SCOPE & SEQUENCE FOR THEOLOGY IV (12TH GRADE YEAR, 1 ... · (ch 1) Define, explain, and apply the Personalistic norm. Understand why the other themes of CST depend on human dignity

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SCOPE & SEQUENCE FOR THEOLOGY IV (12TH GRADE YEAR, 1st Semester) – updated July 7, 2017 (Referenced to USCCB’s Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age)

USCCB Option C

Course Title: Catholic Social Teaching Course Scope: This is a 1-semester course whose purpose is to introduce students to the Church’s social teaching. The students will learn how Christ’s concern for others, especially the poor and needy, is present today in the Church’s social teaching and mission. Course Sequence: As laid out below, for use with student textbook Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching (Ave Maria Press) Class Meeting Schedule: M-F for 40 minutes a day, except 1 Friday each month

Dates Key Understandings

Red = USCCB Curriculum FW references Learning Objectives Resources Assessment

1st Day of Class (Aug 16)

❖ Get started for the year: ➢ Students will understand basic info

needed to succeed in this course.

❖ Be able to tell me: ➢ What is my #1 classroom

policy? Why is this #1? ➢ How do I want your binder

organized? ➢ When are assignments late

and what is my policy regarding late assignments?

➢ What is my policy regarding food or drink in the room?

➢ Phone policy? ➢ When are the following

due? ▪ Your binder organization ▪ Your covered text ▪ Your zippered student

Bible stored in classroom

• Textbooks to be distributed

• Catholic Student Bible

• Word Among Us • Policy handouts

for start of new year

• Oral assessment • Due dates for

binder setup, covered text, zippered Bible

Ch 1: We Are Social Persons

Called to Justice

8 sessions, including

review & test

❖ Intro: The Human Pursuit of Happiness ➢ Main idea: Only God can ultimately satisfy

you. By looking to Christ and uniting your life to him, you can discover the fuller meaning of your existence. (FW I.A,B)

❖ Intro: The Human Pursuit of Happiness ➢ Explain how the pursuit of

happiness will always end in God.

➢ Name ways to unite your life with Jesus.

❖ Intro: ➢ Text, pp 3-6 ➢ TWE pp 21-

24 ❖ Catholic Student

Bible ❖ AMP-suggested

YouTube video

• Oral & written answers to questions based on Topic Learning Objectives; these include questions at levels 1-4 on the D.O.K. cycle.

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Aug 17-28

❖ Topic 1: People are individual & social beings ➢ Main idea: Each person is a unique

individual, and yet, being made in the image of a Trinitarian God gives one a naturally social nature as well. (FW I.B.2, 3)

❖ Topic 2: What is justice? ➢ Main idea: Justice means “giving others

their due.” The three main types of justice are commutative, distributive, and legal. Social justice is the overarching justice that ensures the other three. (FW II.B.1-4)

❖ Topic 3: Other Justice Topics

➢ Main idea- Justice aims at the common good, which is the set of conditions that help the human person flourish. Charity is always essential to justice. Together

➢ Give an example of how you can look to Christ for the meaning of your life.

❖ Topic 1: People are individual & social beings ➢ Give evidence that each

person is a unique individual

➢ Explain what being made in the image of our Trinitarian God means for your life.

➢ Explain the concepts of society and recognize self as part of a larger society, not merely as an individual

➢ Provide examples showing that the Church is a guide and a sign of the unity to which our human societies must aspire

❖ Topic 2: What is justice? ➢ Define the word justice. ➢ List, define and give

examples of the 3 main types of justice.

➢ Explain how social justice relates to the 3 main types of justice.

❖ Topic 3: Other Justice Topics

➢ Define and describe the common good.

➢ See how the various forms of justice relate to the common good.

❖ Topic 1 ➢ Text, pp 7-10 ➢ TWE pp 25-



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❖ Topic 3 ➢ Text, pp 16-

20 ➢ TWE pp 34-

38

• Formal-style written answer to the chapter’s ‘Ch Focus Question question’

• Periodic reflection questions

• 1 graded quiz • Summative unit

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justice and charity can combat social sin. (FW II.D.3 and III.B.4 and IV.A.1,2)

❖ Explaining the Faith

➢ Meaning of free will ❖ Ch Focus Question: ❖ How does living as a social being lead you to

pursue justice?

➢ Understand both the differences and the similarities between justice and charity

➢ Provide examples of social sin, especially how it differs from, but has its origins in, individual sin

➢ Recognize that creating justice requires conversion of individuals and institutions (FW # IV.A.1-2)

❖ Explaining the Faith:

➢ Free will is part of human

nature. Does that mean

everyone is free to do

whatever he or she wants?

❖ Ch Focus Question:

❖ Name a specific way you can be more charitable in the following societies: your family, your school community, your parish, and your city, and describe how this charity can be modeled on the charitable work of the Guadalupe Clinic. Submit & share your response with class.

❖ Catholic Student Bible

❖ AMP-suggested YouTube video

❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 27 ➢ TWE p 45


❖ Focus Q ➢ Text, p 21 ➢ TWE p 40


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Ch 2: CST, Definition &

History

❖ Intro: Roots of CST ➢ Main idea: The Church is a guide in your

pursuit of justice. The Church’s social teaching is based on the natural law (FW II.A, D.1)

❖ Intro: Roots of CST ➢ Explain why the Church is

concerned about society ➢ Define CST and list its three

elements


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• Oral & written answers to questions based on Topic Learning Objectives; these

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review & test Aug 29-Sept 11

❖ Topic 1: The Scriptural Roots of Justice

➢ Main idea: Salvation History, revealed in Scripture, clearly shows a God who is just and who calls on his people to act in justice. (FW II.A.1-3; IV.B.1,2; IV.C; IV.D)

❖ Topic 2: Justice in Sacred Tradition

➢ Main idea: Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Church’s mission of justice has continued through the centuries and is embodied in the lives of countless saints and holy people. (FW II.A.1-3)

❖ Topic 3: Catholic Social Teaching in the

Modern World ➢ Main idea: The Church has developed

systematized CST to meet the particular needs of the modern world. (see FW II.C.1-5; II.E.1, III.A-G)

➢ Identify the vision of the human person in which CST is rooted.

➢ List the 3 essential characteristics of natural law

❖ Topic 1: The Scriptural Roots

of Justice ➢ Explain God’s justice in the

Old Covenant ➢ See how Christ embodied

perfect justice ➢ Understand that God calls

on his people to act in justice

❖ Topic 2: Justice in Sacred

Tradition ➢ Explain that Christ’s life of

justice and charity continued for centuries in the lives of his followers

➢ Discuss the lives of the saints introduced in this section

➢ Give examples of the Magisterium’s response to injustices

❖ Topic 3: Catholic Social Teaching in the Modern World ➢ Explain the context for the

initial development of modern CST.



❖ Topic 1

➢ Text, pp 37-42 ➢ TWE pp 55-



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YouTube video ❖ Topic 3

➢ Text, pp 49-57

➢ TWE pp 67-75


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➢ What make the actions of Christians different from nonreligious people who serve the poor or fight against other social injustices?

❖ Ch Focus Question ➢ How can you participate in the Church’s

ministry of service?

➢ Identify important themes and concepts within the documents of CST.

➢ List and summarize the 7 themes of CST.

❖ Question about the Faith:

➢ What make the actions of Christians different from nonreligious people who serve the poor or fight against other social injustices?

❖ Responding to the Chapter

Ch Focus Question ➢ Explain how you can bring

CST to the various societies to which you belong: your family, your school, your local community, and your country.

➢ Submit & share response with class


❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 63 ➢ TWE p 81




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Ch 3: Life & dignity of the Human Person


review & test

Sept 12-21

❖ Intro: The Human Person ➢ Main idea: CST is rooted in the belief that

every human person has immense dignity; this is the basis for all CST. A person is an end in and of himself, never a means to another’s gain. (FW I.A.1-3)

❖ Topic 1: Abortion

❖ Intro: The Human Person (ch 1) ➢ Define, explain, and apply

the Personalistic norm. ➢ Understand why the other

themes of CST depend on human dignity and why it is the basis of human equality.

➢ Explain why murder is an intrinsic evil.

❖ Topic 1: Abortion (ch 4)




YouTube video

❖ Topic 1


• Formal-style written answer to the chapter’s ‘Ch

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➢ Main idea: Human life must be protected from the first moment of conception. Abortion, the direct killing of innocent unborn humans, is an assault on human dignity and is always seriously wrong. (FW III.A; IV.B.2.b,c; IV.B.2.f)

❖ Topic 2: Other Beginning-of-Life Issues ➢ Main idea: Other beginning-of-life issues

that must be considered in light of the Church’s teaching are embryonic stem cell research and cloning and genetic manipulation. (FW II.E.2.d; III.A; IV.5.2.b,c,…)

➢ Define abortion, understand the procedure, and explain why it is a great moral wrong.

➢ Explain factors that lead to the prevalence of abortion, especially the two major factors.

➢ Express conviction about ways to end abortion and compassion toward those considering abortion or who have had abortions.

❖ Topic 2: Other Beginning-of-

Life Issues (ch 4) ➢ Explain the moral

difference between medical research into and use of embryonic stem cells and medical research into and use of adult stem cells.

➢ Understand why the Church teaches that destroying embryos for stem cells is morally wrong (an evil means) even if it provides therapeutic treatment for people who are sick (a good end).

➢ Explain why cloning, both for embryos to be used in research and for the purpose of creating a “superior” human, violates the personalistic norm.

➢ Text, pp 73-82 ➢ TWE pp 91-



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❖ Topic 3: End-of-Life Concerns ➢ Main idea: Every human life has dignity,

regardless of the stage of life. This includes those suffering or dying, and even those sentenced to capital punishment. (FW … same as above)


➢ Are some human life issues more important than others?

❖ Ch Focus Question

➢ How do you witness to the dignity of every person?

❖ Topic 3: End-of-Life Concerns ➢ Define 2 types of euthanasia

and explain why euthanasia in all of its forms is an assault on human dignity.

➢ Point to concrete examples of the mentality that leads to a culture of euthanasia.

➢ Relate Church teaching on capital punishment to the moral principles of self-defense and explain why capital punishment is very often, but not always, a moral wrong.


▪ Are some human life issues more important than others?

❖ Responding to the Chapter Ch Focus Question ➢ Carefully and prayerfully

read the entirety of Psalm 139. Then answer this question: What does this psalm have to do with the dignity of human life? What does it have to do with your life?


94 ➢ TWE pp 107-



YouTube video ❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 101 ➢ TWE p 119




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Ch 4: Rewards & Challenges of

Family Life

❖ Intro: Community and family ➢ Main idea: The human person is

inherently social. This call to live as a social being is expressed most authentically within the family. It is thus a

❖ Intro: Community and family ➢ Understand the human need

for community. ➢ Explain why the call to live

as a social being is

❖ Intro: ➢ Text, pp 107-

112 ➢ TWE pp 125-

130

• Oral & written answers to questions based on Topic Learning Objectives; these

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Review & test

Sept 22 – Oct 3

moral imperative to preserve the nature of marriage and family in today’s world. (FW I.B.2.a,b and III.B,C and IV.B.)

❖ Topic 1: Understanding the rewards & challenges of chaste living ➢ Main idea: Chastity is essential to our

sexual integrity and should guide us in all our relationships and all our actions. Sins against chastity harm the individual and society. (FW IV.B.2.c,f)

❖ Topic 2: Sins against the nature of conjugal

love ➢ Main idea: Sin and social injustices that

strike at the roots of conjugal love are not consistent with the nature of conjugal love and the call of spouses to be cooperators with God in creating new life. (FW IV.B.2.c,f)

expressed most authentically in the family.

➢ Explain why it is a moral imperative to preserve the nature of marriage and family in today’s world.

➢ Read & discuss the basic concepts of the Charter of the Rights of the Family, promoted by St. John Paul II.

❖ Topic 1: Understanding the

rewards & challenges of chaste living ➢ Define chastity. ➢ Identify the 2 purposes of

the sexual act. ➢ Explain how sins against

chastity harm the individual and society.

❖ Topic 2: Sins against the

nature of conjugal love ➢ Explain what it means to say

that an act goes against the nature of conjugal love.

➢ Discuss the call that spouses have to be cooperators with God in creating new life

➢ Clarify why homosexual acts, artificial contraception, and artificial conception are not consistent with the nature of conjugal love and the call of spouses to be



❖ Topic 1

➢ Text, pp 113-116

➢ TWE pp 131-134



❖ Topic 2

➢ Text, pp 117-121

➢ TWE pp 135-139



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❖ Topic 3: Attacks against the dignity of

marriage ➢ Main idea: God instituted the nature of

marriage; it cannot be altered by societal trends. The acceptance of both cohabitation and same-sex unions undermines the dignity of marriage and harms society. (FW … same as previous)


➢ How is Natural Family Planning morally different from artificial contraception?

❖ Ch Focus Question: ➢ How can you live a life of chastity that

serves the family as the foundation of society?

cooperators with God in creating new life.

❖ Topic 3: Attacks against the

dignity of marriage ➢ Explain why cohabitation

damages the societal establishment of marriage.

➢ Differentiate between same-sex unions and sacramental marriages in the areas of complementarity and procreation.

➢ Understand the importance of married couples’ fully living out their vocations as a witness to society.


➢ How is Natural Family Planning morally different from artificial contraception?

❖ Ch Focus Question: ➢ How can you live a life of

chastity that serves the family as the foundation of society?

❖ Topic 3

➢ Text, pp 122-125

➢ TWE pp 140-143



❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 131 ➢ TWE p 149




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Ch 5: Rights & responsibilities


review & test

❖ Intro: Basic Human Rights ➢ Main idea: God bestows basic human

rights – that is, the fundamental rights required for living with dignity. The most basic of all rights is the right to life. Corresponding to all rights are duties and responsibilities. (FW II.D.2; III.A,C)

❖ Intro: Basic Human Rights ➢ Explain the relationship

between human rights and responsibilities.

➢ Articulate the rights people are entitled to by virtue of their human nature


141 ➢ TWE pp 155-


Bible

• Oral & written answers to questions based on Topic Learning Objectives; these include questions

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Oct 4-17

❖ Topic 1: Responsibilities in Civil Society

➢ Main idea: The principle of subsidiarity establishes a hierarchy of functions and responsibilities. (FW III.B)

❖ Topic 2: The Government & Human Rights

➢ Main idea: Government at all of its levels should be founded on the dignity of the human person and should uphold and protect the rights of the family. Just authority must be obeyed, while unjust authority must be resisted. (FW III.B,C; IV.B.2.a)

➢ List 3 characteristics of basic human rights and give real-life examples of each.

➢ Explain how religious freedom is related to the other human rights.

❖ Topic 1: Responsibilities in

Civil Society ➢ Define civil society. ➢ Explain the nature of and

rationale for the principle of subsidiarity.

➢ Provide accurate examples of the principle of subsidiarity.

➢ See the importance of joining grass-roots attempts to bring about justice.

➢ Understand the responsibilities of individuals to be active participants in decision-making activities for the groups to which they belong.

❖ Topic 2: The Government &

Human Rights ➢ Explain why the goal of

government is the growth and development of the human person.

➢ List and explain the different yet related responsibilities of


❖ Topic 1

➢ Text, pp 142-145

➢ TWE pp 160-163




150 ➢ TWE pp 164-



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❖ Topic 3: Catholic Understanding of

Government ➢ Main idea: The Church does not

necessarily promote a particular form of government, but acknowledges that those with democratic values are well-suited for the common good. (FW II.D.3)

❖ Topic 4: Politics and Conscience

➢ Main idea: In order to support human rights and promote the common good, Catholic citizens and politicians have a

government and individuals.

➢ Differentiate between illegitimate authority and legitimate authority.

❖ Topic 3: Catholic

Understanding of Government ➢ The Church does not

necessarily promote a particular form of government, but acknowledges that those with democratic values are well-suited for the common good.

➢ Differentiate between the community of the Church and a political society or government.

➢ Explain aspects of democratic governments that ideally serve the human person and the common good, and the characteristics of totalitarianism that most often reject human dignity and the common good.

➢ List examples of corruption that can threaten governments.

❖ Topic 4: Politics and

Conscience ➢ In order to support human

rights and promote the

❖ Topic 3

➢ Text, pp 151-154

➢ TWE pp 169-172



❖ Topic 4

➢ Text pp 155-158

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responsibility to follow their informed conscience in making decisions and then acting on them. (FW II.D.3; III.C; IV.B.2.a.1,2)


➢ Why does the Church talk about being involved in civil society, if there is a separation of Church and state?

❖ Ch Focus Question: ➢ What are all people’s fundamental human

rights, and what are the responsibilities that go with them?

common good, Catholic citizens and politicians have a responsibility to follow their informed conscience in making decisions and then acting on them.

➢ Define conscience, explain why a conscience must be correctly formed, and be able to clarify misconceptions regarding its use.

➢ Explain conscientious objection and list the criteria for just resistance to authority.

➢ Describe what it means to participate in the political society as a Catholic.


➢ Why does the Church talk about being involved in civil society, if there is a separation of Church and state?

❖ Responding to the chapter’s Ch Focus Question ➢ Read and summarize

paragraphs 2234-2242 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

➢ OR … For each of the rights discussed in the introduction section of this unit, list 3 ways YOU can

➢ TWE pp 173-176

❖ Faith Q ➢ Text, p 165 ➢ TWE p 183




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take responsibility to uphold this right.

Ch 6: Option for the Poor &

Vulnerable


review & test

Oct 18-31

❖ Intro: An overview of poverty ➢ Main idea: The Church gives preferential

treatment to the most poor and vulnerable in society. All Christians are called to the “poverty of spirit” described in the first Beatitude, with complete dependence on God for all their needs. (FW III.D; IV.B.2.d; IV.C.1)

❖ Topic 1: The Bible and Poverty

➢ Main idea: The OT established standards for treating the poor. Through his worlds and example, Christ showed great compassion for the poor and called all people to do the same. (FW II.A.1)

❖ Intro: An overview of poverty ➢ Explain the Church’s 4th

social teaching theme, the “option for the poor and vulnerable” (or the “preferential option for the poor”).

➢ Distinguish between different types of poverty such as poverty of soul, poverty of addition, poverty of spirit, and material poverty.

➢ Explain how poverty reflects the brokenness of the world due to Original Sin and shows the human need for Jesus Christ and the graces of Redemption.

❖ Topic 1: The Bible and

Poverty ➢ Identify ways that God

instructed the Israelites to treat the less fortunate with justice.

➢ Explain how Christ taught others to care for the poor and vulnerable by word and example in the NT.

➢ Understand that Christ himself lived a life of poverty.


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➢ Text, pp 177-181

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❖ Topic 2: The Scandal of World Hunger ➢ Main idea: World hunger is a result of

social sin, not the world’s inability to produce sufficient food supply. CST calls you both as an individual and as a member of society to work to eliminate the root causes of hunger. (FW III.D; IV.B.2.d,g).

❖ Topic 3: Working to End Poverty

➢ Main idea: A plan to eradicate poverty centers on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy and includes bringing Christ to the world through the actions of almsgiving, sharing fairly the world’s resources, and evangelization. (FW IV.B.2.d,g)

❖ Topic 4: poverty and You

➢ Main idea: Your call to serve the poor begins with a simplicity of life and is graced by your participation in the Eucharist. (FW

❖ Topic 2: The Scandal of World Hunger ➢ Describe the scope of

hunger and malnourishment in the world.

➢ List and explain the factors contributing to world hunger.

➢ List and explain certain ways to respond to the problem of hunger through efforts for justice and individual life changes.

❖ Topic 3: Working to End

Poverty ➢ List the corporal and

spiritual works of mercy, define almsgiving, and explain almsgiving’s relationship to justice.

➢ Explain the principle of the universal destination of goods and its connection to private property.

➢ Clarify the role of evangelization in serving the poor.

❖ Topic 4: poverty and You

➢ Students understand that they must respond to God’s call to serve the poor.

➢ Student grasp that all one has is ultimately from God


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➢ Text, pp 188-194

➢ TWE pp 206-212



❖ Topic 4

➢ Text pp 195-198

➢ TWE pp 213-216

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➢ Why shouldn’t we look out for ourselves first? Why do we have to serve the poor? (FW V.A.1-3)

❖ Ch Focus Question: ➢ How do you serve Christ in the poor?

and that each person is a steward.

➢ Students link reception of the Eucharist to commitment to the poor.


➢ Why shouldn’t we look out for ourselves first? Why do we have to serve the poor?

❖ Responding to the chapter’s

Ch Focus Question

❖ Faith Q ➢ Text, p 206 ➢ TWE p 224


❖ Focus Q

➢ Text, p 199 ➢ TWE p 218


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Ch 7: The Dignity of Work and the Rights

of Workers


review & test

Nov 1-10

❖ Intro: The nature of work ➢ Main idea: Work itself has dignity. Work

helps people to fulfill their human destiny and provide for themselves and their families. Work allows for a participation in Christ’s suffering. (FW III.D.1,2)

❖ Topic 1: Rights & abuses associated with

work (FW III.E) ➢ Main idea: Those who are able have both

a duty and a right to work. The church condemns any discrimination and abuses against workers.

❖ Intro: The nature of work ➢ Explain the subjective and

objective dimensions of work and give examples of each.

➢ Understand the duties and benefits of work.

➢ Discuss how work is a share in the Cross of Christ.

❖ Topic 1: Rights & abuses

associated with work ➢ Understand that each

individual has the right to work.

➢ List and explain workers’ rights.

➢ Describe abuses of children and adults in the workplace.


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❖ Topic 2: Justice & the economic society

➢ Main idea: The Church insists that justice be applied to economic life, in whatever system. Essentially, the economy exists for the person, not the converse. (FW II.E.2.c)

❖ Topic 3: Work and You

➢ Main idea: Work should not become an idol. In choosing a career, it is important to keep in mind what God wants you to do and what will fulfill you most as a human being. (FW III.E)

❖ Explaining the Faith: ➢ Isn’t the degree of a person’s success and

achievement really measured in terms of financial security & wealth? (FW V.B.1-4)

❖ Ch Focus Question:

➢ How are the dignity of work and the rights of workers related to your own dignity as a person?

❖ Topic 2: Justice & the

economic society ➢ Explain what it means for

capitalism to be unbridled and why there are errors in both unbridled capitalism and socialism.

➢ Explain the dangers of consumerism.

➢ List the guiding moral principles for economic systems.

❖ Topic 3: Work and You

➢ Understand the importance of the Lord’s Day.

➢ Describe the interaction between one’s career and one’s vocation.

➢ List and explain the steps to finding a career.


➢ Isn’t the degree of a person’s success and achievement really measured in terms of financial security and wealth?

❖ Responding to the chapter’s

Ch Focus Question ➢ …

❖ Topic 2

➢ Text, pp 226-229

➢ TWE pp 244-247



❖ Topic 3

➢ Text, pp 230-234

➢ TWE pp 248-252



❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 240 ➢ TWE p 258




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Ch 8: Solidarity

8 sessions,

including test

Nov 13-30

❖ Intro: What is solidarity? ➢ Main idea: solidarity is the realization

that all people are interconnected as part of one human family. It is a mark of catholicity and a moral virtue. (FW III.F)

❖ Topic 1: Solidarity & Immigration

➢ Main idea: A person has a right to emigrate to another country, especially if his or her rights are not being upheld. Society at large, on the other hand, has the right to regulate and enact laws regarding immigration. (FW III.C,F)

❖ Topic 2: Solidarity & Peace ➢ Main idea: Christians are called to peace.

This peace originates with Christ and begins in one’s own heart, and should be the driving force of social decisions. (FW II.E.2.b)

❖ Topic 3: Discrimination - An Offense

against Solidarity: ➢ Main idea: Discrimination that denies the

basic dignity of the human person is an offense against the virtue of solidarity.

❖ Intro: What is solidarity? ➢ Define solidarity. ➢ Demonstrate that solidarity

is related to the mark of catholicity

➢ Explain how solidarity is a moral virtue

❖ Topic 1: Solidarity &

Immigration ➢ Identify the reasons why all

people have the right to emigrate.

➢ Defend a government’s right to regulate immigration.

➢ Explain how immigrants are to be treated in their new country.

❖ Topic 2: Solidarity & Peace

➢ Explain that peace is more than the absence of war or trouble.

➢ List and explain the criteria for a just war.

➢ Explain the standard of just restraint in a war.

❖ Topic 3: Discrimination - An Offense against Solidarity ➢ Define the term prejudice

and explain its relationship to knowledge.

❖ Intro: ➢ Text, pp245-

249 ➢ TWE pp 263-




➢ Text, pp 250-254

➢ TWE pp 268-272




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Discrimination can be manifest in attitudes of prejudice and the actions of racism. (III.A,F)


➢ Isn’t not fighting back or getting even with someone who hurts or offends you a sign of weakness? (FW V.C.1-4)

❖ Ch Focus Question: ➢ How is your life interwoven with the lives

of others?

➢ Define racism and explain why it is a sin.

➢ Explain the nature of scandal and provide examples of scandalous behavior


➢ Isn’t not fighting back or getting even with someone who hurts or offends you a sign of weakness?

❖ Responding to the chapter’s Ch Focus Question ➢ …



❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 275 ➢ TWE p 293


❖ Focus Q

➢ Text, p 269 ➢ TWE p 288


Ch 9: Care for God’s Creation

7 sessions,

excluding test (material to be

covered on semester

exam)

Dec 1-11

❖ Intro: The Goodness of God’s Creation ➢ Main idea: All the God created is good.

However, because of sin, humankind’s relationship with the created world has been altered. This relationship can be restored only through conversion and the redemptive actions of Jesus Christ. (FW III.G)

❖ Intro: The Goodness of God’s Creation ➢ Explain the difference

between contemporary views of the environment and the Christian understanding of humans’ relationship to creation.

➢ Recognize that God’s creation is good.

➢ Understand how sin alienated humans from God and thus affected their relationship with the created world, but was overcome by Christ’s redemption.


285 ➢ TWE pp 299-



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❖ Topic 1: The Scope of Modern Environmental Issues (FW III.G) ➢ Main idea: Current environmental issues

– many with origins in the 19th century – are related to other social concerns, such as the protection of human life, poverty, and consumerism. The virtue of solidarity is essential to protecting the environment.

❖ Topic 2: The Environment and Other Social

Concerns ➢ Main idea: The world is not your own. It

has been entrusted to you by God to care for. You are called to be a steward and protector of creation. (FW III.G)

❖ Topic 3: The Ten Commandments for the Environment (FW III.G) ➢ Main idea: The Church’s teaching on the

environment can be summarized in ten “commandments” or guidelines that emphasize the primacy of the human person and the importance of creation leading one back to God.

❖ Topic 1: The Scope of Modern Environmental Issues (FW III.G) ➢ Explain the relationship

between environmental concerns and the dignity of the human person, especially the poor.

➢ Explain the relationship between degradation of the environment and the culture of consumerism.

➢ Explain the important roles of both solidarity and subsidiarity in protecting God’s creation.

❖ Topic 2: The Environment and

Other Social Concerns ➢ Detail how Catholics are to

model St. Joseph as “protectors” of the environment.

➢ List and explain St. JPII’s guidelines on stewardship.

➢ List practical ways one can live out stewardship in one’s daily life.

❖ Topic 3: The Ten

Commandments for the Environment ➢ List the ten commandments

for the environment. ➢ Explain the ten

commandments for the

❖ Topic 1

➢ Text, pp 286-293

➢ TWE pp 304-311




297 ➢ TWE pp 312-




➢ Text, pp 298-305

➢ TWE pp 316-323


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❖ Explaining the Faith: ➢ If Catholics are supposed to care for God’s

creation, is it permissible to eat meat?

❖ Ch Focus Question: ➢ How are you a steward of God’s creation

environment in greater detail.

➢ Provide concrete examples for each of the ten commandments for the environment.

❖ Explaining the Faith: ➢ If Catholics are supposed to

care for God’s creation, is it permissible to eat meat?

❖ Responding to the chapter’s Ch Focus Question

…


❖ Faith Q

➢ Text, p 312 ➢ TWE p 330



Exam Review Dec 11-15 (5 days)

❖ Semester exam preparation/review

Exam Dec 18-20 (3 days)

❖ Semester Exams

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