Week 15

Monday - Review for Tuesday's Test

Please review these definitions:

Participation                                          Marginalization                                     Common Good

Subsidiarity                                            Rights                                                   Survival Rights

Thrival Rights                                         Option for the Poor                             Dignity of Work

Rights of Workers                                 Solidarity                                          

Care for God’s Creation                     Capitalism                                               Socialism                   

Communism    

Word bank. Except for Definition of Rights and the difference between Thrival and Survival rights (3 points- Written definitions)    

You will be asked to write response to the following questions assigned as homework from Chapter 4. The number corresponds to the number assigned in the chapter of your texts.

Review Questions 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 13, 15      

Tuesday - Day 4 Test Elements of Chapters 2 & 4

Wednesday & Thursday - Chapter Five - Building Community: 

Celebrating Amid Diversity

Wednesday - In class reading pages 142 - 145.

Anatomy of Exclusion - Power point

Selection from the pastoral letter: Brothers and Sisters to Us

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/cultural-diversity/african-american/brothers-and-sisters-to-us.cfm

Thursday - Setting up for Hidden Figures and inclusion of text pages for reading as well as CST.

Hidden Figures trailer :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfrDhgUMGI



Praxis project - What takes place during your presentation. A review of previous projects.
Ditribution of Ideas for Praxis Presentation
Praxis Videos: 
Prison Reform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X7tTzafgN8

Death Penalty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmDBj_Dt36E

Week 14

Monday - End of Easter Break

Tuesday - Day 8 Code 6

Wednesday - Guest speakers in all social justice classes.

Cheryl Mrazik and Suzanne Gallagher will present on the importance of advocacy when doing social Justice. Recall the two feet of love in action related to social action.

See:http://ghs.crs.org/core-programs/advocacy

Thursday - Discussion on Presenters remarks and insights related to Social Justice and advocacy & Praxis group time

Looking Ahead

Monday - Review

Tuesday -  Test

Wednesday - Next Chapter introduction

Thursday - Class activity

Friday - In Service

Week 12

Dear Social Justice students Codes 1, 3 & 6:

We will be working this week on unpacking Chapter 4 of your text. I will be modeling how to go about the "break down" of the topics (Catholic Social Teaching themes) for the remainder of the semester.
REMEMBER...You are completing the following - from last week:
Connected with MATER ET MAGISTRA  you will complete the questions for discussion at the end of the handout on MATER ET MAGISTRA. This is the link to the document
http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_15051961_mater.html
Complete the questions for discussion in your notes.
. You will read- independently- Chapter 4. This is what I would like for you to complete by April 17th.

• - In your journal respond 40 "D" & "E" on page 114. I would like to discuss this next week. Also, complete "N", page 128.

• AS your read,  complete the questions For Review #3 to #18. These are important. These questions will make of part of the test on 4/21. 

April 21st is a Day 3. I will gauge our progress to see if moving the test to Monday, Day 4, is beneficial.

Monday 

Prayer: 

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2030:15-20

Ethical Approaches Power Point (notes) - Important for determining on what basis we make moral decisions.

Abortion- A mix of Religion & Politics

PART A - See notes

 Time Permitting Discussion "D" and "E" - page 114

Tuesday

Prayer: In the Name of Love by U2

Continuation of Part "A" then to Part "B"

with discussion questions from text.

Key website:http://www.procon.org

A PSA on Abortion by Planned Parenthood 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0OEDPtn-QM

How does this add make abortion seem?

Issue of "Rights"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/

OR

Michael Sandel - Justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k6D4IEsYDo&t=210s 

Wednesday

Part "C" - Historical perspective and other Faith traditions

 Discussion questions

Various Relgious views:http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/

Thursday -

Wrap up on topic.

Death Penalty - www.procon.org

Brief History of Capital Punishment in the United States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9DtjJFQnmY

A Pro- Death Penalty for  heinous crimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6OoypZMco

Thomas Aquinas on the Death Penalty

http://www.aquinasonline.com/Questions/cappunsh.html

Friday - 

20 years later...A look back at John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO_uR-laJRg

A Matter of Cruel and unsual Punishment?

Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGina-tycF8

Inside America's Capital Punishment Crisis (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPDMLT-lb0&t=313s

The Penalty - How much are executions costing you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlycRm9Fh7w