Good+and+Evil

Bill Kyriakos and Nick Doolan

=R.E. Assessment - Term 2 2012, By Nick Doolan and Bill Kyriakos :)=

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...)
For this terms' R.E. Assessment, we're to make a blog and write about the beatitudes and Good vs Evil, we're to complete the challenges given to us in groups, we've named our group "Good vs Evil" because it relates to the topic that we will be assessed on this term. Good: Actions that are morally excellent, virtuous, righteous, pious Evil: Actions that are morally wrong or bad; immoral, wicked  By: Bill Kyriakos and Nicholas Doolan = = = MS SONEGO WAS HERE- 08.05.12 @ 9:08:33am. A good start to the project, however, you have no completed enough of the elements! You need to try and discipline your study habbits and keep on track. You only have another lesson or two to complete the whole of challenge one. Let's get cracking! Let's be productive and catch up with the rest of the class. =
 * 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

2. Think about some laws we have in society today. (Complete this on your own and label your own responses).

 * List 3 - 5 laws that you know of: (laws about stealing, driving, telling the truth in court, etc.)
 * Why do we have laws?
 * How do they help us to live better and more safely?
 * What would life be like if we didn't have laws in society?

1. No murder 2. No stealing 3. No drink driving 4. No vandalism 5. Pay your taxes

- We have laws enforced to give order and control over a populace, without laws, we will be living in anarchy, terror and complete horror. - Laws help us to live a life that is not subject to violence, theft, murder.... We feel safe when we obaide by the laws. - If we didn't have laws in society life would be chaos and there would be no more authority over the people of society.

By Nick Doolan

== 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 disucss your answers, but each of you is to record and label your own response.)  == [|The Story of Baby Moses] [|Moses the Shepherd] [|Moses and the Pharoah] [|Moses and the 10 Commandments]

A covenant is an agreement between two people or two groups that involves promises on the part of each of the other. The concept of covenant between GOD and his people is one of the most important theological truths of the Bible. By making a covenant with Abraham, GOD promised to bless His descendants and to make them His special people. The 10 commandments were provided to the jews because they made an agreement with God to live by his word. His word was the 10 commandments. The Jews followed these laws because God saved them from the Pharaoh and his reign of terror. The ten commandments helped the jews with living out their covenant with God more faithfully because the ten commandments gave the Jews a guideline of how to live by God and his word.
 * What do you think a covenant is? Define it - and if you are unsure, read this explanation first: [|Definition of a covenant]
 * Why were the 10 Commandments provided to the Jews at this time?
 * How did having the 10 Commandments help the Jews to live out their covenant with God more faithfully?

By Bill Kyriakos

4. Copy a list of the 10 Commandments to your page.

 * 1) **You shall have no other Gods before me**
 * 2) **You shall not make for yourself any 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 any iniquity of the fathers on the children on 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 servants 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 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 servants, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.**

Which commandments are about God? List these by number. ( As a group)
The commandments that are about God are:
 * 1. You shall have no other Gods before me**
 * 2. You shall not make for yourself any 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 any iniquity of the fathers on the children on 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.**

=== Which commandments are about how we should treat others? List these by number. (As a group.) === The commandments that are about how we should be treating others are: 6. You shall not murder.
 * 5. Honor your and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.**
 * 7. You shall not commit adultery.**
 * 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 servants, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.**

By Bill Kyriakos

=== 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.) === Bill's work;
 * 1. You shall have no other Gods before me**


 * Positive version- You shall worship no other God but me.**


 * 2. You shall not make for yourself any 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 any iniquity of the fathers on the children on the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who Love Me and Keep my Commandments.**


 * Positive Version- You shall make statues of me and none other. You shall bow down to none other but me and you shall love me and keep my Commandments under oath.**


 * 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.**


 * Positive- You must hold the Lord guiltless and never use his name in vain.**

6. You shall not murder.

Positive- You shall respect and preserve another man's life as you are all my gifts from the heavens above.


 * 7. You shall not commit adultery.**


 * Positive- You shall respect one another and to always be faithful to your partner.**


 * 8. You shall not Steal.**


 * Positive- You shall respect one another and their belongings be free of stealing**


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


 * Positive - You shall love one another and show respect towards them and their beings**

By Bill Kyriakos and Nick Doolan

== 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 ==

==Bill - In this photo, Kobe Bryants wife files for divorce because he was caught cheating on her with a bar maid at a hotel in LA. The commandment that was broken in this picture/article is the 10th commandment, "**You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his servants, nor anything that is your neighbour’s." This Impacted the world and Kobe himself because he lost almost $150 million, 2 houses and lost his kids to her. It shook the world because they'd been married for 10 years, went through so much and was just so sudden and no one knew about it. But it didn't seem to bother Kobe because directly after the divorce, he had 4 "40+ point games" in a row.**==

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 * Nick -** In this picture the players are fighting one another and and breaking the commandment “thou shalt not kill.” They are breaking the commandment because they had a disagreement and started fighting.

=**CHALLENGE 2**=

**1. Copy and paste these instructions to 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. **

In this passage, we've understood that people who do good under god and you will be blessed by him. Jesus offers us a way of life that promises eternity in the kingdom of Heaven.


 * What we've read in this passage, is the list of Beatitudes. They teach us how to live properly in our Christian lives. They show us the rewards of living a proper, humble and peaceful Christian life.**


 * ** 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]. **

Blessed: confer, aise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth,

Happy: Blissful, Blithe, Joyful, glad, peppy, playful, ecstatic, cheerful, Thrilled, blessed, jubilant, pleased, peaceful, captivated, merry, on cloud nine, flying high, jolly


 * ** __ 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). **

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall for they shall be called children of God”, this beatitude is made clear in the parable of the Good Samaritan. The Samaritan helps the injured man instead of leaving to die in street.


 * 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...) **

Marginalized means not holding much power and being treated like 3rd class Citziens. For Example, black people were very marginalized in the 1950's and they were treated like complete vermin.

Samaritans: Samaritans were marginalized in the time of jesus for the reason that it is known that people really would cross the Jordan to the east bank and bypass Samaria on the way to and from Galilee and Judea. Women: Women were marginalized in the time of Jesus because they weren't regarded by Kings as human beings and were only used for reprduction  Slaves: Slaves were people who came from poor families and provided services for the king, they are marginalized for this reason and because they were not regarded as people with any rights but just people with no rights at all.  Diseased and Poor People: Diseased and poor people were marginalized in the time of Jesus because they were outcasted from society and were worthless because of their health or wealth status. **Today's society** Homeless people: Homeless people are marginalized in today's society because they are without a home, without support and to the public, not worth much. Asian People: Asian people are marginalized in today's society because people believe that they are set to a certain boundary because of their appearance. They are stereotyped for many things such as their appearance and their characteristics. African People: African People are marginalized in today's society because they have always been under chains, like the Jews in the 1940's. They have grown up in ghettos all over the world, idolized thugs, have been disadvantaged in terms of pursuing careers, education and welfare benefits because they are a different skin colour. Aboriginal people: Aboriginal people are marginalized in today's society because of when the british people invaded Australia. They were enslaved, killed, Bred-out and had a **WHOLE** generation taken away from them and were forced to learn the ways of "white" men. Then they weren't regarded as australian citizens and weren't given any of the freedoms that the rest of the country had. They weren't allowed to have jobs because of their race and are now considered "Disadvantaged". Mexican People: Mexican people are marginalized in today's society because they are stereotyped for being salves and Illegal immigrants. They have been involved in gangland crimes and have been threatened by Americans for what they have been accused of doing. They live in areas of America called "Projects" and are considered dangerous places in America. They grow up under bad influences and poor neglecting families and are taught wrongfully and are marginalized for this.
 * **Marginalisation** || **In the Time Of Jesus** || **In modern society** ||
 * **through the** || Samaritans || Homeless people, ||
 * Ages || Women, slaves, || Asian people, ||
 * || Diseased and || African people, ||
 * || Poor people || Aboriginal people ||
 * ||  || and Mexican people ||
 * Time of Jesus**


 * 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. **

Homosexual people in todays society are outcasts and are marginalized because of their sexual preferences and and beliefs. Homosexual people are not respected in society today and are looked at as people who do not have any human rights. Homosexual people find it hard to get a job and are corner in the workplace because of their beliefs. The beatitude “Blessed are the persecuted, for the righteous sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven” is a beatitude that concerns the homosexual community. People who persecute the homosexual community are going against this beatitude.

= = = MS SONEGO WAS HERE 22/5/12 @ 9:00:50am- Great attempt, but we really need to get moving with Challenge 2. :-) =

Challenge #3

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** 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

Good: dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, satisfactory, acceptable, solid, superb, well-behaved, ample

Bad: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, corked, corky, deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, fearful, frightful

Consience: Personal good, moral values, personal beleif

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"

Good: NBA and Players Association donate to Haiti relief efforts http://www.nba.com/2010/news/01/15/nbaplayers.haitirelief/index.html

Evil: Kobe Bryant's wife accuses him of cheating with 105 women http://newsone.com/1745605/kobe-bryants-wife-accuses-him-of-cheating-with-105-women/

This article portrays Evil in society because his actions go against God's 10th commandments being **"You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his servants, nor anything that is your neighbor’s".** This article shows evil in todays' society because Kobe Bryant is publicly humiliating his wife by cheating on her and on her part for humiliating him infront of the media and divorcing from him as soon as she heard about it when they were married for so long and see it was all a lie and she just wanted his money. This shows the darker side of the Media and of the NBA.


 * 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.
 * Embed a hyperlink to that song /lyrics on your team page. (see the wiki "help" section for how to hyperlink.

The song we have chosen is " New Dreams - Trip Lee (feat. Sho Barakra, J.R.) "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPZL5lS3358

I was taught that living the good life Meant getting everything I could But I've been shown a brand new picture of the good life, <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And it's glorious <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Aye I was raised in that Lone Star State where we go hard <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Can't do it small at all, 'cause big things our state <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My dreams as a buck was to make a large bank <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Daddy told me be the best, no one can tell me I can't <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Be the best baller, or be the best rapper <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Got a little older and went after the latter <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Grind 'til I shine trying to climb that ladder <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Grab a couple girls 'cause your boy look dapper <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">But at a young age, I saw I had it wrong <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Full of drive but moving in reverse all along <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Dreams full of pride, heart full of stone <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">You know I had to redefine what I grind on <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Success is dangerous if you don't do it right <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">He gave us everything for pointing to him right <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So toast to the king, who gave me some new dreams <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Everything for his name, that's how I do things <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Never knew how lost i was 'til I found out <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">That I couldn't hear his voice, it was drowned out <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I was chasing things, selfish dreams <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Now I see what he has for me, it's the good life <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I grew up with those doctrines and those angels <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">When wings get mangled and rock a broken halo <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Success is an idol from Hollywood to day go <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">No hablo if you don't speak with the pesos <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And their favorite dollar sign is too much <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">More greed more lust more taste more touch <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I had an appetite that ate from the devil's power <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">With every bite 'cause he would rise, I'm kissing my life goodbye <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">If I find I have a need this world cannot meet <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Then I know this life is a place where my hope should not be <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I've been chasing those things that are real fake <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This is not a real place, this is a dream state <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Functional saviors ain't hip, they're a real waste <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">What's the palace going off without a major king <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Pain sorrow and empty treasures <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Spite the Creator and deem creation simply better <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The ward off is a lot of things, but it's really lying <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And to the Lord, the good life is really dying <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm the Lord's possession, so my heart's in the Heavens <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">True religion in my genes I stop guessing <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Even the sun goes down, heroes die eventually <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Great careers end in the industry <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Empires implode, you may go down in history <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">But everything will go down eventually <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Look you can stack bread but you can't stop death <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And there will be no comforter for you in that bed <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">We all get laid out, the games get played out <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">In a maze headed to the grave and there's no way out <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">You can't outlast life, it fades out fast <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Death is coming for us all, everything's gonna pass <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">So look at it from that angle down <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My dreams gotta be bigger and greater than that <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I was (with?) the persecuted martyrs in Asia <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Were living out their dreams though they was walking in danger <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Their dreams were lifting up the heart of the Savior <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And living in a way that shows he's all that they wait for <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">One's stacking up the cake but one's walking in favor <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Living a good life because they walk with the maker <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My dreams are different, you know that I've been changed now <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The good life is the life that's been laid down <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">(the life that's been laid down) <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">the good life (the good life that's been laid, that's been laid down) <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Yes the good life


 * EXPLAIN how that song promotes good. Make sure you quote specific lines from the song and explain those lines.

This song promotes good because he's talking about the ideal life that God pictured us to have, he makes no references to drugs or anything else with a bad influence and there's no swearing in the song which is probably the best thing about how it promotes good. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-size: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-size: 27px; text-align: left;">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.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Romans 12:1-2 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."


 * 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?)

When I was in primary school I found my mate’s wallet and enclosed was $30 and he didn’t know that I had it or where it was. I thought about giving it back but my friends said keep it he’ll never know and some other guys were saying “don’t be dog” give it back it’s not yours. So I did the right thing and handed back the wallet. My friends influenced me to give it back because they had kind hearts and i knew that what my other mates were trying to influence was wrong.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">
 * Challenge # 4 **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">** 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="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 charitable organisation that reaches out to 3rd world countries that are in need of help, Financially and someone to comfort them.

<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?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The fours aims of their programs are <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">- To improve health in struggling countries <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">- Overcome illiteracy <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">- Reduce environmental damage <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">- Conserving cultural identitiy

<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;">These aims are connected to the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes because the actions they perform for the poor are similar to the beatitude "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God". They are linked to the 10 commandments because the golden commandment "Love one another, as I have loved you" links to the actions of Caritas.

<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?===


 * ===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 (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?** 1- Air Jordan 2- Nike 3- Nike sportswear 4- Vans 5- Converse 6- Adidas 7- Nike: Lebron 8- Jordan: Melo 9- Onitsuka Tiger 10- Nike Basketball

<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?** 1- Patent Leather - China 2- Synthetic Leather - China 3- Cotton - India, China 4- Canvas - Egypt 5- Canvas - Egypt 6- Mesh - USA 7- Suede - China 8- Patent Leather - China 9- Denim - China 10- Flywire - USA

<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?** 1- Vietnam 2- China 3- China 4- Corona, CA 5- Europe 6- China 7- China 8- Vietnam 9- Japan 10- China

<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). ** ====


 * Item || Brand || Material/Origin || Where is the Item made? ||  ||
 * 1 || Air Jordan || Patent Leather/China || Vietnam ||  ||
 * 2 || Nike || Synthetic Leather/China || China ||  ||
 * 3 || Nike Sportswear || Cotton/India, China || China ||  ||
 * 4 || Vans || Canvas/Egypt || Corona, CA ||  ||
 * 5 || Converse || Canvas/Egypt || Europe ||  ||
 * 6 || Adidas || Mesh/USA || China ||  ||
 * 7 || Nike: Lebron || Suede/China || China ||  ||
 * 8 || Jordan: Melo || Patent Leather/China || Vietnam ||  ||
 * 9 || Onitsuka Tiger || Denim/China || Japan ||  ||
 * 10 || Nike Basketball || Flywire/USA || China ||  ||

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?)**==


 * ==**pay (per piece? per hour?)**==


 * ==**job protection**==


 * ==**care/consideration for the environment by that company**==


 * ==**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 on your team page **


 * A. The age of workers in the factories that Nike run are usually 15 - 20 / 40 - 50.**
 * B. The working conditions in the factories are: Working 7 days a week, the lighting and ventilation is bad, the factory is hot and smells like hot glue.**
 * C. The pay that these workers receive per our is 20c or $1.60 a day.**
 * D. The Job protection/workers rights that the workers have in the Nike factory a very minimal, the managers tortured the workers and harassed them. The workers usually faint in the factory due to fatigue or lack of nutrition.**
 * E. The care that the managers of the factory have for their workers is very minimal because the workers are shown no respect and are treated like animals.**
 * F. The workers in the factory don't have much access to family and they work 8 hours a day and sometimes work overtime with no extra pay.**


 * <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? **

" http://clrlabor.org/alerts/1997/nike_worker1.html " **given the fact that most of the clothes I own are made by Nike**
 * Knowing about how my clothes are made makes me think differently for where I'm buying my clothes from and it's disappointing to read this article,**

<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?

=Yes, one of the sweatshops featured on the oxfam website created my garments for me.=

<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; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Yes, I do feel a 'change of heart'. I could reconcile my thoughts with my actions by spending less money on the brand until they give their manufacturers more freedom.

<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; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Next time I make a decision regarding choosing what brand to buy I will do my research on the brand and how they manufacture their merchandise and if the quality is top notch so I'm not buying a B-Grade product.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 23px; text-align: center;">it's time to put it all together, and share what you have learnt! ===Your team now needs to decide what format your presentation will take. All students in year 9 will present to the rest of year 9 at the end of Week 10 in a celebration of our learning.===
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 25px; text-align: center;">Now that you have finished your "Challenges"...

===Please spend a few minutes investigating each of the presentation tools before you decide which format you'd like to use.===

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; text-align: center;">Time to put it all together! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learning about your faith and applying its teachings to real life is truly an essential part of "being the best man you can be..." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> You have learned about the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You have investigated something the world says is "good" and thought about your perspective on that issue as a Christian <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px;">. =====

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Now, your group needs to put it all together...time to plan, prepare, present! As with previous challenges, there are some steps to complete before going to the new technology and having a play. In applying your learning to real life, we'd like you to consider the following:

How does your understanding of the 10 Commandments and the Beatitudes impact on the choices you make in becoming the "best man you can be"...in your relationships with
 * 1) Your self
 * 2) Others
 * 3) The world
 * 4) God

Your presentation must show your learning in these 4 areas, but before your start you need to plan. In your groups, reflect on these areas and what you have learnt. You can divide up who might be responsible for collecting information, a quote, song lyrics, a video clip, or even recording yourselves speaking. (No more than two video uploads please...) Your group needs to: Review the presentation formats below. Consider what will be the best format for you to bring together your understanding of the 10 Commandments, the Beatitudes, and how these impact on choices you make concerning good and evil. Make sure you watch the videos or investigate the websites - maybe you can split this up as a homework task, and each member comes to class end of week 9 ready to argue which format their group should use! You must then upload (PPT/Keynote) or place a link (to your Glog, Prezi, iMovie, Museum Box, Animoto) on the Year 9 wiki on the "Finished Presentations" page. Good luck - ask your teachers or classmates for help - or send me an email through wikispaces and I'll try to help that way!!!

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; text-align: left;">Prezi =Prezi is a moving, dancing Powerpoint. You create it online, and can zoom in and out of text, photos and links.=

[|Prezi Tutorial]
<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Museum Box =Museum box allows you to upload text, photo, video links, etc... and you can categorise your information into 6-sided "boxes" where each panel of the box opens up to reveal a new piece of information...= ==[|Museum Box]==

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: left;">Animoto ==a video slideshow maker which allows you to add photos, video, text and audio...== ==[|Animoto]==

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: left;">iMovie == you can make a short film which explains what you have learnt... == ==[|iMovie - getting started]==

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;">Glogster ==== an online, interactive poster creator which lets you upload text, photos, and link to video... plus you get to play with colour and layout, very cool...! ==== Make sure you save your Glog in the "unfinished" version while you are still working on it. Once you have shown your teacher the final version, then save as final and give it a name (Please use your group name as the Glog name).

[|Glogster]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Powerpoint == an oldie but goodie... if you choose to use this for presentation,make sure you learn to jazz it up a bit by adding in transitions, animation, links to video, or overlay some music or other audio... challenge yourself! == == [|Powerpoint tips and tricks] == ||  ||