Every child deserves a home and a family. In this lesson. students will learn about the loving choice of adoption and explore stories of people who have been adopted. Students will develop a deeper understanding of what adoption and foster care are and why, as Christians, we take very seriously the responsibility for every child born into the world.
PK, TK & Kinder Lesson Plan
Students will learn about the loving choice of adoption and explore stories of people who have been adopted.
Grades PK, TK and Kindergarten Lesson Plan
Grades 1-3 Lesson Plan
This lesson reinforces a thankfulness for family and home and a desire to pray for and support those children who do not have either.
Resources
“Story of Moses” (stop at 4:55)
Grades 4-6 Lesson Plan
Students will develop a deeper understanding of what adoption and foster care are and why, as Christians, we take very seriously the responsibility for every child born into the world.
Resources:
Clips of Olivia and Izaiyah from Wednesday’s Child, a news segment highlighting children available for adoption
Grades 7-9 Lesson Plan
Students will learn about the number of infants and children available for adoption or in the foster care system. They will explore adoption as a loving option for unexpected pregnancies.
Resources:
Grades 10-12 Student Handout
A positive pregnancy test…now what? Each day, hundreds of thousands of women learn that they are pregnant, and our culture tells them that they have two choices: keep and parent the child, or have an abortion. However, people so often fail to talk about the third option–adoption! For many women, adoption never even occurs to them, or, it is seen as distasteful or worse than abortion. How can we support women in making this heroic and selfless choice?
*Used with Permission from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles*
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