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Mr. Dunn - By: Paras Thapa, E Jay Sta Juana & Jordan Flampoulidis. The Beatitudes and Images of Good and Evil... † The Meaning of "LFG" is... Live For God †

Question & Answers.

E-Jay : The Three Laws I have selected are Neglect, Robbery and Murder. We have laws to keep people safe and protect society.The law help us live better because it is more safer to go out and about, without worrying. Life would be much harder to live without laws, because there would be various laws or rules broken.

Paras : The Three Laws I have selected are Stalking, Carrying a weapon (Guns and Knifes) and Abuse. We have laws to protect the country and the onces we love. If we didn't have this law our lives and the lives of others would be in danger and no one can do anything to protect us.

Jordan : The Three Laws I have selected are Drink Driving, Stealing and Bullying. We have laws so our community can live in peace as well as respecting the world god has given us. If we didn't have laws we would not be able to live in peace and as we wanted to live our lives meaning we couldn't do as much work without being overprotective of yourself.

The Ten Commandments (Pictured)



A Covenant is an agreement found in the Holy Bible, it is the agreement between God and Moses and also with the Children of Israel. The agreement was made in the journey of moses when he lead the israelites out of egypt and a journey to the holy land as god told him to do, God helped the Israelites throughout the journey for example when the Egyptians were chasing the Israelites and and god opened up the sea so the israelites could escape form the Egyptians so they could get to the holy land. The Journey lead them to Mount Sinai when god made the agreement (Covenant) and the rules that Jewish people should live and follow.

The Ten Commandments: 1. ' You shall have no other gods before Me.'

2. 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

3. 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.'

4. 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

5. 'Honor your father and your mother.'

6. 'You shall not murder.'

7. 'You shall not commit adultery.'

8. 'You shall not steal.'

9. 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

10. 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

1, 3, 4 is about God and 5, 10 is about how we should treat others. The first three commandent are negative and the rest of the commandment are positive.

This is an link and this picture shows that a person stealing from a shop. The 8th commandment was broken which was not to steal, this can impact others people and the community.

1. Copy and paste these instructions your team's page.

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.
 * Discuss what you have read in your team.
 * 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].
 * 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).

3. With this step you have two choices (you must do your own work here...):
 * 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).
 * 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).

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)
 * 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...)
 * 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.

To complete this challenge, you must write two longer pieces of text:
 * an "explanation"... to explain is to make the relationship between things clear, or to provide how/why (Question 2, Question 3, Question 5).
 * a "description"... to describe is to provides characteristics and features of something (Question 3, Question 5).

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: [|Explain.docx]


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download this document to get an explanation of an "explanation" text, plus scaffold, keys words to use, etc...

CHALLENGE 2

In the Beatitudes 5:3-12pp--Lk 6:20-23 we have discovered that it is an another version of the 10 commandments as it says the sins but in the way that they effect you from others and from the way you live your life and the consequences of actions

LIST:

"Blessed" - Raise - Conjure - Invoke - Evoke - Stir - Call Down - Bring Up - Put Forward - Call Forth - Confer - Bestow - Gesticulate - Gesture - Motion - Consecrate - Bless - Hallow - Sanctify - Fortunate - Golden

"Happy" - Cheerful - Contented - Content - Glad - Elated - Euphoric - Felicitous - Joyful - Joyous - Willing - Fortunate - Felicitous

Jordan: I believe the Beatitudes 5:3-12pp--Lk 6:20-23 it is an another version of the 10 commandments as it says the sins but in the way that they effect you from others and from the way you live your life and the consequences of actions so if you are blessed, glad, willing and golden at heart you will live a good life and after life, but if you live in hate, anger, and ruthless and painful thoughts of others you will live the after life of your past life but with you in pain of what you had done in past.

E Jay: What I have read is in my opinion the way that people should live there lives as joyful, and felicitous and if the choices they make that decide on there after life.

Paras: i believe that what jordan said is true that it is an another version of ten commandments but ti has got nothing with how people should live their lives. It's telling us that people who do the right thing will be blessed and live an happy life. For example "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" this means that if you have an pure heart you will see God as an reward.

Group: We think that The Beatitudes are a list of the effects of what will happen when you live your life as elated, blessed, joyous, willing, in motion and a life of gesture you will then live an after life as felicitous, joyful, golden and happiness.

3. In the "Parable of the Widows offering mark" the beatitudes that are in that story are "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven", "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" and "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."

4. Outcasts in Jesus’ Time

People that have dead partners

Outcasts in Today’s society

Refugees The homeless Disabled people People that work too much Native people (Aborigines, American Indians)

5. In everyday society people are being marginalised like in school play grounds someone can easily be made fun of and left out of a game or activity by other kids because of there race, physical appearance or something in there past, and the beatitude that relates to this is "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."



Synonyms of GOOD: Positive, Excellent, Honourable, Happy, Constructive, Nice, Positive and Great. Evil: Negative, Angry, Bad, Disturbing, Disgusting, Harmful, Hateful, Hideous, Wrathful and Vicious. Conscience: Duty, Shame, Inner Voice, Censor, Principles and Demur.

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
 * Good
 * Evil
 * Conscience

3. Paste onto your team page two media items( movie,link,clip,)... one that portrays good and the other evil.
 * 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 reflect on.

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.
 * 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.
 * 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?)