Sacred+Heart

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= Brian, Raiden and Yianni

1. Choose a team name. Your team name must have something to do with the themes of the 10 Commandments, The Beatitudes or Good and Evil. (Complete this as a team...)
Explanation:
 * See your teacher to create a team page.
 * Type your team name at the top of the page.
 * Type your names under the team name.
 * Write a short explanation,using complete sentences, explaining what your team name means and why you chose it

The name 'Sacred Heart' is a reference to the holy heart of Jesus Christ. The name is an inspiration to those in our group to try to be a little more like Jesus, in the sense that we be more tolerant of others, that we treat others how we would like to be treated, and that we love God with all our hearts and minds.

2. Think about some laws we have in society today. (Complete this on your own and label your own responses).
How do they help us to live better and more safely?
 * List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.)
 * Why do we have laws?

(raiden)

> You cannot steal from others

>You cannot smoke indoors

>you cannot drive drunk

Why do we have laws? Laws are there to keep order in the community, and to keep us and others safe from harm

How do they help us to live better and more safely? They do this by having laws against doing things that are dangerous and will bring us to harm. This makes it better for us, as these laws exist to keep us safe, and to make our life better.

How do they help us to live better and more safely? Society would descend into Anarchy, and there would be no order whatsoever, riots would be happening constantly, and many people would die.

== 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: (Read through the stories in pairs/groups and disuss your answers, but each of you is to record and label your own response.) ==

(raiden)

> What do you think a covenant is? Define it A biblical covenant is an agreement between God and his people in the Bible.

>Why were the 10 commandments provided to the Jews at this time? The 10 commandments were given to the Jews because they, like any other society, needed a set of laws to live by.

> How did having the 10 commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully? This was possible because now that the Jews knew exactly how God wanted them to live their lives, it would have became immensely easier to please him with their actions.

4. Copy a list of the 10 Commandments to your page.
=== Which commandments are about God? List these by number. ( As a group) ===

=== Which commandments are about how we should treat others? List these by number. (As a group.) ===

=== Make a list of all the commandments which are stated in the negative (eg "Thou shalt NOT") - for each of these, re-write them as a postive commandment to guide us in how we should live today. (As an individual - re-write each negative commandment into a positive and label your own work.) ===

(raiden)


 * The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV) ||
 * = 1 || “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. ||
 * = 2 || “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or 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; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments. ||
 * = 3 || “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. ||
 * = 4 || “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. ||
 * = 5 || “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. ||
 * = 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.” ||

Which commandments are about God? 1,2,3,4

Which commandments are about how we should treat others? 5,6,7,8,9,10

1. You will only worship me as your God 3. You will only speak the lord's name in good heart 6. You will respect all human life 7. You will respect the property of others 9. You will treat fellow humans with kindness and respect 10. You will respect your neighbours goods.

=== Make a list of all the commandments which are stated in the negative (eg "Thou shalt NOT") - for each of these, re-write them as a postive commandment to guide us in how we should live today. ===

2. Think about some laws we have in society today. (Complete this on your own and label your own responses).
How do they help us to live better and more safely?
 * List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.)
 * Why do we have laws?

These laws are made to keep our communities safe healthy. These laws are created to reduce the amount of deaths and injuries in Australia.
Without laws there would be much more violence and anarchy. Laws keep us from doing stupid things and hurting others.laws keep both old and young safe and without laws, Australia would be an unhealthy community to live in.

== 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: (Read through the stories in pairs/groups and disuss your answers, but each of you is to record and label your own response.) ==

(Yianni) -What do you think a covenant is? Define it A covenant is a promise/agreement with God and mortals.

-Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time? The reason why the Jews were provided with the Ten Commandment was the same reason why we have laws, because they needed morals and rules that they should live by and obey.

-How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully? By living to the expectations and standards of god they had to follow the ten commandments. In doing this, they'd live out their covenant with god.

=== Which commandments are about God? List these by number. ( As a group) ===

=== Which commandments are about how we should treat others? List these by number. (As a group.) ===

=== Make a list of all the commandments which are stated in the negative (eg "Thou shalt NOT") - for each of these, re-write them as a postive commandment to guide us in how we should live today. (As an individual - re-write each negative commandment into a positive and label your own work.) ===

(Yianni)
-You shall not murder: Murder is a sin and will linger through your mind and life like a bad smell. -You shall have no other gods before Me: No other god is as pure and sacred as ours therefore we should only praise ours. -You shall not steal: why crave and steal other items, it only shows how weak and needy a person is -You shall not commit adultery:the true indication of being disgusting. just like murder committing adultery will stay with you and make you feel guilty. -You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain: if one truly believes in the lord, then why should they use the lords name in vain. it is basically insulting the lord and it is unnecessary. -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: just like stealing, why crave and be jealous of one man for his possessions may be great but his heart may be ice. It shows how greedy and needy some people can be and is pointless == 5. For homework, you and your partner must 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. (Locate images/stories/headlines together, but you each must write and label your own explanations). == All of the following people that used their power to cause havoc on the world dividing nations in what some claim the word of god. These people are going against the will of God by committing these grievous crimes. Their failure to heed and follow the 10 commandments have resulted in the death and suffering of millions. http://www.topnews.in/files/adolf-hitler.jpg http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_05_img0298.jpg http://blogs.independent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Kony1.jpg http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/05/02/1226048/333085-osama-bin-laden.jpg http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/saddam_hussein.jpg http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/04/06/1226320/333851-manson.jpg

= = =Challenge #2= 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)

Here are some synonyms for the word Happy from the //Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus:// cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly, jocular, gleeful, carefree, untroubled, delighted, smiling, beaming, grinning, in good spirits, in a good mood, lighthearted, pleased, contented, content, satisfied, gratified, buoyant, radiant, sunny, blithe, joyous, beatific; thrilled, elated, exhilarated, ecstatic, blissful, euphoric, overjoyed, exultant, rapturous, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, walking on air, jumping for joy, jubilant; informal chirpy, over the moon, on top of the world, tickled pink, on a high, as happy as a clam.

Here are some synonyms for the word Blessed from the //Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus:// holy, sacred, hallowed, consecrated, sanctified; ordained, canonized, beatified.

(Raiden)

Beatitude 1.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
This Beatitude refers to those who are humble and do not think of themselves more highly than they should. Jesus has said various times that the humble will be greatest in heaven, and it also said elsewhere in the Bible that a man's pride will bring him down, but a lowly spirit will bring him honour

Beatitude 2.


 * Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.**

This Beatitude says that all of our discomforts and grievances will be healed once we turn towards God and become blessed by his love.

Beatitude 3.


 * Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.**

This Beatitude also refers to being humble. Meekness is also about humility. Moses was always described as a meek person, as in he knew that whatever he achieved was not by his own power, but was by the power of God.

Beatitude 4


 * Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled**

This Beatitude speaks of the people who do their best to make the world a good and righteous place. They will be rewarded not only with the consequences of the good they have done, but also by the Lord when they one day reach heaven.

Beatitude 5.


 * Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy**

I believe this beatitude talks about how those who show mercy in their lives on earth will eventually be shown mercy by God on the judgement day when he decides who will join him in heaven forever.

Beatitude 6.


 * Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God**

This Beatitude refers to those who fill their minds with good thoughts, and are always willing to go out of their way to help others. These people will be rewarded by God in the end.

Beatitude 7


 * Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God**

Peace makers are people who do their best to try to get along with everyone and to encourage others to do the same. These people will have a place in heaven one day.

Beatitude 8


 * Blessed is those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake**

We must stand up for what we believe in and what is right, no matter the consequences, as it is the will of God. It may be hard at times, but we will be doing the right thing.

The ten commandments are laws that tell us how to live. The Beatitudes are implied encouragements to be good and holy people. These are more suitable to live by in our modern day society.

(Yianni)
It takes strength to be firm:You need to be strong to show that you are solid.It takes courage to be gentle: You need to be brave to show are tender. It takes strength to stand guard: It takes strength to stand up for yourself.It takes courage to let down your guard:You need to be brave to be weak.

It takes strength to conquer: It takes strength to take over. It takes courage to surrender:You need to be brave to give up.

It takes strength to be certain:It takes strength to know you're right.It takes courage to have doubt:You need to be brave to hesitate. It takes strength to fit in:It takes strength to be apart of a crowd.It takes courage to stand out:You need to be brave to be different. It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain:It takes strength to be sympathetic for your friend.It takes courage to feel your own pain:You need to be brave to understand a problem that you have. It takes strength to hide your own pains:It Taks strength to cover up your problems.It takes courage to show them:you need to be brave to show your problems. It takes strength to endure abuse:It takes strength to face abuse.It takes courage to stop it:You need to be brave to stop abuse. It takes strength to stand alone:It takes strength to be independent.It takes courage to lean on another:You need to be brave to have support. It takes strength to love:You need strength to show fondness of one another.It takes courage to be loved:You need to be brave to be admired by another person. It takes strength to survive:It takes strength to avoid death or failure.It takes courage to live:You need to be brave to avoid death continuously. As a whole these play a role of laws and reflections on the Christian community. These remind the Christians that the only way we can live up to our expectations is to adapt these values.

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).

(Yianni)
**Luke 8:16-17** "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light." **Luke 11:33-36** "No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness. If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

This parable illustrates the beatitudes in many ways. To show your light and stand out out you need to have courage. You need it takes strength to show your values and your flaws. It takes courage to show your pain and your fears aka your light. If you hide your light people wont know what kind of person you really are. You will be hidden as well as your light. (Raiden)


 * Luke 10:30-37 ** Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

This Parable shows a wide range of Beatitudes which are embodied and shown by the good Samaritan himself. These include the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Beatitudes. The Samaritan hungered and searched for righteousness by taking it upon himself to help a man who he did not know. The Samaritan displayed mercy by not leaving the man to die on the road, but instead helping him get back to health. The Samaritan was pure in heart as he did everything he could to help another. He was a peacemaker as he made sure to always help others whenever he could.

== 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...) ==

>widows >lepers >blind people >beggers || >homeless >Satanists || > Jehovas Witnesses >Telemarketers >drug addicts ||
 * Jesus' Time || Same || Today ||
 * >tax collectors

==**5** 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 situation in today's society where someone is outcast may be in the factor of racism many people choose to abuse people of different races, also many children may not play games with children of other races because they are brought up to think bad of these races. this is a way of generalising or singling out a race or a person of ethnic background.

[| Edit][| 0] 0 [| 1]… Challenge #3 == ** IMAGES OF GOOD AND EVIL ** 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?)

(raiden)

2. Brainstorm and create a list of synonyms( words with a similiar meaning) for each of the following terms
 * Good
 * Evil
 * Conscience

Good :
 * || acceptable, ace *, admirable , agreeable , bad , boss *, bully , [|capital], [|choice], [|commendable], [|congenial], [|crack]*, [|deluxe], [|excellent], [|exceptional], [|favorable], [|first-class], first-rate,gnarly,[|gratifying], [|great], [|honorable], [|marvelous], [|neat]*, [|nice], [|pleasing], [|positive], [|precious], [|prime], rad, recherché,[|reputable], [|satisfactory], [|satisfying], [|select], shipshape, sound , spanking, [|splendid], [|sterling], [|stupendous], [|super], super-eminent, super-excellent,[|superb], [|superior], tip-top,up tosnuff,[|valuable], [|welcome], [|wonderful], [|worthy] ||

Evil : Conscience: 3. Paste onto your team page two media items( movie,link,clip,)... one that portrays good and the other evil. (raiden)
 * || [|angry], [|atrocious], [|bad], baneful,[|base], beastly,[|calamitous], [|corrupt], damnable,[|depraved], [|destructive], [|disastrous], [|execrable], flagitious,[|foul], [|harmful], [|hateful], [|heinous], [|hideous], [|iniquitous], injurious,[|loathsome], [|low], maleficent,[|malevolent], [|malicious], [|malignant], [|nefarious], nogood,[|obscene], [|offensive], [|pernicious], [|poison], rancorous, [|reprobate], [|repugnant], [|repulsive], [|revolting], [|spiteful], stinking,[|ugly], [|unpleasant], unpropitious, [|vicious], [|vile], villainous,[|wicked], wrathful, [|wrong] ||
 * || [|censor], [|compunction], [|demur], [|duty], innervoice,[|morals], principles, qualms,rightandwrong,scruples,[|shame], small voice,squeam,stillsmallvoice,superego
 * 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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqtzDPSANwI&list=FL9RJR9yfjFyt8cr3OsNWkFw&index=27&feature=plpp_video (evl)

This clip is from the movie Catch-22. It shows the scene in which Yossarian witnesses the death of his tail gunner Snowden. This scene is a prime example of evil, as it shows the horror of war, and the inability of a common man to do anything about it. Yossarian repeatedly says to Snowden ' It'll be alright ' while Snowden bleeds out all over the floor. Yossarian knows that there is nothing that he could possibly help Snowden, but tries his best in futility.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRY5dl_oxvo (good)

This clip features a scene from Star Wars Episode VI Return Of The Jedi in which Luke battles Darth Vader, and eventually is defeated. However Darth Vader eventually turns back to the light side when he kills Darth Sidious when Luke is about to die. This clip represents the inevitable ultimate triumph of good over evil, and also the eternal bond between father and son.

The statement featured in question 3 is completely right. Half the things in the world that are socially acceptable are morally wrong. People pretty much strive to be complete clones of each other. They all follow the same image of what is 'cool' and what people should be like. They all want to be the same way. This is not the right way to think. God made us all completely unique. We were not meant to be the same. We are all meant to be different, through the way we present ourselves and through our personalities themselves. Just wanting to be 'popular' is not an excuse to be a copy of someone else. || . Find the lyrics to a song or poem that promotes good in society. []
 * 4) Brian**
 * 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.
 * the song the saints are coming by U2 and Green Day is an inspirational song that was used as a charities theme song. The song asks people support and help those in need and also those who are less fortunate than others.**

5. Find a scripture passage that has a positive message that helps shape your life.
 * 5) Brian**
 * 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?)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+1:16&version=NIV Recently i was enraged by an anger that could not be dimmed down and to rid of it i went into a fight. when the fight ended me and my opponent were both in a bad way -physically- and looking back now i regret having that fight i lost a close friend that day and if i had just restrained myself and thought "would god want me to do this?" i may have saved my own friendship.


 * Challenge # 4 **

** 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... **

1. Visit [|The Caritas Homepage] a What is Caritas?

b What are the four aims of their programs?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">How are these four aims connected to the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">d <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Choose one of the [|Global Issues] on the page (by clicking the link). <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Each group member must focus on a different issue here, and complete your own responses. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">For the issue you choose, write about the following:

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?===

Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation
===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="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Visit Oxfam ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">stands for <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' ) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> 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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Oxfam Australia]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**3.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Go to your wardrobe and choose <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">10 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> items of clothing/ shoes/ accessories and check the tags for the following-

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">** a What is the** **brand?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**b** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> **Origin of fabric?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**c** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> **Where is the item made?**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Don't be shy! List all data on your team site.. this should be interesting. ==== <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">d **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Make a table on your team page to record your findings. (use the "Table" button when editing your page to insert a table). ** ==== 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: **

**age of workers**
==**working conditions (how many days per week do they work? ventilation? lighting? crowded? sick leave? holidays?)**==

**access to family**

 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">f <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">record your findings in dot points o your team page **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">g. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">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="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">**4.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">** a Ask yourself, could one of the** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[|Sweatshops (check out your fave brands on the left hand side)] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> featured on the Oxfam website have created this garment for you?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">b <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> Do <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">you feel <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">'change of heart' <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">How do you [|reconcile] your thoughts with your actions?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c Consider <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">the following- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">From what you've studied and reflected upon, how do <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">you <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> perceive your future decision making regarding ethically made clothing? = =

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Create an under <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">1 minute video diary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">of your response. Make sure to upload it onto <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">your team page! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">1. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Visit [|The Caritas Homepage]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> (raiden) Caritas is an Australian Catholic charity that was formed in 1964, and works towards the creation of a just world.
 * 1) <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">a <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">What is Caritas?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">b <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">What are the four aims of their programs? (raiden) >strengthening local capacity >improving access to essential services >working to sustain natural resources >creating opportunities for education and employment

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">c <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">How are these four aims connected to the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes?

(raiden) These aims all refer to helping those less fortunate than ourselves. They refer to being good Christians, and following in Jesus’ footsteps. People that help achieve these aims are living out the commandments and beatitudes in a fashion that is actually beneficial to people.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">d <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Choose one of the [|Global Issues] on the page (by clicking the link). <span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Each group member must focus on a different issue here, and complete your own responses. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">For the issue you choose, write about the following: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">(raiden) ** Education is extremely important for all of the youth of the world. It dictates what type of future they will have. Children with little or none education will find it very hard to find good jobs and to look after themselves while children with a good/adequate education will find this quite easy. Education is essential. Any true Christian would feel a desire to help out in this very important area. This is why many of us become teachers. Some, such as our patron St. Jean Baptiste De La Salle even start schools for the poor. Approximately half of the world live on less than $2 a day. With money like this, many families cannot afford to send their children to school. Today 130 million children are illiterate, 75 percent of secondary school aged children in sub-Saharan Africa are not in school and 774 million adults don’t have basic literacy skills. Caritas Australia currently provide education programs in Peru, Cambodia, Laos, Samoa and more. To help with this issue, I could volunteer myself to travel to one of these countries and help in the education programs.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Why is this an important issue? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What have you learnt about your faith in recent weeks that might lead you to take an interest in this topic? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">List 5 facts about this issue **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Explain what Australia is doing to help out in this area. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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. **

DIARY ENTRY

It’s not that i don’t feel sorry for those less fortunate than us. I do, I really do. It’s just I don’t think that it’s our responsibility or obligation to do anything to help them. They can take care of themselves. It really isn’t my problem. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">2.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Visit Oxfam **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">( stands for 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief' ) ** <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">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: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">[|Oxfam Australia]


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">3. ** <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Go to your wardrobe and choose <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">10 <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">items of clothing/ shoes/ accessories and check the tags for the following-


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">a What is the **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"> **brand?**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">b **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"> **Origin of fabric?**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">c **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"> **Where is the item made?**

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Don't be shy! List all data on your team site.. this should be interesting.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">d **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">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="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">(raiden)

of the T-Shirts || Cotton || Thailand ||
 * Piece of Clothing || Brand || Fabric Origin || Where is it made? ||
 * Jacket || Adidas || Polyester || China ||
 * Jacket || Svnts || Polyester/cotton || China ||
 * T-shirt || Red Rock
 * Shoes || Nike || Leather || Thailand ||
 * T-Shirt || Gildan || Cotton || Dominican Republic ||
 * Tshirt || Nirvana || Cotton || India ||
 * Shorts || Adidas || Polyester || Thailand ||

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">e **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">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="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">f record your findings in dot points o your team page ** (raiden) China People that work in Chinese manufacturing sweatshops are usually either women or children. They work in very poor conditions, in mostly run-down buildings with poor ventilation and dim lighting. The buildings are generally very crowded and workers usually get no sick leave or holidays, and it is very rare that women will even get maternity leave. The average monthly salary of a sweatshop worker is around 150 pounds. They receive no state benefits or protection.
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">age of workers **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">working conditions (how many days per week do they work? ventilation? lighting? crowded? sick leave? holidays?) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">pay (per piece? per hour?) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">job protection **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">care/consideration for the environment by that company **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">access to family **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">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="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">4. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">a Ask yourself, could one of the ** <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">[|Sweatshops (check out your fave brands on the left hand side)] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">featured on the Oxfam website have created this garment for you?

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">(raiden)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Most definately

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">b <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Do <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">you feel <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">a <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">'change of heart' <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">?

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">How do you <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">[|reconcile] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">your thoughts with your actions?

(raiden)

I reconcile my thoughts with my actions by reflecting on the fact that I cannot afford to pay the large amount of money that my clothes would have cost if they were not bade using cheap labour.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">c Consider <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">the following-

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">From what you've studied and reflected upon, how do <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">you <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">perceive your future decision making regarding ethically made clothing?

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">(raiden)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> I think that it would be incredibly hard while in store if a piece of clothing. It is not a question a simple store clerk could answer. Of course i would feel better knowing that my clothes had been made ethically, but i cannot afford to stop buying cheap clothes that are possibly the result of cheap labour

(Yianni)
<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Visit [|The Caritas Homepage] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">What is Caritas? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Caritas is a Catholic agency that was formed in 1964, which develops third world communities.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">b <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">What are the four aims of their programs?

>Educates the less fortunate.
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">c <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">How are these four aims connected to the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Caritas follows the word of god by respecting and caring for others. It shows strength to help others and take up your own time to reflect upon life in a more sympathetic way.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">d <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Choose one of the [|Global Issues] on the page (by clicking the link). <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Each group member must focus on a different issue here, and complete your own responses. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">For the issue you choose, write about the following:

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?===

Describe what YOU could do to help out in this area - beyond giving a donation
===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.=== = =