The teacher guides for The Catholic Youth Bible® are designed as semester long courses for freshmen or sophomores. The guides utilize the principles of Understanding by Design to lead students to a deep understanding of key concepts. Each unit includes: a unit overview key understandings and questions creative final performance task assessments the suggested path to understanding a list of biblical chapters or verses utilized in the lesson vocabulary learning experiences, handouts, and assessments The Old Testament Teacher Guide features these units: Introduction to the Scripture Genesis Exodus Historical Books (Joshua and Judges) Historical Books (1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings) Prophets Wisdom Literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom) Poetry (Psalms and the Song of Songs)

A semester-long, eight-unit high school course designed be used with The Catholic youth Bible.

Presents a revised New American Bible containing over seven hundred articles and five special indexes.

This reference is an understandable and down-to-earth guide to all things Catholic. The resource is appropriate for brushing up on specific Catholic terms and concepts or learning them for the first time. (Catholic)

The teaching activities manual provides activities and prayers to incorporate into a theology class, following the PRAY IT! STUDY IT! LIVE IT!(R) model found in many Saint Mary's Press resources. It is not a comprehensive teaching manual, but it presents the tools to introduce different prayer elements into the classroom in a way that complements and enhances a teacher's current curriculum.

A practical guide to helping today's Catholic school teachers deal with the legal issues facing them.

This volume provides all who minister to young people with an effective blueprint for building a truly meaningful ministry

As the title suggests, Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics highlights what happens throughout salvation history between God and humanity. God breaks through and connects with human history, thereby establishing a relationship with humanity. Using the Good News translation, Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics was created for young people leaving childhood and entering adolescence. Its ten special features were created to help make the Bible easier for young people to read and understand. They will learn about the great people of the Bible, and will see how God has been breaking through in human history and connecting with humanity for thousands of years. Most important, they will discover, in the Bible, how God's messages to key people of faith have meaning for life today.

In addition to the tried-and-true material the Leader Guide for The Catholic Youth Bible has always offered, this third edition offers several new features to meet the growing needs of teachers and catechists. For those who teach with The Catholic Youth Bible, we have added these new features: • New 20 new activities that concentrate on biblical books used most frequently in the classroom • New 20 puzzle activities that help students review the content of specific books • New an appendix with 20 activities specific to the new series of "Catholic Social Teaching"articles in The Catholic Youth Bible, Third Edition • New an index to activities that could be used in connection with Confirmation preparation Plus the tried and true features: * over 300 activities that engage students in learning about the Scriptures * 22 life-application student handouts * lists of resources for teacher background * 10 Scripture-based prayer services * indexes of the activities by biblical book and topic