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CHRISTAN STUDIES UNIT PLAN STAGE 3 Term 3 Year 2013

Peace Lutheran Primary School Teachers: Josephine Maher

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|Sin & Grace |CB 4.3 |

|UNIT OVERVIEW |Flexible learning environment |

|The students will investigate the concepts of sin and grace and how they affect themselves and others. They will begin to understand the concept of original sin and the |High ICT usage |

|ramifications this had on human kind, the relationship between God and human kind, that God does not initiate evil but he does utilise it to shape us. God’s love and forgiveness |iPad assisted group |

|breaks the destructive cycle of sin bringing hope and an overflow of goodness and grace. They reflect on ways that they can show grace to others. | |

|Contribution to Lifelong Qualities for Learners |

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|Self-directed, insightful investigator and learner |

|Discerning, resourceful problem solver and implementer |

|Adept, creative producer and contributor |

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|Open, responsive communicator and facilitator |

|Principled, resilient leader and collaborator |

|Caring, steadfast supporter and advocate |

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|Values |

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|Co-operation |

|Humility |

|Honesty |

|Forgiveness |

|Service |

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|Respect/ accepting differences |

|Courage |

|Hope |

|Relationships |

|Perseverance |

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| |Links to other curriculum areas |

|Essential and Guiding Questions (statement that makes explicit the central, core idea developed in unit) | |

|How can God’s grace help us in a world full of sin and evil? |Restorative Justice |

|What can I do when relationships break down? |English – Authors purpose |

|How can God’s grace help me to live my life? | |

|Students Know… |Students Can… |Student Questions |

|(Identify specific knowledge students need to achieve the outcomes) |(Identify what students will have the opportunity to demonstrate) |What is sin and grace? |

|Images of good and evil | |What is repentance? |

|The cycle of grace-sin-grace |Investigate, discuss and illustrate the battle between ‘good’ and ‘evil’ |What is good and evil? |

|God’s friendship with Adam and Eve |using contemporary subject matter drawing comparisons with biblical |What relationships am I a part of? |

|A broken world – sin and evil ruin God’s creation |imagery |How can I show grace to others? |

|Patterns of relationship with God and people. |List causes and effects of injustice and prejudice among people and | |

|Origins of Sin – fall of creation, devil |document how forgiveness and mercy bring healing and wholeness | |

| |Create flow charts of god’s restorative actions | |

|Impact of Sin on the world | | |

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|Evidence of Grace in the world | | |

|New beginnings | | |

|God uses people to inspire, comfort others | | |

|Comfort of grace, forgiveness, resolution, reconciliation, restitution | | |

|God provides social structures for the welfare of all people | | |

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|Luther’s teaching on faith and grace alone | | |

|Develop Assessment |Make Judgments |

|Type of Assessment |What will be assessed |When it will be assessed |Purpose of Assessment |Assessable Elements |

|(Observation, Consultation, Focused Analysis, | | | | |

|Peer/ Self Assessment) | | | | |

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|FA | | | | |

|P/SA |Quality of explanation of how our |End of unit |To inform reporting, portfolio item |Explanation – written or videoed |

| |practices at school relate to | | | |

| |biblical practice. | | | |

|FA - Restorative practice flow chart - How | | | | |

|does our school practice relate to biblical |Engagement with the unit and | | | |

|practice? (Winners) |quality of participation. | | | |

| | |Throughout unit |To inform teaching and reporting |Quality and level of participation |

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|O & C – Participation in class discussions | | | | |

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| | |End of unit |To inform student, teacher, reporting and portfolio item.|Self reflection |

|SA – Participation and understanding | | | | |

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|Compare and contrast chart between bible and | | | | |

|modern day stories or events- Evidence of Sin | | | | |

|Evil, Grace | | | | |

| |Visual display of grace with | | | |

|What God’s grace means- Personal visual |explanation. | | | |

|response item. | | |To inform student, teacher, reporting and portfolio item.| |

| | |End of Week 7 | |Understanding interpretation and application |

|FA & C - students with iPads | | | | |

|Sequence of learning opportunities and teaching strategies | Adjustments for needs of learners |Resources |

|Week 2 - 4 | |

|What is Sin? What is Grace? |iPad group – allow for air play to be used and |Eve-The-First-Sin.pdf |

|In small groups students investigate the words sin and grace |pre recorded presentations. Collate images | |

|Present understandings to the class and discuss. |collected by students. Scribe when displaying |

|Read the Genesis story and discuss the significance of original sin |ideas in written form. |jpg |

|God’s friendship with Adam and Eve | | |

|Sin and evil ruin God’s creation and relationship with Adam and Eve |Give Ss opportunities to photograph written |mrsschefe. |

|Origins of sin – fall of creation, devil |work completed as a class rather than writing | |

|Patterns of relationship with God and people |it down. Ensure TA is available to help during|Images - sin |

|Forgiveness |discussion times. |

|Human strengths and limitations of character (we are born sinful) | |jpg |

|Examine and explain the breakdown in the relationship with God | |

|Sin & grace cycle | |20/sin.jpg |

|Suggest ways to restore relationships with God – prayer, confession & absolution. | |

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|Week 5 – Students receive first assessment item. | | |

|Ensure students understand first assessment item and allow them time to plan their task. | |

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|Week 6 – Students continue working on assessment | | |

|Demonstrate how to develop an explanation based on an image | | |

| |Individually write explanations with the |Story of Gideon |

|Week 7 - Good and Evil and examples of Grace |students using guiding questions. | |

|Assessment task due Friday |What is happening in your visual display? Why |Gideon & Deborah |

| |did you choose those characters/colours? How | |

|Week 8 – final collection of assessment |does this connect to your bible verse? | |

|What is Grace – synthesis of word collection. How do they represent grace? Examples from the bible & | |Grace resources |

|real life. Jesus crucifixion - Peter’s denial & Judas betrayal. Discuss and develop a definition for | |Max Lucado’s book “Grace Happens Here” |

|God’s grace. | | |

|View Max Lucado’s Grace video to 6:30min. | | |

|Begin preparing presentation for stage presentation night in week 9. | |

|i – allow additional time to write explanations with teacher assistance | |g1xEJUTQDRitij6Y |

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|Week 9 | | |

|Stage presentation night Thursday – prepare with students. Practice and rehearsal. | | |

|Freeze frames demonstrating learning so far. Main concepts and understandings. | | |

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|Week 10 – Assessment | | |

|Analyse the pattern of relationships between God and people, showing the effect of sin and grace in | | |

|relationships (eg King David, Noah, Job) and making connections with events at school. | | |

|Complete an evaluation of the school’s restorative justice flow chart comparing it to God’s Grace. | | |

|Students suggest changes for the flow chart to reflect God’s grace to demonstrate how his grace is | | |

|unconditional. | | |

|Evaluation of unit |

|The collaborative nature and use of images as stimulus worked very well in order to spark discussion around the concepts being covered. The students showed a clear understanding of sin and the affects of sin on humans. They also|

|showed a clear understanding of forgiveness but struggled to differentiate the difference between forgiveness and God’s grace. The criteria sheet was amended during class discussions giving the students the options of |

|demonstrating their understanding of ‘sin and/or grace’. This was in response to the needs of the students. A possible remedy for this is to move some of the content within the week 8 lesson forward to weeks 2-4 lessons. |

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|Due to changes is timelines for testing the activities in week 10 were not completed as part of this unit. |

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