Exploring Catholic Social Teaching

Contents
Acknowledgments ......................................................................ii
How to Use This Guide .................................................................iii
Sacred Art and Catechesis ...............................................................v
Lessons
Note: The grade levels listed with each lesson are suggestions. We encourage you to read each lesson
and use the ones that will work best with your students.
Lesson 1: Jesus Teaches Us to Love Him and Others, Lower Elementary ....................1
Lesson 2:
God Calls Us to Love Him above All Else and to Love One Another
Out of Love for Him, Lower Elementary .......................................15
Lesson 3: Respect for Life, from the Unborn to the Elderly, Middle Elementary .............37
Lesson 4: Care for the Resources of the Environment, Middle Elementary ................ 45
Lesson 5:
Exploring the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy with Sacred Art,
Middle Elementary ........................................................ 59
Lesson 6: Introduction to the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, Middle Elementary ...67
Lesson 7: Jesus Teaches Us How to Live the Corporal Works of Mercy, Middle Elementary ..77
Lesson 8:
The Human Person, Made in the Image and Likeness of God,
Middle School and High School ............................................. 85
Lesson 9: Society, Middle School and High School ..................................... 95
Lesson 10: The Citizen and Government, Middle School and High School ..................107
Lesson 11: Just War, Middle School and High School ....................................133
Sample High School Theology Chapter
Different Types of Justice ......................................143
EXPLORING CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING OVERVIEW
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