Knowledge: Students will…

K-Grade 2

1. Know that God wants us to be happy.
2. Know that the Ten Commandments and Beatitudes are guides to help us to be happy and to live a good life.
3. Know that we should do God’s Will.
4. Know about the love of God, the love of neighbor and the love of self.
5. Know and apply the meaning of the “Golden Rule”.
6. Know that they have free will and understand that they are to make informed choices.

Grades 3- 5

1. Comprehend the Beatitudes as Jesus’ teaching about how to live and to find happiness.
2. Comprehend that the Ten Commandments come from God.
3. Know and apply that virtues are daily habits of doing good.
4. Be aware of the theological virtues (faith, hope, charity) and the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance).
5. Know that they have free will and understand that they are to make informed choices.
6. Comprehend that to do right and to do wrong are conscious decisions.
7. Know that sin is present in the world.

Grades 6- 8

1. Comprehend that the Beatitudes are God’s way of drawing us to him so we can be happy and spiritually fulfilled.
2. Comprehend the Ten Commandments and know how they apply to daily life.
3. Comprehend that it is God’s will that we live a good, moral life.
4. Comprehend that virtues are habitual and are firm dispositions to do good.
5. Comprehend the three Theological and four Cardinal Virtues.
6. Know that they have free will and understand that they are to make informed choices.
7. Know the nature of sin and the need to seek God’s forgiveness through the sacrament of Reconciliation.
8. Understand the theme of covenant in Scripture.