Our Life In The Church Teacher's Manual
Faith And Life Series: Grade 8
Item Number: 30920
The Nation’s Leading Religion Series Just Got Better!
The new Teacher’s Manuals feature daily lesson plans in a wrap-around format. In a large (9"x12") page layout, the new manuals facilitate speedy references and are perfectly coordinated with the student texts, outlining an entire school year of plans for lessons, games, songs, and activities. The new Teacher's Manuals also include:
- Lesson overviews with Scripture and Catechism references
- Easy-to-follow directions for classroom activities for each lesson
- Complete lesson plans with options for five day presentations with suggestions for one day presentations
- Prayer experiences for each lesson
- Practical suggestions for using art, photographs, music and questions as teaching tools.
- References to supporting materials and resources now found in an appendix at the back of the Teacher's Manuals
- "Culture boxes", which contain additional information for catechists, such as chalk talk diagrams, short biographies of saints, and other useful reference material
- Student text pages are now included within the Teacher's Manuals for easy reference for the catechist
- Answer keys for activities and quizzes
- Blackline masters of quizzes and unit tests
THEME: The history of the Church--its founding by Christ, its birth in the Holy Spirit, the marks of the one, true Church, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, the saints and the role of the religious and laity up to the present. The structure of the Church Jesus planned, the role of the Magisterium, the clergy, the religious and the laity and our own vocations.
SEQUENCE: Part 1: The Church. Christ's plan for the Church's structure and its necessary attributes; the Church's teaching authority. The early Church: Martyrs, Fathers, Saints and Mary.
Part 2: The Christian in the World. Religious and laity, Holy Orders, Marriage, and family life; call to holiness.
Part 3: The Last Things. Death, Judgment, the end of the world.
AIM: To help the teenager know and love the Church as Christ's Body and the Magisterium as the sure voice of Jesus, so that the young person may be strengthened through his life in the Church to face the confusion and secularism of modern-day society.
1. Why Are Priests Celibate? 09/06/2009
2. St. Joseph 02/23/2009
3. St. Patrick 02/11/2009
4. The Sacrament of First Communion 01/29/2009
5. St. John Bosco 01/16/2009
6. Catholic Schools Week 01/14/2009
7. St. Thomas Aquinas 01/06/2009
8. Do You Want to Learn Latin? 12/15/2008
9. Children's Resources for Learning About the Saints 12/15/2008
10. Catechisms for Children and Young Adults 12/02/2008
11. Advent and Christmas Resources for Children 11/26/2008
12. The Ignatius Critical Editions 11/25/2008
13. St. Catherine of Alexandria 11/24/2008
14. St. Francis Xavier 11/24/2008
15. Christ the King Sunday 11/20/2008
16. Resources for Theology of the Body 11/13/2008
17. Devotion to the Saints 11/13/2008
18. A Guide to Catechisms 11/13/2008
19. St. Martin de Porres, the Saint of the Broom 10/24/2008
20. St. Michael the Archangel 10/24/2008
21. The History and Meaning of Advent 10/21/2008
22. Resources for Eucharistic Adoration 10/21/2008
23. Catholic Activity Books for Kids and Families 10/13/2008
24. About Guardian Angels 10/01/2008
25. The Jesse Tree Tradition 08/06/2008
26. The Nativity Scene 08/06/2008
27. About St. Bernadette 07/21/2008
28. The Real St. Nicholas 07/08/2008
29. Top Ten Quotes from John Milton’s Paradise Lost 03/18/2008
30. Feast of St. John Neumann 01/02/2008
31. Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 12/26/2007
32. Theology of the Body for Teens FAQ 10/26/2007
33. A Brief Overview of Catholic Homeschool Curricula 08/11/2006
34. A Review of Catholic Heritage Curricula 08/11/2006
35. Teaching Twelfth grade 05/01/1996
36. Teaching Tenth and Eleventh 04/01/1996
37. Teaching Ninth Grade 03/01/1996
38. Teaching Junior High School 02/01/1996
39. Teaching Intermediate Grades 01/01/1996
