Morality Unit 2: Conscience Formation

 

 

Objectives

The student will be able to…

  • Define each stage of moral development, Christian freedom, authority of conscience, moral object and moral intention, sin, personal sin, social sin, institutional sin, the sacrament of reconciliation, and grace.
  • Explain the relationship between the stages of moral development, the formation of conscience, Christian freedom, sin, and Christian decision-making.
  • Evaluate the use of the stages of moral development by role models, mentors, community members, and characters met in classroom resources.
  • Evaluate her or his use of the stages of moral development in light of course concepts.
  • Formulate goals for use of the stages of moral development in light of course concepts.
  • Explain the relationship between the formation of conscience and the authority of conscience in Christian decision-making.
  • Explain the relationship between the moral object and moral intention in Christian decision-making.
  • Identify the moral object and moral intention in decisions made by role models, mentors, community members, and characters met in classroom resources.
  • Explain the relationship between the formation of conscience, sin, grace and the sacrament of reconciliation.
  • Explain the relationship between the personal, social, and institutional sin.
  • Explain the following with regard to the sacrament of reconciliation: the 3 stages of reconciliation, the essence of reconciliation, why reconciliation is a life long process, why reconciliation is celebrated in a community.
  • Identify examples of forgiveness, grace, sin, and personal, social, and institutional sin the lives of role models, mentors, community members, and characters met in classroom resources.
  • Evaluate the conscience formation of role models, mentors, community members, and characters met in classroom resources in light of course concepts
  • Evaluate her or his conscience formation in light of course concepts.
  • Formulate goals for her or his conscience formation in light of course concepts.
  • List the basic principles of media literacy.
  • Evaluate media in light of the basic principles of media literacy, Catholic teaching, and course concepts.

 

Tentative Schedule and due dates

  • September 19, 2011 through November 11, 2011
  • Unit II, Parent Day #2: Tuesday-Wednesday October 18-19, 2011
  • Unit II Test, Unit II Project & 100 points due on Friday November 11, 2011
  • Stages of Moral Development in the News, due date TBA
  • Skits on Stages of Moral Development, due date TBA
  • Quiz on Stages of Moral Development, due date TBA
  • Site Selection Form or Alternative Site Selection Form, due Tuesday October 4, 2011 
  • Research Paper Topic, due Tuesday October 4, 2011
  • 10 Resources for Annotated Bibliography, due Friday October 7, 2011

 

Unit Grading

 

Resources

 

Homework

 

Journals

  • What or who is/are the greatest influence(s) on your decision-making?
  • In which stage(s) of moral development do you make most of your decisions? How do you feel about this evaluation? Explain.
  • Which stage of moral development was the easiest to research? Which was the hardest to research? What does this tell you about our world, the media, or the moral development of our community? Explain.
  • In which stage of moral development did your Sodality group make most of its decisions, when working on this project? Explain.
  • Which role did you assume when working in your group: lead actor, supporting actor, director / producer, stage manager, writer, set design, costumes, technical director, and/or extra? What does this say about your personality and the roles you usually play within group settings? Do you like this role? Are there other roles you would like to try? What is holding you back? Explain.
  • What will be the greatest challenge for you in completing the service hours, annotated bibliography, and/or research paper? What assistance will you need? What do you plan to do to overcome these potential obstacles?
  • Explain why you chose the picture (from the Photo Reflection Day) and how it represents your spiritual, emotional, and/or moral journey.
  • What did you think / how did you feel about this activity on the Photo Reflection Day? Explain.
  • What were the challenges you faced on the Photo Reflection Day? Explain.
  • What did I learn about others and yourself from the activity on the Photo Reflection Day? Explain.
  • Explain your greatest weakness.
  • Explain your future goals.
  • What you do to relax.
  • Explain your greatest fear.
  • Explain something that most people do not know about you. 
  • How did you feel / think about the One-to-Group Presence activity?
  • How was this experience One-to-Group Presence helpful or NOT helpful?
  • What did you learn from this One-to-Group Presence experience?
  • What was the purpose of this One-to-Group Presence activity?
  • Define sin. Define freedom. Are you truly free, according to your definition? Why or why not?
  • What is the worst sin around? If you were in charge, is there a sin you would not forgive? Why or why not? Explain.
  • Define forgiveness? Do you forgive easily? Why or why not? Is there something for which you would like to be forgiven?
  • Discuss a time when it was hard to forgive someone. Do you want to improve your forgiveness skills? If so, how could you commit to transform this aspect of your self? Explain.
  • Describe a goal, quest, or dream that is very important to you. What would you be willing to sacrifice to achieve this end? What would you not be willing to sacrifice? Explain.
  • With which character in Hope for the Flowers did you most identify? Explain.
  • What did Stripe want out of life? What was Stripe willing to sacrifice? What did Yellow want out of life?
  • What did the pillar represent? Explain. Why was caterpillar life only moderately satisfying?  What was more fulfilling about butterfly life?
  • What had to happen for Yellow and Stripe to become butterflies?
  • What is the meaning / message of this story? Why did we read this book? Explain. Where did you see sin, reconciliation, and grace in this story? Explain.
  • What was the most moving story, picture, or aspect of the book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? Why was did it strike you?
  • Where might grace be lacking (or present) in your life, at CJHS, and/or in your local or global community? Explain.
  • If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be? What is holding you back? Explain.
  • What should be on your list? What challenges do you foresee in crossing off all of your items? Explain.
  • Do you feel you have grown as a person through this course? Have you met your goals and expectations? What does the teacher need to do to better meet your needs? What do you need to do to continue to improve?
  • Define test. What is the point of a test? If you had the opportunity to create your own test, what type of test would you create? Explain.
  • Describe the most important concept, lesson, or thing you learned in this unit. Explain. What did you want to learn more about or cover in more depth? Please explain.
  • What was the most rewarding and challenging parts of process of creating your own test? Explain. What would you do differently next time? Explain.
  • Consider the My Name is Earl Episode. If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be? What is holding you back? Explain.
  • What should be on your list (My Name is Earl)? What challenges do you foresee in crossing off all of your items? Explain.
  • How did the episode of My Name is Earl compare to Hope for the Flowers? What was similar / what was different? Explain.
  • Describe the similarities and differences between grace and karma.
  • How did you feel about the Forgiveness Prayer Service experience? What did you learn about yourself from this experience? Explain.
  • Define test. What is the point of a test? If you had the opportunity to create your own test, what type of test would you create? Explain.
  • Describe the most important concept, lesson, or thing you learned in this unit. Explain. What did you want to learn more about or cover in more depth? Please explain.
  • What was the most rewarding and challenging parts of process of creating your own test? Explain. What would you do differently next time? Explain.