Lived Expression of Christianity (Sociology)

LIVED EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIANITY (SOCIOLOGY)
Studies of Religion 2 Unit – Year 11 (Stage 6)
2019 Preliminary Course
Program
“CHRISTIANITY”: ONE OF THE PRIME SACRED TRADITIONS AMONG THE LIVING RELIGIOUS SYSTEM

LIVED EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIANITY
Nature of Religion and Beliefs
Teaching Program for 2019
Term ONE- (1&2U) 12 hours plan for teaching
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COURSE: PRELIMINARY STAGE: 6 UNIT: Nature of Religious and Beliefs 12 hour
Unit Focus:
The learning course focuses to make students known of
the integrated prime principle beliefs together with the
ethical and spiritual beliefs of the scared tradition of
Christianity.
Statement of unit:
The learners will be introduced with the core beliefs,
ethical and spiritual principles for live expression of
religious system of Christianity. The unit comprises the
class activities, set of assignments, formative and
normative assessments that will enhance pupils’
comprehensive idea on the major religious traditions of
Christianity. The unit include the creative teaching
strategies that will make the unit easily understood by
diverse learners and deliver extensive, depth and
adequate knowledge on religious education in
Christianity. The pedagogical strategies are developed on
the basis of learning outcomes on religion 2 unit
syllabuses of “Christianity”.
Preliminary Outcomes – A student:
P1: Becomes able to explore and evaluate the prime
religious and ritual customs of Christianity
P2: Assess the major phases and aspects of the traditions
and belief systems of Christianity.
P3: Understand, analyse the philosophy and values of
humanity of Jesus Christ and apply the same in life
P4: Conduct the appropriate researches on the study
Essential Question(s):
a) What are the different belief systems religious
traditions and in the landscape of Christianity?
b) Identify the major aspects and elements of “religious
traditions” of Christianity?
c) Briefly discuss how the Christianity traditions create
influence and govern the life of the believers of
Christianity
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topics on Christianity and religious tradition with
proposer and authentic sources
P5: Be able to apply the most relevant and suitable
terminologies on Christian belief system
P6: Efficiently communicate and share the authentic
information, notions and the issue with peers and others
through verbally or in written forms.
d) What are the key notions of salvation and Revelation
in Christianity?
e) Recognize the significance and influences of the holy
bible in Christianity
Integrating the Catholic Emphasis:
In the time of teaching of this particular unit in reference to the education program of Catholic Religion, the
expected outcomes are:
1. Every day will start with prayer, significant to students, which will be influenced by the teachings of churches and
the unit’s learning outcomes.
2. Within the teaching curriculums, the catholic notions regarding inborn responses towards Catholic transcendent
will be integrated
3. The unit will be inspired by the Catholic teachings
4. After completion of every unit, the Catholic beliefs will be discussed and integrated with the learning contents
Catechism of the Catholic Church:
27 The wish for the God is to be encrypted in human spirit and heart as the God is the creator of the world along with
the human being; and God never stops to draw mankind to himself. Only he can exercise the superiority of
cultivating happiness and truth which he never ceases to search.
28 In different ways, as history repeats itself men have urged their thrust and pursuit for the Almighty in behavior
and religious values: through the chants of prayers, sacrifices, rituals, meditations, and so forth. The consideration of
expression of religions, excluding the vagueness they carry through their beliefs, can be so worldly that one may
refer a man as a religious being.
34 With his flexibility to truth and beauty, the sense regarding morality, liberty along with the principles, offering his
longings to the infinite due to happiness, a man asks himself about existence of God.
The Lord rejects the indications of spiritual soul referring to the spirit as the ‘
seed of eternity we bear in
ourselves, irreducible to the merely material' may have the origin in God.
The Church believes that God is the ultimate truth; the Lord is the only creator. The God can be identified with
affirmation from his doings and the emerging natural light from him.
Evidence of Assessments : Formal (GRASPS)
(Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product,
Evidence of Assessment: Informal (GRASPS)
(Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product,
Standards)
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Standards)
● Assessment Task #1 Response to Stimulus – In Class
● In class responses to short answer questions
● Multiple Choice style response
● Collection of CAF for Case Studies
Nature of Religion and Beliefs: BIBLIOGRAPHY
Texts and Teacher Background
Studies of Religion I | NSW Education Standards.
(2019).
Educationstandards.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved
31 August 2019, from
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/n
esa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/hsie/studies-of-
religion-1
Barton, J. (2012). People of the Book: The authority of the
Bible in Christianity. SPCK.
Francis, L. J., & Thatcher, A. (Eds.). (1990).
Christian
Perspectives for Education: a reader in the theology of
education. Gracewing Publishing.
Feuerbach, L. (2004).
The essence of Christianity. Barnes
& Noble Publishing.
Cornwall, M. (1988). The influence of three agents of
religious socialization: Family, church, and peers.
The
religion and family connection: Social science
perspectives,
16(2), 207-231.
Astley, J. (1992). Will the real Christianity please stand
up?.
British Journal of Religious Education,
15(1), 4-12.
Film
● Lousy Little Sixpence
● Painting Country (Ronin Films)
● Rabbit Proof Fence
Multimedia Resources
Bringing them home: The 'Stolen Children' report
(1997) | Australian Human Rights Commission.
(1997).
Humanrights.gov.au. Retrieved 31 August
2019, from https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-
work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-
justice/publications/bringing-them-home
Students Textbook:
Living Religion (4th Edition)
Pearsons Education. Janet Morrissey, Adam Taylor, Greg
Bailey, Peter Mudge, Paul Rule, Nicola Edghill.
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