1. Religious Studies

2. Aims of Christian Ethics: To nurture children in the Christian faith To study information about religion To help in the search for meaning and purpose in life To make children aware of their own cultural heritage To learn about the Bible To give children secure grounding in morals To enable children to master skills To give children options in religious choices To enable critical thinking To enable spiritual development to take place To encourage tolerant attitudes To enable children to hear the gospel To enable children to think deeply

3. Teaching approaches: Meditation Prayer Skits/dramas Music Small/large group discussions Scripture use Journals Field trips Movies Stories Puzzles Games

4. What is the appeal?

5. Non-appeal?

6. What makes Religious Studies unique? Christian Ethics taught in Public Schools In Separate Schools, it is constantly used through the permeation of subject areas

7. Faith Permeation What is it? Permeation refers to the infusing of something into another so closely that at one point in the process the two, initially distinguishing elements, become one. The permeation of faith throughout the provincial curriculum is critical to the distinctiveness of Catholic Education in Saskatchewan.

9. “You could write them into the curriculum, but a lot of it is just seizing the moment and sharing our own spirituality with students. I would not recommend making everything we do into a religion lesson -- we can get into "overkill" where kids are concerned, but we can make religion a more conscious element of instruction as well.” Sr. Miriam Kaeser, OSF. Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent Catholic Schools Office Archdiocese of Cincinnati

10. Brain Break!

11. Resources used Born of the Spirit Program Catechism of the Catholic Church Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church Scripture Social Teachings Documents from the Vatican

12. Template Catholic Faith Focus for Learning: Catholic Faith Big Ideas: Students will understand that … Catholic Faith Essential Skills: Catholic Faith Essential Questions: Title/Description of Culminating Task - Integrating Catholic Faith

13. 3 Examples of Permeated Lessons…

14. Meditation

15. Questions?