To Know, Worship and Love has launched some new chapters for the Third Edition of Year 7.
This current release of Year 7 material incorporates a streamlined Core Content for each topic, limited to 3,000 words. Additional content for each chapter can be accessed via designated buttons. This enables teachers and students to focus on the key elements of each unit and then choose to explore extension activities and additional content as needed.
Year 7 – Available Third Edition Content
Chapter 1: Encountering the Person of Jesus
Overview:
This chapter introduces the figure of Jesus and his mission, miracles and teachings. It also notes the key role his Father plays in his life, death and resurrection.
What’s inside:
1.1 Jesus and His Father
1.2 The Son of Man
1.3 The Apostles and Disciples
1.4 Jesus teaches the kingdom of God
1.5 Jesus – friend of the poor
1.6 Jesus’ saving death
1.7 Jesus’ Resurrection Encounters
Chapter 2: Parables
Overview:
This chapter looks at the place of Parables in Jesus’ teachings about the Kingdom of God. It notes that the Parables in the Gospels take a variety of different forms.
What’s inside:
2.1 What is a parable?
2.2 Three Types of Parables
2.3 Parables In Jesus’ Teaching
2.4 The Parables from the Gospels
2.5 The Kingdom of God – A core theme in Parables
Chapter 3: A closer look at the Old Testament
Overview:
This chapter commences with some Old Testament images of God and the belief in one God. It introduces some key figures including Abraham, Joseph and Moses.
What’s inside:
3.1 Images of God
3.2 There is One God
3.3 The Story of Abraham and Joseph
3.4 Covenant and Abraham
3.5 Sacrifice of Isaac
3.6 The Story of Moses and the Covenant
3.7 The Exodus
3.8 Moses leads his people to Freedom
3.9 The Passover
3.10 The Ark of The Covenant
Chapter 5: Caring for Creation
Overview:
This chapter looks at stories of Creation and the Church’s teaching to care for our environment. In line with Pope Francis’ writings, it calls for us to seriously address the “cry of the earth” and the question of climate change.
What’s inside:
5.1 Creation Stories
5.2 Teaching on Creation
5.3 Caring for our World
5.4 On Care for our Common Home
5.5 An Ecological Conversion
5.6 The cry of the Earth and the cry of the Poor
5.7 A Prayer for our Earth
Chapter 6: Mary
Overview:
This chapter introduces Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, who treasured things in her heart. It explores her Immaculate Conception and Assumption into heaven, and her role as the New Eve in salvation history.
What’s inside:
6.1 Icon, Mother and New Eve
6.2 Part of God’s Plan
6.3 The Immaculate Conception
6.4 The Virgin Mother, of Jesus, Assumed into Heaven
6.5 Mary’s role in God’s Saving History
6.6 Teaching us to treasure precious moments in our hearts
6.7 Mary, the New Eve, and Our Mother
Chapter 8: Salvation History
Overview:
This chapter introduces Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, who treasured things in her heart. It explores her Immaculate Conception and Assumption into heaven, and her role as the New Eve in salvation history.
What’s inside:
8.1 Creation
8.2 The Fall of Adam
8.3 St Stephen’s Speech
8.4 St Peter’s Speech
8.5 Jesus, Saviour of the World
8.6 Teaching us to treasure precious moments in our hearts
8.7 Salvation in St Paul
Chapter 9: Human Dignity and the Way We Live
Overview:
This chapter introduces the concept of Human Dignity and traces the scriptural basis to this fundamental right. It also explores the responsibilities we have as a human community and the key role conscience plays in our lives together.
What’s inside:
9.1 The Ten Commandments and The Beatitudes
9.2 The Greatest Commandment
9.3 The Dignity of the Human Person
9.4 Being Human: Rights and Responsibilities
9.5 Being Human: The Importance of Conscience
9.6 Following your Conscience
Chapter 13: Exploring The Bible
Overview:
This chapter introduces the idea of Sacred writing from an Indigenous perspective. It notes sacred writing in the Catholic tradition, lists the books of the Bible and offers a timeline for the key events.
What’s inside:
13.1 Yarra River Dreaming Story
13.2 Sacred Writing
13.3 Bible Overview
Chapter 17: Developing the Whole Person
Overview:
Explores Catholic understanding of holistic human development through the examples of saints like St. Francis, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and St. John Paul II, connecting personal growth with Gospel values.
What’s inside:
17.1 Body and Spirit
17.2 There is More to Life
17.3 Care for Others
17.4 Care for Creation
17.5 Reason and Freedom
Chapter 18: The Church Community
Overview:
This chapter introduces the community that comprises the Catholic Church. It offers a breakdown of the key groupings of the Church, and cites the Creed as a key text. It also notes the centrality of the Holy Trinity, the Incarnation and Resurrection of Christ for the Church.
What’s inside:
18.1 A Community of People
18.2 Inside our parish Church
18.3 Catholic Beliefs: Creeds
18.4 The Trinity
18.5 The Incarnation and Resurrection
Chapter 19: Belonging
Overview:
This chapter looks at the concept of belonging to multiple groups at one time: school, Church and the world. It also notes the role that our local and universal Catholic Church plays in connecting us with people near and far.
What’s inside:
19.1 I belong to family
19.2 I belong to a community
19.3 I belong to my school
19.4 I belong to God
19.5 I belong to church
19.6 I belong to service
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