Christian Education K-12 Scope & Sequence – Big Ideas
TITLE
K Our Journey Begins
1 I am God’s Child
2 Jesus calls us to be His
Friend
3 Jesus calls me to Serve
4 Living in Christ: The Way,
the Truth, & the Life
5 Community in Christ:
Life/faith, Love, &
Leadership
6 God’s Salvation Plan: Call,
Covenant, Commitment
7 Confirmed &
Commissioned to live out
the Faith
8 Covenant: Living in
relationship with God and
others
9 New Covenant: Living in
Relationship with Jesus
Christ
10 Morality: Journey to
Happiness
11 Explorations in Church
History and Identity
12 Catholic Identity and
Witness
God is love
I belong to God through Baptism
Jesus gives us the gift of Himself,
now and forever
The Holy Spirit helps and changes us
We can encounter Jesus through His
words, His life, and His actions
We are a community of God’s
people, which is the Church, the
mystical Body of Christ
God calls us into a covenantal
relationship of love throughout
salvation history
The Creed expresses the Christian
belief
God desires to live with all people in
a covenantal relationship rooted in
love through all of time
Salvation comes from Jesus’
fulfilment of the covenant
Created in the image of God, human
life has inherent dignity
The Holy Spirit guides the growth of
the Church throughout its history
We are all called to holiness
We belong to the family of God
I live my life as a disciple of Jesus by
loving God and others
As Jesus forgives, we too must
forgive and reconcile with others
The sacraments help us to know
Jesus
The 10 Commandments and the
Beatitudes guide us in living our
faith
We participate in the celebration of
the Paschal Mystery through the
Mass
Christianity is rooted in the story of
the Israelites
We are called to live as fully
initiated members of the Catholic
Church
The Bible is God’s revelation of
Himself to humanity
Happiness is rooted in authentic
relationship as modelled by Christ
Moral living requires freedom
The study of Church history allows
us to understand its relevance
today
Christ reveals Himself as our model
BIG IDEAS
We remember Jesus in our
celebrations
I build my relationship with God
through prayer and celebration in
liturgy
The Eucharist is Jesus
God calls us to live justly
Through Mary’s intercession, we
grow closer to Jesus, her Son
As exemplified through the lives of
the saints, we respond to the call to
holiness by living out our vocation
Jesus is the fulfillment of the
covenant
The Holy Spirit strengthens us in our
Christian Life
Through prayer and Tradition, we
continuously renew our covenantal
relationships with God and others
The Trinity is the central mystery of
the faith
Happiness comes from a free
response to grace
The Church is the universal
sacrament of salvation and invites
us to be disciples of Jesus
We are created, as a union of body
and soul, for filial relationship with
God the Father and with each other
We listen and respond to God Like Jesus, we bring God’s love to
the world
Through the Eucharist and As Jesus loves us, we too should
celebration of the Mass, we love others
encounter Jesus
We live in joy as an Easter people God gives us gifts and talents to
serve others
Community in Christ is fostered
through prayer
Living in covenant leads us to love
God and neighbour
You are made by and for God, and
therefore you should trust Him with
your happiness (cf. Isaiah 62.5)
The Incarnation transforms the Jesus’ identity and teaching invites a
human experience personal and communal response
Love chooses to seek and live the
truth
Crisis and challenge can lead to The Catholic intellectual tradition
renewal and growth in the Church contributes to a flourishing and just
society through science, technology,
and the economy
My relationship with God guides my
life
Christian Education K-12 Scope & Sequence – Big Ideas (Primary)
TITLE
K Our Journey Begins
1 I am God’s Child
2 Jesus calls us to be His
Friend
3 Jesus calls me to Serve
God is love
I belong to God through Baptism
Jesus gives us the gift of Himself,
now and forever
The Holy Spirit helps and changes us
We belong to the family of God
I live my life as a disciple of Jesus by
loving God and others
As Jesus forgives, we too must
forgive and reconcile with others
The sacraments help us to know
Jesus
BIG IDEAS
We remember Jesus in our
celebrations
I build my relationship with God
through prayer and celebration in
liturgy
The Eucharist is Jesus
God calls us to live justly
We listen and respond to God
Through the Eucharist and
celebration of the mass, we
encounter Jesus
We live in joy as an Easter people
Like Jesus, we bring God’s love to
the world
As Jesus loves us, we too should
love others
God gives us gifts and talents to
serve others
Christian Education K-12 Scope & Sequence – Big Ideas (Intermediate)
TITLE
4 Living in Christ: The Way,
the Truth, & the Life
5 Community in Christ:
Life/faith, Love, &
Leadership
6 God’s Salvation Plan: Call,
Covenant, Commitment
7 Confirmed &
Commissioned to live out
the Faith
We can encounter Jesus through His
words, His life, and His actions
We are a community of God’s
people, which is the Church, the
mystical Body of Christ
God calls us into a covenantal
relationship of love throughout
salvation history
The Creed expresses the Christian
belief
The 10 Commandments and the
Beatitudes guide us in living our
faith
We participate in the celebration of
the Paschal Mystery through the
Mass
Christianity is rooted in the story of
the Israelites
We are called to live as fully
initiated members of the Catholic
Church
BIG IDEAS
Through Mary’s intercession, we
grow closer to Jesus, her Son
As exemplified through the lives of Community in Christ is fostered
the saints, we respond to the call to through prayer
holiness by living out our vocation
Jesus is the fulfillment of the Living in covenant leads us to love
covenant God and neighbour
The Holy Spirit strengthens us in our
Christian Life
Christian Education K-12 Scope & Sequence – Big Ideas (High School)
TITLE BIG IDEAS
8 Covenant: Living in God desires to live with all people in The Bible is God’s revelation of Through prayer and Tradition, we You are made by and for God, and
relationship with God and a covenantal relationship rooted in Himself to humanity continuously renew our covenantal therefore you should trust Him with
others love through all of time relationships with God and others your happiness (cf. Isaiah 62.5)
9 New Covenant: Living in Salvation comes from Jesus’ Happiness is rooted in authentic The Trinity is the central mystery of The Incarnation transforms the Jesus’ identity and teaching invites a
Relationship with Jesus fulfilment of the covenant relationship as modelled by Christ the faith human experience personal and communal response
Christ
10 Morality: Journey to Created in the image of God, human Moral living requires freedom Happiness comes from a free Love chooses to seek and live the
Happiness life has inherent dignity response to grace truth
11 Explorations in Church The Holy Spirit guides the growth of The study of Church history allows The Church is the universal Crisis and challenge can lead to The Catholic intellectual tradition
History and Identity the Church throughout its history us to understand its relevance sacrament of salvation and invites renewal and growth in the Church contributes to a flourishing and just
today us to be disciples of Jesus society through science, technology,
and the economy
12 Catholic Identity and We are all called to holiness Christ reveals Himself as our model We are created, as a union of body My relationship with God guides my
Witness and soul, for filial relationship with life
God the Father and with each other