6th grade Religion Standards 2015-16
Task of Catechesis 1-Knowledge of the Faith: Students explore, profess, and
reflect on our Catholic faith, which is the content of God’s revelation found in Sacred
Scripture and Sacred Tradition and lived out in the Creed and Church doctrine.
1. Locates and cites passages in the Old Testament
2. Names and categorizes the 46 books of the Old Testament as Pentateuch,
History, Wisdom, or Prophets.
3. Articulates how the Sacred Scripture is the revelation of God written by inspired
human authors and becomes the Word made flesh through Jesus.
4. Explains the covenant relationship of the Old Testament as foundational to
Christian faith and guidelines to moral living.
5. Examines and retells stories from the Old Testament in which the Israelites were
in right relationship with God.
6. Identify God’s promise of a Savior and Redeemer in Old Testament and describes
how Jesus fulfills the promises made in the Old Testament.
Task of Catechesis 2-Liturgical Education: Students recognize the presence of
Christ and enter into communion with Him through active, full and conscious
participation in the Liturgical celebrations and Sacraments of the Church.
1. Participates actively and prayerfully in Eucharistic liturgies.
2. Identifies the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist as central
parts of the mass as well as prayers and actions in each part.
3. Prepares a liturgy, with guidance from the teacher, based on a chosen theme or
feast day, including choice of readings, creation of intercessory prayers, and
music.
4. Identifies Old Testament stories that provide foundations to the Sacraments
today and articulate how the Sacraments strengthen the relationship with God.
Task of Catechesis 3-Moral Education: Students develop a moral conscience that
is informed by Church teachings and conformed to Christ as modeled in a personal life
of virtue and demonstrated in service of the Gospel’s demands for society.
1. Articulates the concept of human dignity as related to the creation stories.
2. Explains Original Sin as a reality of human existence and that conscience helps
humans distinguish between morally good or bad decisions.
3. Identifies the Ten Commandments and applies them to situations in one’s own
life.
4. Explains why the leaders in the Old Testament had a responsibility to act morally
and how leading a moral life has communal impact.
5. Explains that human being have the responsibility to care for God’s creation, the
poor, and vulnerable and identifies those who live/lived out their responsibility.
6. Compares and contrasts covenant with civil law.
Task of Catechesis 4-Teaching to Pray: Students experience and engage in
Catholic expressions of prayer to deepen their relationship with God and the Church.
1. Students identify forms of prayer in the Old Testament: blessing, adoration,
petition, intercession, thanksgiving and praise.
2. Locates and recognizes canticles in the Bible
3. Engages in the four stages of the Lectio Divina
4. Identifies temptation in the Old Testament and explains how praying the Our
Father helps with our temptation.
5. Recites and explains the Luminous Mysteries: Baptism of Jesus, Marriage Feast
at Cana, Jesus Announces the Kingdom of God, Last Supper.
Task of Catechesis 5-The Life, Community, and History of the Church:
Students study and participate in the life and mission of the church, the Body of Christ
and the community of believers, as expressed in the Church’s origin, history,
ecclesiology, the Communion of Saints and their family, the domestic church.
1. Explains how Jewish traditions from the Old Testament provide the foundation
for Christianity.
2. Distinguishes between the three images of the church: People of God, Body of
Christ, and Temple of the Holy Spirit.
3. Identifies roles of Old Testament leaders and associates them with roles of the
hierarchy/Magisterium e.g. Abraham, Moses, Isaac
4. Identifies priest, prophet, and king in the Old Testament and associate them with
lay ministries today.
Task of Catechesis 6-The Church’s Missionary Life and Service: Students
acquire and demonstrate skills to recognize their gifts from God and their vocation to
share the good News of Jesus Christ in word and deed in the world.
1. Identifies and explains how Old Testament prophets resisted and then responded
to God’s call.
2. Explains the meaning of monotheism and knows which religions share this belief.
3. Identifies Judaism as Jesus’ faith and culture and articulates that those
responsible for Jesus’ death rejected his teachings.
4. Articulates that people express their belief in God in different ways and identifies
ways to show respect for various faith traditions.