Exploring Catholic Social Teaching
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LESSON PLAN<br />
Activity<br />
A. Ask your students to think about who Jesus would have spent time with if He lived in our world<br />
today. Call on volunteers to share their thoughts about the people Jesus would have surrounded<br />
Himself with. Accept reasoned answers.<br />
B. Explain to your students that in this lesson, they are going to look in the Bible to see who Jesus<br />
hung out with when He lived on the earth.<br />
C. Distribute a copy of Handout A: Jesus’ Friends to your students. Call on volunteers to read<br />
aloud the three stories from Scripture about the people Jesus spent His time with, and have<br />
the rest of your students follow along on their worksheets. Then ask the discussion questions<br />
following each story to get your students thinking about how Jesus did not always surround<br />
Himself with the most popular, healthy, or perfect people. Have your students record the<br />
answers as you discuss them.<br />
Formative Assessment<br />
Arrange your students in groups of three or four. Have each group come up with a list of people<br />
Jesus might surround Himself with if he were living today. Allow one person per group to share<br />
them with the class, and make a list on the board for the entire class to see.<br />
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