TOPIC 10F
SINFULNESS AND RECONCILIATION
Read Teacher’s notes and achievement Objectives and Learning Outcomes. Teachers really need to read the all the Introduction to the Topic page2-18 to become familiar with the background and to have an overview of the TOPIC to be studied.
Look at Achievement Objectives and Learning Outcomes as a focus for this topic.
This topic deals with two great realities – the presence of sin in human life and God’s freeing us from the power of that sin through the life, death and Te Aranga (Resurrection) of Jesus.
The purpose of this topic is to help students understand that although sin has a powerful and destructive hold on our lives and our world; reconciliation and healing do take place, both in the events of our daily lives and through the Church.
How many lessons you want to dedicate to this topic? The topic is broken up into seven parts: - I suggest reducing this to six parts as Part Seven is dealt with earlier in the book as you will see.
PART ONE – THE POWER OF SIN.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
ethnic genocideapartheid lawssocial structuresmarket economy
For a starter get the students to do the Workbook activity on P.33 in the SWB.
Then go straight on to reading ‘Original Sin’ on P.4 in the STB as a group and the students can do Task Two on pg 4.
Read ‘Personal Sin’ on P.5 in the STB and students to complete the worksheet ‘How is Sin or Brokenness Present in Everyday Lives?’ (this worksheet can be found on FaithCentral under 10F Part One) Tell the students that they will use this later in Part Two.
Read ‘Social Sin’ on P.6 & 7 in the STB then do the worksheet Activity on Social Sin. (this worksheet can be found on FaithCentral under 10F Part One)
Extension Activity – Task 5 on P.7 in the STB situations A-E.
PART TWO – SEEKING WHOLENESS.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
violation restorative justicefine matskava
Look back at the worksheet for Task 3 on pg 4. How did you come back to wholeness with your family and friends? Discuss.
Group workThis covers pages 8,9 & 10 in the STB and all the relevant exercises. The students in groups are to produce a poster with words and pictures, which talks of healing and restoring to wholeness in their particular area. They must give an oral presentation explaining what their topic is and how they would do this.
Topics are:-In your town or city
In your neighbourhood
At your school
In your whanau (family)
Among your friends
In yourself
Restoring of Tapu
Restorative Justice
Hohou Rongo and The Treaty of Waitangi
Ifoga and Hu Louiti.
PART THREE – HEALING SIN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
Law of the CovenantYom Kippur-Day of Atonement
high priestscapegoatimputes
Read p.11 in the STB all together and explain to the students that the Ten Commandments were written as guidelines or instructions and not dogmatic commands.
See addition worksheet activity for tasks on the Ten Commandments. (this worksheet can be found on FaithCentral under 10F Part Three)
The students can also write and perform a rap of the Ten Commandments or rewrite them in text.
Read and discuss P.14 in the STB all together. Students do Task 9 on pg 14.
Psalms of Forgiveness. Use the Lion Bible Version for the story of King David. No 138 P.160. Students can then complete Tasks 10 & 11 as directed in the STB on pg 15. There is also the Extension Activity that the students may do.
PART FOUR – JESUS, THE PERFECT HEALER.
Learning Outcomes/Intentions? We are learning to understand that Jesus gives us an open invitation to healing and forgiveness.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
render
See Activity sheet for a “Friday afternoon” activity on Qualities. (this worksheet can be found on FaithCentral under 10F Part Four)
Ivar’s story is optional. It doesn’t really engage the students but students can read Jesus’ Ministry of Healing P.17 in the STB and do Task 12 as in textbook. For Task 13 all do the first two in column B and match them. Then in groups of three, each student looks up three references in column B and then as a group they match them.
Read p.19 in the STB ‘Jesus and the Paralysed Man’ and do Task 14 in the STB or show the extract of the Healing of the Paralytic from the film Jesus of Nazareth.
Task 15 on pg 20 can be optional and only done as an extension or homework activity.
PART FIVE – THE CHURCH, THE SIGN OF CHRIST’S FORGIVENESS
Learning Outcomes/Intentions? We are learning to understand that Jesus, through the Church, continues to forgive sins.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
retain
Read and discuss ‘Jesus Shares his Ministry of Reconciliation with the Church’ on pg 21. Students do Task 16 on pg 22 in the STB.
Read ‘The Church Continues Jesus’ Ministry’. ‘Instruments of Peace’on P36 in the SWB can be done as a homework or extension activity.
PART SIX – THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Learning Outcomes/Intentions? We are learning to DESCRIBE THE PRESENT FORMS OF THE Rite of Reconciliation and to recognise that Te Atua welcomes and forgives sinners through this sacrament.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
riteexamination of conscienceconfess/confession
act of contritionabsolving/absolutionpenance
Read P. 23 & 24 together as a class and discuss “Something to Think About”.
Read P.25 ‘Ways of Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation’ and do Activity Catholic Rites of Reconciliation on P. 37 in the SWB.
Students can then read P. 26 – 28 and do the Worksheet Activity. (this worksheet can be found on FaithCentral under 10F Part Six)
Read P. 29 and do Task 17 in the STB in pairs.
PART SEVEN – HEALING OURSELVES AND OTHERS
Learning Outcomes/Intentions? We are exploring ways in which we can bring healing and reconciliation to a variety of human experiences.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
compassioncontinuum
Working in pairs, read P.30 in the STB and do Task 18 . Look at the ‘Stages of Forgiveness’ on P.31 STB and discuss how hard each stage is.
Twilight Session 10F- Sinfulness & Reconciliation Burke/Wanden./Birch Auckland C.S.O. July 2004