Ghana Curriculum Project Education Standards
Religious Education Standards and Grade level Competencies
The diocesan RELIGIOUS EDUCATION STANDARDS
Standard 1. Sacred Scripture
Students in the Diocese of Madison will read and understand Sacred Scripture as God's Word speaking to them.
Standard 2. Doctrine
Students in the Diocese of Madison will know and understand the basic teachings of the church and how they apply to their lives.
Standard 3. Sacraments
Students in the Diocese of Madison will know and appreciate the importance of the sacraments and the centrality of the Eucharist in the life of Catholics.
Standard 4. Community
Students in the Diocese of Madison will understand and appreciate the role of the faith community – the Catholic Church – into which they have been baptized and through which they grow in faith to mature discipleship and will know what it means to have membership in the local, universal Catholic Church.
Standard 5. Service
Students in the Diocese of Madison will engage in service to and exercise responsible stewardship for the various communities to which they belong: family, school, parish, civic, national, global.
Standard 6. Prayer
Students in the Diocese of Madison will experience and appreciate a variety of prayer forms in addition to the prayer of the sacraments.
Standard 7. Spirituality
Students in the Diocese of Madison will know how to develop a personal relationship with God.
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The two key religious education standards that the study of the Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatango, Ghana and the concept of global solidarity will connect with are:
Standard 4 - Community, and Standard 5 – SERVICE
Grade Level Performance Standards: Kindergarten
Within our kindergarten religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
K.1. Share examples of what it means to belong to a family.
SERVICE
K.1. Share ways they help others.
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 1
Within our first grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
1.1. Recognize that the two great commandments are love of God and love of neighbor.
SERVICE
1.1. Listen to gospel stories and discuss how love of neighbor was shown.
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 2
Within our second grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
2.2. Describe how participation in Mass and prayer unites us as one in the Body of Christ.
SERVICE
2.2. Participate in a group service project that provides service to those in need.
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 3
Within our third grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
3.4. Relate appropriate Catholic responses to situations of social injustice (homelessness, hunger, poverty) and practice ways to stand up for what is right.
SERVICE
3.1. Tell stories from the gospels of people serving others.
3.2. Report on ways they can be of service in their families and in their schools.
3.3. Plan and participate in a service activity.
3.4. Give examples of different kinds of work people perform and how that work helps other
people, (parents' work at home, farmers, police, artists).
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 4
Within our kindergarten religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
4.1. Practice the Corporal Works of Mercy (Mt. 25:31–46).
4.2. List ways to apply the Beatitudes.
4.3. Explain how Jesus' command to "love one another" applies to their own lives.
4.4. Describe how all people are created in the image and likeness of God.
4.5. Give examples or experiences of what it means to belong to the Body of Christ.
SERVICE
4.1. Explain how service is a way to respond to the gospel call to love your neighbor.
4.2. Identify ways they can serve others.
4.3. Plan, participate in, and evaluate a service activity.
4.5. Apply appropriate strategies of stewardship for the global environment such as conservation
of resources, recycling, cleaning up litter, etc.
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 5
Within our fifth grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
5.3. Identify ways that they experience belonging to the Body of Christ.
SERVICE
5.1. Describe gospel passages that show Jesus as a person of SERVICE
5.3. Participate in a group service project and discuss its purpose.
5.4. Define the term stewardship.
5.5. Discuss the ways in which service can be a career and/or a lifestyle.
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 6
Within our sixth grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
6.1. Discuss the consequences of sin in the larger global COMMUNITY
6.2. Give examples of the contributions of laity in the Church and COMMUNITY
6.4. Give examples of the Church's contemporary missionary service in the United States and in other countries.
6.6. Select challenging moral issues and dramatize how Catholics ought to respond to them.
SERVICE
6.1. Identify how the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy are examples of putting their faith into action.
6.4. Discuss the various possibilities for service within the vocations of the single, married, religious, and ordained.
6.5. Report on the contributions of Christian artists or musicians to the Church and society.
Grade Level Performance Standards: grade 7
Within our seventh grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
7.1. Describe the mission of Catholic laity in the world.
7.3. Evaluate issues of homelessness, hunger, poverty, and illiteracy found in their community in light of Church teachings.
SERVICE
7.1. Discuss Jesus' call for them to serve others in light of the Beatitudes.
7.2. Participate in group service projects that address global issues.
7.4. Identify the difficulties and challenges in today's culture of putting their faith into action (service).
7.5. Discuss how their own unique talents can be used in serving others.
Grade Level Performance Standards: Grade 8
Within our eighth grade religious education curriculum, students will:
COMMUNITY
8.3. Identify ways they can be involved in appropriate Catholic responses to situations of social injustice in their community.
SERVICE
8.1. Discuss what it means for a Catholic to "walk the talk."
8.2. Discuss service to "neighbor" in light of the gospel story of the Good Samaritan.
8.3. Participate in parish service programs such as the Food Pantry, Habitat for Humanity, Koats for Kids (if there is no service parish program, start one).
8.4. Report on service projects they are involved in and how that service demonstrates love and care for others.
8.6. Describe what their participation in service projects has taught them.