7th Grade Religion Course Outline
Unit of Study1. Church and Sacraments: The Church
2.Church and Sacraments: Worship and Sacraments 3. Jesus in the New Testament: Introduction to scripture and the Gospels 4. Jesus in the New Testament: The Letters and Revelation |
Classroom Descriptions1. Learn about the role of the Church in our daily lives. What is God’s plan for the Church? How can laypeople participate in the Church? What is the role of the ordained in the Church? What are obstacles to prayer? Who are models of prayer? How is the church a community? What is a liturgical year?
2. Learn about the sacraments and the role they play in the Church. What are the sacraments? What do they do? What role do they have in the Church? How do the sacraments bring me closer to God? 3. Learn about the inspired writers in the New and Old testament. Learn about each Gospel and the stories behind them. What was God’s covenant with the Israelites in the old testament? What was God’s covenant with humankind in the new testament? What are the Gospels? What role do they play in the Church and our Faith? What makes the Gospels similar? What makes them different? 4. Learn about the Catholic letters of the new testament. Learn about the apocalyptic writing of the book of Revelation. What are the letters? Who wrote them? Why did they write them? What role do they play in the Church? What does the book of Revelation mean? What role does it play in the church? |