Catholic Leadership and Service: A Call To Action II (Grades 3-5) Audience: Elementary Grades 3-5 Descriptor: This resource puts Catholic leadership and service-learning at the forefront of our teaching in Catholic schools. The Religious Education policy document places importance on Living a Moral Life and Living in Solidarity. These strands focus on conscience formation and imparting to children that each …
Literacy Through Religion
Literacy Through Religion Audience: Elementary/Secondary (Grades 3, 6, 10) Descriptor: This resource offers literacy resources with a religious lens for grades 3, 6 and 10. There are 3 components. The first consists of literacy lessons centering on biblical figures. These include biographies, new animated videos, links, biblical connections and verses. These are offered in French and English. The second component is …
Growing In Faith, Growing In Christ
Growing In Faith, Growing In Christ Audience: Elementary Grades 7 and 8 Descriptor: Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 7 and 8 Teaching Strategies is a teacher resource intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 7 and 8 students. The resource offers strategies that allow teachers to teach a combination of the two programs. …
Listening With The Heart: Building Safe and Inclusive Classrooms Through Mindfulness and Meditation
Listening With The Heart: Building Safe and Inclusive Classrooms Through Mindfulness and Meditation Audience: Grades 7-12 Descriptor: This resource helps students become: more discerning believers through meditation reflections, more effective communicators through developing active listening skills and understanding how to respond as opposed to react, and how to be more responsible citizens and caring family members through the activities that …
World Religions – HRE3O/HRF3O
World Religions – HRE3O/HRF3O Audience: HRE3O/HRF3O Descriptor: All lessons in this resource have been developed from the Ontario Secondary Religion curriculum found online through the Institute for Catholic Education website. To ensure the curriculum has followed both the overall and specific expectations, this resource has been organized into units and then topics. The lessons in this resource follow the aforementioned …
World Religions – HRE3M/HRT3M
World Religions – HRE3M/HRT3M Audience: HRE3M/HRT3M Descriptor: All lessons in this resource have been developed from the Ontario Secondary Religion curriculum found online through the Institute for Catholic Education website. To ensure the curriculum has followed both the overall and specific expectations, this resource has been organized into units and then topics. The lessons in this resource follow the aforementioned …
They Shall Be Comforted: Accompanying The Bereaved In Catholic Schools
They Shall Be Comforted: Accompanying The Bereaved In Catholic Schools Audience: Staff Descriptor: This resource provides system leaders, school chaplains, classroom educators and other school staff the tools needed to provide pastoral support and guidance to students and their families, as well as to staff who are impacted by a bereavement or other tragic events. The increasing diversity of our …
Catholic Leadership and Service: A Call To Action
Catholic Leadership and Service: A Call to Action Audience: Elementary: Grade 6 – 8 Descriptor: This resource focuses on the core teachings from the strands of Living A Moral Life and Living in Solidarity from the Religious Education Curriculum, to help students build their skills and take action on the issues they care about, from poverty, to bullying and the …
Laudato si’ Movement: Activities for Grade 9, 10, & 12 In French Immersion
Laudato si’ Movement: Activities for Grade 9, 10, & 12 In French Immersion Audience: Elementary: Secondary Descriptor: Laudato si’ Movement for French Immersion in Ontario Catholic Schools, is a resource containing three activities for each of grade 9 French Immersion Geography (CGC1DF), grade 10 French Immersion History (CHC2DF), and Grade 12 French Immersion French (FIF4U). Activities will explore the papal …
Growing Through the Arts
Growing Through the Arts Audience: Elementary: Primary/Junior/Intermediate Descriptor: Growing Through The Arts: An Integrated Religion and Arts Approach, is an online platform where Primary, Junior and Intermediate educators can engage virtually with their students through numerous lessons and activities. This resource has been designed to support the learning expectations covered in the Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ Religion Program …
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 6 and 7 Teaching Strategies
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 6 and 7 Teaching Strategies Audience: Elementary: Grades 6 – 7 Descriptor: Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 6 and 7 Teaching Strategies is a teacher resource intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 6 and 7 students. The resource offers strategies that allow teachers to …
Faith and Science in Ontario Catholic Schools
Faith and Science in Ontario Catholic Schools Audience: Elementary: Grades 5 – 8 Descriptor: This resource explores how our Church approaches how scientific truth informs our faith. In this series of lessons, students in grades 5-8 are introduced to the idea that science and faith are not opposed to each other, but rather are mutually complementary. Analyzing the Ontario Science …
Catholic Education Resource Bank (CERB)
The CERB is a resource that collects and vets resources for Catholic teachers to use in the Catholic School context. The resources available will be updated regularly. They are intended to be easily accessible and to be used by teachers on a daily basis or on an as-needed basis to support their classroom work. It is a one stop place for Catholic activities that can be tied to Catholic curriculum.
21st Century Shepherds: Stewards of Student Data
21st Century Shepherds was created to address the very pressing need of providing educators with both the knowledge of their moral, legal and ethical obligations around student data and providing a toolkit for evaluating the relative safety of the tool for student use.
Sacramental Preparation for Students with Special Needs
This resource will assist educators in providing appropriate preparation for the sacraments to students with special needs, foster an attitude of inclusion, raise the awareness of educators in regards to available resources, and provide support to educators and parish priests for sacramental preparation at the school level for students with special needs.
Financial Literacy and Religious Education
In 2010, the Ontario Working Group on Financial Literacy articulated a vision: Ontario students will have the skills and knowledge to take responsibility for managing their personal financial well-being with confidence, competence and a compassionate awareness of the work around them.
Catholic Competencies: A New Perspective on the Catholic Graduate Expectations
This digital resource refreshes the vision of the Catholic Graduate Expectations and makes more explicit connections to the Global Competencies (GCs). In doing so, it aligns the CGEs with the GCs and creates resources for teachers to better approach the holistic formation of every student, given the ever-changing, complex world of today.
Reconciliation Through Reflection
Reconciliation Through Reflection is an online platform where Gr. 2/3 teachers, and students can engage virtually in five distinct Catholic modules focused around the sacrament of Reconciliation. These modules have engaging activities, interactive videos and discussion questions which lend to the themes of the Growing In Faith, Growing In Christ program, as well as are closely connected to the Religious Education Policy Document.
Catholic Media Authorship
Catholic Media Authorship provides an authentic context in which media can be leveraged as a mode to shape, explore and enable equity and culturally responsive teaching and learning in Catholic schools.
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 5 and 6 Teaching Strategies
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 5 and 6 Teaching Strategies is a teacher resource intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 5 and 6 students.
Communion Through Community
Communion Through Community is an online platform where Gr. 2/3 teachers, and students can engage virtually in five distinct Catholic modules focused around the sacrament of Communion. These modules have engaging activities which lend to the themes of the Growing In Faith, Growing In Christ program, as well as are closely connected to the Religious Education Policy Document. Communion Through Community is not intended to replace the Religious Education program, but to be a supplementary resource to assist in preparing students for First Holy Communion.
Faith and Science in Our Catholic Schools
This resource explains some of the most common “hot spots” where people find conflict between science and Catholicism.
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 4 and 5 Teaching Strategies
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 4 and 5 Teaching Strategies is a teacher resource intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 4 and 5 students.
Catholicity, Communication, Computers and Math
CCC & Math focuses on infusing Catholicism into the Communications, Computer Technology and Math courses while it combines the Mathematics and Technology courses. The resource contains instructional videos organized in playlists by topic, that will continue to be updated, as well as notes and walk-throughs for every lesson organized in folders by topic that are continually updated.
The Catholic Film Maker
This resource provides educators with an authentic context to digital video production that provides a discourse for students to live their faith and Catholic advocacy through: Documentary Film, Short Narrative and Music Video production all centered around specific Gospel values.
Confirmation Through Conversation
An online platform where Gr. 7 and 8 teachers, and students can engage virtually with other groups province-wide to participate in five distinct Catholic modules focused around the sacrament of Confirmation.
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 3 and 4 Teaching Strategies
This teacher resource is intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 3 and 4 students. Organization of instruction is by liturgical year, theme and clustered expectations.
The Catholic Film Reader: Reading and Making Film/Media Text with Meaning
Within Catholic Education authentic opportunities to analyze media text through a faith lens are a means to engage our students as discerning believers. It is with the goal to embrace media as a critical and urgent literacy that the Catholic Film Reader examines popular Hollywood film text through the lens of core gospel values.
Religious Education: Growing Successfully in Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting
This resource provides teachers with practical implementation strategies to connect the assessment principles of Growing Success with the Elementary Religious Education Curriculum (2012).
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 2 and 3 Teaching Strategies
This resource offers strategies intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 2 and 3 students.
The Catholic Digital Learner: Student Portfolios and Digital Citizenship
Integrate student digital portfolios in the K – 6 classroom.
Changing Pedagogy Using Student Voice: Fostering Responsible Catholic Citizenship
This document uses student voice and inquiry in the classroom to enhance pedagogy.
We Are All Teachers of Our Faith: Infusing Catholicity into Secondary School Courses
One of the core elements of authentic Catholic Education is the presence of a Catholic worldview in all aspects of school life.
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 1 and 2 Teaching Strategies
Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ: Combined Grades 1 and 2 Teaching Strategies is a teacher resource intended to assist those teachers with a combined class of grades 1 and 2 students.
Rich Performance Tasks for Secondary Religion Courses
Student engagement is always a challenge at secondary, especially in Religious Education Courses. Assessment and evaluation practices continue to evolve in light of ongoing research.
Mental Health: Hope, Dignity and Our Compassionate Response – A Grade 9-10 Resource
Over the past year the Ministry of Education has been developing a three year plan for Ontario school boards to support student mental health and well-being.
Called to Change the World
Whatever you do – you do unto me is a rich Catholic resource which was developed in partnership by the Catholic Curriculum Corporation and Free The Children.
Engaging the Soul through the ARTS
Engaging the Soul through the ARTS will provide elementary teachers with concrete lessons on how to bring the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations to life in the Arts.
Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Elementary Religious Education – A Research Report
The Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Elementary Religious Education – A Research Report provides a reference for curriculum consultants, coordinators and/or future writers to use when addressing assessment, evaluation and reporting of the current Religious Education programs in Catholic schools in Ontario.
Secondary Resources
The CCC has produced a number of electronic resources related to secondary courses.
The Ethical and Responsible Use of Information and Communication Technology – A Guideline for all Stakeholders in Catholic Education
The Ethical and Responsible Use of Information and Communication Technology – A Guideline for all Stakeholders in Catholic Education will provide intermediate and secondary teachers with lessons to deal with this very current and critical topic.
Canada: A People`s History – The Catholic Perspective Guide to the CBC Video Series 2002
This ‘Catholic Perspective’ is a support document for the teacher’s guide to the CBC Video Series ‘Canada: A People’s History’.
Robust Thinking Tasks and the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations
The Robust Thinking Tasks and the Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations provide elementary teachers with current information around the Ministry of Education`s challenge to create rich Robust Thinking Tasks for students.
Secondary Critical Thinking Tasks and the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations
Secondary Critical Thinking Tasks and the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations provides lessons for secondary school teachers.
Listen and Hear My Voice – ICT Media Literacy Resource
Listen and Hear My Voice approaches Media Literacy by identifying the critical learning and guiding questions which find their underpinnings in the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations.
Ethical and Responsible Use of Information and Communication Technology Part II Elementary
Ethical and Responsible Use of ICT Part II provides a uniquely Catholic, faith-based perspective which will help teachers assist their young students in making sense of digital technologies.
Curriculum Links Between The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Health and Physical Education, Interim Edition, 2010 (Revised) and the Fully Alive Program and Other Catholic Education Resources
Educators will find that this document provides an outstanding alignment of expectations, as well as a clear articulation of Catholic educational resources.
Catholic Curriculum Maps Foundational Support for Catholic Teachers
Halton Catholic District School Board generously has shared the work done in the development of the Catholic Curriculum Core Maps Grade 9-12. This is a continuation of the Core Maps developed with the CCC for the elementary panel.
Writing Catholic Curriculum Course 2006
This resource is intended to assist writers who will be working on writing projects/units.
Sacramental Preparation for Students with Special Needs – A Guide for Catholic Educators
Sacramental Preparation for Students with Special Needs – A Guide for Catholic Educators Audience: Grade K-12 Descriptor: This resource will assist educators in providing appropriate preparation for the sacraments to students with special needs, foster an attitude of inclusion, raise the awareness of educators in regards to available resources, and provide support to educators and parish priests for sacramental preparation …
Information and Communication Technology Literacy Activities 2005
To assist teachers in using ICT within their Language program to improve student literacy. The use of computer-based instructional strategies supports and enriches student learning in the areas of reading, writing and oral and visual communication, as well as the development of ICT competencies.
Gifts of Love – A Collection of Prayer Services 2003
This resource assists educators in fostering a spiritual experience within the Catholic school community.
Catholic Curriculum Maps – Foundational Support for Catholic Teachers 2006
The Catholic Curriculum Maps Grade K-8 is a rich resource which helps teachers plan and implement a distinctive Catholic curriculum.
Integrating Science and Technology and Catholic Curriculum Maps
The Integrating Science and Technology and Catholic Curriculum Maps, Understanding Life Systems resource provides practical examples for teachers in using the Catholic Curriculum Corporation’s Catholic Curriculum Maps, to support the implementation of the Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Science and Technology strand, Understanding Life Systems from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
A Framework for Kindergarten in Catholic Schools in God’s Image – A Primary Foundation
This resource is a document which highlights the appropriateness and continued currency of the In God`s Image for four and five year old students.
NEW – Elementary Footprints
Footprints: The Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations in the 21st Century is an online resource of 7, 4-hour modules for upper Elementary students and 7, 4-hour modules for Secondary students.
We Have Neither Silver Nor Gold
“We Have Neither Silver Nor Gold”: Sample Lessons and Units For Implementing the Religious Education Curriculum Policy Document 2012.
Equity and Inclusion: From the Lens of the Catholic Social Teachings
Equity and Inclusion: From the Lens of the Catholic Social Teachings is a classroom resource which provides teachers with nine frameworks with Guiding Questions related to Equity and Inclusion, The Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations, Critical Literacy and the Catholic Social Teachings.
Family Life Policy Documents Grades 1-8
Through the leadership of the Institute for Catholic Education, Ontario now has its first-ever Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document Grades 1-8, Family Life.
Religious Education Grades 1-8 Policy Documents
At the request of the Institute for Catholic Education, the Catholic Curriculum Corporation Central and Western Region (CCC), Faith in Education Council members have been involved in the process of reviewing the draft policy, offering direction in revisions and implementation strategies.
Leprosy in the World Today: Answering the Call to Care
Leprosy in the World Today: Answering the Call to Care is resource developed by the CCC in partnership with The Leprosy Mission Canada organization.
NEW – Secondary Footprints
Footprints: The Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations in the 21st Century is an online resource of 7, 4-hour modules for upper Elementary students and 7, 4-hour modules for Secondary students.