6th Grade

General Resources for 6th Grade

• [Current DSWA 6th Grade Textbook]
• [Current NEAD 6th Grade Textbook]
• [Grade 6 Learning Outcome Mappings (restricted view)]

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Holy Baptism

1- Explain how Holy Baptism is rebirth and regeneration.

2 - Explain how Holy Baptism is initiation into Eternal Life .

3 - Identify the significance of the role of our "Baptismal Garment".

4 - Discuss the Orthodox Church's practice of infant baptism.

Holy Chrismation

1 - Examine and describe the service of Chrismation.

2 - Draw connection between the service of Chrismation and consecration of churches as both people and the church building becoming the temple of God.

3 - Investigate the process of making Holy Chrism.

Holy Qurbana

1 - Analyze how the Holy Qurbana is communion with the whole Church, both living and the departed.

2 - Examine the quote "The Eucharist is the mystery of the Kingdom, the fullness and manifestation of the Church as the age to come." (Fr. Alexander Schmemann)

3 - Discover the deeper meaning of the symobology of the Liturgy, and how it ties to our Salvation.

4 - Discover a deeper understanding of how and why we prepare oursevles to receive the Holy Qurbana.

Holy Matrimony

1 - Correlate the love of husband and wife to that of Christ and the Church.

2 - Correlate communion in Marriage to the perfect communion of Holy Trinity.

3 - Illustrate that Marriage is a Sacrament and a path to holiness.

Holy Confession

1 - Connect confession of sins with healing from sins .

2 - Trace the authority of binding and loosing sins given by Christ to the priest through apostolic succession.

3 - Illustrate the unconditional love in forgiveness.

Holy Priesthood

1 - Relate the General Priesthood of all the faithful to the particular Priesthood of the specially called ones.

2 - Draw the connection to the Priest as the presence of Christ in community.

3 - Examine the different orders of the Priesthood.

4 - Extrapolate the scriptural instances of the Laying of Hands to the Order of the Laying of Hands (Ordination)

Holy Unction

1 - Explain when and how this Sacrament shall be conducted.

2 - Analyze the purpose of this Sacrament.

3 - Describe the process of how the service is conducted.

Burial

1 - Analyze the hymns of the Funeral Service and the concept of saying farewell to our departed ones.

2 - Explore what it means to grieve with hope.

3 - Compare and Contrast burial vs cremation.

Consecration of the Building of the Church

1 - Identify details of the four parts of the consecreation service and understand that everything has a biblical foundation.

2 - Realize that the consecration of the Church is consecration of each faithful too.

3 - Discover the significance of the consecration of the Holy Tablet.

4 - Examine the Church Design & Architecture.

Blessing of the Home

1 - Connect the significance of the Holy Trinity visiting Abraham and Jesus visiting the house of Zachaeus to the blessing of the home.

2 - Examine how the blessing of the house is welcoming God.

Symbolism

1 - Explain the symbolism that we see throughout the Church.

2 - Discuss and articulate the vestments as armor of God.

3 - Examine how we have our own "vestment".