Morality - 11th Grade - Juniors
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March 31 - April 11th
Class Discussion on various topics.
Students will write their personal views, then, after discussion and sharing, students will write what they think God's views are. Then further discussion.
I will use Scripture to back up the "Truth" of the topic accordning to God.
Grading will be on their participation as well as writing and keeping up with class writing.
Passion - Reactions
10 Commandments Quiz (Commands / Forgives) 3/11
Questions for Lent.
Prayer through Scripture.
Stations of the Cross prayer service Wednesday, 3/19.
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March 3rd - March 10th
Movie "Passion"
Reaction paper due Monday, 10th.
- What affected you?
- What are your thoughts concerning Jesus......
- Are you more aware of satan's movements?
- Explain the battle between good and evil.
- Any other reaction to the movie, explain it.
Passion/Movie will be shown in Media Room after school next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 4th and 5th;
2:35-3:15 PM
Extra Credit will be given if you attend and write a reflection paper on how it affected you spiritually
Questions Concerning Lent.
Chapter (7)
Moral Decision Making
Pages 120 - 138
Hand-Out to read over.
Fact - Finding:
What - are the facts and what is merely opinion?
Who - performs the action? Who is affected by it?
Why - does the person intend to do this action?
(motivation)
How - will the goals be achieved? (means)
When and Where will the action happen? (time and place)
Pages 110 - 119
Integrity, Genuineness and Consistency.
Class Reading and Discussion obn cadinal virtues, virtues and vices.
Quiz when we complete chapter 6.
Page 110 The Cardinal Virtues
Cardinal Virtues – prudence, justice, fortitude,
and temperance.
Page 111 Prudence – Practical Judgment
Prudence – the virtue that helps us make a correct
judgment about what to do and to choose the
right way to do it.
Justice – the virtue stating that all people have
rights and should have their basic needs
met; “the firm and constant will to give God
and neighbor their due.”
Fortitude – courage; strength when confronted with
difficulties and perseverance in pursuing
that which is good.
For Review:
1) Name the four cardinal virtues.
Answer: The four cardinal virtues are
prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
2) What is the root meaning of the word cardinal?
How does this root meaning explain the role of the
cardinal virtues in the Christian moral life?
Answer: The root of the word cardinal
means “hinge.” These four virtues
have traditionally been viewed as
providing the practical foundation for
the Christian moral life.
3) Define prudence.
Answer: Prudence means practical judgment,
using common sense when faced with
decisions that call for immediate
response.
4) What does justice emphasize about virtuous living?
Answer: Justice reminds us that all people
have rights and deserve to have basic
needs met.
5) Define fortitude.
Answer: Fortitude refers to moral courage.
6) What social problem did the American temperance
movement address?
Answer: The American temperance movement
addressed the problem of excessive
drinking.
7) Define temperance.
Answer: Temperance means self-control.
Page 113 Persons of Integrity
Integrity – Honesty, genuineness, and consistency in
behavior patterns.
Page 114 Genuineness and Consistency
Genuine – not hiding behind a role or image; seeking
honest communication with others.
Lived Values – qualities and concerns that we
demonstrate as being important through
our actions.
Stated Values – qualities and concerns that we claim
are important to us.
Page 117 The Communities of Character
Conclusion: Virtue, character, and integrity are
formidable-sounding words. An important part of
Christian tradition, they still call us to think
about how our lives and our communities foster
goodness. They lay before us the question: Do we
want to be known simply as a “character” or as a
person of good character? Only by living a life
of integrity, a virtuous life, do we become
persons of good character. As we struggle to
lead Christian lives of faith, hope, and love, we
are shaping our identity. The identity we
cultivate today in large measures stays with us
over a lifetime.
For Review:
1) Define integrity. What would its opposite be?
Answer: Integrity refers to unity and
consistency of character. Integrity
is closely associated with being
honest and genuine. Its opposite is
being dishonest and phony.
2) Name and explain the guidelines that help us be
persons of integrity.
Answer: The guidelines for fostering integrity
include genuineness (honesty) and
consistency (acting on beliefs on a
regular basis).
3) What is the difference between stated values and
lived values?
Answer: Stated values are values we claim to
be important to us. Lived values are
values we demonstrate in our actions.
4) What is the relationship between lived values and
being a person of integrity?
Answer: Persons of integrity investigate their
stated values and seek to determine
whether there is much of a gap between
what they claim to be a value and the
values that they consistently act upon.
5) What does it mean to say that a goal of the
Catholic moral life is to create communities of
character?
Answer: Jesus did not simply call individuals
to be virtuous but wanted to form a
community where living in the Spirit
in which he lived would become a way
of life. Christian communities of
character seek to live in the Spirit
of Jesus.
GREEN WORK SHEET IS TO BE COMPLETELY FILLED OUT!
Test on Thursday, 2/7/08.
Study the WHITE SHEET FOR TEST.
Review answers and comtinue class reading.
Please bring your text to class everyday!
Page 109 For Review Questions:
1) Name and define the theological virtues.
Answer: The theological virtues are faith, hope,
and love.
Faith means seeking to Know and do God’s
will.
Hope means trusting in God and acting in
response to that trust.
Love means willing the good of another.
2) Describe faith-in-action as it applies to moral
decision making.
Answer: Faith-in-action involves trying to discover
God’s will and then acting accordingly.
3) What is the difference between a hope and a wish?
Answers: A wish simply means wanting something.
Hope refers to those things for which we
are willing to work and to which we are
willing to dedicate our lives.
4) What is the cornerstone of all virtues?
Answers: According to St. Paul, love is the
cornerstone of all virtues.
5) How does Saint Thomas Aquinas define love?
Answers: Saint Thomas Aquinas defines love as,
“to will the good of another.”
6) According to Erich From, what are the five
characteristics of the art of loving?
Answers: From lists the following characteristics
of the art of loving: giving, caring,
responsibility, respect, and knowledge.
7) What is the relationship between prayer and the
theological virtues?
Answers: A necessary dimension of living the
virtues is prayer. Faith is prayerful longing for
God.
Prayer is an act of hope.
8) Name the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Answers: The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit are:
Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude,
Knowledge, Piety, Fear of the Lord.
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01/28 - 02/01 Monday - Friday
Chapter 6
Home work due on 2/4, pg. 109 review ?'s 1-8.
Read Pages 100-103
Copy Vocabulary Words on Page 102 in N.B.
Review Question's #'s 1-5 on Page 103.
1) Define the term character and virtue.
Answer: Character refers to the basic direction of
a person’s life, toward goodness or evil. Virtue
is a character strength manifest (visible) on a
consistent basis in a person’s decision making.
2) What is the root meaning of the word virtue?
Answer: The Latin root of the word virtue means
“strength.”
3) What is the relationship between good character and
freedom?
Answer: Good character channels our freedom toward
positive ends.
4) In what way does virtue affect behavior patterns?
Answer: Virtue is an ongoing behavior pattern,
leading to a consistent response to moral decisions.
5) What is authentic freedom? How is it different
from license?
Answer: Authentic freedom means having a sense of
who we truly want to be, working at expanding
skills that would move us along toward this
identity, and struggling to take whatever steps are
necessary to attain our goal.
License refers to doing whatever we want to do.
Vocabulary Words and the Review MUST be COMPLETELY
DONE for Tuesday Morning!
Continue with Text, Vocabulary, and Review Questions.
Virtues / Vices (the world we live in)
NOTEBOOKS AND TEXT BOOKS IN CLASS EVERYDAY!
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