30 x 45 minutes Religion 5th-8th grade. Handouts for the classroom with copy templates

Lesson plans and teaching materials for religious educators (Protestant and Catholic) in secondary schools, grades 5-8. Do your students find religion dusty and dry? Show them the opposite! With these 30 ready-to-use star lessons covering the curriculum, you can easily bring energy into your classroom. The young people engage creatively with their own image of God, explore the connection between sexuality and coming of age through the Book of Ruth, investigate the double commandment of love, work on a group puzzle to understand the significance of various Christian symbols, question their relationship with creation, discuss topics like addictions, self-love, and satisfaction, solve a Lord's Prayer puzzle, and rephrase the prayer in modern language. Throughout this process, the youth continually engage.