Our Common Home (9&10) - Catholic Identity

Title: Our Common Home

Year Level: 9 & 10

Strand: TRINITY

Suggested Duration: 10 weeks

Enduring Questions:
Where and how do we discover God? What does God ask of me?

Unit Outline:

Students will examine the contribution that Christianity makes to understanding the place of humanity in God’s creation and the development of an authentic attitude of stewardship towards the environment.

Achievement Standards:

By the end of Year Ten:

Students identify the ways in which humankind recognises God who desires fullness of life for all creation.
Students explore contemporary ecological issues and describe a Christian response.

Unit Outcomes:

By the end of this unit students should be able to:

Explain some of the consequences of naming God as Creator for human existence.
Show that scripture, tradition and indigenous culture offer a basis for ecological ethics and action.
Outline the key ecological teachings of the Catholic Church including from Laudato Si.
Justify and describe a Christian response to a contemporary ecological issue.