This 7th grade religion bundle includes worksheets that align to most diocesan standards for 7th grade religion--the Life of Jesus and the New Testament. These worksheet supplement and support most Catholic religion workbooks and help draw the students in to prayer while engaging with scripture and ...
Try some of these creative Beatitudes activities in your upcoming lesson plans.
This is an ENGAGING activity in which students learn about the religion of Hinduism and how it spread out of India into Southeast ASIA! This resource is in Digital form and can be used with your 1:1 devices within Google Drive. If you are a 7th grade history teacher in California, this resource aligns PERFECTLY with the new California history standards! Here are the activities included within this resource: -Vocab -Spread of Hinduism Presentation Notes -History of Angkor Wat -Analysis of Indian Ocean Trade Routes Looking for the Digital AND Paper copy of this resource? Click HERE KEYWORDS: India, Hinduism, Ancient Civilizations, Digital Resource *************************************************************************** Let's connect! →History from the Middle Blog →History from the Middle Facebook →History from the Middle Instagram →History from the Middle Twitter →History from the Middle Pinterest Created by © History from the Middle Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom, if you are looking for multiple copies, be sure to purchase additional licenses.
Make your way through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in a...
An infographic depicting a timeline and stats about Christianity.
13 Colonies Unit with 15 complete lessons, simulations, games, worksheets, activities, and more! Can be used with 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th graders.
Students are charged with creating a unique culture from the ground up. This includes, climate, geography, religion, government, economics and other unique characteristics of culture. This is meant to get students to work together, think creatively and apply what they've learned about culture in t...
Try some of these creative Beatitudes activities in your upcoming lesson plans.
This Sikhism - Baisakhi, The Story of the Khalsa Worksheet is suitable for 7th - 9th Grade. For this Sikhism worksheet, students demonstrate their understanding and knowledge base for the story of the Khalsa from the Sikh community. The five paragraph text utilizes a word bank to help students in their task.
Your students will love learning about the prominent religions in the Middle East with this engaging, no prep reading activity packet! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or use as homework packets! Religions Groups Covered: Judaism, Christianity, Islam Resource Includes: Passage (leveled for 7th grade) Graphic Organizer Fill-in-the-Blank Multiple Choice Activity Writing Activity Illustration Activity Answer Keys This objective and resources aligns with Georgia Standards of Excellence, but can supplement many state standards. Standards Covered: ❏ Georgia Standards of Excellence SS7G8 Analyze the diverse cultural characteristics of the people who live in Southwest Asia (Middle East). c. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East): Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Want more Social Studies Resources? Check these out! ⭐ Belief Systems in Southern & Eastern Asia Reading Packet (SS7G12, SS7G12b) ⭐ Religious & Ethnic Groups in Middle East Reading Packet (SS7G8a) ⭐ Population Patterns in Southwest Asia Packet (SS7G7a) ⭐ Geography in Southwest Asia Reading Activity Packet (SS7G5, SS7G5a) ⭐ Geography in Southwest Asia Reading Activity Packet (SS7G5, SS7G5b) Don't forget to leave feedback! I love hearing it, plus you will earn TpT credits towards a FREE product! Be sure to FOLLOW ME on TpT so you can receive notifications of my brand new resources! You don't want to miss out! Let's Connect! Get some FREEBIES! ⇨ Instagram ⇨ Facebook ⇨ Pinterest ⇨ Website
13 Colonies Unit with 15 complete lessons, simulations, games, worksheets, activities, and more! Can be used with 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th graders.
This Jesus and Nicodemus Lesson has so many fun creative activities talking about measuring God's love, including a super cute printable John 3:16 Craft.
This list of Catholic Confirmation activities will help you get your students excited and engaged in the sacramental preparation process.
This is an ENGAGING activity in which students learn about the religion of Hinduism and how it spread out of India into Southeast ASIA! It includes both a DIGITAL and PAPER option! If you are a 7th grade history teacher in California, this resource aligns PERFECTLY with the new California history standards! Here are the activities included within this resource: -Vocab -Spread of Hinduism Presentation Notes -History of Angkor Wat -Analysis of Indian Ocean Trade Routes Several ENGAGING and FUN activities included within this resource--The possibilities for learning are endless! ENJOY! Looking for just a DIGITAL copy of this resource? Click HERE KEYWORDS: India, Hinduism, Ancient Civilizations, Digital Resource *************************************************************************** Let's connect! →History from the Middle Blog →History from the Middle Facebook →History from the Middle Instagram →History from the Middle Twitter →History from the Middle Pinterest Created by © History from the Middle Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom, if you are looking for multiple copies, be sure to purchase additional licenses.
Back to School in Religion Class: Seven Tips to help students transition back to the school mindset and the faith mindset for Religion Classes.
Happy Pentecost!Enjoy some good music about the Holy Spirit while you read a long post. We are still in the midst of reviewing the Sacraments in my 5th grade classroom. Last week, to tie in with Pen
Notebooking can be a great way for CCD kids to collect a visual model of what they are learning throughout the year. I think that the short, once a week format of most CCD programs tends to make it tough for kids to pick up where they left off. Notebooking could help. Here are some ideas that could be used for any concept, but all of my examples are about the Creed. I think that it would be kind of a cool way to start the CCD year, with the Creed as a base, and then move on to the curriculum. You could then readily tie the Creed into everything that you are learning. Click on anything black and white for a printable to get you started. Start with a good cover. I thought that "I Believe" is a good statement. Then kids can look at their notebook and say that they believe everything that is contained inside. This time, I used a Composition style notebook, but a spiral bound notebook works fine. (I do recommend glue sticks, tape, and staples over liquid glue for obvious reasons. A notebook that ends up only having one page because they are all glued together isn't much of a notebook.) Add a copy of the Creed, with a twist. Print a copy of this two-page, word by word Creed, have the students cut it apart, mix it up, and see if they can glue it back in order. I don't recommend cutting each word apart unless you have very dedicated, detail oriented students and a lot of time. Instead, cut it into strips, which is much more manageable. Glue in a KWL Chart, to assess what students know before you begin (Know), as you learn (Want to Know), and as you complete your lesson (Learned). To make the Creed a little more accessible, you can do a shrinking summary. Hand the kids a large index card and have them write a summary of the important points of the Creed. Then give them a smaller index card and have them par down the summary even further. Finally, have them limit it to only a few words on a post it note or half an index card. It can be very powerful to discover what the key words are that convey the meaning of such a large amount of text. Try Wordle. I love Wordle. Paste in or type a bunch of text and it randomly creates this cool word art. Students can change the colors, fonts, layouts, etc. The size of the words is proportional to the number of times the word appears in the text. On this one, I intentionally made "The Nicene Creed" large, but the rest of the words help us to see what words are used most often. Add some flip books or other fun things. Directions and printable for this one abut tough words in the Creed can be found here. Add some lift-the-flap-facts about connections between the Creed and Scripture. There is also a blank area for writing notes. You also could add Catechism references. Finish up the section with a "Yes" flow chart. Since "I Believe" is the theme, have the students add things that they can say yes, they believe. There are some ideas to get you started, but the possibilities are endless!
Whether you are looking for resources to use as bell work, in centers, as reinforcement, or to teach new ideas, these Catholic worksheets may be just the resources you need to supplement and guide your religious instruction. General Worksheets Graphic Organizers Lesson Planning Templates Catholic Sacraments Worksheets Sacrament of Baptism Activities & Worksheets Catholic Mass...Read More
This week, we are exploring how and why the Church recognizes men and women as Saints. We have spent quite a bit of time this year talking about various Saints and the lives of holiness that they led. The Church does not "make" Saints. Saints are those who are face-to-face with God in heaven. Naming Saints does not glorify the Saint- they are in heaven, and it doesn't get any better than that. Naming Saints does not glorify God- He is God, and nothing we do can add to Who He is. Naming Saints helps us here in the Church Militant to strive for holiness by looking to their example and asking for their intercession. The steps that lead to the Church recognizing someone as a Saint was outlined most recently by Blessed John Paul II, and is very specific, interesting, and... a little complicated in the eyes of a ten year old. I love post-it notes, and I love teaching with post-it notes, and in general, kids also love post-it notes. Mix that in with shaped post-it notes...and you have a cool graphic organizer. I got these post-it notes in the dollar bins at Target. We wrote the three initial steps in the canonization process on the arrows, and then added Saint on a heart. A quick, effective, and memorable intro to canonization! Update: No post its? Use this printable to create the same graphic organizer:
This is a chart I use with my students to compare five major world religions-- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. It is meant to have the students learn the basics and be able to know the major aspects of all the religions. I included a blank copy and a completed version. In my ...
Teaching Ancient Civilizations often feels like a merry-go-round of information for students. It can feel as though we are 'cramming' civilization after civilization into the school year, and it can be enough to make students' heads spin! Those are the situations when we often hear students say 'I can't keep track of it all' or 'It all sounds the same'. Teaching Ancient Civilizations doesn't have to be a merry-go-round of confused information, it can be taught in a way that is organized and clear for your students. Let's talk about how we do this!
I am going to have a post once a week this month for The Beatitudes. This week will begin the series with the lesson, visuals and more! I created two sets of visuals that you can use for younger or older students. These can also be used as a bulletin board. Come back next week for a really nice Interactive Bulletin Board with the printables to make yours (and more). Our lesson today is found in Matthew 5:1-13. There were so many people that wanted to see Jesus. So, Jesus went up on a mountain Once He sat down, the Disciples went to Jesus. Then Jesus taught them what we know as The Beatitudes. This is the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus began each beatitude with Blessed are... Blessed means happy. (vs. 3) The first beatitude Jesus talks about is the poor in spirit. This means that Jesus wants us to be humble, not prideful or arrogant. Jesus doesn't want us to be braggers. Part of being humble is to do what Jesus wants, and not what we want. If we follow Jesus, He said we will receive the kingdom of heaven. (vs. 4) Jesus said Blessed are those who mourn. When you mourn, you are very sad, you might cry, and you are very upset. God want us to be sad about the sin in our life. He wants us to obey Him! When we follow Jesus, He will comfort us. (reassure, calm or soothe) (vs. 5) Next, Jesus said Blessed are the meek. If you are meek, you are gentle and submissive. Someone who is meek will think about others before themselves. Jesus talked a lot about helping others. Jesus finished this thought with if you are meek, you will inherit the earth. This means that if we put other people's needs before our own, we will go to heaven. (vs. 6) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Jesus wants us to really desire to know Him. To know more about Him and to study the Bible and do what God wants, not what we want. If we seek Him, God will make sure we will be filled with His goodness. (vs. 7) Jesus said Blessed is the merciful. If you have mercy, you show compassion, kindness and forgiveness. Jesus showed mercy, and He wants us to show mercy to others. If we are merciful, then God will show us mercy. (vs. 8) Blessed are the pure in heart. Jesus wants us to live for Him, and try to live a Christian life. He wants us to follow His rules. It is sometimes hard to do because it is easy to be caught up in the world and do things our friends are doing that Jesus doesn't like. But if we are pure in heart, we will see God in heaven. (vs. 9) The next Blessed Jesus talks about are peacemakers. God wants us to 'make peace' with the people around us. As much as we can! This isn't always easy, but God wants us to try and do the best we can. If we make peace, then we will be called sons of God. (vs. 10) The last two Beatitudes that Jesus talked about go together. They are separated with the Blessed are, so I listed them as different Beatitudes. The first part is Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake. How can you be happy if you are being mistreated? God expects us to stand up for Him. Turn away from things of the world, especially if they keep you from doing what God wants. This might be something like your friends making fun of you for coming to worship. Don't let that stop you from worshipping God. If you continue to be faithful, no matter what people say or do to you, Jesus said the kingdom of heaven will be ours. (vs. 11-12) Jesus finishes up the beatitudes with “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. This continues His thoughts on staying faithful to Him, even if people are making fun of you (revile) for following Jesus. Jesus told us to celebrate and be happy that that people are 'reviling and persecuting' you because people did that to the prophets in the Old Testament that lived before Jesus. If people are making fun of you, then they can see that you are really living for Jesus and He said our reward will be great in heaven. Jesus told the people The Beatitudes. Jesus didn't say to pick which ones you think you can do. Jesus wants us to follow all The Beatitudes. Here is an extra poster that can be used with this lesson. My preacher mentioned this summary right when I was working on these posts! So, I decided to make an extra poster for this lesson. It can be printed in color or black & white. Click here to print the Righteousness poster. For today's printable, I created these Beatitudes Match-Up Cards. These are only available in black & white, so to add color, they can printed onto colored paper. After printing, cut them out, and cut on the dotted lines. Mix them up and let the students put the correct verses together. Click here to print. These are the visuals you see with the lesson. You can print these, or the set below. The visuals are only available in color. Click here to print the set. The above visuals for The Beatitudes were created for older students. The different sets of visuals are are really what you prefer for graphics. Either set can also be used for bulletin boards. Just print, add a title and scripture! Click here to print these visuals. The Bible Verse printables for this lesson has The Beatitudes scripture on it, and not the usual one verse. The smaller set for the students and a full size for the teacher in the download. Click here to print them. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. Today's lesson is here. Yah! This post was featured at Chestnut Grove Academy for Share It Saturday!
One of the most important elements of teaching is providing students with plenty of opportunities to actively engage in learning with their peers. This blog post covers my favorite cooperative learning strategies that I have used in my classroom. These activities can be used across all subjects and several grade levels (3-6+). Bonus: I created […]
So my dear friend that teaches fourth grade this year shared this amazing review game with me that I just had to share with you! This game ...
This lesson plan and collection of Nicene Creed activities should help your students experience the creed at a deeper level.
Kids will have fun learning about The Revenge of Ishtar in this fun, hands on Mesopotamia History Unit. This is great for kids of all ages.
Do you use GRAPES to teach world history and civilizations? This Customer appreciation freebie provides you with a quick reference min-poster and two different graphic organizer for you to use in your social studies classes! GRAPES stand for: Geography, Religion, Accomplishments, Politics, Economics, and Society. Have students identify each element in any culture they are studying! If you like this freebie, please consider following Red Stick Teaching Materials! Please also consider leaving feedback on this download, it is greatly appreciated!
In continuing the series of how my class reviewed the Sacraments while we studied the life of Fulton Sheen, this was our notebooking activity for the Sacrament of Baptism. We had studied Baptism at the very beginning of the school year, so this review was pretty easy, and I wanted to bump their understanding of the Sacrament up a little. We talked about how even though we are only baptized once and might not even remember it, we should renew our Baptismal promises all the time. We can remind ourselves that we have been washed clean of sin and united to God's family every time we dip our hand in holy water as we enter the church. We also can say our Baptismal Promises for ourselves. I got the text from Catholic Online, and put each question into a drop of water. We read them as a class, and I asked each child to decide if they believed in what they were reading. If so, they wrote "I do!" under the question in the water drop. We then colored them blue (before cutting out-much easier!). Here they are cut into two strips, with the drops that touch still attached to each other. We then used scotch tape to attach the two strips together... ...and then accordion folded them to created a pop out for our notebooks. Click here for the printable of the Baptismal Promises: Next we added something that we had created earlier in the year. We had filled out and colored this Baptism Certificate as part of our textbook study. We use Sadlier's We Believe series. After taking these home to get help recording the date and location of their baptism and the names of their godparents, we hung up all 30 of them around our classroom door on the inside. We called it our Door of Faith (which went with the Catholic Schools' Week Theme and the Year of Faith called by Pope Benedict) and used it as a reminder that as Baptized Christians, it was our job to evangelize every time we walked out the door. Fast forward to May, and when I took down the Baptism certificates so they could keep them in their notebooks, the kids got all sentimental... :) These really had an impact on some of them it seemed. Click here to see another display with our Baptism certificates. Lucky for us, Sadlier has made some of their reproducibles available on the web. If you would like to use this Baptism Certificate, go here download the pdf. So here is the notebook up to this point, with the Baptism certificate and renewal of Baptismal Promises. Next, I wanted them to make connections to the importance of water in the Bible and how God is always pointing towards the Sacraments, especially in the Old Testament. We made Scripture Stained Glass Windows that had to illustrate a story about water. We started with a basic stained glass window shape. Some kids made the top more angled, some made it an arch, but this was the basic idea. Next, they drew a simple version of the Bible story in pencil. The story I have here is Noah's Ark. You can see that there is still a lot of white space and not a lot of detail. Next, we outlined our pencil drawing with thick black marker. It is starting to look a little more like stained glass... ...and then the next step is to take a thinner black marker and "fragment" up the larger white spaces. You can see that I filled the back of the sky with triangles and split the waves up a little. You don't have to go crazy, but just split up the spaces a little. Next we colored in the spaces with similar shades of crayons in different areas. For example, I made the sky look cohesive by using all shades of gray and black, and the ocean is all blues and purples. You get the idea. Remember that the kids could pick any Bible story that had to do with water...29 kids, and we had a lot of different stained glass windows- Jesus was a popular choice: (water from his side, walking on water...) As was Moses: (Nile to blood, parting the Red Sea, Baby Moses in basket...) And Noah's Ark was the most depicted scene: Isn't it neat how unique their artwork is? They really liked this project. After they attached the stained glass into their notebook, there was a little quarter of a page left open, and there they had to write a couple of sentences about how their Scripture story connected to the Sacrament of Baptism. For example, "The story of Noah's Ark connects to the Sacrament of Baptism because both wash away using water. The world had a new start after the Great Flood, and we have a new start after our Baptism when our souls are washed free of sin." Here's the notebook with the pop out folded up... ...and with it pulled out: I hope this activity helps the kids in your life deepen their understanding of Baptism! ***Update: Here are some more examples of the Baptism + Bible Art!
People have heard of and can recall the seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices and cardinal sins. But, so often we cannot name the virtues which help us overcome these sins! Rather than focusing on the sins which bog down our spiritual life, turn your eyes to the virtues which can help break the bonds of sin. The Catholic Church has distinctive categories of virtues. The 7 heavenly virtues, also called the Capital virtues, contrary virtues, heavenly virtues, are the virtues which overcome the 7 deadly sins: lust, greed, envy, anger, pride, and sloth. Chastity overcomes the sin of lust. Everyone could use more chastity in a world that is constantly displaying sexual images. The Catholic Bible tells us that our bodies are temples for the Holy Spirit. The virtue of Chastity can help calm our lustful desire for sexual acts and restrain our wandering eyes. Generosity overcomes the sin of greed. Our lives can be filled with a yearning for material goods. Material objects can block our vision of Christ who told us to give to the poor. This means not only do we give what we have in “excess” but to surrender all of our time, money, and spiritual gifts to those in need. Temperance overcomes the sin of gluttony. Gluttony wants us to give into our self gratification for eating and drinking, among other things. Temperance is our ability to control ourselves and these desires. We may fall into the trap of self indulgence but during these times we can call upon the virtue of moderation. Kindness overcomes the sin of envy. Our love for someone should be without bias or spite. God blesses each of us in different ways. Envy will cause a rift in your relationship with God and others. Look upon your life with positivity rather than counting the ways God “hasn’t” blessed you. Meekness overcomes the sin of anger. Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the world”. When He was confronted by angry crowds who wanted to torture and kill him, he prayed for them. How often do we become upset and consumed by trivial matters? Use Christ as your model, control your anger and resentment and cultivate patience through this virtue. Humility overcomes the sin of pride. God humbles the proud and exalts the humble! Pride is the devil’s sin, and just like him Satan wants us to hold ourselves up as gods. Everything we have is from God, and everything we do is derived from the gifts he has given us. By being modest we can turn outwards and lift up those around us. Diligence overcomes the sin of sloth. The virtue of diligence aids us in fulfilling our duties and cultivating a strong work ethic. Sloth draws us in to be lazy in all aspects of our life, physical and spiritual. We should develop our talents and gifts rather than keeping them wrapped up in sloth All other sins stem from 1 or more of these deadly sins. By praying for these 7 heavenly virtues we can keep each of these sins from creeping into our lives. Start praying for these virtues daily to help defeat Satan and these vices. Swap out your 7 deadly sins for these 7 heavenly virtues! For more information on the virtues and vices refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
This collection of Catholic Mass activities will help you plan your next lesson about the mass or help prepare students for school or parishes masses.
