While these are good reviews, they are always in the process of change.
First Part of Junior Faith Course:
Introduction & Prelection: "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Section Review and Test Preview
Content assigned: Class began with a discussion of "Was Holden Caulfield a person of faith?" Handouts on Plato's "allegory of the cave," the myth of Icarus, the Buddhist fable of the nine blind men and the elephant, "The Five Foundational Lessons," "The Key Teachings of Jesus." Videos:
Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living?" What is Aristotle boat images for the two kinds of men?
What is the difference between opinion, belief and facts? How do these relate to truth?
Was Holden Caulfield a person of faith? Defend your ideas.
How important was faith to the main characters of Gates of Fire?
What does Bruxious tell Xeo he needs to become a man? Is this similar to Ignatius idea of being a "man for others"?
How do these demonstrate the idea of faith and its consequences: Eric Clapton and Holden Caulfield. What about Flick Webb, "The Ex-Basketball Player"? Be able to tell a story from your life that illustrates the importance of faith, or lack of it.
List and explain the Five Foundational Lessons. Be able to show how these are real in your life--or explain why they do not apply to you.
Know, understand these great classic myths/stories that have been important in the history of philosophy
How does the life of Socrates illustrate the key ideas of these stories? How does the life of Eric Clapton illustrate this? Does this help you understand your life? Is any of this real in your life?
for the Introductory section "The Human Condition" Do ONE of these options due on section test day at the begining of class.
Intellectual and objective. Create a web on an "Organization of Faith." Choose one group that dedicates much of their time, talents and treasure to help others. Write a description of the group, its history, its purpose. List some of the group's accomplishments. Include a picture; link and/or attribute the source. Include links.
Personal and reflective. My CaveThe Cave in Plato's allegory is the place where people are prisoners of ignorance and darkness. What is your your own personal cave? What do you need to be liberated from? What holds you in darkness or ignorance? Have you had an experience of being liberated from a particular cave? (Examples: racism, fear, some kind of addiction, hatred, selfishness --these things come to mind-there are many more options. Consider how you might be released from this cave.
Usually due the day of the section test at the begining of class. This should be your web page and a hard copy should be handed in with the section test. Five parts, rubric grading: 1) One paragraph summary of the key idea summarizing the topic of the week. 2) List and explain three of the most important ideas you want to remember from this week. 3) One image of that reminds you of the topic. Attribute, link, your source. 4) One good question you should keep with you to ponder. This should be a real question that comes up in this study. I would also urge you to offer and answer to your own question. 5) What should you try to do to make you a better person, a more faithful person, from this study.
