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Moses and the burning bush.

 

Catholic Educators News - October 15, 2002

arrow     Web Sites Reviews - A few excellent web sites containing useful resources for Catholic
         religion teachers and catechists.

arrow     Switch! - A fun activity to review course material before a test.

I have used this activity with students from grades 7 through 12. I have no doubt it can be used with younger students as well. I have found that this activity works equally well with the older students as it does with the younger ones. One very nice thing about it is that students really get into it and focus on the task at hand. It has never failed to quieten down even the rowdiest of my groups.

arrow     Educating for Peace - An article by Gilles Côté.

   "It is a truism that the seeds of violence and war are sown in the hearts of people long before they actually erupt in violent crimes or on the battlefields of the world. As a teacher, I have often felt that part of my mission was that of a peacekeeper with a mandate to keep hostile forces apart and to help bring about reconciliation and peace. I remember especially vividly three instances in which I had to intervene to prevent skirmishes between students from turning into all out war." -- Complete article Arrow

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Web Site Reviews

Below is a selection of links to web sites containing useful resources for Catholic religion teachers and catechists.

bullet Byzantine Peace Offering - this Byzantine Catholic web site is well worth exploring. It contains a number of wonderful resources. Several pages offer rich collections of meditations, prayers, anecdotes, annotated links to online resources, reflections, quotations from the Bible, from the saints, from other sources... Especially noteworthy are the following: Food for the Soul - Unplanned Pregnancy Help/After Abortion Support - Who are Byzantine Catholics & What Do We Believe?

bullet Out of the Mouths of Babes Jokes - Here is one - but there are many more - of my favorites from this collection of delightful gems from the mouths of young children:
A priest asked the children in 3rd grade CCD to quote a text from scripture for each of the sacraments. For Baptism, one child answered: "Unless you are baptized with water and the Holy Spirit you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven." For Reconciliation, another child replied: "Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven." "Very good," said the priest, "and who can tell me a text about marriage?" There was a pause as the children hesitated, and then after a few moments one of the children said: "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do."

bullet A Twinkle in the Dark by Barbara Wilmerton Haas - A retellling of the the story of creation. There are also several links to other online resources on the same theme at the bottom of the page. Unfortunatly, several of these links are defunct, but some are not and lead to good coloring pages and a song on creation.

bullet (no longer available) Disciples Now - The Place for Catholic Teens on the Web - Articles for youth on music (including sound clips), movies, clusture, faith heroes and the Catholic faith. the section called It's Catholic contains a large number of articles on all aspects of the faith written for teens. Celebrate offers very short comments on the Sunday readings and on the weekly mass readings. Since you asked offers teens the possibility of asking questions pertaining to their faith and the archives contains the answers to a number of past answers to questions. There is also a chat zone.

bullet Classroom Materials Generators - "The generators below will allow you to make classroom materials by filling out a simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be printed directly from your computer. Your creations are exclusive to you. If you would like to keep your creations, save them when you make them."

bullet Patron Saints Index - With All Saints day coming up, you might like to explore this web site - one of the most extensive resource on saints on the net. It contains: a calendar of Saints, aTime Line, Image Galleries with hundreds of images of Saints, a glossary of terms related to Saints, Saint News - articles on Saints from various news sources. Find Patron Saints for practically any imaginable situation including, of course, Patron Saints of Schools and Education. Other categories include the following: Name Day Patrons; Martyr Groups; Countries; Animal related; Disease related; Healing related; Husbandry related; Place related; United States related .

Other resources on Saints are also listed on our Saints web page at http:///www.silk.net/RelEd/saints.htm . You might also find our Classroom Activities on Saints useful.

 

 

 

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