Conduct a discussion as a way to allow white students in your class to be aware of some preferential treatments they experience because they are white. Likewise, allow students of color to discuss their perspectives of some of these experiences.

A sweet and simple way to encourage your students to think of the poor of the world.

Outside da Box has produced a video that deals with issues of bullying, meanness, kindness, and proper Christian living as commonly presented around a Catholic high school.

In dying on the Cross, Jesus gave the greatest gift of love to all people and for all times. How can your students emulate this gift of love in their everyday lives? 

Over the last few decades, there has fortunately arisen a greater awareness of the scourge of bullying within school settings throughout the United States. To be clear, the awareness is the fortunate aspect, while the prevalence is the obviously deleterious one.

Below are various ways that teachers in Catholic high schools, particularly (but not exclusively) theology teachers, can encourage their students to become engaged in the pro-life movement, along with methods of leading students to better learn and understand the vital theological basis by which we celebrate human life in all its multi-faceted stages.

With summer here, teens run the risk of many dangerous situations including the possibility they will drive or be in a car with someone who is impaired by alcohol. Use the occasion of summer to share with them the very meaningul poem below.

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois recently gave a presentation on the Catholic Church's teaching on the hot-button topic of marriage and same-sex relationships.

“Thou shall not steal” is an important commandment that has broad implications in both one’s personal life as well as society at large.

Shared below is a case study connected with the Fourth Commandment, "Honor your father and your mother." This case study has to do with the topic of divorce.

The issue of immigration, especially due to the recent Arizona immigration law, is complex, as this case study reveals.

Below are some suggestions for teaching about the new Health Care Law in the context of Catholic Social Teaching.

Present to the class several reasons for why people sin.

Assign the following activity on friendship.

Read the moral dilemma to the students and ask them to rate how strongly they would respond based on either end of the spectrum.

In a society and culture obsessed with outward bodily appearance and sex outside of marriage, Maria Goretti and Kateri Tekawitha represent the importance of inner beauty and moral decision-making.

Soeren Palumbo, now a junior at the University of Notre Dame, delivered a powerful testimony of love for his sister, Olivia, speaking out against the use of "retard" as a word that both teens and adults use disrespectfully toward people with disabilities.

Pray with your students for their commitment to live healthy and safe lives during these next few months and in the years ahead.

Help your students to understand this issue and the Church's position on the side of life.

Have your students discus ways in which each case study response underscores or ignores the four marks of the Church.

Today, on the 36th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States, take some time to pray with your students for the rights of the unborn, a change of laws, and a change of heart.

In small groups have the students role-play peaceful resolutions to situations that are often marked by racial tensions.

Today's Facebook generation is getting a little taste of what Purgatory and Heaven are like all wrapped into one.

This lesson connects the content of Chapter 1 of Your Life in Christ to various themes found within the film Bruce Almighty.

In light of the recent announcement that the United States Catholic Bishops will take up the issue of politics and abortion at the meeting of the full body of bishops in November, take some time to visit the Faithful Citizenship site sponsored by the USCCB.

Share with your students a lesson on consumerism from Activities for Catholic Social Teaching by James McGinnis.

There are several discernment processes you can share with your students for when they are about to make an important decision. All of these should involve prayer.

There are good reasons for teaching adolescents about sexual abuse.

Have the students work on their own or in small groups to develop moral dilemmas.

As Catholic Christians we are called to choose the most loving thing in a given situation.

One of the most difficult realties about high school life is the devastating effect of gossip upon students and staff.

Over the summer, the Associated Press and MTV released findings of an in-depth study of young people and happiness.

Religious educators and catechists are always looking for good ideas on how their students might translate faith into action. Christmas is an especially good time to remind us of why and how to love

Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Lou Holtz speaks to Beliefnet about how his "dream job" at Notre Dame made him a better Catholic, the role of prayer in pre-game rituals, and the four things everyone needs in life.