ONTARIO CATHOLIC SECONDARY CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Grade 9 - OPEN Institute for Catholic Education 2018 Published by: Institute for Catholic Education 44 Hunt Street, Suite 2F, Hamilton, ON L8R 3R1 Ontario Catholic Secondary Curriculum Resources for ReliGious Education, Grade 9 Open On behalf of: Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 810, Toronto, ON M4P 2Y3 © 2018, Institute for Catholic Education 44 Hunt Street, Suite 2F, Hamilton, ON L8 3R1 Printed in Canada STRANDS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ............................................................................................................ 4 Grade 9 Discipleship and Culture, HRE 1O .................................................................................................. 10 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 20 Topic 1: Who am I? Who Are We? - Course Introduction & Community Building ................................. 20 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 33 TOPIC 2: Introduction to the Bible .......................................................................................................... 33 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 46 Topic 3: The Bible as Library ................................................................................................................... 46 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 57 TOPIC 4: Truth in the Bible ..................................................................................................................... 57 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 65 TOPIC 5: Literary Forms in the Bible ....................................................................................................... 65 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 73 TOPIC 6: The Story of Creation ............................................................................................................... 73 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 83 TOPIC 7: Environmental Stewardship ..................................................................................................... 83 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant .................................................................................................................. 96 TOPIC 8: Sin ............................................................................................................................................. 96 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant ................................................................................................................ 104 TOPIC 9: De-Creation Today ................................................................................................................. 104 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant ................................................................................................................ 121 TOPIC 10: Re-Creation and Covenant ................................................................................................... 121 UNIT 1: Creation and Covenant ................................................................................................................ 136 TOPIC 11: Covenants – Noah to King David .......................................................................................... 136 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 150 TOPIC 1: The Book of Exodus: Why Does it Matter? ............................................................................ 150 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 159 TOPIC 2: From Freedom to Canaan to Slavery in Egypt ....................................................................... 159 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 170 TOPIC 3: We Are Called ........................................................................................................................ 170 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 176 TOPIC 4: Enslaved By Sin, Freed by God ............................................................................................... 176 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 188 TOPIC 5: The Things That Plague Us ..................................................................................................... 188 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 200 TOPIC 6: The Passover ......................................................................................................................... 200 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 213 TOPIC 7: The Covenant ......................................................................................................................... 213 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 221 TOPIC 8: God versus the Golden Calf ................................................................................................... 221 UNIT 2: From Slavery to Freedom ............................................................................................................ 230 TOPIC 9: In Search of a Modern Day Moses ......................................................................................... 230 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom .................................................................................................................... 239 TOPIC 1: History of Salvation from Joshua to Jesus ............................................................................. 239 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom .................................................................................................................... 249 TOPIC 2: People of Wisdom...Hebrew Prophets .................................................................................. 249 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom .................................................................................................................... 269 TOPIC 3: Prophecy and Justice - Contemporary Prophets ................................................................... 269 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom .................................................................................................................... 282 TOPIC 4: Prophetic Wisdom - Seven Grandfather Teachings ............................................................... 282 UNIT 3 : Justice and Wisdom.................................................................................................................... 290 TOPIC 5: Prayer and the Sacraments .................................................................................................... 290 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom .................................................................................................................... 305 TOPIC 6: Building the Reign of God (Intimacy and Sexuality) ............................................................... 305 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom ..................................................................................................................... 318 TOPIC 7: How Do We Know What God Wants? ................................................................................... 318 UNIT 3: Justice and Wisdom .................................................................................................................... 336 TOPIC 8: Wisdom in Our World (Reconciliation) .................................................................................. 336 UNIT 4: ENCOUNTERING GOD .................................................................................................................. 351 TOPIC 1: The New Testament Canon .................................................................................................... 351 UNIT 4: ENCOUNTERING GOD .................................................................................................................. 362 TOPIC 2: The New Testament as Covenant .......................................................................................... 362 UNIT 4: ENCOUNTERING GOD .................................................................................................................. 376 TOPIC 3: Covenant of Body and Spirit .................................................................................................