6th Grade Religion Assignments

Community Service Reflection Paper due. See attached for details. 

Finish Joan of Arc questions: 

 

1) Why did Charles VII declare himself king?  

2) Was Charles VII a good king when he first came to power? 

3) How old was Joan when she began to receive voices from the Saints?  

4) What saints spoke to Joan? What did they tell her? 

5) What would you have done if you were Joan and this happened to you?  

6) How was Joan involved with the military? 

7) Was Joan successful in her attempt to persuade the king?  

8) What is an inquisition? And what happened to Joan at the inquisition? 

9) How did Joan’s life change history? What impresses you about her story? 

 

 

Please see the attached document for a list of community service ideas. Let me know if you have any questions. 

Your short quiz on the following material will be on Thursday unless the student-teacher handball game disrupts our class time. In that case, the quiz will be Friday. It will only be a few questions. The questions will come from the list below. 

 

1) Please make sure you can answer the following questions about religious holidays in spring:

-Why do Christians celebrate Easter?

-What does the Resurrection of Jesus mean for us today?

 

-Who celebrates Passover? 

-What does the holiday of Passover commemorate?

 

-Who celebrates Ramadan?

-Why is this holiday celebrated? 

-What do Muslims do throughout the month of Ramadan? 

 

2) For the image attached, make sure you can answer the following questions: 

-What is the title of this painting? (The Resurrection ) 

-Who is the figure in the center of the image? How do you know? 

(Jesus because he has a halo and is dressed in white. The larger white circle around him is call a mandorla.) 

-What is this figure doing?  (Jesus is pulling Adam and Eve out of the tombs)  

-Who are the two figures next to the main figure? (Adam and Eve) 

-What is shown at the bottom of the painting? (The Devil and the gates of hell. Jesus is trampling on the devil to show that he is victorious over evil.)  

-What does this painting teach us about Jesus’s resurrection? 

(Jesus has conquered the devil and death and through him people have eternal life.) 

 

Bonus: Where did Pope Francis travel this week? What is a fresco? 

Please take an extension until Wednesday if you need it because I was late posting the questions.

 

Questions for the Reading (Answer on your entrance ticket paper): 

1) What happens during the Church service on Palm Sunday? What part of Jesus’s life are Christians commemorating on this day? 

2)  What Mass is celebrated by the bishop on Holy Thursday? 

3) What Mass do we celebrate in our home parishes on Holy Thursday? What was instituted by Jesus on this day? 

4) What do we remember on Good Friday? What happens at Church on this day? What can you do to remember Christ’s sacrifice?  

5)What happens on Holy Saturday?  

Notebook check. 

If you have not yet completed your writing assignment, please complete your 2/3 paragraphs on your favorite piece of art by Friday. You have an extension because I forgot to post the images.

 

Two/Three Paragraphs about your favorite painting: 

First paragraph: Describe the painting in detail 

Second Paragraph: Why do you appreciate this painting? Why did you select this one over the others? 

Third Paragraph How does this painting help you understand the Bible story it depicts better?  

Homework for this week and next is to study for your upcoming test on Bible history/culture, Lent, and the book of Genesis. 

Study guide and powerpoints are attached.

Quiz Wednesday on Five Facts about the History and Culture of the Bible and vocabulary. 

-polytheist: someone who believes in more than one god (eg. Greeks, Hindus)  

-monotheist: someone who believes in one God (Christians, Israelites, Jews, Muslims) 

-nomad: person who moves around from place-to-place, usually with their livestock, and does not have a permanent home 

-patriarchal: societies run/led by men, ancient Israelite society was patriarchal  

-Mesopotamia: ancient area, between two rivers(Tigres and Euphrates), in the present-day Middle East where the early stories in the Bible took place  

-fertile crescent: area in the middle east where agriculture flourished  

-Agrarian society: society that is centered on farming

 

Finish reading and answering the guided reading notes to Genesis chapter 1.

Finish defining vocabulary words

 

Polytheist  

Monotheist 

Nomad 

Fertile crescent  

Mesopotamia 

Patriarchal 

Agrarian society 

 

Midterm Exam is next Wednesday the 16th.

Study Guide is attached. Please contact me with any questions. 

Due tomorrow:

1) Create-a-Midterm Assignment

2) Practice midterm exam

 

If you need access to a Bible you can use this website: 

http://bible.oremus.org/

 

Documents are attached.

1) For those present in class today, please finish the worksheet we began in class for HW. 

 

2) Also, please remember to bring in ALL your religion class materials tomorrow. We will be organizing our folders and making sure you have everything you need for the midterm.

 

PS: The powerpoint we went over in class today about the goals and virtues is attached below. 

Please complete the worksheet entitled "Getting to know Mary" that was assigned in class. You can use a Bible you have at home or go to this website (bible.oremus.org) to find the Bible verses. 

Quiz on Tuesday 12/18 on Advent notes, liturgical calendar(know the Church seasons and the liturgical color that corresponds to each season), and the two pictures of the Annunciation we went over in class. You should know what biblical story these pictures are illustrating, be able to pick out at least three symbols in the images and be able to compare and contrast the pictures.

Please contact me with any questions. 

 

Please write out a full definition for each term (include information about the word’s origin if it was covered in class). Complete these homework assignments in your religion notebook in a section dedicated to vocabulary. You should be able to find the definitions for each word from your class notes or handouts; if you cannot find the answer in your classwork then look up the word in a dictionary or online. Most definitions will be at least two-three complete sentences; only a few terms can be defined completely in one sentence.

 

Due Wednesday 11/28:

Saint (include a definition of sanctuswhen you ID this word)

theologian (include a definition of theo and logos when you ID this word)

canonization

intercessory prayer

omnipotent

omniscient

omnipresent

 

Quarter 1 Test on all material covered up to October 30th. All PowerPoints are uploaded to the class webpage. Two exam review sheets will be handed out to help you study for the test. Exam Review sheet #1 is attached as of 10/17/2018. Exam Review sheet #2 will be passed out on 10/26/2018. Please let me know if you have questions.

 

You can receive up to 10 points of extra credit by creating a study guide for both of the exam review sheets. I will check the study guides on Nov. 1st.  

 

"Finding the Corporal Works of Mercy in the World" 

Please see the attached worksheet for detailed instructions on how to complete this HW. 

 

Reminder that students should be working on their "Finding the Corporal Works of Mercy" HW assignment. Due Tuesday Oct. 30th. 

 

Students should also be studying for their test on Nov. 6th. Powerpoints are on the class page. 

Please read the parable and answer the questions. 

1) Complete the worksheet called "Corporal Works of Mercy and Community Service" which was Thursday and Friday's assigned classwork.

 

2) Read "The Tire Iron and the Tamale" and answer the assigned questions.

 

Both of these assignments will be due at the start of class on Tuesday. 

Open Book/Open Note quiz on material covered up to this date.