Irene McCormack Catholic College

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM YEAR 10 Course 2 2018

Semester 1
Term 1
Vocation- Called to be and to become
Week / Module / Syllabus content / Lesson content / Assessments I.T/Resources / Students know and Understand:
Focus Questions
1 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / Every person has a basic vocation or life-calling from God
God has given people the gifts needed for their vocation
Work is participation in God’s creative activity
Work has a place in fulfilling one’s vocation
People’s vocations lead to different lifestyles. / Lesson 1: Vocations / Student Course Syllabus
Assessment outline
Come follow Me
Student Resource p 3–4 and Journal activity 1
Term 1 Booklet / 1 Students know and understand that every person has a basic vocation or life calling
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3 Students know and understand that a person’s vocation – their ‘life- calling’ comes from God
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5 Students know and understand that God created, and continues to give to people, the gifts they need for their vocation
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7 Students know and understand that the Catholic understanding of work is that it is any way a human being participates in God’s creative activity
Describe how the Creator gives each person their life’s vocation.
Define Vocation
How does our Vocation contribute to God’s continuing Creation?
What is the Catholic interpretation of work and how does rest complement this?
2 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / People can fail to recognise their vocation for a variety of reasons
Christians are called to spiritual discernment
Lent is a special time for Christians to reflect on their lives
Salvation is God’s saving action on behalf of the human race
Christians experience salvation in their daily lives.
1 / Lesson 2: Vocations
Lesson 3: Vocations and how they help us contribute to God’s
Lesson 4: How we can fulfil God’s creative activity in the world. / Come follow Me
Internet Magazines/Newsletters
Term 1 Booklet
Photocopy Creating a Christian Life Pages 56-59 / 2 Students know and understand that people’s vocations lead to different lifestyles
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4 Students know and understand the place of work in fulfilling one’s vocation
List ways that the Creator gives each person their life’s vocation.
Recognise ways to become involved in God’s creative activities through vocation in:
– the natural world
– human society
– families
– individuals
How can employment differ from Vocation?
3 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / Christians have a vocation to share in the mission of Jesus as priest
Christians have a vocation to share in the mission of Jesus as prophet
Christians have a vocation to share in the mission of Jesus as king
The Christian promise is brought closer to fulfilment when people
cooperate with God who calls them to their vocations.
1 / Lesson 5: The vocations of the Single life and Married life.
Lesson 6: Personal vocation
Lesson 7: Discernment / Come follow Me
Term 1 Booklet
Creating a Christian Life Pages 208-209 / 1 Students know and understand that many people fail to recognise their vocation for a variety of reasons
Students know and understand that lent is a special time for Christians to reflect on their lives.
2 Students know and understand that God has revealed that the basic purpose of every person’s life is to experience a loving relationship with God
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4 Students know and understand that Salvation is God’s saving action on behalf of the human race
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6 Students know and understand how Christians experience salvation in their daily lives
People’s vocations lead to different lifestyles
Discuss the challenges to discovering a personal vocation
How can Lent influence our Vocation.
4 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / Christians have a vocation to share in the mission of Jesus as priest
Christians have a vocation to share in the mission of Jesus as prophet
Christians have a vocation to share in the mission of Jesus as king
The Christian promise is brought closer to fulfilment when people
cooperate with God who calls them to their vocations.
1 / Lesson 8: The difference between a personal vocation and a Christian vocation
Lesson 9: Christian Vocation
Lesson 10: Priest Prophet King / Come follow Me
Term 1 Booklet
“Hands” by Jewel- Activity Sheet Fran / 2 Students know and understand that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as priest
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4 Students know and understand that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as prophet
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6 Students know and understand that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as king
Explain how God has revealed the basic Christian vocation
How do Christians experience salvation in their daily lives?
How does experiencing a loving relationship with God enhance our vocation
5 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / Jesus restored God’s original plan for marriage
The Sacrament of Marriage strengthens and guides people in
their life together
Baptised people confer the Sacrament of Marriage upon one another / Lesson 11: In-class Investigation
Lesson 12: Vocation of Marriage
Lesson 13: Marriage / Come follow Me
Term 1 Booklet
In-class Investigation 1 / Students know and understand that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as priest
Students know and understand that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as prophet
Students know and understand that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as king
Students know and understand that the Christian promise is brought closer to fulfilment when people cooperate with the One who calls them to their vocations
Students know and understand that Jesus restored God’s original plan for marriage
Students know and understand how the Sacrament of Marriage strengthens and guides people
Students know and understand that through the Sacrament of Marriage, God seeks to strengthen and guide a married couple in their life together
List ways that Christians are called to share in the mission of Jesus as;
-priest
-prophet
-king+
How is the Sacrament of Marriage a vocation that is strengthened as husbands and wives relate with God
How to Jesus restore God’s original plan for Marriage
6 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / Jesus supports his followers personally through the ordained priesthood
Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Holy Orders
The call to follow God is personal
The priestly vocation is a call to serve
The priestly vocation is a call to celibate love / Lesson 14: The Vocation of the Priesthood
Lesson 15: A Priest’s Life
Lesson 16: The Priesthood / Creating a Christian Life Pages 298-301
Come Follow Me

Term 1 Booklet / Describe how the ministerial priesthood is a vocation
7 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / Jesus supports his followers personally through the ordained priesthood
Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Holy Orders
The call to follow God is personal
The priestly vocation is a call to serve
The priestly vocation is a call to celibate love
People called to religious life seek to imitate Jesus by taking
vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
Religious sisters, brothers, and priests work in many
different apostolates. / Lesson 17: The Priesthood
Lesson 18: Religious Orders
Lesson 19: Religious Life / Come Follow Me
“Term 1 Booklet
/ 1 Students know and understand that, Jesus supports his followers personally through the ordained priesthood
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3 Students know and understand that Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Holy Orders which today consists of three orders: bishops, priests and deacons
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5 Students know and understand that the order of priests is the one most frequently encountered by people today
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7 Students know and understand how a priest fulfils his vocation
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9 Students know and understand) that the priestly vocation includes a call to celibate love
Describe how the ministerial priesthood is a vocation
Name and describe the three orders of Holy Orders
What is celibate love?
Describe the types of Religious life.
Recognise that Religious Life fulfills an individuals Vocation
Describe the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
List how religious sister, brothers and priests work in apostolates
8 / Vocation- Called to be and to become / The basic purpose of every person’s life is to experience
a loving relationship with God
Christians believe in life everlasting
Jesus revealed what happens after people die / Lesson 21: Revision
Lesson 22: Revision
Lesson 23: Topic Test / Term 1 Booklet / Students know and understand) that people called to religious life seek to imitate Jesus by taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
Students know and understand that religious sisters, brothers and priests work in a wide range of apostolates
Describe the types of Religious life.
Recognise that Religious Life fulfills an individuals Vocation
Describe the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
List how religious sister, brothers and priests work in apostolates
Term Test
Key Words / Vocation, Creation, God’s Creative Activity, Chasity, Deacon, Sabbath, Celibacy, Apostolate, Poverty, Holy Orders, Order of Priests, Ministerial Priesthood
9 / The Search for Freedom / All people desire freedom
Teenagers become increasingly capable of taking responsibility
for their actions
There are two questions required for responsible decision-making
Responsible choices are moral choices
People can find it difficult to make responsible choices
Some people deliberately enter into situations that weaken
their ability to make responsible decisions. / COMMENCE UNIT 2
Lesson 1: Freedom
Lesson 2: What is Freedom?
Lesson 3: Responsible Choices / Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.95-104)
Journal Activity (p.6 &7)
Inclass Work& Journal Activity (p.96)
Journal Activity (p.98)
Inclass Work (p.102)
Term 2 Booklet
Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.105-111)
Inclass Work (p.108)
Inclass Work (p.109)
Journal Activity (p.110)
Complete Learning Activity Sheet 2 & 3 / Students know that the human desire for freedom is fulfilled increasingly as people develop an ability to make responsible choices.
Define and brainstorm the meaning of freedom, free will and choices
Discuss why it is important for teenagers to take responsibility for their actions
Copy down the two questions required for responsible decision making
Describe the challenges of personal freedom, having choices and making responsible choices
10 / The Search for Freedom / People need to learn moral principles
Natural law expresses the moral principles God gave to people
The revealed laws of God consist primarily of the Ten Commandments
and the two great commandments of Jesus. / Lesson 4: Moral Principles and Natural Law
Lesson 5: Moral Principles
Lesson 6: Human Freedom / Come Follow Me 105-110
“People and religion 2B Teacher Book” pages 35-38
Term 2 Booklet / Students understand that people can know their choices are morally good on the basis of certain principles and laws revealed by God.
Describe that moral principles teach right and wrong
Define Natural law and how it applies to all people
Define Salvation and its implications for Christians
Define 10 Commandments/ Decalogue
11 / The Search for Freedom / The parents of the human race were created by God to be free
People experience God’s call through creation
God initiated the Sinai Covenant so that the people of Israel would
be free to relate more closely with Him
God called humanity through the Israelites. / Lesson 8: The Old Law
Lesson 9: The 10 Commandments
Lesson 10: The 10 Commandments / Term 2 Booklet / Discuss why the parents of the human race were created to be free by God
Describe Moses and the Sinai Covenant
Examine Gospel stories
Semester 1
Term 2
The Search for Freedom
Week / Module / Syllabus content
Students know and Understand: / Lesson content / I.T/Resources / Focus Questions/
Assessments
1 / The Search for Freedom / God gave the people of Israel commandments and laws
The Ten Commandments identify responsibilities towards God and others
The Ten Commandments summarise God’s rules for human conduct. / Lesson 11: The New Law
Lesson 12: The Beatitudes
Lesson 13: The Old Law and The New Law Revision / Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.129-135)
Term 2 Booklet / Students understand that God began to restore human freedom, through a special relationship with the Jewish people that would free them to relate more closely with Him.
Define the term ‘Torah’
Copy down the 10 Commandments, also known as the Decalogue
Describe the values and responsibilities of each Commandment
Summarise how the 10 Commandments guide human conduct and lifestyles
2 / The Search for Freedom / Jesus gave a New Law to empower his followers to live as God called.
This law consists of four elements:
– Jesus shares with all who believe in him the Holy Spirit who can
change the human heart
– Jesus gives the gift of charity, the power of divine love, through
Baptism
– Jesus presented the Sermon on the Mount as the basic way
Christians need to think and behave
– Jesus revealed two great commandments which are about
changing peoples’ hearts to live God’s laws.
Jesus calls all people to experience happiness and true freedom. / Lesson 14 : The Gift of Charity
Lesson 15: Assessment
Lesson 16: Assessment / Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.129-140)
The Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes

Beatitudes song
Term 2 Booklet / Students understand that God revealed commandments and laws to the people of Israel that summarise God’s rules for human conduct.
Define the New Law
Describe the influence of the Holy Spirit
Discuss the four elements of the New Law
Describe charity as the power of divine love
Copy down the Beatitudes of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
Define Jesus’ two great commandment
3 / The Search for Freedom / Charity frees people to live God’s commandments
Loving God is the first great commandment of Jesus
Loving one’s neighbour is the second great commandment of Jesus. / Lesson 17: Assessment
Lesson 18: Investigation
Lesson 19: The Sacraments of True Freedom / Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.141-149)
Journal Activity (p.148)
Inclass Work (p.149)
Complete Learning Activity Sheet 11
Term 2 Booklet
Handout / Students understand that the New Law of Jesus Christ is a law of freedom.
Discuss the Catholic social teaching of each Commandment
Investigation 2 Due
4 / The Search for Freedom / True freedom grows by drawing on the graces of the sacraments
People need to nourish the graces of the sacraments
The New Law of Christ. / Lesson 20-22: Exam Revision

5 / The Search for Freedom / Examinations / Lesson 23-25: Exam Revision / Term 2 Booklet
6 / The Search for Freedom / Examinations / Lesson 26-29: Exam Revision / Term 2 Booklet
7 / EXAMINATIONS Differentiation- Adjustments made to the task for students with Special Learning Needs
Key Words / Freedom, fulfilled, internal pressures, external pressures, moral choice, moral principle, natural law, Passover, Sinai Covenant, New Law, Grace
8 / Alone with God / Conscience is at the core or heart of every person
People experience the call to goodness in a number of ways
Human heart questions begin in the conscience
What is Conscience / COMMENCE UNIT 3
Lesson 1: Conscience
Lesson 2: How People can recognise Gods call to goodness / Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.164-170)
Learning Activity Sheet 1
Conscience PowerPoint
Conscience Booklet 1 / Students (know and understand) that conscience is at the core or heart of every person
Students (know and understand) that people experience the call to goodness in a number of ways
Students (know and understand) that the Human Heart questions begin in the conscience
9 / Making Judgments of conscience / - Conscience calls people to do good and to avoid evil
- Natural Law is the law of God inscribed in human nature
- Divine law includes the Ten Commandments in light of the teachings of Jesus
- God wants to forgive and heal / Lesson 3: Conscience
Lesson 4: Morally Good
Lesson 5: Moral Dilemmas / Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.171-179)
Handout Conscience Booklet 1
Listen Model Article & Booklet
- Justice According to Garfield activity- Growing in Christian Morality page 128
Activity Sheet 12 from “People and religion 2B Teacher Book” / Students( know and understand) that conscience calls people to do good and to avoid evil
Students (know and understand) that Natural Law is the law of God inscribed in human nature
Students (know and understand) that Divine Law includes the Ten Commandments in light of the teachings of Jesus
Key Words / Conscience, Goodness, Moral decision, Action, Intent, Circumstances, Divine Law, 4 Principles of conscience, St Thomas Aquinas, Examination of conscience, Social trends, Peer pressure, Holy Spirit, Magisterium of Church, Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, Salvation, Encyclicals, Ecumenical, Second Vatican Council
Semester 2
Term 3
Recognising God’s Call through Conscience
Week / Module / Syllabus content
Students know and Understand: / Lesson content / I.T/Resources / Focus Questions/
Assessments
1 / Four principles of conscience include
- Everyone is obliged to form their conscience
- Everyone is obliged to follow sincere conscience
- Conscience does not decide right and wrong
A good does not justify immoral means / Lesson 6: Examination of Conscience
Lesson 7: The Listen Model
Lesson 8: Conscience
/ Handout Conscience Booklet 1
Learning Activity Sheet 4
Handout Conscience Booklet 2
Come Follow Me textbook
(pp.181-192) / Students (know and understand) that God wants to forgive and heal
Students (know and understand) that there are four principles of conscience
2 / The Search for Freedom / Students understand that Jesus gave the New Law as the means to true human freedom. / Lesson 9: Moral dilemma- Euthanasia
Lesson 10: Assessment Task
Lesson 11 / Students (know and understand) that there are four principles of conscience
Students (know and understand) that there are many factors which can make it difficult for people to recognise the voice of God
3 / Challenges to recognising the voice of conscience
Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to guide conscience / There are many factors which can make it difficult for people to recognise the voice of God
The Holy Spirit guides conscience
- The Pope and bishops seek to help form people’s consciences through teaching and example
- There are different levels of teaching in the Church / Lesson 12: Vices & Virtues