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8th Grade Religion
Tools For Life


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8th grade students gather together before class

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Studying morality will make you strong!

8th Grade Stations of the Cross Template

 

          Omicron Tau students can click on the link below to bring up a template to design their stations of the cross station.  Once they open it, they will be able to design their station in ou class-wide "Stations of the Cross for Life"

Get ready to use your power tools!

 

          Wrench set?  Check.  Screwdriver?  Check.  Hammer?  Check?  Morality?  Huh?

 

          We may rarely think of them, but God often gives us a tool box full of intangible things to carry with us throughout our lives.  Just as you wouldn't think of driving without spare, fixing something without a hammer, or going shopping without a cell phone (yes, times have changed), you don't want to go through life without God's tool box.  With graduation and high schools coming in the next year, this class focuses on instructing eighth graders about the tools that they will carry with them throughout high school, as well as the rest of their lives.

 

          What kind of tools are we talking about?  First, students will learn how to use God himself in the Holy Spirit, the first and most powerful tool.  Next, students will learn how morality is a great compass that God gives us to navigate our lives. The rest of the year focuses on tools related to morality, such as reverence, humility, respect for authority, value for life, sexuality, truth, and justice. Use these well, and happiness will follow.  Use these poorly, and it will be life trying to fix a pencil with a sledgehammer.  So clean out that tool box, sharpen those tools, and be ready to learn to use the greatest toolbox ever provided to us in life!

 

Units in this class include:

  • An Introduction to Morality
  • Free Will
  • The Divine: Commandments 1-3
  • Authority: Commandment 4
  • Life: Commandment 5
  • Justice: Commandments 7 and 10
  • Truth: Commandment 8

NOTE: Commandments 6 and 9 are primarily covered through Family Life curriculum in life skills.

          Check out the links below for notes, study guides, practice quizzes, technology projects, and other information from 7th grade.



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Related Links
    8th grade class notes
    This page contians all of the notes you need to prepare for an upcoming test or review a day of class you missed.

    8th grade study guides
    This page contains the useful study guides that can help you prepare for an upcoming test.

    Dilemmas project
    A simplified guide to working on your moral dilemmas project.






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