LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

RESPONDING TO THE MESSAGE OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

Unit Project Description (Start Date: [May 10, 2010]; End Date: [May 24, 2010])

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING:

GROUP NAME: MEMBERS:

Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic social teaching “is a rich treasure of wisdom about how to build a just society and how to live holy lives amid the challenges of the modern world” (from FINDING GOD: Following Jesus, p. 19).

The USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) have identified these seven areas of social concern:

Life and Dignity of the Human Person

Call to Family, Community, and Participation

Rights and Responsibilities

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers

Solidarity

Care for God’s Creation

Project Components

You will be divided into 7 groups with 3 to 4 members each and given one of the seven principles listed above. Each group will put together a way to communicate their assigned Catholic social teaching tenet and design a class service project that shows understanding of the issue at hand.

Research time will be given in class and as homework assignment. Each group member will be assigned a role/task and will be required to write a reflection paper each day as part of their grade.

LIGHTS!

The group will decide on a way to communicate, educate and “enlighten” audiences on their assigned principle. The choices are as follows:

Billboard

created on a 3’ x 8’ butcher paper that will be hung in the hallway

employs an effective slogan or catch-phrase that clearly requires action on the part of the audience

design is attractive, effective, and created with care and concern

Website

created using a website creation tool or saved as an HTML file from an application that will be available for viewing from the class page

employs an effective slogan, catch-phrase, or website name that clearly expresses the ideas of the assigned principle

provides opportunities for audience to act on the issue at hand

design is attractive, effective, and created with care and concern

CAMERA!

The group focuses in on their assigned principle by launching a campaign using a PSA to persuade people to act.

Public Service Announcement

a 60-second PSA (commercial) created using movie editing software or PowerPoint with voice-over and imported video (students will be responsible for learning movie editing software on their own) that will be published as a link on the 7^th grade class page

employs an effective slogan, catch-phrase, and organization name that clearly expresses the ideas of the assigned tenet

provides an opportunity for audience to act on the issue at hand

produced with care and concern including smooth editing and transitions

raw files (.mov or MP4) must be turned in (flash drive OK) along with a stand-alone DVD that can be shown on any DVD player (component or computer).

ACTION!

The group will design a class service project that will “act” on their assigned Catholic social teaching principle. The project will be simple, but effective. The group will outline the materials, time, resources, and schedule needed to complete the project and describe the desired outcome.

This project may be implemented during the summer and may count towards service hours.

Grading

Each student will be graded on their individual reflection papers, each group member’s points assessing their collaborative efforts, and conduct and effort/participation grade as observed by the teacher

Each group will receive a grade for their role in creating the billboard or website, the PSA, and Service Project proposal based on effectiveness.

Timeline

Due Date Component Due

[May 11] Group Questionnaire/Research Guide

[May 11] BB/Web Lights!” method of communication

[May 13] PSA storyboard
[May18] Service Project Proposal Due
Other Due Dates (List Here for Reference):