abo

ut o

urbr

othe

rs a

nd s

iste

rs a

roun

d th

e w

orld

.S

tude

nts

part

icip

ate

in M

igra

tion

and

Ref

ugee

Aw

aren

ess

Wee

k.S

tude

nts

wat

ch th

e ne

ws

and

desi

gn a

n aw

aren

ess

cam

paig

n ab

out a

nin

tern

atio

nal i

ssue

whi

ch c

alls

for

Cat

holic

s to

get

invo

lved

.

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146,

The

me:

Car

e fo

r G

od's

Cre

atio

n

Gra

de:

8

Out

com

es S

tate

men

t:T

he s

tude

nt is

will

ing

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

glo

bal d

evel

opm

ent a

ccor

ding

to h

er/h

ispe

rson

al ta

lent

s.

Rat

iona

le:

God

has

ent

rust

ed th

e w

orld

to u

s as

car

etak

ers

of G

od's

cre

atio

n.

Stu

dent

Beh

avio

ral O

bjec

tives

:S

tude

nts

are

awar

e of

how

our

con

sum

er c

ultu

re im

pact

s on

oth

er p

eopl

e.

Sam

ple

Act

iviti

es:

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s th

e fa

ct th

at A

mer

ican

s liv

e in

a c

onsu

mer

cul

ture

and

how

this

des

troy

s th

e ea

rth

and

help

s to

kee

p pe

ople

in p

over

ty.

Stu

dent

s lis

t fac

ts s

uch

as: 5

0 ac

res

of r

ainf

ores

t are

des

troy

ed e

very

min

ute;

Am

eric

ans

prod

uce

154

mill

ion

tons

of g

arba

ge a

yea

r; a

n al

umin

um c

anw

on't

deco

mpo

se fo

r 50

0 ye

ars.

Stu

dent

s ha

ve a

sch

oolw

ide

Aw

aren

ess

Wee

k du

ring

whi

ch th

ey m

ake

post

ers

listin

g th

e fa

cts

rese

arch

ed a

bove

, sel

l T-s

hirt

s, a

nd s

end

prof

its to

save

an

acre

of r

ainf

ores

t.S

tude

nts

plan

a s

choo

l ste

war

dshi

p ac

tivity

suc

h as

: ado

ptin

g an

end

ange

red

spec

ies,

buy

ing

and

plan

ting

a tr

ee o

n sc

hool

pro

pert

y, w

ritin

g to

man

ufac

-tu

rers

and

ask

ing

them

to c

ut b

ack

on w

aste

ful p

acka

ging

, con

trib

utin

g to

effo

rts

to s

ave

the

rain

fore

sts

or c

oral

ree

fs.

Stu

dent

s di

scus

s oz

one

laye

r de

plet

ion

and

the

gree

nhou

se e

ffect

. Wha

tso

lutio

ns a

re th

ere?

Stu

dent

s co

nduc

t an

Ear

th D

ay P

raye

r S

ervi

ce w

ith r

eadi

ngs

from

the

Bib

lean

d B

roth

er E

agle

, Sis

ter

Sky

: A M

essa

ge fr

om C

hief

Sea

ttle

by S

usan

Jef

fers

.T

hey

orga

nize

a s

choo

l pla

ntin

g an

d cl

eanu

p da

y, d

urin

g w

hich

old

erst

uden

ts h

elp

youn

ger

stud

ents

pla

nt.

Stu

dent

s pl

an a

sch

oolw

ide

Aw

aren

ess

Wee

k on

env

ironm

enta

l iss

ues.

Stu

dent

s ev

alua

te th

e su

cces

s of

thei

r st

ewar

dshi

p ac

tivity

.

147

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App

endi

x A

Sele

cted

Res

ourc

es in

Cat

holic

Soc

ial T

each

ing

for

Ele

men

tary

and

Sec

onda

ry E

duca

tion

Sta

ff D

evel

opm

ent

1T

hing

s to

Rea

dB

less

ed A

re Y

ou: T

he B

eatit

udes

and

Our

Sur

viva

l by

Eve

lyn

Mat

tern

(A

ve M

aria

Pre

ss, 8

00-2

82-1

865)

Bra

ve N

ew W

orld

Ord

er b

y Ja

ck N

elso

n-P

allm

eyer

(O

rbis

Boo

ks, 8

00-2

58-5

838)

Ups

ettin

g, c

halle

ngin

g.

Brin

ging

For

th J

ustic

e: B

asic

s fo

r Ju

st C

hris

tians

by

Arc

hbis

hop

Dan

iel E

. Pila

rczy

k (P

aulis

t Pre

ss, 8

00-8

36-3

163)

Bro

ther

s an

d S

iste

rs to

Us/

Nue

stro

s H

erm

anos

y H

erm

anas

. The

U.S

. bis

hops

pro

mot

e di

scus

sion

and

act

inon

agai

nst r

acis

m. (

U.S

. Cat

holic

Con

fere

nce,

800

-235

-872

2)

1C

all t

o G

loba

l Sol

idar

ity: I

nter

natio

nal C

halle

nges

for

U.S

. Par

ishe

s. A

bis

hops

' sta

tem

ent a

nd r

esou

rce

man

ual

on th

e ca

ll to

sol

idar

ity w

ith p

eopl

e th

roug

hout

the

wor

ld. V

ideo

als

o av

aila

ble.

(U

.S. C

atho

lic C

onfe

renc

e,80

0-23

5-87

22)

111

Cat

holic

Soc

ial T

each

ing:

How

I Li

ved

It by

Phi

l Lan

d, S

.J. (

Cen

ter

of C

once

rn, 2

02-6

35-2

757)

An

exce

llent

rev

iew

of

111

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing.

Cat

holic

Soc

ial T

each

ing:

Our

Bes

t Kep

t Sec

ret b

y P

eter

Hen

riot e

t al (

Orb

is B

ooks

, 800

-258

-583

8) C

ompa

ct a

ndco

mpr

ehen

sive

, ide

al fo

r cl

assr

oom

use

and

par

ish

stud

y gr

oups

.11

1

The

Cha

lleng

e of

Pea

ce. U

.S. b

isho

ps' l

andm

ark

past

oral

on

nucl

ear

wea

pons

and

the

arm

s ra

ce. (

U.S

. Cat

holic

Con

fere

nce,

800

-235

-872

2)

The

Chr

istia

n C

all t

o Ju

stic

e an

d P

eace

by

Jose

ph S

tout

zenb

erge

r (S

t. M

ary'

s P

ress

, 800

-533

-809

5)

Com

pass

ion:

A R

efle

ctio

n on

the

Chr

istia

n Li

fe b

y D

onal

d M

cNei

ll, D

ougl

as A

. Mor

rison

and

Hen

ri J.

M. N

ouw

en(D

oubl

eday

, 212

-354

-650

0)

143

1.49

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Com

pass

ion

in A

ctio

n: S

ettin

g O

ut o

n th

e P

ath

of S

ervi

ce b

y R

am D

ass

(Cro

wn,

212

-572

-611

7)

Doi

ng F

aith

Jus

tice:

An

Intr

oduc

tion

to C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Tho

ught

by

Fre

d K

amm

er, S

.J. (

Pau

list P

ress

, 800

-836

-316

1)

Eve

ryda

y C

hris

tiani

ty: T

o H

unge

r an

d T

hirs

t for

Jus

tice.

The

mos

t im

port

ant w

ay la

y C

atho

lics

wor

k fo

r ju

stic

e an

dpe

ace

is th

roug

h th

eir

choi

ces

and

actio

ns e

very

day

. (U

.S. C

atho

lic C

onfe

renc

e, 8

00-2

35-8

722)

Fai

th T

hat D

oes

Just

ice:

Exa

min

ing

the

Chr

istia

n S

ourc

es fo

r S

ocia

l Cha

nge

edite

d by

Joh

n C

. Hau

ghey

(P

aulis

tP

ress

, 800

-836

-316

1) S

uper

b es

says

on

scrip

ture

, the

olog

y, a

nd ju

stic

e.

Fol

low

ing

Chr

ist i

n a

Con

sum

er S

ocie

ty b

y Jo

hn K

avan

augh

, S.J

. (O

rbis

Boo

ks, 8

00-2

58-5

838)

Ful

lnes

s of

Fai

th: T

he P

ublic

Sig

nific

ance

of T

heol

ogy

by M

icha

el J

. Him

es a

nd K

enne

th R

. Him

es, O

.F.M

. (P

aulis

tP

ress

, 800

-836

-316

1) In

tegr

atio

n of

soc

ial t

each

ings

, mor

al th

eolo

gy, a

nd s

acra

men

tal t

heol

ogy.

Gen

o: T

he L

ife a

nd M

issi

on o

f Gen

o B

aron

i by

Law

renc

e O

'Rou

rke

(Pau

list P

ress

, 800

-836

-316

1)

Livi

ng M

ore

with

Les

s by

Dor

is J

anze

n Lo

ngac

re (

Her

ald

Pre

ss, 8

00-2

45-7

894)

Livi

ng th

e G

ospe

l Life

: A C

halle

nge

to A

mer

ican

Cat

holic

s. C

alls

on

U.S

. Cat

holic

s to

rec

over

thei

r id

entit

y as

fol-

low

ers

of J

esus

Chr

ist a

nd to

be

lead

ers

in th

e re

new

al o

f U.S

. res

pect

for

the

sanc

tity

of li

fe. (

U.S

. Cat

holic

Con

fere

nce,

800

-235

-872

2)

Mor

al P

rinci

ples

and

Pol

icy

Prio

ritie

s fo

r W

elfa

re R

efor

m: P

olic

y S

tate

men

t on

Rec

omm

enda

tions

for

Wel

fare

Ref

orm

(U

.S. C

atho

lic C

onfe

renc

e, 8

00-2

35-8

722)

Opt

ion

for

the

Poo

r by

Don

ald

Dor

r (O

rbis

Boo

ks, 8

00-2

58-5

838)

One

Hun

dred

Yea

rs o

f Cat

holic

Soc

ial T

houg

ht e

dite

d by

Joh

n C

olem

an (

Orb

is B

ooks

, 800

-258

-583

8)

A P

eopl

e's

His

tory

of t

he U

nite

d S

tate

s by

How

ard

Zin

n (H

arpe

r C

ollin

s W

est,

800-

242-

7737

) H

isto

ry fr

om th

e vi

ew-

poin

t of o

ppre

ssed

wor

kers

, wom

en, p

erso

ns o

f col

or.

Prin

cipl

es, P

roph

ecy,

and

Pas

tora

l Res

pons

e: A

n O

verv

iew

of M

oder

n C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Tea

chin

g by

the

Cam

paig

n fo

rH

uman

Dev

elop

men

t and

the

U.S

. Cat

holic

Con

fere

nce

(U.S

. Cat

holic

Con

fere

nce,

800

-235

-872

2)

Pro

clai

min

g Ju

stic

e an

d P

eace

: Pap

al D

ocum

ents

from

"R

erum

Nov

arum

" T

hrou

gh "

Cen

tesi

mus

Ann

us"

edite

d by

Mic

hael

Wal

sh a

nd B

rian

Dav

is (

Tw

enty

-Thi

rd P

ublic

atio

ns, 2

03-5

36-2

611)

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Put

ting

Chi

ldre

n an

d F

amili

es F

irst (

U.S

. Cat

holic

Con

fere

nce,

800

-235

-872

2)

Sha

ring

the

Ligh

t of F

aith

: An

Offi

cial

Com

men

tary

(U

.S. C

atho

lic C

onfe

renc

e, D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion,

800

-235

-87

22)

Cha

pter

VII

expl

ores

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing

and

guid

elin

es o

n ca

tech

esis

for

soci

al m

inis

try.

Sha

ring

the

Tra

ditio

n, S

hapi

ng th

e F

utur

e (C

ampa

ign

for

Hum

an D

evel

opm

ent,

202-

541-

3212

) S

ix th

emes

of

Cat

holic

soc

ial t

each

ing

put i

nto

a sm

all-g

roup

wor

kboo

k.

Thi

s La

nd Is

Hom

e to

Me,

pas

tora

l let

ter

by th

e bi

shop

s of

App

alac

hia.

(U

.S. C

atho

lic C

onfe

renc

e, 8

00-2

35-8

722)

Thi

ngs

to D

oA

s W

e T

each

and

Lea

rn: R

ecog

nizi

ng O

ur C

atho

lic Id

entit

y (N

atio

nal C

atho

lic E

duca

tiona

l Ass

ocia

tion,

202

-337

-62

32)

Six

mod

ules

des

igne

d fo

r fa

culty

-mee

ting

form

at th

at w

ill h

elp

deve

lopm

ent i

n si

x di

ffere

ntar

eas.

Bui

ldin

g P

eace

and

Jus

tice

by R

ober

ta A

nn L

eske

y, C

.S.B

., an

d Lu

cian

ne S

iers

, O.P

. (C

ente

r fo

r Le

arni

ng N

etw

ork,

800-

767-

9090

) A

dult

wor

ksho

p fo

rmat

to d

evel

op s

ocia

l mis

sion

.

Col

labo

rativ

e M

inis

try:

Ski

lls a

nd G

uide

lines

by

Loug

h Ia

n S

ofie

ld, S

.T.,

and

Car

roll

Julia

no, S

.H.C

.J. (

Ave

Mar

iaP

ress

, 800

-282

-186

5) S

crip

tura

l and

theo

logi

cal b

ase

for

soci

al ju

stic

e.M

iddl

e In

com

e P

roce

ss (

Cam

paig

n fo

r H

uman

Dev

elop

men

t, 20

2-54

1-32

12)

A r

etre

atpr

oces

s fo

cusi

ng o

n th

e pr

ef-

eren

tial o

ptio

n fo

r th

e po

or a

nd th

e ca

ll to

sol

idar

ity.

Nat

iona

l Iss

ue F

orum

s in

the

Cat

holic

Com

mun

ity (

Nat

iona

l Iss

ue F

orum

s, 8

00-4

33-7

843)

Ena

bles

adu

ltgr

oups

toex

plor

e an

d de

bate

soc

ial i

ssue

s fr

om a

Cat

holic

per

spec

tive.

Mat

eria

ls fo

r th

e C

lass

room

111

Thi

ngs

to R

ead

Cat

holic

Soc

ial T

each

ing:

Our

Bes

t Kep

t Sec

ret b

y P

eter

Hen

riot e

t al (

Orb

is B

ooks

, 800

-258

-583

8)

The

Cru

cibl

e, A

rthu

r M

iller

's d

ram

atic

pla

y (V

ikin

g P

engu

in, 2

12-3

66-2

000)

Dea

d M

an W

alki

ng b

y S

iste

r H

elen

Pre

jean

, C.S

.J. (

Ran

dom

Hou

se, 8

00-7

26-0

600)

Dim

ensi

ons

of J

ustic

e an

d P

eace

in R

elig

ious

Edu

catio

n by

Lor

etta

Car

ey (

Nat

iona

l Cat

holic

Edu

catio

nal

Ass

ocia

tion,

202

-337

-623

2)

Dor

othy

Day

: A B

iblio

grap

hy b

y W

illia

m M

iller

(H

arpe

r &

Row

, 800

-242

-773

7) O

n th

e lif

e of

the

cofo

unde

r of

the

Cat

holic

Wor

ker

Mov

emen

t.

152

111

1 r J

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ensi

ons

of J

ustic

e an

d P

eace

in R

elig

ious

Edu

catio

n (N

atio

nal C

atho

lic E

duca

tiona

l Ass

ocia

tion,

202

-337

-623

2)

Edu

catin

g fo

r P

eace

and

Jus

tice:

Rel

igio

us D

imen

sion

s, G

rade

s 7-

12 a

nd G

rade

s K

-6 b

y Ja

mes

McG

inni

s (I

nstit

ute

for

Pea

ce a

nd J

ustic

e, S

t. Lo

uis,

314

-533

-444

5)

The

Giv

ing

Tre

e by

She

l Silv

erst

ein

(Har

per

Col

lins

Chi

ldre

n's

Boo

ks, 2

12-2

17-7

000)

"Let

ter

from

Birm

ingh

am C

ity J

ail"

by M

artin

Lut

her

Kin

g, J

r., A

pril

16, 1

963

(loca

l lib

rary

)

Nat

iona

l Cat

holic

Edu

catio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

n P

ublic

atio

ns C

atal

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in e

ach

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hel a

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hild

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row

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15-5

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tem

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My

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and

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Cat

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202-

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over

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Tas

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Cat

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John

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Ret

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Ger

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bach

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, S.J

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Sr.

Joa

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art,

S.S

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for

Just

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Pea

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Bal

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Nat

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Rev

. Ray

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. Rob

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paig

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ultic

ultu

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Cat

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Con

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Joa

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App

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Shar

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Cat

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each

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