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Grade 8 Religion Classes

Below are videos and web sites for Eighth Grade religion teachers.  Helpful Websites are listed at the bottom of the page. Is this a Confirmation year for you? See our Resource list.

Grade 8 Favorite Videos by topic. Borrow these from the Media Centers.

The Community of Disciples

·         Jesus in My Life Today—VC 0890

·         Jesus of Nazareth—VC 0282

·         Mary and the Saints. What Catholics Believe—VC 1115.4

·         Chronicles of Narnia—VC 1356

      Christian Roots

·         The Bible: What’s It All About?—VC 0325

·         Communion of Saints—VC 1200

·         The Covenant Promise—VC 0920

·         Jesus and His Times—VC 1095

·         People of Faith—VC 1934 (Dayton)

Church

·         Apple—VC 1412

·         Communion of Saints—VC 1200

·         Eucharist: A Taste of God—VC 1477

·         Jingo—VC 0797

·          The Church—VC 0861.4

·         Together in Faith—VC 1509

·         People of Courage—VC 1935 (Dayton)

·         The Reign of God—VC 1313

·         The Sacraments. What Catholics Believe Series—VC 1115.5

·         Saints Alive Series—VC 659

·         Saints’ Gallery, Volume 3—VC 1

Prayer

     ·         Living from the Center: How to Pray—VC 1312

·         Prayer—VC 371.2

A Church That is Catholic

·         Fire in the Pews—VC 0302

·         The Widow’s Mite—VC 0370

·         Maryknoll Videos—VC 1382.1 and .2

·         On this Rock—VC 0299 (Dayton and Sidney)

·         Roses in December—VC 0379

·         His Name is John—VC 0684

    Church History

                ·     A.D.—VC 0721
                ·     Paul, Apostle to the Church Today—VC 1831 (Dayton)
                ·     Peter and Paul—VC 1493
                ·     Rome: In the Footsteps of Peter and Paul—VC 0674
                ·     Shua: The Human Jesus—VC 0385
                ·     Upon This Rock. Inside the Vatican Series—VC 1295
                ·     An Empire Conquered—VC 0948
                ·     The Trial and Testimony of the Early Church—VC 1018 (Dayton and Sidney)
                ·     Brother Sun, Sister Moon—VC 0049
                ·     Gregorian Chant: the Monks and Their Music—VC 1292
               
                ·     St. Francis of Assisi—VC 1817
                ·     Saints’ Gallery, Vol.2—VC 1461

     Rebirth and Reform

·         A Man for All Seasons—VC 0531

·         Renaissance—VC 1295.3

·         Rome: In the Footsteps of Peter and Paul—VC 0674

              ·         The Third Millennium—VC 1295.4

·         The Gift of Katharine Drexel—VC 0508

·         A Time for Miracles—VC 1228

The Church Today

·         Paul, Apostle to the Church today—VC 1831 (Dayton)

·         Return to Glory: The Sistine Chapel Restoration

·         Inside the Vatican (CD-ROM)—CR 10

Websites

Here is a list of web sites that will support your lesson planning:

·          http://www.vatican.va   The Vatican Website

·          http://www.usccb.org   The U.S. Catholic Bishops site. Check out their film reviews.

·          http://www.usccb.org/catechism/index.htm   This is the U.S. Bishops’ Office for the Catechism.

·          http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/    If you are looking for any Catholic information on the web, this is a good place to begin. The Theology Library is at Spring Hill College, a Catholic Jesuit school in Mobile, Alabama.

 ·        http://www.americancatholic.org/  This is the home of St. Anthony Messenger Press—Catholic Updates, the Saint of the Day, and Catholic news.

·          http://www.uscatholic.org/  Here is the web site for US Catholic magazine.

·          http://www.aciprensa.com/   At this web site you can find links to Catholic sites in Spanish.

·          http://www.udayton.edu/~vlc/  This is the home of the University of Dayton’s Virtual Learning Community. You can take on-line courses for Catechist Certification through this site.

·          http://www.newadvent.org/  This is New Advent, a wealth of information and links on Catholicism.

·          http://www.pilgrims.org/wwwml.htm The Daughters of St. Paul have collected many links on Media Literacy here.

Last Updated: 05/22/2007