Exploring Catholic Social Teaching

Introduce your students to what has been called the Church's best kept secret: Catholic Social Teaching. This 12-lesson teacher's guide focuses on the themes and principles of Catholic Social Teaching, leading students to explore how Catholics are called to serve God and neighbor. With easily-adapted, teacher-written lessons from kindergarten to high school, this guide contains everything you need to help your students understand such topics as human dignity, caring for the environment, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, just war theory, the proper role of government, the different types of justice, and our call to care for the poor and vulnerable. Filled with coloring pages and craft activities for the youngest learners, interactive activities for elementary and middle school, discussion and critical thinking questions, prayers, and in-depth explorations of justice and charity at the high-school level.