Teaching Manual for Growing in Christian Morality

by Ahlers, Julia; Allaire, Barbara; Koch, Carl

• ISBN13: 9780884893882
• ISBN10: 088489388X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: St Marys Pr

Summary

What does religion have to do with my life? How do I know right from wrong? The course Growing in Christian Morality offers a Christian vision for answering these questions. Decision-making, wise judgment, justice, wholeness, honesty, and respect are themes that this one-semester course makes real for tenth- and eleventh-grade students. The teaching manual supports the student text and includes numbered references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, prayers, prayer services, review questions and answers, student activities, discussion questions, role-play situations, suggestions for interviews and guest speakers, student handouts, and much more.

Table of Contents

Introduction for the Teacher	9	(9)
The Approach of This Course: A Focus on Character	9	(2)
The Contents of This Course	11	(3)
Lesson Planning for This Course	14	(9)
Teaching Strategies
Morality: Choosing What Kind of Person You Become	23	(14)
The Ice Man	32	(1)
Cases to Examine: Moments in Competition	33	(2)
The Strange Mysteries of Competition	35	(1)
Little Brother, Little Sister	36	(1)
The Christian Vision of Morlaity: Jesus, Model of Full Humanness	37	(13)
Are You Jesus?	49	(1)
Helps Along the Way: A Journey with Others	50	(25)
Getting to Know My Parents' Views	71	(2)
Grandpa and Tim	73	(1)
Which Principles Apply?	74	(1)
Moral Decision Making: Listening to Reality	75	(18)
The Listen Model	86	(1)
Cases to Examine: Conscience and Guilt	87	(2)
An Inventory on Conscience Formation	89	(1)
Sneaking Dates	90	(2)
The Spirit Is Within Us	92	(1)
Wise Judgment: Good-Conscience-in-Action	93	(22)
Games Within Games	104	(2)
The Warning Signs of Suicide	106	(2)
Fables and Facts About Suicide	108	(1)
Caring and Helping: Sensitivity to a Suicidal Person	109	(2)
Guidelines for Counseling Someone Who May Be Suicidal	111	(2)
The Chip on Kirk's Shoulder	113	(2)
Justice: Love's Minimum	115	(19)
Justice According to Garfield	128	(1)
Pushed Once Too Often	129	(2)
The Plight of the World's Children	131	(1)
What Can a Person Do?	132	(2)
Courage: Facing Our Fears for the Sake of the Good	134	(11)
Cases to Examine: What Are We Afraid Of?	143	(2)
Wholeness: Toward Strength, Beauty, and Happiness	145	(22)
The Perfectionism Scale	159	(1)
Three Perspectives on Drugs	160	(1)
Perspectives on Sex	161	(1)
Peer Pressure to Take Drugs	162	(1)
An Inventory on Money Matters	163	(1)
Two Testimonies on Teenage Parenting	164	(1)
At Home with Ourselves	165	(2)
Honesty: Creating Trust	167	(12)
TV Truth: Keeping a Record	176	(1)
Role-plays: Kindness and Truth	177	(2)
Respect for Persons: Looking Again	179	(14)
Cases to Examine: Self-respect	189	(1)
The Ending Is Yours	190	(2)
Is This Rape?	192	(1)
Compassion: Solidarity with Those Who Suffer	193	(16)
Helping a Friend: When Parents Break Up	202	(1)
Helping a Friend: When Someone Dies Suddenly	203	(2)
Helping a Friend: When Expectations Cannot Be Met	205	(2)
Helping a Friend: When Depression Hangs On	207	(2)
Respect for Creation: The Earth as God's	209	(11)
Respecting the Earth: Ten How To's	218	(2)
Reverence for Human Life: Cherishing the Gift	220	(19)
Cases to Examine: Is This Euthanasia?	238	(1)
Peacemaking: Handling Conflict with Creativity	239	(92)
Cases to Examine: Dealing with Conflict	250	(1)
Becoming Who We Are Meant to Be	251	(4)
Appendices
1. Sample Test Questions	255	(33)
2. Audiovisual Recommendations	288	(12)
3. Bibliography	300	(3)
4. Articles for Teacher's Background	303	(18)
4-A ``Developments in Morality: The Ways of Moral Knowing''
Timothy E. O'Connell
4-B ``The Return of Character Education''
Thomas Lickona
4-C ``Idols of the Marketplace''
John F. Kavanaugh
4-D ``Start and Stop: Two Kinds of Ethics''
Phillip Cary
5. Suggestions for Teaching This Course	321	(10)
Handout Masters	331