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General Justice Education Resources |
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The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic. The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content. If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine. |
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The whole website is an extremely useful tool, but there is a specific webpage for Catholic educators. This will take you to the listing for some back issues of their Catholic Justice Educators Network newsletter. Each issue has some great ideas that have been done by classroom teachers. This is a wonderful resource for documents on social justice as well as quotes pertinent to the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. Another resource that is available is a power point presentation on Catholic Social Teaching. |
| This is part of the website for the Center of Concern. This is a subscription service, but well worth the cost. On this page you can view their 144 page table of contents and view some samples of their resources. You can also sign up for a free thirty day trial. | |
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Theology
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This extensive resource includes a section on Justice. This is an excellent resource for a variety of tools. |
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Office
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They have a specific area dedicated to teachers. Their archived newsletters contain some good ideas. |
| This page has a list of elementary school literature and links the books to the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. | |
| This is a guide put out by the Disciples of Christ for their Week of Compassion, but for designed for young students. There are many suggestions for activism for young children as well as some prayer services. Of course, the idea would be to put children in touch with Catholic organizations rather than organizations of the Disciples of Christ. | |
| This website has a complementary section of resources for youth and parish activities as well as some prayer resources. Some of them are justice oriented. The link for complementary resources is in the upper right hand corner. | |
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Global Issues that Affect Everyone
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The majority of this website offers background and analysis of various issues. However, this page has some very famous and some very provocative quotations around issues of justice from a wide range of speakers. |
| Teaching Controversial Issues | This 16 page guide talks about the reasoning behind introducing controversial issues into the classroom and the benefits. There are even some age appropriate suggested activities on pp. 10-15 ranging from early years through high school. The website is a project from Oxfam UK so you might need to adapt some spellings. |
| This page has some excellent ideas for actions for elementary school students. There is even a section about the necessity for reflection although from a non-religious standpoint. | |
| There is a guide for encouraging students to perform random acts of kindness. Good suggestions for actions, especially for younger students. There are several other helpful pages on the website with action ideas. | |
| This web site has all sorts of action ideas for children. There is a curricula center as well. You have to register, but it is free of charge. | |
| This site is part of the Points of Light Foundation and has all sorts of suggestions for actions for children. | |
| This website has many tales from around the world which can be used as a starting point for values education. There are writing assignments available. Some of the stories have been made into play form. All the stories are online and can be copied. Designed for children ages 6-12. |