Ms.+S+-+The+Holy+Ones

Pryanjel Dawadi & Izac Flevill
> > ========== > > ===== So we can be safe and have a good life. ===== > > ===== What would life be like if we didn't have laws in society? ===== > ===== It would be harsh; no one would do the right thing. People would litter everywhere, they would have fights and war. They would drive anywhere they like and bully people. ===== > ===== ** . Read the following short stories about the exodus from a children's website...these will help you get the background you need to understand the 10 Commandments: ** ===== > ===== [|The Story of Baby Moses] ===== > ===== [|Moses the Shepherd] ===== > ===== [|Moses and the Pharoah] ===== > ===== [|Moses and the 10 Commandments] ===== > ===== What do you think a covenant is? Define it - and if you are unsure, read this explanation first: [|Definition of a covenant] ===== > ===== I believe a covenant is an agreement. ===== > ===== 3.Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time? ===== > ===== The Ten Commandments are recognized as a moral foundation in [|Judaism] and Christianity. ===== > ===== 4.How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully? ===== > ===== Because they were taught about the moral and things to do and not to do. ===== > ===== ** 4. Copy a list of the 10 Commandments to your page. ** ===== > > ===== [|**//Exodus//**]// (20:1-17) and //[|**//Deuteronomy//**]// (5:6-21 // ===== >  Challenge #2 > ===== ===== > ===== ===== > > ===== ===== > > ===== ===== >  //**3. With this step you have two choices (you must do your own work here...):**// > > ===== ===== > > ===== ===== >  //**4. What does it mean to be marginalised or outcast? As a team make a Venn Diagram or other chart which compares who the outcasts or marginalised were in Jesus' time, and who are those left on the margins of society today. (for example... a widow or a tax collector was an outcast in Jesus' time - today, it might be the homeless or refugees...)**// > > ===== ===== >  //**5. Here again, you have two choices: (complete on your own and label)**// > > ===== ===== > > =====//** Synonyms **// ===== > =====//** Blessed ( holy, sacred, hallowed, consecrated, sanctified; ordained, canonized, beatified) **// ===== > =====//** Happy ( cheerful, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly, jocular, gleeful, carefree, untroubled, delighted, smiling, beaming, grinning, in good spirits, in a good mood, lighthearted, pleased, contented, content, satisfied, gratified, buoyant, radiant, sunny, blithe, joyous, beatific; thrilled, elated, exhilarated, ecstatic, blissful, euphoric, overjoyed, exultant, rapturous, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, walking on air, jumping for joy, jubilant; informal chirpy, over the moon, on top of the world, tickled pink, on a high ). **// ===== > =====//** What do the Beatitudes mean for us today? Here are Jesus' teachings on true happiness as they might be understood by people your age. **// ===== > > Challenge #3 > > > __**IMAGES OF GOOD AND EVIL**__ 1. Copy and paste these instructions to your team's page. > 2. Brainstorm and create a list of synonyms( words with a similiar meaning) for each of the following terms : > 3. Paste onto your team page two media items( movie,link,clip,)... one that portrays good and the other evil. > > 4. Find the lyrics to a song or poem that promotes good in society. > > 5. Find a scripture passage that has a positive message that helps shape your life. > > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Synonyms: > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">good - > <span style="background-color: initial; color: #666666; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashinggood enoughgoodishhotredeeming(prenominal)satisfactory, acceptablesolidsuperbwell-behaved, well behaved > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">evil - > <span style="background-color: initial; color: #666666; display: block; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousbadblack, dark, sinistercorruptive, perversive, pestiferousdemonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholydespicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretcheddevilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistopheleanevil-minded > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">conscience - > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong// > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions// > > > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> > > > > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Just Being Me by Elsa Nora > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The speed of life makes me laugh! > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Death's just around the corner for > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a Queer like me! > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Well so they say all of them Freaks. > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Homophobia I really do detest > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What I am is what I do best! > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Like if you want, Answer! This ain't no test > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If you like me, "Great," then we're friends > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If you hate me don't make me get upset! > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I'm just a Dike whom nobody Straight likes > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Well forget you all, cause we love each other > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">my Baby and I! > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You don't have to shake my hand, > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I'm not asking you to stare. > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If you don't like what you see, > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">then get the Hell out of here! > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I am what I am, So please understand > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Even if you don't "Who really gives a damn?" || > > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Psalm 23:4** > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,** > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I will fear no evil,** > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**for you are with me;** > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**your rod and your staff,** > <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**they comfort me.** > > <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Challenge # 4 > > > <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Challenge 4 is so easy for 2 reasons- there are only 4 parts AND you don't even have to leave your bedroom ! ! ! > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">1. Visit [|Learn about Oxfam] > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">a When and where was Oxfam established? > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">b What is the purpose of Oxfam's work? > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">c What can you do to help Oxfam achieve this? > > > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">2. Visit Oxfam **( stands for 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' )** via the link below and put yourself in the shoes of a sweatshop worker by either reading a 24 year old worker's blog OR watching Lulu's Story OR playing the Sweatshop Game OR by just choosing your own adventure.. check it out, there's sooo much to see and do!! > <span style="background-color: #00c6ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Oxfam Australia > > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">**3.** Go to your wardrobe and choose 10 items of clothing/ shoes/ accessories and check the tags for the following- > > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">**a what is the** **brand?** > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">**b** **origin of fabric?** > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">**c** **where is the item made?** > > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Don't be shy! List all data on your team site.. this should be interesting. > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">**4.** > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">**a Ask yourself, could one of the** [|Sweatshops (check out your fave brands on the left hand side)] featured on the Oxfam website have created this garment for you? > > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">b Do you feel a 'change of heart' ? > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">How do you reconcile your thoughts with your actions? > > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">c Consider the following- > <span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">From what you've studied and reflected upon, how do you perceive your future decision making regarding ethically made clothing? > > > <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> > <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Create an under <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1 minute video diary  <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">of your response. Make sure to load it onto <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #00d2ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">your team page ! <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #00faff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1.
 * 1) ===== ## ** Think about some laws we have in society today. ** =====
 * ===== List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.) =====
 * ===== No drink driving =====
 * ===== No swearing or harassing people =====
 * ===== No bullying at school or anywhere =====
 * ===== Why do we have laws? =====
 * ===== How do they help us to live better and more safely? =====
 * ===== They have consequences for bad behavior and rewards for good. =====
 * 1) ===== ** Which commandments are about God? List these by number. ** =====
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**Copy and paste these instructions to your team's page.**//
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**Read "The Beatitudes" as found in Matthew 15: 1 - 12 [|The Beatitudes: Matthew 5: 1 - 12] . Also, read through the two explanations of the Beatitudes found on the wiki's "Beatitudes" page (towards bottom of navigation bar...)**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**Discuss what you have read in your team.**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**As a team, construct a list of synonyms for the words "Blessed" and "Happy" - you can make two separate lists, upload a table, or do a word web or mind map - be creative! You can start with what is in your heads, and add to this using an online tool such as[|Synonyms online].**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**Explain what the Beatitudes mean. You should write in complete sentences and use some of your synonyms in your response. (Individually, what does each Beatitude mean? As a whole - What do they mean for us as Christians?...) (Type and label your own answer) .**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**read this passage "The Widow's Offering" and explain in a short paragraph which Beatitudes are illustrated through this passage: [|The parable of the Widow's Offering Mark 1: 41-44] [|Explanation of the parable] (YOu will receive a C or less on this part of the criteria if you choose this option).**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**OR using your bibles, or searching online, locate a parable or other passage in the New Testament which illustrates one or more of the values from the Beatitudes. Try this as a starting point: [|List of parables] . Write a short paragraph which summarises your parable and explain in your own words which Beatitudes are illustrated in your chosen parable. (for an A or B you must do this option).**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**read one of the scenarios about Human Rights and Children from Amnesty International linked here: [|Scenarios] . Explain in a short paragraph how this relates to the Beatitudes today. (C response...)**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0067ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**OR think about society today - write your own description of a real life situation where someone is outcast or marginalised. Then, explain how this situation illustrates or relates to the beatitudes today.**//
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Good
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Evil
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Conscience
 * <span style="background-color: #00d1ff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The life I seek must be fast
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #00faff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">a)Oxfam was originally founded in Oxfam in 1942.

<span style="background-color: #00faff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">b)Oxfam works directly with communities and seeks to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.The Oxfam International Secretariat leads, facilitates,and supports collaboration between the Oxfam affiliates to increase Oxfam's impact on poverty and injustice through advocacy campaigns, development programmes and emergency response.

<span style="background-color: #00faff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c)There are lots of ways you can get involved with Oxfam.You could become a financial supporter, speak out against poverty with other campaigners around fundraise for Oxfam at one of events or volunteer your time with them.If people would like to help directly, the best thing to do right now is to make a donation to the red cross. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">