Journeying Together In Hope Religious Education Unit Planning Overview Document School Name: Immaculate Heart of Mary School Year Level: 3/4 Term: 4 Year: 2013 Level: 3 Strand: GOD: Trinity of persons, Creator, Communion of Love Standards: By the end of Level Three, students should be able to: Title: Christmas the message of joy and peace Knowledge and Understanding Recognise that God is revealed in the wonder and work of creation which includes us. Duration of Unit: 3 weeks Teachers of Unit: Ryan Potter, Trish Mulqueen & Meaghan Peters. Doctrinal Concepts Unit Outcomes Assessment Tasks Scripture: Composite Model GOD By the end of this unit students should Scripture Text: The Scriptures contain be able to: Outcome 1/2: Students in pairs create a many stories and images Lk 2:1-20 The Birth of Jesus poster /power point which give us some 1. Demonstrate an understanding of presentation describing why Lk 1:26-38 An Angel Tells about the Birth of insights about the mystery the reasons Christians gather Christians gather together to Jesus of God. together and celebrate the birth of celebrate the birth of God s God calls us to reach out in God s son, Jesus Christ. son, Jesus Christ, and how Prepare to Hear the Word: they celebrate. love to each other. 2. Describe some of the ways that Discussions: Outcome 3 CHURCH families, Church, and society Waiting Students plan a goodwill mission The Church is a community of celebrate and promote the peace of peace and joy that they could Being chosen for special tasks believers called to celebrate and joy of Christmas. undertake as part of their (How Mary would have felt) and make present the ministry 3. Describe various actions that will Christmas celebration. This may be Preparing for Jesus (hearts, of Jesus foster the Christmas spirit of peace an action to help provide others spiritually etc). with a better Christmas experience and joy in contemporary society. Terminology
The Church celebrates Jesus life, death and resurrection in the many feasts and seasons of the liturgical year. CHRISTIAN PRAYER People celebrate and pray together at different times and in different ways. We honour and celebrate Mary through prayers, feasts and seasons of the Church s liturgical year. DOMAIN English : Arts: Links to VELS Civics & Citizenship: DIMENSION Writing Creating and making Community engagement Thinking Processes : Reasoning, processing and inquiry Creativity 4. Display knowledge of Scripture taught. Links with the Family/Parish Wider Community As students move through Level 3 their understanding of themselves, their community and the wider world expands. They are less selffocussed and enjoy working collaboratively. Their reasoning ability takes an important step forward and, whilst still being very literal, they are developing the ability to understand different levels of meaning and hence appropriate symbols and symbolic actions. They have a better understanding of time and the sequence of events, therefore Scripture stories take on a new significance. by raising money or even a small gesture to someone in need. Outcome 4: Students complete one or two of the following: - Retelling the text, writing, drawing and orally (eg. Comics, road maps, writing scrips/plays). - Reflecting about the text through a variety of activities (eg. Point of view recounts). - Writing a newspaper article about the birth of Jesus Resources Children s Bible Eastman, E. & Poussard, W. ( 1978) The Christmas Book.East Mulvern, Victoria: Dove Communications. To Know Worship & Love Hear and Encounter the Word: Listening to the text Reading the text Retelling the text, writing, drawing and orally (eg. Comics, road maps, writing scrips/plays). Reflecting about the text through a variety of activities (eg. Point of view recounts). Writing a newspaper article about the birth of Jesus. Respond to the Word: After hearing and reading the texts students respond to them by completing relevant activities. Eg). Creating an Advent Wreath writing on each leaf how they will or are preparing for the coming of Jesus in their hearts and spiritually. Creating some symbols based on the text and writing how they Mary and Joseph prepared for Jesus. Creating Y charts for peace and joy. Create an Advent calendar for each day with what they can do each day to prepare and wait for Jesus coming.
Journeying Together In Hope - Catechetical Teaching and Learning Process Level: 3 Strand: GOD: Trinity of persons, Creator, Communion of Love Unit Title: Christmas the message of joy and peace School / Class / Community Scheduled Activities Date: 3/12/2013-19/12/2013 Description: In this unit students will be given the opportunity to explore Christmas as a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, God s son, where the main message is one of joy and peace. They will be encouraged to recognise that as members of a Christian community we are called to share this message with those in the wider worlds by showing goodwill to each other. Naming Share experiences that are familiar to students Reflecting Probe and understand experiences more deeply Christian Story and Vision Present Scripture and Tradition related to the topic Integrating Reflect on how Scripture and Tradition link to their lives Responding Decide what can be done. How can it be lived? Teaching and Learning Experiences Preparing for Jesus and preparing your heart and yourself spiritually Students listen to the song Stay awake, be ready and write down and reflect upon what this means, makes them feel think or question. Five Point Plan Movements Discussion of the song, its meaning and how we can prepare for Jesus. Read some parts of scripture that relate to the topic and discuss how others have prepared for Jesus. Students create a list of the things they can do to prepare for Jesus, provide some examples and record some class responses on the white board.
Students use their responses to create a wreath out of paper, and write these statements on each leaf. Create an Advent calendar for each day with what they can do each day to prepare and wait for Jesus coming. Students research a variety of ways people prepare for Jesus arrival and display this as a poster or power point. Students also explore how people long ago prepared for his coming (Noah, Abraham etc). The message of Joy and Peace: The story of the arrival of Jesus Watch a short clip from you-tube (links to prayer from previous sessions) Read the scripture that retells the story of the birth of Jesus. Retelling the text, writing, drawing and orally (eg. Comics, road maps, writing scrips/plays).
Reflecting about the text through a variety of activities (eg. Point of view recounts). Writing a newspaper article about the birth of Jesus, based on what they have read/listened to from scripture. Creating Y charts for peace and joy. Celebration of the coming of Jesus: Catholic Traditions Students in pairs create a poster/power point presentation describing why Christians gather together to celebrate the birth of God s son, Jesus Christ, and how they celebrate. Students create 3D symbols of the Christian tradition: candles, stars, angels, character from the nativity story etc. Students write on what they symbolise.
Students make decorations for their Christmas tree about what they think the true meaning of Christmas is they record this on the back, eg) gifts- giving gifts to one another reminds us the gift of Jesus God gave to us. Actions that foster the Christmas spirit of peace and joy Students plan a goodwill mission of peace and joy that they could undertake as part of their Christmas celebration. This may be an action to help provide others with a better Christmas experience by raising money or even a small gesture to someone in need. Students create Christmas cards where they talk about what it means to give gifts of peace and joy to one another/family. Evaluation Teacher Evaluation What worked well? What needs to be done differently? Student Self Assessment (example questions only) What did I learn? What message does it hold for me?