7 Sacraments Elementary Edition Teacher Guide (Teacher’s Guide)

The Seven Sacraments is a compilation of 10 supplemental lesson plans, enabling you to go beyond the limitations of current textbooks by offering a more comprehensive, in-depth, and engaging approach.

Every self-contained lesson in this guide is teacher-written, classroom-tested, and scholar-reviewed, and gives you everything you need to help your students encounter Christ in the Sacraments.

Each lesson is designed in a flexible, modular format, and includes:
Essential questions
Connections to the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Accessible and engaging background reading
Comprehension and critical thinking questions
Warm-up / bell work
Main activity such as primary source analysis, role-playing, class discussion, creative assignments, and many others
Homework and extension options
“Becoming Like Christ” extension that helps students live the Faith
Biblical memorization
Age-appropriate Catechism memorization suggestions

Lessons

What Is a Sacrament?
What is the secret and joyful realm of the Sacraments?
Why are Sacraments effective whether we feel them or not?

The Institution of the Eucharist
Why is the Eucharist the Source and Summit of our Faith?
How did Jesus institute this sacrament?
What were Christ’s claims and commandments at the Last Supper?

Old and New: Eucharistic Typology
How does the New Testament lie hidden in the Old, and how s the Old unveiled in the New?

Baptism
What is Baptism?
How can it be possible that we die to live?

Confirmation
How do we know when something belongs to us?
If Baptism brings us into Christian life, and Reconciliation forgives sins, then why should we bother with Confirmation?

Eucharist
What is the Eucharist?
What Are Its Fruits?
How do we receive the Eucharist, and why do we need to receive it often?
Why can’t everyone receive the Eucharist? Isn’t it wrong to exclude people?
What is the structure and purpose of Holy Mass?

Penance and Reconciliation
Why should I go to Confession when I can just tell God I’m sorry in my prayers?
Can my sins be so bad that God won’t forgive me?

Anointing of the Sick
What are the effects of Anointing of the Sick?
What are the Cardinal Virtues, and how can they help us receive God’s grace?

Holy Orders
Who are the successors of the Apostles?
Why can only men be priests?

Matrimony
How is what Christ did for humanity like what spouses do for each other?
How is divine love reflected in married love?

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