When you read the Parable of the Good Samaritan with your students, help them understand why the people in the story do what they do, then help them reflect on how they can be more or less like each person. Your goal is to help them understand the message Jesus has for them them today…
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The Parable of the Great Feast Skit Script
When you read a parable with your students, help them understand the meaning of the story, but also guide them to reflect on what the parable means for them today. Challenge them to imagine what Jesus is saying to them through the parable. One of the ways to help students engage more deeply with a…
The Last Supper Lesson Plan
This Last Supper lesson plan can be used to help your students better understand the significance of the consecration at Mass or to help them prayerfully reflect of the events on Holy Thursday. Last Supper Lesson Objectives Students will be able to summarize the story of the Last Supper. Students will feel gratitude to Jesus…
Image and Likeness of God Activity
“God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 We read in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis that God created human beings in his image and likeness. If we know who God is and what God is like, then…
Word on Fire’s Exodus & Moses Lesson Plan, Video, and Handouts
This Exodus lesson plan is adapted from Word on Fire’s CATHOLICISM School Enrichment program, which offers resources for middle school and high school religion teachers based on Bishop Robert Barron’s CATHOLICISM DVD Series. Bishop Barron’s team has generously offered to share this lesson to spread the word about their wonderful educational resources. To learn more,…
Tower of Babel Activity
What are the towers in your life? That is the question to pose to your students as you teach them about the story of the Tower of Babel in the Book of Genesis. In this story, the people came together to try to build a tower and a city all on their own. They seek…
Cain and Abel Lesson Plan
This Cain and Abel lesson plan will help you teach young people about the importance of generosity over jealousy. They will read and remember the story of Cain and Abel, but more importantly, they will read and reflect on how it relates to their lives. Cain and Abel Lesson Objective Students will be able to…
Ten Commandments Word Search and Crossword Puzzle
At the core of every Catholic religious education curriculum are the Ten Commandments. Students have to learn them and review them every year. In order to teach the commandments effectively, we first need to teach them to know them then we need to help the students live them. I’m a big proponent of religious education that…
Six Activities to Help Teach about the Parables
“The disciples approached him and said, ‘Why do you speak to [the crowds] in parables?’ He said to them in reply, ‘Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.’” Matthew 13:10-11 New! The Religion Teacher’s Parable Worksheet Pack includes thirty-four…
Ascension of the Lord Worksheets
Help students explore the meaning of the Ascension of the Lord with a couple of worksheets from The Religion Teacher membership website and The Religion Teacher’s Rosary Activity Pack. A good catechetical worksheet not only helps students recall information, it helps them reflect on how God is working in their lives today. When I create…
