As we celebrate this Jubilee Year of the Real Presence in the Diocese of Allentown, we believe it is important to teach our youth and young adults about the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.  You can find below some curriculum resources for students in grades K-12 that will help set the foundation of a lifelong relationship with Jesus.

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS
Standard:  Students will utilize their close reading skills to comprehend the text.
Expectation:  Students will be able to retell the stories of the Miracles and share their faith with others.
Lesson:  Eucharistic Miracles Stories
Resource:  https://www.guidedchildrensadoration.com/eucharistic-miracle-stories.html
Activities:  "Readers Theater" reenactments or illustrations of stories and follow up vocabulary and spelling exercises

Standard:  Students will ask and answer questions about key details in the story.
Expectation:  Students will know that the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus is miraculous.
Lesson:  Eucharistic Miracles Stories
Resource: https://www.guidedchildrensadoration.com/uploads/2/4/8/5/24850691/praise_and_adoration_3rd_edition.pdf
Activities:  Students will listen to the story of Saint Anthony and the Adoring Donkey.  Students will color the worksheet and complete one sentence to go with the coloring sheet.

SCIENCE
Standard:  God provides for his people and we need more than physical food.  Jesus is the bread of life that feeds our souls.
Expectation:  Students will understand that our souls need more than physical food.
Lesson:  Bread of Life
Resource:  https://www.bostoncatholic.org/sites/g/files/zjfyce871/files/2020-11/theeucharistsample12.pdf
Activities:  Eucharistic Adoration

Standard:  God provides for his people and we need more than physical food.  Jesus is the bread of life that feeds our souls.
Expectation:  Students will understand the Eucharistic miracles that have occurred.
Lesson:  Eucharistic Miracles
Resource:  http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/emchildren_pdf/emc_full_document.pdf
Activities:  https://www.catholicicing.com/teach-the-true-presence-in-the-eucharist-to-kids-an-object-lesson/

SOCIAL STUDIES
Standard:  Students will understand the history of the Feast Day and the impact on society.
Expectation:  Students will proclaim the love of the Eucharist to the World.
Lesson:  Story of Corpus Christi
Resource:  https://teachingcatholickids.com/celebrate-the-feast-of-corpus-christi/
Activities:  Bread breaking activity with discussion of the First Communion or illustrations of the event.

Standard:  Students will know that this meal known as the “Last Supper”, Jesus gave new meaning to bread and wine and instituted what we today know as The Holy Eucharist.
Expectation: Students will retell in their own words the story of the last supper.
Lesson:  Last Supper
Resource: https://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2012/03/crafty-crafters-holy-communion.html
Activities:  Last Supper - Play or skit(Students will be assigned parts and re-enact) / Last Supper Worksheet /Use map to show students where the “Last Supper took place”.

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS
Standard:  Students will utilize their close reading skills to comprehend the text.
Expectation:  Students will be able to retell the stories of the Miracles and share their faith with others.
Lesson:  Eucharistic Miracles Stories
Resource:  https://www.guidedchildrensadoration.com/eucharistic-miracle-stories.html
Activities:  "Readers Theater" reenactments or illustrations of stories and follow up vocabulary and spelling exercises

Standard:  Students will utilize their close reading skills to comprehend the text.
Expectation:  Students will be able to share knowledge of the Sacrament of Communion and the Holy Eucharist
Lesson:  Holy Eucharist
Resource:  http://storage.cloversites.com/sacredheartparish/documents/HolyEucharistLessonPlans.pdf 
Activities:  http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2012/03/crafty­crafters­holy­communion.html

MATH
Standard: Students will be exposed to the relationships of numbers or numeracy concepts.
Expectation: Students will understand the wonder of God’s perfect creations.
Lesson:  Beauty of Mathematics
Resource:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmEtouLI7VY
Activities: Create problems to illustrate the perfect relationships between numbers. 

SCIENCE
Standard: Students will learn how science is applied to understanding of Real Presence.
Expectation: Students will learn how science and religion interact.
Lesson:  Science and the Real Presence
Resource: https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/the-miracle-of-lanciano.html
Activities: Eucharistic Adoration and this experiment: https://www.catholicicing.com/teach-the-true-presence-in-the-eucharist-to-kids-an-object-lesson/

SOCIAL STUDIES
Standard: Students will understand the history of the Feast Day and the impact on society.
Expectation:  Students will proclaim the love of the Eucharist to the World.
Lesson:  Story of Corpus Christi
Resource:  https://teachingcatholickids.com/celebrate-the-feast-of-corpus-christi/
Activities: Eucharistic Procession

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Activities:  Include daily prayers regarding the Holy Eucharist in diverse languages

MUSIC
Standard:  Students will understand how to pray and glorify Christ through song.
Expectation:  Students will spend an Hour with Christ in the Eucharist
Lesson:  Holy Hour
Resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11NJh6TwSZpLLGn3pqG3U1PKO5etGZL_p/view
Activities: Exposition and Benediction with Music

Standard:  Students will know that this meal known as the “Last Supper” gave new meaning to bread and wine and instituted what we today know as The Holy Eucharist.
Expectation:  Students will know who was at the "Last Supper" and what happened.
Lesson:  Learn and Sing Benediction Hymns (Tantum Ergo & O Salutaris Hostia) in Latin and English
Resources: https://catholic-link.org/2-hymns-salutaris-tantum-ergo/   http://gregorian-chant-hymns.com/hymns-2/adoro-te-devote.html
Activities: Students will learn the song One Bread, One Body

Standard: Students will understand how to pray and glorify Christ through song.
Expectation:  Students will understand how to pray and glorify Christ through song.
Lesson:  Learn and Sing Communion Song Adoro Te Devote
Resources: http://gregorian-chant-hymns.com/hymns-2/adoro-te-devote.html
Activities: Learn and sing the song for school and parish community.

FINE ARTS
Standard:  Students will understand how to prepare to pray through drawing.
Expectation:  Students will be able to spend an hour with Christ in the Holy Eucharist in prayer
Lesson:  Holy Hour
Resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11NJh6TwSZpLLGn3pqG3U1PKO5etGZL_p/view
Activities: Adoration preparation with guided drawings for prayer.

Standard:  Students will know that Jesus is the True Presence in the Eucharist.
Expectation:  Students will produce a visual craft showing that Jesus is present in the Holy Eucharist.
Lesson:  Last Supper craft
Resources: https://www.catholicicing.com/holy-thursday-last-supper-craft/
Activities: Craft

Standard:  Students will know that the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus is miraculous.
Expectation:  Students will celebrate Jesus, present in the Holy Eucharist.
Lesson:  Celebrate the Gift of the Holy Eucharist
Resources:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zqYGNBtSJxFrVpdewnLRqacpxJIKr90U/view
Activities: Craft

Standard:  Students will know that the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus is miraculous.
Expectation:  Students will celebrate Jesus, present in the Holy Eucharist.
Lesson:  Eucharistic Presence
Resources:  https://www.guidedchildrensadoration.com/uploads/2/4/8/5/24850691/praise_and_adoration_3rd_edition.pdf
Activities: Students will act out the story of Saint Anthony and the Adoring Donkey

Standard: Students will know that Jesus is the True Presence in the Eucharist.
Expectation:  Students will celebrate Jesus, present in the Holy Eucharist.
Lesson:  Eucharist and Monstrance Craft
Resources:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ETRkL51fhMZlF4dGdLQnRvTFU/view?resourcekey=0-iXm1sd5Qp3K8P3etnIJUDg
Activities: http://www.catholicinspired.com/2011/07/jesus-in-eucharist-art-project.html

GYM
Standard:  Students will understand how to sit still or kneel with quiet focus.
Expectation: Students will practice the art of kneeling, sitting, standing with posture and stillness.
Lesson:  Being Still
Resources:  https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2017/04/taking-children-to-adoration/
Activities: Adoration

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS
Standard:  Students will apply close reading and critical thinking to analyzing the passage.
Expectation:  Students will reflect upon the passage and its connection to their present lives.
Lesson:  Mary and the Eucharist passage
Resource:  https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:1f954655-a63e-49b0-9ae0-3702410feb18#pageNum=1
Activities:  Essay assignment to analyze the passage and answer "Why do we need Adorers more than ever today?"

MATH
Standard: Students will view the relationships of numbers or numeracy concepts.
Expectation: Students will understand the wonder of God’s perfect creations.
Lesson: Beauty of Mathematics
Resource:  https://youtu.be/jf3Xpj0Gi14
Resource:  https://cici-online.org/component/dropfiles/?task=frontfile.download&id=47
Activities: Challenge students to create their own models of number relationships.

SCIENCE
Lesson: Science proves Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist
Resource:  http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/lanciano.html
Resource:  https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/the-miracle-of-lanciano.html

SOCIAL STUDIES
Expectation: Students will value the unique understanding of the Eucharist in Catholicism.
Lesson: True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a unique gift in our Catholic faith.
Resource:  https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/practices-values/worship
Activities:  Research and report similarities and differences in parallel religions. 

Expectation: Students will understand the unique liturgy practices around the world.
Lesson: Customs in Liturgy around the world.
Resource:  https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/practices-values/worship
Activities: Group research and presentation on specific region of the world.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson: Incorporation of religion into language study
Resources: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DDOBQAxKcgxjjDYafvIrpr5JIfi5x3itHKoxSMD84cY/edit#slide=id.p
Lesson: Stories of Eucharistic Miracles from other countries
Resources: https://blog.magiscenter.com/blog/approved-eucharistic-miracles-21st-century
Activities:  Include daily prayers regarding the Holy Eucharist in diverse languages

MUSIC
Standard:  Students will understand how to pray and glorify Christ through song.
Expectation:  Students will learn Eucharistic Hymns.
Lesson: Eucharistic Hymns.
Resources: https://www.rapidcitydiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HymnBookYoE-RFS.pdf
Activities: Instrument Lessons

FINE ARTS
Standard:  Students will learn to appreciate beauty: Perceiving this kind of beauty engenders an experience of awe and wonder in the person experiencing it.
Expectation:  Students will increase participation and understanding of the Holy Eucharist by igniting amazement through the beauty of the Catholic Mass.
Lesson:  The Veil Removed
Resources: https://theveilremoved.com/
Activities: Create an illustration, painting, or sculpture of the miracles happening in the Mass.

Standard:  Students will learn multiple ways to give glory to God through the arts.
Expectation:  Students will create artwork and understand prayer and the liturgy more deeply.
Lesson:  The beauty of the Mass and liturgy
Resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PVEDMe0hHn0Lo5Mrp9I3CTx8aiiD1zy9/view
Resources:  https://www.medievalists.net/2021/06/the-power-of-sunlight-in-medieval-churches/
Activities: Create a mosaic cross, psalm poster, prayer hearts, etc.

Standard:  Students will learn multiple ways to give glory to God through the arts.
Expectation:  Students will create artwork and understand prayer and the liturgy more deeply.
Lesson:  Last Supper Lesson Plan/Craft
Resources:  https://www.thereligionteacher.com/last-supper-lesson-plan/
Activities: Create a mosaic cross, psalm poster, prayer hearts, etc.

Standard:  Students will learn multiple ways to give glory to God through the arts.
Expectation:  Students will create artwork and understand prayer and the liturgy more deeply.
Lesson:  Last Supper Chalice Craft
Resources: https://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2012/03/crafty-crafters-last-supper-chalice.html
Activities: Create a tabernacle from a shoe box

GYM
Activities: Adoration, Practice guided prayer and meditation

SPORTS/CLUBS
Activities:  Team Mass, Adoration

ENGLISH
Standard:  Students will apply close reading and critical thinking to analyzing the passage.
Expectation:  Students will reflect upon the passage and its connection to their present lives.
Lesson:  The Hint of an Explanation by Graham Greene
Resource:  https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/hint-explanation
Activities:  Analysis essay:  What does a 'hint' mean?  How could this have ended differently?

Standard:  Students will analyze literature to connect to Catholicism.
Expectation:  Students will be able to articulate: Lembas, the elvan "way bread" that is analogous to the Eucharist
Lesson:  Catholicism of J.R.R. Tolkien
Resource:  Podcast:  https://burrowshirepodcast.com/catholicism-lord-of-the-rings/
Activities:  Analysis of: The Return of the King, Chapter 3:  "The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die. It did not satisfy desire, and at times Sam’s mind was filled with the memories of food, and the longing for simple bread and meats. And yet, this way bread of the Elves had potency that increased as travelers relied upon it alone and did not mingle it with other foods. It fed the will, and it gave strength to endure, and to master sinew and limb beyond the measure of mortal kind."

Standard:  Students will read and reflect upon the multiple meanings conveyed in this author’s message.
Expectation: Students will understand the craving for the presence of Jesus.
Lesson: We Know Not the Hour
Resource:  https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2021/05/02/we-know-not-the-hour/
Activities: Analysis/Reflection essay

MATH
Standard: Transform instruction by attending to student choice, agency, and belonging in mathematics so all learners experience the joy, beauty, and wonder of mathematics.
Expectation:  Students will understand: God created everything and God was quite pleased and found it very good. Everything created by God and given to us as gifts is beautiful to God! And since mathematics is a gift given to us, mathematics is beautiful!
Lesson: Beauty of Mathematics
Resource:  https://youtu.be/jf3Xpj0Gi14
Activities: Research Saints connected to Mathematics/Science

Standard: Math gives us a way to understand patterns, to quantify relationships, and to predict the future. Math helps us understand the world — and we use the world to understand math. The world is interconnected.
Expectation: Students will understand that math is not an abstract construction as it perfectly explains the physical world.
Lesson: Is God a Mathematician?
Resource:  Book study:  https://www.amazon.com/God-Mathematician-Mario-Livio-ebook/dp/B004NNVFW2
Activities: Write essay to support God's creation of mathematics

SCIENCE
Expectation:  Students will be able to explain the lab process used to investigate the Real Presence.
Lesson: Science proves real presence
Resource:  https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/eucharistic-miracles-confirm-real-presence-of-jesus-christ
Activities: Conduct lab activity to mimic the process of confirming real presence - be able to explain the lab process.

Expectation:  Students will be able to explain the lab process used to investigate the Real Presence.
Lesson: The Eucharistic Relics of Lanciano in Biologic Research
Resource:  https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/ssi07part8.pdf
Resource:  https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/the-miracle-of-lanciano.html
Activities: Conduct lab activity to mimic the process of confirming real presence - be able to explain the lab process.

Expectation:  Students will be able to explain the lab process used to investigate the Real Presence.
Lesson: Language of God
Resource:  Book Study: Scientist presents evidence for belief
Activities: Book study and reflection.

Expectation:  Students will be able to explain the lab process used to investigate the Real Presence.
Lesson: Scientific Proof of Miracles
Resource:  https://www.ncregister.com/features/ordinary-heroes-martyrs-for-the-eucharist
Resource: https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/7693347/Contemporary-Eucharistic-Miracles-Magis-Center.pdf
Activities: Book study and reflection.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Expectation: Students will understand the unique liturgy practices around the world.
Lesson: Customs in Liturgy around the world.
Resource:  https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/practices-values/worship
Activities: Group research and presentation on specific region of the world.

THEOLOGY
Standard:  What is the Eucharist? Presence, Communion, Sacrifice – Source & Summit!
Expectation: Students will develop a deeper understanding of what the Eucharist is, love for Christ who gives himself to us in the Eucharist, a desire to receive him in the Eucharist.

Lesson: Authentic Catechesis on Real Presence
Resource:  https://www.rapidcitydiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MS.HS-Catechesis-Packet.pdf
Resource:  https://theeucharist.wordpress.com/index/chapter-8-the-abiding-presence/
Resource:  https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05573a.htm
Activities: Eucharistic Adoration, Mass

Lesson: Lesson by Bishop Barron on Real Presence
Resource:  https://www.catechist.com/real-presence-eucharist-bishop-robert-barron-video/
Activities: Eucharistic Conference, Procession

Lesson: The Eucharist and Eucharistic Miracles
Resource:  http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/liste/list.html
Resource:  Video:  http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Video/video.html
Activities: Write essay to support God's creation of mathematics

Lesson:  The Mass  Available through Word on Fire 
Resource:  Session Outlines 
Resource:  Leader's Guide 
Resource:  Study Guide
Resource:  Why Stay Away?
Activities:  Eucharistic Conference, Procession, Adoration, Mass

Lesson:  The Eucharist  Available through Word on Fire 
Resource:  Leader's Guide 
Resource:  Study Guide
Activities:  Eucharistic Conference, Procession, Adoration, Mass

Lesson:  Presence - The Mystery of the Eucharist  Available through Word on Fire
Resource:  Overview of Session Guide
Resource:  Leader's Guide 
Resource:  Study Guide
Activities:  Eucharistic Conference, Procession, Adoration, Mass

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson: Incorporation of religion into language study
Resources: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DDOBQAxKcgxjjDYafvIrpr5JIfi5x3itHKoxSMD84cY/edit#slide=id.p

MUSIC

Standard:  Students will learn to glorify God through music.
Expectation: Students will be exposed to richness of Gregorian chant.
Lesson:  Hymns
Resource: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nZbevcNGp5Ka9t9CXJkMaEg7F8AzU7Bp/view
Resource:  Ave Verum Corpus
Resource:  O, Salutaris Ostia 
Resource:  Tantum Ergo Sacramentum 
Resource:  Down in Adoration Falling – Matt Mahr 

FINE ARTS
Standard:  Students will learn to appreciate beauty: Perceiving this kind of beauty engenders an experience of awe and wonder in the person experiencing it.
Expectation:  Students will increase participation and understanding of the Holy Eucharist by igniting amazement through the beauty of the Catholic Mass.
Lesson:  The Veil Removed
Resources: https://theveilremoved.com/
Activities: Create an illustration, painting, or sculpture of the miracles happening in the Mass.

Standard:  Students will learn to appreciate beauty: Perceiving this kind of beauty engenders an experience of awe and wonder in the person experiencing it.
Expectation:  Students will increase participation and understanding of the Holy Eucharist by igniting amazement through the beauty of the Catholic Mass.
Lesson:  The Eucharist in Art - Visualizing Mystery
Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aAESyo9MAA
Activities: Create a tabernacle out of a shoe box

Standard:  Students will learn to appreciate beauty: Perceiving this kind of beauty engenders an experience of awe and wonder in the person experiencing it.
Expectation:  Students will increase participation and understanding of the Holy Eucharist by igniting amazement through the beauty of the Catholic Mass.
Lesson:  Study the Raphael painting - The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament
Resource: Painting:  https://www.raphaelpaintings.org/disputation-of-the-holy-sacrament.jsp#prettyPhoto[image2]/0/
Resource:  Painting Analysis http://www.thecatholictalks.com/artspeaks_post.asp?id=15

 

If you have any questions or would like some additional assistance with planning to incorporate a lesson on the Real Presence in your classroom, please contact Dr. Emily Kleintop, Assistant Superintendent for Catholic Education at 610-866-0581.