Leader Resources in Amazing Grace

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Part of Amazing Grace, 6th Grade: Exploring Right and Wrong
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Leader Resource 1: A Narcissus FlowerFrom Amazing Grace
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Leader Resource 1: Butterfly and WaveFrom Amazing Grace
This painting "Chaos" is by Chet Phillips; used with permission.Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
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Leader Resource 1: Church SignFrom Amazing Grace
Photograph of a sign outside the Trinity Church in Gray, Maine.Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
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Leader Resource 1: Ethics Play RolesFrom Amazing Grace
STAR DEVIL CONSCIENCE GOD PARENT FRIEND JUROR JUROR JUROR JUROR JUROR JUROR...
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Leader Resource 1: Right and Wrong SkitsFrom Amazing Grace
Copy this page. Cut apart the different skits and assign them to groups. Knowledge Skit Your job as a small group is to create a skit that shows how new knowledge can change a right into a wrong or a wrong into a right....
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Leader Resource 1: Scales of JusticeFrom Amazing Grace
Clipart drawing of the scale is from the CorelDraw! clipart collection. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
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Leader Resource 1: Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly VirtuesFrom Amazing Grace
Print each sin and virtue on an index card to make a set. Make a set for each team. Teams may not have more than seven participants. You will need to estimate how many teams you will have. Keep the sets of virtues separate from the sets of sins. Sins Lust Gluttony Greed Sloth Wrath Envy Pride...
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Leader Resource 1: The Youth and the Guru - A PlayFrom Amazing Grace
Props needed: Hanging name tags with character names A hand-held GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, real or fake Long-haired wig for Guru Characters Narrator First UU Youth Second UU Youth Third UU Youth Fourth UU Youth Guru Scene The entrance to a high mountain cave....
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Leader Resource 1: UU CarsFrom Amazing Grace
Take a look at some cars with Unitarian Universalist (UU) bumper stickers.
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Leader Resource 2: DefinitionsFrom Amazing Grace
Terms are on the left and their definitions are on the right. Write each term on a separate hanging name tag. Do the same for each definition. During the matching game described in Activity 3: Matching in Motion, participants should align themselves to match terms and definitions as given here.
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Leader Resource 2: Ethics Play Scenario 1 - The BabysitterFrom Amazing Grace
There are six Ethics Play scenarios. Scenarios stand alone from the themes of any particular session, so you may use them with any session. The roll of the dice determines which scenario you use and which question you ask. Mark questions as you use them, to avoid repetition in future sessions....
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Leader Resource 2: Robert Indiana's Love ImageFrom Amazing Grace
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Leader Resource 2: Social Justice ResolutionsFrom Amazing Grace
From the Social-Justice Statement Book of the UUAHere are a few sample resolutions. 1. END OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM—1978 WHEREAS, tobacco smoking is harmful to human health; and WHEREAS, the world needs more food crops grown on the limited areas of fertile land; and WHEREAS, the United...
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Leader Resource 2: Spiritual and Ethical AdvisorsFrom Amazing Grace
Police officer Doctor Parent Schoolteacher School counselor Same-age friends Adult friends Minister or religious-education leaders Brother or sister Who else? Who else?
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Leader Resource 2: Terms and DefinitionsFrom Amazing Grace
Calling Treat others the way you want them to treat you Character Agreement; mutual promise Conscience The deepest part of yourself; the human spirit Covenant The real you; the qualities that make you you Faith Feeling you must do or be something to be true to yourself Golden Rule Spiritual or...
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Leader Resource 2: The UUs and the BulliesFrom Amazing Grace
Characters Narrator First UU Youth Second UU Youth Third UU Youth Fourth UU Youth First Bully Second Bully Third Bully Fourth Bully Props Name tags for characters, on card stock with string for hanging around the neck Scene A city sidewalk outside a tall parking garage NARRATOR: Some UU youth arr...
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Leader Resource 2: Yin-YangFrom Amazing Grace
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Leader Resource 3: Ethics Play Scenario 2 - PeersFrom Amazing Grace
There are six Ethics Play scenarios. Scenarios stand alone from the themes of any particular session, so you may use them with any session. The roll of the dice determines which scenario you use and which question you ask. Mark questions as you use them, to avoid repetition in future sessions....
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Leader Resource 3: Holidays and UU SourcesFrom Amazing Grace
Instructions: On the left is a list of holidays that many people celebrate. On the right is a list of the UU Sources. On the line next to each holiday, write the letter of the Source that has the most to do with the holiday. You can put more than one letter per line if you like. If you think no...
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Leader Resource 4: Ethics Play Scenario 3 - SchoolFrom Amazing Grace
There are six Ethics Play scenarios. Scenarios stand alone from the themes of any particular session, so you may use them with any session. The roll of the dice determines which scenario you use and which question you ask. Mark questions as you use them, to avoid repetition in future sessions....
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Leader Resource 5: Ethics Play Scenario 4 - FamilyFrom Amazing Grace
There are six Ethics Play scenarios. Scenarios stand alone from the themes of any particular session, so you may use them with any session. The roll of the dice determines which scenario you use and which question you ask. Mark questions as you use them, to avoid repetition in future sessions....
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Leader Resource 6: Ethics Play Scenario 5 - SportsFrom Amazing Grace
There are six Ethics Play scenarios. Scenarios stand alone from the themes of any particular session, so you may use them with any session. The roll of the dice determines which scenario you use and which question you ask. Mark questions as you use them, to avoid repetition in future sessions....
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Leader Resource 7: Ethics Play Scenario 6 - Thorny SituationsFrom Amazing Grace
There are six Ethics Play scenarios. Scenarios stand alone from the themes of any particular session, so you may use them with any session. The roll of the dice determines which scenario you use and which question you ask. Mark questions as you use them, to avoid repetition in future sessions....