Teachers
Intermediate
and Junior High School
Teachers
God’s
Design CD-ROM
Interactive CD-ROM has individual and group activities.
For instance, it invites your students to keep a
computer journal. (If a blank page seems like too
intimidating a place to start, the CD's Getting
to Know Me section also has journal ideas.) Do
your students think saints have relevance for them
today? Check out the biographies and follow-up activities
in "Who Inspires Me?" The "Information Central" section
of the CD includes read-made lesson plans and printouts.
Available from the National
Coalition for Church Vocations, 1-800-671-NCCV.
I
Can Find My Way Lesson Plans
25 laminated lesson plans for intermediate grades
and 20 for junior high are arranged in units. The
lessons in each unit may be used alone or in a series
(for example, during National Vocation Awareness
Week in January). Plans for a Celebration Day and
an Activity Day make the lessons come alive!
Available
from the National Coalition for
Church Vocations, 1-800-671-NCCV.
Many People
to Thank
People have
different vocations, whether
to Church ministry, married life,
or single life in the secular
world. Each vocation is meant
to be a vehicle for people to
serve God and humanity. Our vocations
are the backdrop for us to live
holy lives.
Proclamation
of Thanks
Have students prepare
a "Proclamation of Thanks" If
each student does his own
project, the proclamation should
be
given to the person whose
importance in the student's
life is being
recognized. If the class
works on a proclamation together,
your class should pick a
person
at the school that all of
the students know--the principal,
a member of the maintenance
crew, or a cafeteria or playground
volunteer, for instance.
Write"Proclamation of Thanks" on
a piece of poster board. The
next
line
should be, "In Honor of [Person's
Name]." Each student should
then write a phrase beginning
with the word For.
As an example, if the students
are thanking a playground
supervisor,
a phrase could say, "For
coming outside in sun and
fog, warm
and cold" or "For all of
the out-of-bounds balls you
have
tossed back." Each student
should write his or her name
after the phrase. Post the
proclamation in an appropriate
place, such as the cafeteria
wall.
Historical
Figures
Have
students pick a historical figure
whose service to others was a reason
for many people to give thanks.
Here
are some possibilities:
- George Washington (Revolutionary
War general and first U.S. President)
- Clara Barton (founder of the
Red Cross and a free public school)
- Squanto (key figure in the
history of Thanksgiving)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(civil rights leader)
- Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
(co-founders of United Farm Workers)
Ideas for Elementary
School Teachers
Ideas
for High School Teachers
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