Life and Death Challenges (Period 6) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Elizabeth Hise
- Term
- Spring 09
- Department
- Religion Department
- Location
- H-3
- Code
- 144
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Assignment
WEEK: June 1 to 5
Monday, June 1 - Preparations for exams; School Mass
Monday, June 1 - Preparations for exams; School Mass
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Assignment
WEEK: May 26 and 29
READING: Selected passages for review and clarification
STUDY GUIDE: 100 questions
JOURNAL:
SKETCHBOOK:
QUIZ: Block Day and Friday, May 29
EXTRA CREDIT OPTIONS:
Based on Chapter 9 - Research, summarize and report to class ancient customs and beliefs around the death and the after life. Sources must be cited.
Based on Chapter 10 - Research, summarize and report to class early Christian burial customs and practice of keeping relics.
READING: Selected passages for review and clarification
STUDY GUIDE: 100 questions
JOURNAL:
SKETCHBOOK:
QUIZ: Block Day and Friday, May 29
EXTRA CREDIT OPTIONS:
Based on Chapter 9 - Research, summarize and report to class ancient customs and beliefs around the death and the after life. Sources must be cited.
Based on Chapter 10 - Research, summarize and report to class early Christian burial customs and practice of keeping relics.
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Assignment
WEEK: May 18 and 19
READING: Chapter 8
JOURNAL: page 111 (place this "fear" on index card to be collected); page 112 read the passages. - What does each say about how we are to care for the sick? - How can you, in particular, share in the healing apostolate or mission of the church? (consider how many people you meet each day and their human brokenness)
SKETCHBOOK: "Quotes to Live By" - one page, 10 inspirational messages, and credit to the author.
REVIEW QUESTIONS: page 119
EXTRA CREDIT: Available to one or two students only. Please see me to arrange class presentation.
Based on the reading of chapter 7 - summarize the following points in an essay and present the distinctions to the class. Redemptive Suffering, pg. 94; VAE, PAS,TS, VSED, pages 96-99; Human dignity and suffering, pg.102
READING: Chapter 8
JOURNAL: page 111 (place this "fear" on index card to be collected); page 112 read the passages. - What does each say about how we are to care for the sick? - How can you, in particular, share in the healing apostolate or mission of the church? (consider how many people you meet each day and their human brokenness)
SKETCHBOOK: "Quotes to Live By" - one page, 10 inspirational messages, and credit to the author.
REVIEW QUESTIONS: page 119
EXTRA CREDIT: Available to one or two students only. Please see me to arrange class presentation.
Based on the reading of chapter 7 - summarize the following points in an essay and present the distinctions to the class. Redemptive Suffering, pg. 94; VAE, PAS,TS, VSED, pages 96-99; Human dignity and suffering, pg.102
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Assignment
WEEK: May 11 to 15
READING: The Shack, final chapters
STUDY QUESTIONS: All are due by Friday, May 15
GUEST SPEAKER: Fr. Paul, Thurs. May 14 - Rituals: The Visitation or wake service; memorial and funeral services
ACTIVITY: Thurs. May 14, small group preparation of services; activities due next Tuesday
QUIZ: The Shack, open book
MAY CROWNING: Tuesday, May 12 in chapel
READING: The Shack, final chapters
STUDY QUESTIONS: All are due by Friday, May 15
GUEST SPEAKER: Fr. Paul, Thurs. May 14 - Rituals: The Visitation or wake service; memorial and funeral services
ACTIVITY: Thurs. May 14, small group preparation of services; activities due next Tuesday
QUIZ: The Shack, open book
MAY CROWNING: Tuesday, May 12 in chapel
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Assignment
DUE: Tuesday, May 5
READING: The Shack, chapters 14 and 15 FINISH THE BOOK THIS WEEK
STUDY QUESTIONS: in class Tuesday
PREPARE: Cemetery Visit Thursday - meet at end of lunch at study hall 2
REFLECTION: On cemetery visit due Friday
QUIZ: Cemetery terms - Friday
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Assignment
WEEK: May 4 to 8
DUE MONDAY: The Shack, chapters 11,12,13
DUE MONDAY: Cemetery visit, permission slip signed by parent or guardian
The Shack - Study Questions (11-13)
Chapter 11: Here Come Da Judge
41. Jesus tells Mack to walk alone down the trail and past the waterfall. Mack actually moves through a rock-like door and meets a woman at a desk.
Who is she? Why is Mack there? (read through the chapter for this)
42. What does Mack offer to do instead of judging his own children?
43. Who does Mack see playing in the waterfall?
44. What does Mack learn through this encounter with "Wisdom" and the sight through the waterfall?
Chapter 12: In the Belly of the Beast
45. What is your favorite line in this chapter?
(I love the way it opens: "Normal is a myth."pg. 170)
46. "The Great Sadness" is lifted. What do you think has caused this to happen?
47. Who is "Wisdom" also called "Sopia"?
48. In continuing conversation with Jesus, a little walking on water, what is Mack learning about himself and God in this chapter?
49. What does Jesus seem to be saying about the Church? Institutions?
Chapter 13: A Meeting of Hearts
50. After that long talk with Jesus, including comments on religion, politics and economics, Jesus sends Mack to spend the afternoon doing whatever he wants. Mack goes directly to Papa. What did he want to say to Papa? And how did Papa respond?
51. How does Papa respond when Mack thinks that Missy had to die for Mack to have a better relationship with God? Explain. pg. 185
52. Why does Papa say it is easier but not best for people to live inside of lies, and justifying those lies? pg. 188,189
53. How does Papa explain what Jesus accomplished by dying?
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Assignment
WEEK: APRIL 20 to 24
READING: Chapter 13, "Life Everlasting"
REVIEW QUESTIONS: Due Friday
WORKSHEET: "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", to be answered as we view the movie. Due at the conclusion of the movie.
LOOKING AHEAD:
WEEK: April 27 to May 1
LAST CALL FOR THE FOLLOWING LATE WORK:
Reading and Review Questions for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 from Text
Activity - Fr. Paul workshop on helping listening and guidance when a friend is suffering.
The Shack - Reading and study questions Chapters 9 & 10. In class, review chapters 1-10 in small groups to report to class on Monday.
WEEKEND: May 2 and 3
The Shack - reading and study questions Chapters 11,12 and 13.
WEEK: May 4 to May 8
(Reading - Chapter 10 & 11, Customs and Beliefs and Americans and Death)
Activity - Write a reflection on our visit to the San Fernando Mission cemetery.
The Shack - Reading and study questions Ch. 14,15 & 16
Quiz: The Shack - Friday, May 8
WEEK: May 11 to May 15
Reading: Chapters 12 and 14, When Someone Dies and Catholic Rituals
Activity - Write a eulogy; guidlines will be provided.
Activity - Plan a funeral mass or memorial service; guideline provided in class.
The Shack - Reading and study questions Ch 15 & 16
WEEK: May 18 and May 19
Reading - Chapter 7 & 8, The Dignity of Every Human and Care for the Sick and Dying
Activity - Final exam study guide
WEEK: May 26, 28, 29
REVIEW WEEK
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Assignment
WEEK: March 23 to 27
READING: Text, Chapter 6; The Shack, Chapter 10 (to be discussed next week)
My Life - Reflection questions on movie, 3 parts, Due Friday
READING: Text, Chapter 6; The Shack, Chapter 10 (to be discussed next week)
My Life - Reflection questions on movie, 3 parts, Due Friday
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Assignment
WEEK: March 16 to 20
READING: Text Chapter 5; The Shack, Chapter 9
REVIEW QUESTIONS: Due Friday, March 20
END 3rd QUARTER: Friday, March 20
LATE PAPERS: Accepted for half credit until Thursday, March 19
READING: Text Chapter 5; The Shack, Chapter 9
REVIEW QUESTIONS: Due Friday, March 20
END 3rd QUARTER: Friday, March 20
LATE PAPERS: Accepted for half credit until Thursday, March 19
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Assignment
WEEK: March 9 to 13
UNIT 1 TEST - THURSDAY, March 12
STUDY GUIDE WILL BE UPDATED AT 5PM Wednesday, March 11: LOCATED IN ENTRY BELOW THIS ONE.
BRING THE SHACK TO CLASS ON BLOCK DAY, FOR READING AFTER THE TEST.
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Assignment
WEEK: March 9 to 13
Review content of chapters 1-4 of text for Unit Test: Thursday, March 12
Reading and study questions: Chapter 8, The Shack
Extra Credit: Due Monday, March 16
Stations of the Cross: Chapel on Friday
UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE:
The student should be able to identify and explain the following terms, important names and concepts:
Maimonides three evils that cause pain
three types of pain
causes of human suffering
relationship between love and suffering - "passion"
resilience
redemptive suffering
three beliefs due to Jesus' suffering
two reasons the Chuch believes suicide is wrong
acute vs. chronic pain
algor mortis, rigor mortis
nerves and neurons
All Saints' Day and All Soul's Day
capital sins
communion of saints
martyr
Masochism, sadism
paradise, heaven, nirvana
theodicy
omniscience
Jean Donovan
Maximillian Kolbe
Martin Heidegger
Socrates
Sartre
Jaspers
Job
Be able to one of the following questions in an essay:
1. Give two reasons that a world with no suffering may not be the best for you.
- Pain tells us that something is wrong biologically. Without pain, we would never get meical treatment; for example, we would often break bones and probably die a lot sooner.
- ...
2. What four things can death teach us?
- Death can motivate us to make sense out of life and the meaning of being human.
- The inevitability of death can lead us to prepare wisely for death.
- Death can provide us with insights about dealing with smaller types of death that happen all through life - experiences of loss, moving to a new town or a new school, illness, rejection, divorce of parents, broken rlationships, etc.
- Death can teach us the importance of living fully.
3. What are three reasons that suffering is not simply God's way of disciplining us and making us stronger?
- Suffering in itself is no guarantee that we will become better persons. Some people respond to suffering by becoming crabby, angry, vindictive, selfish and bitter.
- If suffering is only a form of discipline, then being "virtuous" would entail the seeking of suffering for its own sake. At every possible opportunity, we would strive to inflict pain on ourselves and pain on others. Such a stance is hardly healthy and far from being "religious." Deliberately inflicting pain on ourselves is masochistic; deliberately inflicting pain on others is sadistic. Such actions violate the fifth commandment.
4. Here are six stereotypes regarding suicide. What is really true regarding each one?
- Only the very rich or the very poor commit suicide. TRUTH: People of every economic and racial group can and do commit suicide.
- Suicide tends to run in families. The desire to commit suicide is inherited. TRUTH: While there is no known gene for suicide, people who have had a family member commit suicide are more likely to commit suicide themselves. The reasons may include the survivor's feelings of guilt ("What did I do wrong?" "If only I had done this.."), similar problems facing members of hte same family, and inherited chemical imbalances that lead to depression.
- People who commit suicide are mentally ill. TRUTH...
- Most suicides occur around or after Christmas. TRUTH...
- Suicidal people want to die, and there is little that can be done about it. TRUTH...
- People who talk about suicide will not commit it. TRUTH...
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Assignment
WEEK: March 2 to 6
DUE THURSDAY, March 5
READING:
Text, chapter 4
The Shack, chapter 7
REVIEW QUESTIONS: pg. 61
SKETCHBOOK: Lifeline Activity
Diagram your life, noting your greatest joy/sorrow/hero/most significant change/relationship with God at each of the following stages: early childhood (preschool), primary grades(grades 1,2,3),intermediate grades ( grades 4,5,6), middle school, and high school.
Be creative! Make it beautiful - it is a summary of your story! Use color, symbols, song lyrics, poetry, collage to to depict your life story, identifying the specifics sited above.
PREPARE: Quiz on the reading of the text, chapter 4 and novel, chapters 6 & 7.
WEEKEND:
PREPARE: Unit Test, covering chapters 1-4 of the text - Thursday, March 12.
READ: The Shack, chapter 8; begin 9 on Monday
DUE THURSDAY, March 5
READING:
Text, chapter 4
The Shack, chapter 7
REVIEW QUESTIONS: pg. 61
SKETCHBOOK: Lifeline Activity
Diagram your life, noting your greatest joy/sorrow/hero/most significant change/relationship with God at each of the following stages: early childhood (preschool), primary grades(grades 1,2,3),intermediate grades ( grades 4,5,6), middle school, and high school.
Be creative! Make it beautiful - it is a summary of your story! Use color, symbols, song lyrics, poetry, collage to to depict your life story, identifying the specifics sited above.
PREPARE: Quiz on the reading of the text, chapter 4 and novel, chapters 6 & 7.
WEEKEND:
PREPARE: Unit Test, covering chapters 1-4 of the text - Thursday, March 12.
READ: The Shack, chapter 8; begin 9 on Monday
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Assignment
WEEK: February 23 to 27
ASH WEDNESDAY: February 25: "Rend your hearts, and not your garments."
Joel 2:12-18
OVERVIEW of PAST READING ASSIGNMENTS:
Text: Chapters 1,2,3
Novel, The Shack: Chapters 1 through 6
DUE: Thursday, February 26
SKETCHBOOK: Images of God: illustrations of your image of God in childhood, and your image of God now.
EXTRA CREDIT: Lenten "Rice Bowl" collection; Nonperishable food items for local kitchens and pantries in need. Bring these donations to class anytime during Lent.
ASH WEDNESDAY: February 25: "Rend your hearts, and not your garments."
Joel 2:12-18
OVERVIEW of PAST READING ASSIGNMENTS:
Text: Chapters 1,2,3
Novel, The Shack: Chapters 1 through 6
DUE: Thursday, February 26
SKETCHBOOK: Images of God: illustrations of your image of God in childhood, and your image of God now.
EXTRA CREDIT: Lenten "Rice Bowl" collection; Nonperishable food items for local kitchens and pantries in need. Bring these donations to class anytime during Lent.
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Assignment
WEEK: Feb. 2 to Feb. 6
DUE TUESDAY
NEWSPAPER SEARCH: Read an article of interest, and analyze considering the following points made in chapter 1:
a. Identify the stress, suffering or injustice involved.
b. Identify and explain which type(s) of pain are involved.
c. Choose one or more causes of the suffering, using Moses Maimonides catagories.
DUE BLOCK DAY
READING: Text, Chapter 2; Novel, Chapter 4
DUE FRIDAY
REVIEW QUESTIONS: Text, page 33
PREPARE FOR QUIZ: Content, chapters 1 & 2 of text
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Assignment
DUE: Monday, 1/26/09
Reading: Text Chapter 1 - complete
Review Questions: Chapter 1 - type out the questions, or copy and paste those provided. Those with answers provided reflect some of the topics covered in class, and give you an idea as to how to answer. Note template below for an example. I will collect these R.Q.'s for a quick check, and return for placement in your sketchbook.
Reading: Novel, Chapter 2
Sketchbook: Creative cover - collage, or photo art and title reflecting the overriding theme of Hope in answer to the question of human suffering.
Name
Date
Class
Review Questions: Chapter 1
1. What are three different causes of human suffering? Why is it possible to say that suffering does not discriminate?
The causes of human suffering include:
-natural or human-caused catastropes - earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, forest fires, car accidents, bombings.
-Loss-the death of a loved one, the theft of one's belongings., the failure to achieve a goal, the break-up of a relationship.
-Change- moving to a new city, starting a new school year, the divorce of one's parents, the physical and hormonal changes of adolescence.
-Sickness- Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, kidney failure, cancer. Suffering does not discriminate, because it stikes both the old and the young, the rich and the poor, sinners and saints, and people of all races.
2. What are three types of pain? Give an example of each.
The three types of pain are physical, psychological, and spiritual pain.
- Physical pain can be acute of chronic, sharp and stabbing, dull or achy. The following are examples of: the flu, handicaps, broken bones, skinned knees, hurt "funny bones", toothaches, migranes, sore throats, menstrual cramps, appendicitis attcks, gunshot or knife wounds, painful bruises, and hunger pains.
- Psychological pain includes mental and emotional pain. Causes of psychological pain include abandonment, rejection, feelings of failure, fear of being hurt, traumatic reactions to violence, fear of "sticking out" or not being "normal", feelings of inadequacy (being too tall, too fat, too ugly, too dumb, and so forth), mental illness, sympathy for the pain of others, helpless feelings, sorrow, anxiety, caused by strss, guilt, anger, lonliness, and boredom.
- Spiritual pain is connected with God and the health of our religious faith. Examples include: doubt that God exisits, doubt that God cares for or loves us, a sense of isolation and ailienation from God, a loss of hope, rejection of religion because of hte scandalous actions of one or several CHurch members, and the loss of identity, meaning, and purpose.
3. According to Maimonides, what are the three evils that cause pain? Give an example of each.
The three evils that cause pain are:
- Evils that exist because humans are subject to birth and death and live in a limited, imperfect world. Examples include...
- Evils that people inflict o each other. Examples include...
- Evils we bring upon ourselves by our own thoughts or actions. Examples include...
4. Give two reasons that a world without suffering may not be the best for us.
5. How are suffering and love related?
6. What three beliefs can we have regarding suffering because of the himanity of Jesus?
7. What is resilience? Why do you think Catholics should try to be resilient despite experiences of suffering and death?
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Assignment
Welcome to "Life and Death Challenges"
Due Tuesday, January 20
READING: Chapter 1, pages 6-19
REFLECTION: Chapter1, page 7 - "Journal" - late start students only
PREPARE: to respond to "Journal", page 10, "Discussion" page 11 and 13, "No Greater Love" page 15
Due Block Thursday, January 22
REVIEW QUESTIONS: page 19, typed - to be placed in Sketchbook
CREATE: personalized title and cover for sketchbook - the virtue of "Hope" being the over-riding theme
PREPARE: recall your favorite "quotes" of all time...we will share them and incorporate them into the sketchbook...
CONTRIBUTE: at least one magazine for collage work...
CONTRIBUTE: at least one magazine for collage work...
Due Friday, January 23
QUIZ: Chapter 1, reading and discussion points, review questions
STUDENT-LED PRAYER PROPOSAL: complete worksheet to be provided