God's+Grace

Ms Sonego - George, Chris K, Michael and James D Our group chose the name God's Grace because it means that God always love us.

Challenge 1


 * 2. 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.) **
 * - Sexual Assault **
 * - No Smoking under the age of 18 **
 * - Child pornography **
 * - Abduction **
 * - Under-age drinking **


 * WHY DO WE HAVE LAWS? **
 * We have laws to handle disputes, error ****s or poor judgment of a given person. In every society, disputes between citizens should break down a healthy structure, so the laws in place to attempt to guarantee rights to each member or group **


 * HOW DO THEY HELP US TO LIVE BETTER AND MORE SAFELY **
 * Law help us to live better and more safely as they protect the people from the wrong doing of other people. Though laws don't stop criminals, they help the victim have JUSTICE **


 * WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE LAWS IN SOCIETY? **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Without laws, society would descend into anarchy and the world would literally be Hell On Earth. Many people who are never on the wrong side of law would be forced to survive by killing and to scavenge for food. **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY GEORGE FRANCIS **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Think about some laws we have in society today. **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.) **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Bombs, Incendiary Devices, Molotov Cocktails and Explosive Devices **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Vandalizing is against the law **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Escape After Conviction **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WHY DO WE HAVE LAWS? **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The reason we have laws is because they help keep our society safe and also without laws the world would be chaos. People would be able to do whatever they like. **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">HOW DO THEY HELP US LIVE BETTER AND MORE SAFELY **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">As mentioned in point 2 laws help us live better and safer lives by making everyone follow them and if anyone breaks a law they can be punished for it. **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE LAWS IN SOCIETY **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If we didn't have laws in our society we would go back to the barbarian times and anyone could do whatever they want for example: illegal street racing, murder, rape, and so forth. **
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY MICHAEL KAWTHARANI **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Think about some laws we have in society today. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List 3 - 5 law ****<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">s that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.) **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Provisional drivers are not allowed to drive turbo charged cars or any cars that have a v8/10 etc. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Sexual assault **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Car jacking in the First Degree **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WHY DO WE HAVE LAW **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The reason laws are in-forced in the world today is because without laws the world would be a hectic place. No one would be fair and there would be nothing to worry about when doing something wrong. **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">HOW DO THEY HELP US LIVE BETTER AND MORE SAFELY **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Laws help us to live better because by having laws in your country is allowing you to feel more safe, everyone gets a fair go in society. **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE LAWS IN SOCIETY **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Life would be unfair is there were no laws in the country you are living in, it would be unsafe, unfair and the society your living in would be very chaotic and unorganized. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY JAMES DIB **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Think about some laws we have in society today. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.) **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Murder in the first degree **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Abuse of a pregnant female **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Promoting suicide **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-A kidnapping in the first degree **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Robbery in the first degree **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WHY DO WE HAVE LAWS **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We have laws to put order into the world and prevent chaos from happening. Without laws the world would be a mess and many people would be dying and hurt everyday. This is the reason that humanity created laws, most of the laws are obeyed but when someone breaks the law they are punished. Some laws are unfair and need to be changed, that is why the government is changing the laws to make them better and fair. **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">HOW DO THEY HELP US BETTER AND MORE SAFELY **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Laws help us live better and more safely as they bring justice to those who committed crime, they protect the community from criminals and wrong doers and they bring Justice those who deserve it. **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE LAWS IN SOCIETY **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We would be in chaos, criminals running around killing, hurting, stealing. There would be no rights and the world would be a horrible place. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY CHRIS KYPREOS **




 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. 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. **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|The Story of Baby Moses] **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Moses the Shepherd] **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Moses and the Pharoah] **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Moses and the 10 Commandments] **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think a covenant is? Define it **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time? **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfullly **


 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think a covenant is? Define it **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The covenant is a promise that God’s makes to his people. For example, When God flooded the Earth he promise Noah that he would never flood the world again. **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time? **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 10 Commandments were provide to Jew’s as they were God’s people, and they provide the basis of all Jewish and Christian beliefs **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 10 commandments helped the Jews live out the covenant, by providing guidelines to help the Jew’s stay faithful with God. **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY GEORGE FRANCIS **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think a covenant is? Define it **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A covenant is a special promise between God and the people of Israel. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 10 Commandments were provided to the Jews at this time, to put order in Israel and rules to make Israel a better place. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 10 commandments brought the people closer to God and kept their faith alive and their covenant bond tighter. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY CHRIS KYPREOS **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think a covenant is? Define it **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think the covenant is a promise between the people of Israel and God **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time? **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 10 commandments were provided to the Jews to set rules for Israel so it becomes a better place **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 10 commandments helped the Jews become more faithfully with their covenant with God. **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY JAMES DIB **


 * <span style="color: #6bff74; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think a covenant is? Define it **
 * <span style="color: #6bff74; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think the covenant is a special promise between god and the jews **
 * <span style="color: #6bff74; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY MICHAEL KAWTHARANI **

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">of the 10 Commandments to your page.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Copy a list **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Which commandments are about God? List these by number (group) **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Which commandments are about how we treat others? List these by number (group) **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Make a list of all the commandments which are stated in the negative ( eg "Thou shall NOT") - for each of these, re-write as a positive commandment to guide us in how we should live today. (individual) **


 * The Ten Commandments **
 * You shall have no other Gods but me. **
 * You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it. **
 * You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. **
 * You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy. **
 * Respect your father and mother. **
 * You must not kill. **
 * You must not commit adultery. **
 * You must not steal. **
 * You must not give false evidence against your neighbour. **
 * You must not be envious of your neighbours goods. You shall not be envious of his house nor his wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbour. **


 * 1) Commandments 1,2,3,4 are about God as they tell us to be only faithful to God. **
 * 2) Commandments 5 and 10 are commandments that tell us to treat our neighbour's, peers and family **
 * 3) Commandments 6,7,8,9,10 are all commandments that are negative **


 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">George **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1, Killing any human is a punishable crime in the eye's of the court of law **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2, You should not break the union of Marriage through adultery **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3, Shoplifting is against the law and is prohibited **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4, Lying and giving false information should not be practised **
 * <span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5, Being jealous and coverting a neighbours wife or possessions shouldn't be acted on. **


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">CHRIS **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1, Respect and love our God. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2, Love our Lord and only God. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3, Respect our lords name. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4, Keep the Sabbath day holy. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5, Treat your parents with respect and love. **


 * JAMES **
 * 1, Live by only one God. **
 * 2, Keep the Lords name in no vain. **
 * 3, Killing people is not just against the law it is against the Lord. **
 * 4, Stealing is forbidden in Gods eyes. **
 * 5, Marriage vows are sacred and should not be broken through adultery. **


 * MICHAEL **
 * 1.Killing any human is a punishable crime **
 * 2. We must always love and respect our lord **
 * 3. The lords name must always be kept in vein **
 * 4. In gods eyes everything is punishable **
 * 5. Shoplifiting is against the law **

==<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5) You and your partner locate images/headlines of people who are NOT following the commandments. Paste the links or images onto your team page and provide an explanation of what the image/headline is telling us about people who have NOT followed the commandments. Explain how a failure to follow the Commandments, in general, impacts on modern society. ==

This is a image of a man and woman committing adultery. They are not following the Ten Commandments, as they are probably not married or cheating on there husband/wife.

By not following the commandment "Thou shall not commit adultery" many marriages are failing and divorces are more common. Also because many people are having sex before they are married, many people are left with unwanted babies, plus many relationships are failing due to past sexual activities.

Another reason why they are not following the Ten Commandments as they are selling the bodies and disrespecting them. Many women people are forced into promiscuity to get money. This is a violation of there bodies because sex should be treated with respect as it is the joining of a man and woman to create life.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Ms. Sonego was here 08.05.12 @ 9:02:38am. WELL DONE BOYS!! keep up the good work!! :-)




 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">CHALLENGE 2 **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. 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. **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discuss what you have read in your team. **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; 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="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Explain what the Beatitudes mean. You must 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) . **

Synonyms

Blessed Happy

Happy Blessed Holy Blest Sacred Cheerful Sanctified Glad Hallowed Peaceful Consecrated Upbeat Lucky Joyful Fortunate Jolly Pleasant Delighted

<span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Beatitudes are a list of phrases that help Christians with there life. All the beatitudes start with the words “Blessed are...” this means if you do good you will be rewarded by God in Heaven. The Beatitudes are somewhat a resurrance for all the good Christians in the world that there life would be better when they are with God in Heaven.

<span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By GEORGE FRANCIS


 * Beatitudes-Making the choice to put God before everything else. **
 * The Beatitudes come from the opening verses of the sermon on the mount delivered by Jesus. Jesus states several blessings, each beginning with “Blessed are…”. Due to the meaning of Beatitudes, what Jesus was saying is ‘Divinely happy and fortunate are’. **


 * BY CHRIS KYPREOS **

In Christianity, the Beatitudes (Anglicized from the Matthean vulgate Latin section title: Beatitudines) are a set of teachings by jesus that appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The term Beatitude comes from the Latin adjective beatus which means happy, fortunate, or blissful.

BY MICHAEL KAWTHARANI


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. With this step you have two choices (you must do your own work here...): **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; 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="color: #800080; 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] . Describe in your own words which Beatitudes are illustrated in your chosen parable. (for an A or B you must do this option). **

<span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Parables of the Bags of Gold is about a man who gives bags of gold to his 3 servants. To the first one he gives 5 bags, the second with 2 bags and the last with 1 bag. He then went away and charged them to increase the money they had been given. When they came to give the money bag, he blessed the first and second servants for they had doubled the amounts they had been given, but for the last he cursed for he did not increase the money given to him but in stead hid it. This Beatitudes shown in this parable 2 of the servants are faithful and pure of heart which is why they were rewarded by gifts from God, but the last of the servants where unfaithfull there for he wasn’t rewarded by gifts from God.

<span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By GEORGE FRANCIS

The story I have chosen to do is “The parable of a lamp under a basket” the beautides listed are as follow Happy, beatify, and cheerful. The parable of the lamp under a bushel, (also known as the lamp under a bowl), is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in three of the canonical gospels of the New Testament. The differences found in Matthew 5:14–15, Mark 4:21–25 and Luke 8:16–18, are minor. An abbreviated version of the parable also appears in the non-canonical Gospel of thomas (Saying 33). In Matthew the parable is a continuation of the discourse on salt and light.

BY MICHAEL KAWTHARANI

The parable of the faithful and wise servant The beatitudes listed in my chosen parable Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes.Blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so. The parable of the faithful and wise servant, also called the parable of the faithful and unfaithful servants, is told by Jesus to illustrate the seriousness of being ready for Jesus' return by truly acting like a Christian.

By CHRIS KYPREOS


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">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...) **

Being marginalised or an outcast means to hold very power in society and it means you are not generally accepted in society. People look down upon you and you are seen to be insignificant. In jesus’ time the marginalised and outcasts were the prostitutes, people with sickness, lepers, people who didn't believe in the main religion, tax collectors, people that had diseases, and people that were unclean. The people living in poverty, the homeless, prostitutes, refugees, disabled people, asylum seekers and victims of terrorism


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. Here again, you have two choices: (complete on your own and label) **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; 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="color: #800080; 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. **

A description of a real life situation where someone is an outcast are people who are poor.
=== This situation relates to the Beatitude-Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Homeless people live on the streets and it is not fair that we live in luxury. But the poor’s spirit will be in the kingdom of heaven forever. ===

By CHRIS KYPREOS and MICHAEL KAWTHARANI
<span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In today’s society many people are being shunned, this is mostly because of the damage that discrimation does. An example of this the 2005 Cornulla Riots and the September 11 Terrorist attacks on the United States. Many middle eastern and muslim people were being targeted by the rest of the public. This made many Middle Eastern people being refused jobs and other services due the actions of a few bad people. This relates to the last of the Beatitudes “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” while the Middle Eastern were being outcasted and shunned by the public they did not retaliate to the increasing hostilities but became more religious and trusted that God would not harm them.

<span style="color: #ff8a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By GEORGE FRANCIS


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To complete this challenge, you must write two longer pieces of text: **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">an "explanation"... to explain is to make the relationship between things clear, or to provide how/why (Question 2, Question 3, Question 5). **
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a "description"... to describe is to provides characteristics and features of something (Question 3, Question 5). **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Your teacher will do a demonstration of how to write a description and how to write an explanation. Other resources to support you in your writing are available here: **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ms Sonego was here 22/5/12 @ 8:59:11am. Well done boys!! You're work is Holytastic!! Keep it up :-) **

Challenge #3

IMAGES OF GOOD AND EVIL 2. Brainstorm and create a list of synonyms( words with a similiar meaning) for each of the following terms


 * ** Good - superior, quality, excellent, superb, outstanding **
 * ** Evil - wicked, bad, wrong, sinful, vile, corrupt, sinister **
 * ** Conscience - sense of right and wrong, inner voice, values **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Paste onto your team page two media items( movie,link,clip,)... one that portrays good and the other evil.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Link to the songs -
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2y1pE3yn6M <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (good). The song "heal the world" by Michael Jackson is the perfect song that sends a message of good to people across the world. The reason for this is because the lyrics clearly state " we could fly so high let our spirits never die"
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv24N8H1KyI <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(evil) This song talks about how easy it is to get into hell just by being sinful


 * For each media item, EXPLAIN why each item portrays "good" or "evil"
 * Write a 300 word reflection statement on the following: "What is often accepted as "good" in society is not always "good" in Christian life". Refer to an aspect of mainstream society that your conscience tells you might be acceptable for others, but you know in your heart isn't quite right (eg, consumerism, only wanting name brands, casual/binge drinking, damage to the environment, focussing on being "popular", etc...). Each group member should focus on a different aspect of society to reflec t on.

4. Find the lyrics to a song or poem that promotes good in society.
 * Embed a hyperlink to that song /lyrics on your team page. (see the wiki "help" section for how to hyperlink. EXPLAIN how that song promotes good. Make sure you quote specific lines from the song and explain those lines.
 * http://www.poemhunter.com/song/god-only-knows/ This song talks about how god is the only one who knows everything.

5. Find a scripture passage that has a positive message that helps shape your life.
 * Copy and paste the scripture passage and its bible reference onto your team page.
 * Write about a time in your life when you had a choice whether or not to "do good". Explain how applying this scripture passage to your life may have helped you with that choice (ie, you didn't choose good, but on reflection could have; or you did choose good, what influenced you?)

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Challenge # 4

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Challenge 4 will push you to think a bit more deeply about the connections between the 10 Commandments, the Beatitudes... and how the WORLD may show us one way of living is "good" but our faith guides us to do more...

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Visit [|The Caritas Homepage] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a What is Caritas? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Caritas Australia is organization that has a long term commitment to developing impoverished communities in Africa, Asia, East Timor, Latin America, Indigenous Australia and the Pacific — helping oppressed people to rediscover their dignity by taking greater control over their lives and overcoming poverty.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b What are the four aims of their programs? The four aims of Caritas Australia programs are: Dignity of a Human person, The common good, Participation, Stewardship of Creation.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c How are these four aims connected to the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d Choose one of the [|Global Issues] on the page (by clicking the link). Each group member must focus on a different issue here, and complete your own responses. For the issue you choose, write about the following:
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===Why is this an important issue?===


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===What have you learnt about your faith in recent weeks that might lead you to take an interest in this topic?===


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===List 5 facts about this issue===


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===Explain what Australia is doing to help out in this area.===

> > ** Water and Sanitation is a very important issue as, human beings in water to survive. Over 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, while 2.6 billion people don't have proper sanitation facilities. This is very important and because of the lack of clean, fresh water many children are dying before the reach yr.'s old. ** > ** In recent weeks the work we have completed in the challenges challenged us to think more deeply about each question, other than doing a simple and brief answer. So I addressed this question like all the ones before it - what issue is most affecting the poor in 3rd world countries, and this lead me to Water and Sanitation. ** > ** 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water ** > ** 2.6 billion people do not have proper sanitation facilities ** > ** Waterborne diarrhoeal diseases kill over 2 million people a year ** > ** Half of all hospitalizations are due to water-related illness ** > ** Collecting water is one of the most laborious tasks, and the task on trekking many hours for clean water usually falls on to women and girls ** > ** Australia is help solve this issue by sending relief workers to troubled areas to help bring clean drinking water, and to bring the proper sanitation facilities to help the people in the long run. ** > ** I believe that I could raise awareness about this issue to the Australian people, this would help Caritas Australia as they would receive more money and assistance to help out the people in 3rd world countries. ** > > ** By GEORGE FRANCIS ** > <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-**Without money, families are unable to send their children to school or afford uniforms and books.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation===
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">=== <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Write a short diary entry about this issue (5 - 6 sentences) from the perspective of a person who does not have a faith background and who does not believe we are responsible for helping others in our world.=
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">=== <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Write a short diary entry about this issue (5 - 6 sentences) from the perspective of a person who does not have a faith background and who does not believe we are responsible for helping others in our world.=
 * Why is this an important issue?
 * What have you learnt about your faith in recent weeks that might lead you to take an interest in this topic?
 * List 5 facts about this issue
 * Explain what Australia is doing to help out in this area
 * Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation
 * Write a short diary entry about this issue from the perspective of a person who does not have a faith background and who does not believe we are responsible for help others in our world.
 * Why is this an important issue?===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Education is an important issue because children are not getting the amount of education needed to have a good life and get a job. Education is very important and every child needs the same amount to get far in life. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===What have you learnt about your faith in recent weeks that might lead you to take an interest in this topic?===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I have learnt that, many children are not getting the education they need due to poverty. Many families do not have the money to give their children a proper education to succeed in life and this topic is very sad, which is why we need to donate and help these families in need. This situation is what might lead me to take interest in this topic. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===List 5 facts about this issue===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-A free primary education is a human right, yet many countries continue to charge school fees. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Girls in particular are kept at home to look after their siblings, help with chores or fetch water, which is often many hours from home. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Travelling to and from school is very dangerous in most countries. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Even those lucky enough to attend are often taught by untrained teachers. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===Explain what Australia is doing to help out in this area.===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Australia is: **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Help funding in teacher training and school sustainability. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Australia’s earthquake rehabilitation program provided 395 students with new uniforms. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To help I could help promote Caritas and convince people on why this matter is so important. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">===Write a short diary entry about this issue (5 - 6 sentences) from the perspective of a person who does not have a faith background and who does not believe we are responsible for helping others in our world.===
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I do not understand. SORRY :( **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY CHRIS KYPREOS

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">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 so much to see and do!! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Oxfam Australia]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Go to your wardrobe and choose 10 items of clothing/ shoes/ accessories and check the tags for the following-

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a What is the brand? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b Origin of fabric? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c Where is the item made?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Don't be shy! List all data on your team site.. this should be interesting. ====<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d Make a table on your team page to record your findings. (use the "Table" button when editing your page to insert a table). ==== <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e Choose one country where one of your items is made and do a short investigation into how clothing is manufactured in that country. Consider issues such as:
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">==age of workers==


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">==working conditions (how many days per week do they work? ventilation? lighting? crowded? sick leave? holidays?)==


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">==pay (per piece? per hour?)==


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">==job protection==


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">==care/consideration for the environment by that company==


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">==access to family==

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">f record your findings in dot points o your team page <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">g. reflect... does knowing about how YOUR clothes get made make you think differently about what and from which country you'd buy clothing again?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">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="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b Do you feel a 'change of heart' ? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do you [|reconcile] your thoughts with your actions?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c Consider the following- <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">From what you've studied and reflected upon, how do you perceive your future decision making regarding ethically made clothing?