Unit Content 1: Resources
Celebrations
Celebration is a key part of Religious Education. The following resources provide opportunities throughout the unit to integrate the idea of celebrations as part of prayer and liturgy.
Celebration is a key part of Religious Education. The following resources provide opportunities throughout the unit to integrate the idea of celebrations as part of prayer and liturgy.
Kids Around the World Celebrate!: The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands
Jones, L. (1999). Kids around the world celebrate!: The best feats and festivals from many lands. John Wiley & Sons Inc. This book can be used as an introductory learning tool as it encompasses many different cultures and countries around the world with the main focus on celebration as a shared experience. With a religious education focus, teachers can establish the importance of celebration in a multi-cultural society and emphasis the rituals, symbols and actions that convey meaning to the gathered congregation. Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!
Kindersley, A. & Kindersley, B. (1997). Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! London: Dorling Kindersley. Alternatively, the unit could be introduced with this picture book as a learning tool for a global perspective on celebrations, with specific views of holidays and traditions. Using the photographs and illustrations, the book presents to students a variety of celebrations around the globe, with the opportunity for students to draw on life experiences and recall celebrations that are important to them and the rituals and symbols used in a multi-cultural classroom. |
We Gather For Mass
This section of the unit focuses on the structure of the Mass as a community gathering. The following resources have been adapted from the religious education program of the Catholic Education Office in Sydney along with our own resources.
This section of the unit focuses on the structure of the Mass as a community gathering. The following resources have been adapted from the religious education program of the Catholic Education Office in Sydney along with our own resources.
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We Gather for Mass & Structure of the Mass
Catholic Education Office Sydney. (2006). This resource has been provided by the CEO Sydney as a storytelling presentation done by the teacher for students. It can be used as a resource to introduce the importance of Mass with a focus of gathering together. The second file resource has also been provided by the CEO Sydney and can be used as a reference poster in the classroom. To Know, Worship and Love Book 3
Blythe, C., Moffat, S., Murray, R., O’Gorman, P., O’Shea, G., Taouk, P., & Woods, M.H. (2005). To Know, worship and love: Book 3. Melbourne, Vic: James Goold House Publications. Using this curriculum support text, To Know, Worship and Love draws in specific focus to the Eucharistic liturgy as theme to Chapter 7 and further in 11, 13 & 15. From this, the book details specific attention to the structure of the Mass as well as its importance to Catholic tradition. The following pages can be used as part of this unit:
Let's Celebrate Too! Burland, J. (2010). We Come Together; Gather Together. [Recorded by John Burland]. On Let's Celebrate Too! [CD]. Australia: Word Of Life International (1998). John Burland is an educator and a composer who has been writing and recording religious music for children for over twenty years (Gossling, 2013). Note: Clicking on the song titles will download a copy of the lyrics. The songs titled: Can be used in the classroom as an introduction to a lesson, reflection time or even as a way for children to express movement. |
Introductory Rites
The unit the begins to focus specifically on The Introductory Rites, including the structure and parts that encompass it during the Mass.
The unit the begins to focus specifically on The Introductory Rites, including the structure and parts that encompass it during the Mass.
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The Introductory Rites
Catholic Education Office Sydney. (2006). This resource has been provided from CEO Sydney as a storytelling presentation done by the teacher for students. It can be used as a resource to show specific The Introductory Rites part of the Mass. The Catholic Mass... Revealed!
Thy Kingdom Come Inc (2006). This interactive web resource is an initiative as part of the Catholic Education Office of Melbourne. The resource contains sufficient material, to provide a brief visual introduction to each part of the Mass. In the religious education classroom, the tool can be used independently by students or can be used as a resource for the whole class (Ryan, 2006; Flynn, 2008). New Translation of the Roman Missal Catholic Church (England/Wales). (2012). This vimeo channel provides useful video resources that can be used to help students familiarise themselves with the Mass during classroom learning experiences. The channel contains videos for each part of the Mass and can be used as a reference tool for students both in the classroom and at home. Together At One Altar- The Introductory Rites National Catholic Education Commission. (2011). Together At One Altar is a resource specific for school aged children in Australia to develop their formation in the Eucharist assist in the active participation of the celebration (Together At One Altar, 2011). When selecting the picture to the left, The Introductory Rites will be shown as both a video and print resource. Using this resource along with others mentioned, students could be given the opportunity to create presentations, posters and other information texts about The Introductory Rites for the classroom for teacher assessment. From using these resources, activities could then involve students creating presentations about The Introductory Rites including the structure, roles of Priest and gathered congregation, it's purpose and the symbols and rituals made evident. Students could do this using PowerPoint presentation software and these resources as part of a guided discovery learning activity. A guided discovery approach focuses on helping every student to reinvent important concepts in their mind, henceforth its importance to learning (Jawaharlal, 2011).
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