CSYMI Junior Secondary

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race is a junior secondary curriculum resource that can be used in different ways to complement and enrich the school or diocesan Religious Education curriculum. It can be used as stand-alone lessons or units of work/modules embedded within the Religious Education program at the beginning of the year, as a set of multimedia resources that are integrated within existing units or modules of work or at one or more reflection days or retreat experiences to welcome students to their first and or second years of secondary schooling

Module 1

  • Reflecting on unique experiences

  • The Church as the Body of Christ

  • Youth ministry at school

  • Exploration of truth, beauty and goodness in the faith tradition

  • The Kerygma

  • Prayer and the Eucharist

Module 2

  • Refresher: Running the race

  • Remembering the Kerygma

  • Facing challenges

  • Forgiveness and Reconciliation

  • Evangelisation

  • Youth Ministry

Students will learn about:

  • The Church as the Body of Christ

  • The Universal Church and local school-parish connections

  • Scriptural texts to explain God’s saving plan for all creation

  • How believers, past and present, continue the mission of Jesus in the world

Students learn to:

  • Evaluate and draw conclusions about the significance of rituals, prayer and the sacraments

  • Navigate challenges through exploring foundational Christian principles

  • Examine and explain the significance of scripture and Church teaching

  • Evaluate and draw conclusions about the ways in which the Church is present and active in the world

The Amazing Race Curriculum Resources

  • Teaching Outline

    Eleven- part video series

  • Student booklets (Print and Fillable PDF)

    Come and See Prayer Journal (Print and Fillable PDF)