8th Grade Religion Thematic Unit Plans

This product contains everything you need to help students create a Stations of the Cross Presentation. The students will be expected to create a 14 slide PowerPoint Presentation reflecting on the 14 Stations.

Includes a Word Document & PDF of the following:

~Stations of the Cross Presentation Expectations: This document can be handed out to students when the project is assigned. It covers the expectations for the project, as well as a small rubric so they can see how the project will be graded.

~Stations of the Cross Outline: I would copy this onto the back of the Expectations worksheet. It will remind the students of the order of the stations. There are bible verses for each station. Most of the verses tell the story of that particular station. Some verses were selected as a reflection on the station.

~Stations of the Cross Bible Verses: I would print these two pages as a front/back worksheet for the students to use as a prewriting exercise. They will be asked to read the scripture verses and write a short summary and reflection of the station before they get on the computer.

~Stations of the Cross Rubric: This can be used to grade the presentations. Feel free to change the point values as you see fit for your class.

Also includes a PowerPoint Presentation with the following:

~Expectations for the presentations

~An example and explanation of the ACTS prayer format

~Small version of the rubric

~Example slides to show how their presentations can look

1st Station: Jesus is condemned to death

2nd Station: Jesus carries His cross

3rd Station: Jesus falls for the first time

4th Station: Jesus meets his mother

5th Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross

6th Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

7th Station: Jesus falls the second time

8th Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem

9th Station: Jesus falls a third time

10th Station: Jesus clothes are taken away

11th Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross

12th Station: Jesus dies on the cross

13th Station: Jesus is taken down from the cross

14th Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb

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Lent & Holy Week Unit with PowerPoint Guided Notes and Test

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Genesis 1-4: Lesson Plan

This product contains everything you need to help students learn the basic story of Genesis 1-4 which covers Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and the first sins.

This Lesson Plan Contains…

PowerPoint Presentation: This includes 40 slides which coincide with the guided notes. It is ready to open and present, or it can be edited to fit to your style of teaching.

Guided Notes: The notes match up to the PowerPoint and include a lot of fill-in-the-blank questions. There are also numerous short answer questions to help the students reflect on the meaning of Genesis. The answers to complete the notes are highlighted throughout the PowerPoint Presentation.

Review: The review questions can be answered using the guided notes and contain the questions asked in the test so the students will be prepared for the exam. The questions are placed in categories so it could easily be used as a jeopardy style game, or as a homework assignment.

Test & Answer Key: The test contains matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions.

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Fruit of the Spirit Handwriting, Mazes, and Dot-to-Dots

Lent Countdown and Goal Setting

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This is EVERYTHING you need to teach about Lent and Holy Week!

This all-inclusive unit contains everything you will need to teach the basics about Lent and Holy Week. It includes the Catholic guidelines for fasting and abstinence as well as information on the traditional services for Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. The students will read their way through the scriptures and summarize each portion of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.

This lesson plan includes a PowerPoint presentation that contains all the words you will need to lead the students through the guided notes. It's a compulsive 85 slides of information!

There are two PowerPoint versions...one with images and one without. You can open the version with images and you're ready to present. Or, you can take some time to add your own pictures so you can choose serious or silly to engage your class in the lesson. The slides are ready for pictures and adding that should take about 20-30 minutes, then you're ready to present.

The guided notes are easy for any level of student to complete as you work through the PowerPoint. It's simple enough that the basic students can complete the notes. There are also numerous open-ended questions to challenge the more advanced students.

The test includes multiple-choice, matching, and short answer questions. The questions are pretaught in the packet with a review guide so the students can be completely prepared for the exam. Answers are listed in the PowerPoint.

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➳I have...who has...: Reinforce Lenten vocabulary and trivia.

➳Sort the Lent Events: A fun sequencing game to learn the events of Holy Week.

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