(2.11) ‘Grace and the sacramental nature of reality’ to aid pages 56 & 57.
Objectives
i. Understand the meaning of the term ‘grace.’
ii. Understand how reality can be thought of as a ‘sacramental.’
iii.Understand how each of these ideas affects Catholic understanding of God’s creation.
Key Terms
1. Grace: God’s free gift of His unconditional love to the believer.
2. The divine life: the shared love of the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit.
3. Sinful: when humans turn away from God and do what they want, rather than what God wants.
4 Sacrament: rites and rituals through which the believer receives a special gift of grace; for Catholics, Anglicans and many Protestants, sacraments are ‘outward signs’ of ‘inward grace.’
(2.5) to aid 'Christian symbols, pages 44 & 45.
Objectives
i. Know the meaning of the symbols Ichthus, Alpha, Omega and Chi-Chi.
ii. Understand the purposes and use of these symbols.
Key Terms
1. Ichthus (fish): a symbol of a fish, based on a Greek acronym that translates as ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God and Saviour.’
2. Alpha and Omega: a symbol made from the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, which are used to show that God and Jesus are eternal-the beginning and the end of all things.
3. Chi-Rho: a symbol to represent Jesus, made up of the first two letters of his name in Greek.
(12.10) Terrorism
Objectives
i. Know what terrorism is and what it aims to achieve.
ii. Understand religious and non-religious responses to the use of terrorists.
Human rights
Objectives
i. Understand what the Catholic Church teaches about human rights.
ii. Understand how human rights are important for human dignity.
Hinduism
This Unit of Work contains (363 slides in total):
- 51 key-terms (on individual slides) with their definition and a picture.
- Introduction to Hinduism.
- Gods and godesses.
- The caste system.
- Two Hindu leaders.
- Hindu holy books.
- The Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
- Worship at home.
- Hindu temples.
- Worship in a temple.
- Two important temples.
- Pilgrimage.
Special Occasions
- Birth & childhood.
- Marriage.
- Death.
Celebrations
- Divali.
- Navaratri and Dassehra.
- Holi and Raksha Bandhan.
- Death and reincarnation.
- Ways to be a Hindu.
- Also includes: Video links, questions to revise each section & research exercises.
The Magisterium and its views on the Trinity.
Objectives
i. Understand the importance of the Magisterium for beliefs about the Trinity.
ii. Understand the teachings of the Councils of Nicea and Constantinople.
The funeral rite (21 slides).
Objective
i. Know what happens during a Catholic funeral.
ii. Understand how a Catholic funeral shows beliefs about life after death.
The apostolic succession and the four marks of the Church- 34 slides.
Objectives
i. Understand how the idea of apostolic succession gives authority to the Magisterium.
i. Know the four marks of the Church and their significance.
(10.7) Judaism - Worship in the home; the written and oral law - 48 slides.
Objectives
i. Understand how Jews worship and pray in the home.
ii. Understand what the Tenakh and Talmud contain, and why they are important to Jews.
(13.7) Catholic teachings about poverty
Objectives
i. Know what the Catholic Church teaches about the Christian duty to take action against poverty.
ii. Understand significance of the teaching that the needs of the poor should be put first (the preferential option for the poor).
The Trinity in the Bible (27 slides).
i. Understand how the Bible refers to the Trinity.
ii. Know the accounts of the baptism of Jesus and Paul’s letter to the Galatians
(9.8) Judaism- Key moral principles in Judaism - 38 slides.
Objective
i. Understand the Jewish moral principles of justice, healing the world and kindness to others.
(13.5) Wealth creation and exploitation
Objectives
i. Understand what the Catholic Church teaches about wealth creation and exploitation of the poor.
ii. Know how the Catholic Church is helping to combat human trafficking.
iii. Understand views about the wealth of the Catholic Church.
Greed, materialism and the sacrifice of wealth
Objectives
i. Understand and materialism, including the teachings of the Catholic Church.
ii. Understand why some Catholics take the vow of poverty.
(12.12) Conflict resolution and peacemaking
Objectives
i. Understand what the Bible and Catholic Church teach about peacemaking and conflict resolution.
ii. Know how two Christian organisations work to bring about peace.
iii. Understand why some Christians prefer the use of non-violent resistance.
(13.1) Human dignity and religious freedom
Objectives
i. Understand Biblical teachings about human dignity and loving your neighbour.
ii. Understand Catholic teachings about freedom of religion.
(13.3) Rights and responsibilities.
Objectives
i. Understand the links between rights and responsibilities.
ii. Understand how Catholics work to support human rights.
(3.8) 'The Trinity and God's love' 26 slides to aid pages 78 & 79.
Objectives
i. Know what St. Augustine said about the Trinity and love.
ii. Understand what Catherine LaCugna meant by the idea of the Trinity as a relationship.