REACHING OUT (Grades 11 & 12)
Moral Choices/Formation of Conscience	Should Catholics Let Their Conscience Be Their Guide? (important concepts about conscience)  Teacher Resource (TR) p. 32     Student Book (SB) p. 109 Statement on the Formation of Conscience (factors affecting formation of conscience) Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops   TR p. 33  SB p. 114 What Does a Christian Do? Moral Problems (meaning of being human) TR p. 35  SB p.121 Becoming a Woman (process of moral decision-making)  TR p. 36  SB p.126 A Man For All Seasons (actions of Thomas More) TR p. 36    SB p. 129
Choosing Life	Therefore Choose Life (Catholic teaching on sanctity of life) TR p. 40  SB p. 143 Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops A Time to Choose Life: Women, Abortion and Human Rights (societal influences on abortion)  TR p. 41    SB p. 148 Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions (teenager chooses adoption)  TR p. 51    SB p.179
Sexual Decision Making	Intimacy and Sexuality:  A Letter to the Catholic Youth of Ontario (virtue of chastity)  Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops TR p. 49  SB p. 170 Sex and the Teenager:  Choices and Decisions (15 risks connected with teenage sexual activity)  TR p. 50 SB p. 172 Becoming a Man (commitment in adolescent relationships)     TR p. 50   SB p. 174 Homosexuality: What's a Christian to Think?  (Church teaching on homosexuality/Christian response to homosexuals)     TR p. 52   SB p. 182
Cohabitation	Shacking Up Is Hard To Do (stability of cohabitation/marriage)  TR p. 55   SB p. 193 Living Together: What's a Pastor To Do? (Church response to living together before marriage) TR p. 55   SB p. 195
Substance Use and Abuse	Children of Alcoholics (effects of alcoholism on family members) TR p. 22   SB p. 83 Children of Alcoholics (coping and healing strategies) TR p. 24   SB p.90
Relationships	The Three Faces of Love (explores intimacy, passion, commitment) TR p.45 SB p.155 How Do I Trust Thee?  (importance of trust in relationships) TR p. 44  SB p.154
Abusive Relationships	Wife Abuse (facts about wife abuse)  TR p. 23  SB p. 86 The Scars of Emotional Abuse  (patterns of emotional abuse by parents) TR p. 23   SB p. 87 To Live Without Fear: A Statement on Violence Against Women (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops) TR p. 47  SB p. 160 Dating Violence (characteristics of abusive dating relationships) TR p. 48  SB p.163 From Becoming a Man (date rape a crime and serious moral offence) TR p. 48  SB p.167
Coping and Healing from Abuse	Wife Abuse   Health and Welfare Canada   TR p. 24  SB p. 86 The Scars of Emotional Abuse   TR p. 24     SB p.87
Marriage	Bradshaw on: The Family (qualities of a healthy marriage) TR p. 18   SB p. 67 Christian Marriage: A Sacrament of Love (importance of compatability)  TR p. 53    SB p.187 When Opposites Attract and Then Wed  (role of personality in marriage relationships)  TR p. 54  SB p. 189 Sex and the Teenager: Choices and Decisions  (characteristics of real love)  TR p. 54    SB p. 191 Before We Say Forever  (essential characteristics of a Christian sacramental marriage)  TR p. 60  SB p. 208 Lasting Marriages (factors that contribute to a lasting marriage) TR p. 62  SB p. 215
Marriage and Children	Humanae Vitae (excerpt from Pope Paul VI's encyclical on married love)  TR p. 64 SB p. 225 A Marriage in the Lord (Church teaching about Natural Family Planning) TR P. 64 SB p. 226 Ever Since Eve (coping with infertility and subsequent adoption of children) TR p. 64 SB p. 226 Fathers Are An Essential Part of the Human Environment  (important role of fathers in the life of children)  TR p. 66  SB p. 236 Love is the Measure by Which We Are Judged (challenges/rewards of being a parent) TR p. 66  SB p. 234 Facing Fatherhood (challenges of being a teenage father) TR p. 51  SB p.176 Living Out Loud  (influence of parents) TR p. 67  SB p. 239
Family	Through the Eyes of Faith  (profound influence of family)   TR p. 2   SB p. 2 What is a Family?  (images of family)    TR p. 2   SB p. 3 The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World (relationship of family and society) TR p. 5   SB p. 16 Charter of Rights of the Family    TR p. 5    SB p. 18 Discerning the Signs of the Times  (positive and negative signs of the times related to families)   TR p. 6   SB p. 22 What is a Family?  (definitions and descriptions of family) TR p. 8   SB p. 31 Child Care: A New Feminist Perspective (societal attitudes toward parents who stay home to raise children) TR p. 8    SB p. 32 Why Don't I Feel at Home (father stays home to care for family) TR p.15  SB p.57 The Mother Zone (difficulties of balancing child care and career) TR p. 9   SB p. 34 Parenting: Dad-Style vs. Mom-Style (difference of parenting styles) TR p.14  SB p. 55 Finding God at Home: Family Life as Spiritual Discipline (role of older relatives in handing on their faith) TR p. 13   SB p. 51 The Jade Peony  (influence of family member even after death) TR p. 4   SB p.10 Trapped Between Two Worlds (cultural tensions faced by some families) TR p.15   SB p. 58 Discerning the Signs of the Times (media influence on cultural values) TR p.16   SB p.61 The Big Picture (future changes/challenges for family life in Canada)  TR p.16  SB p. 63 Traits of a Healthy Family (identify traits of a healthy family)  TR p.19   SB p.71 Nicholls Puts Family Ahead of Hockey.... (important role of husband/father) TR p.18   SB p. 70 No Family's Perfect (balancing independence with connectedness) TR p. 20  SB p. 74
Single Parent Families	What Real Choices do Single Moms Have?  (difficulties of raising children alone) TR p. 10    SB p. 37 Living With a Single Parent (challenges of growing up in a single parent family)  TR p.12   SB p. 43 Super Dad  (challenges of being a single father) TR p.12  SB p. 46
Divorce/Remarriage	Divorced in America (effects of divorce on both parents and children) TR p. 62   SB p.221 A Case of the Suitcase Blues (challenges of joint custody)  TR p. 63   SB p. 222 Talking About Stepfamilies (challenges of adjusting to new parent because of remarriage)   TR p. 12    SB p. 48