Bulletin Board Ideas

Suggested month and grade focus follow each Garden. Garden of Decisions - September, Grade 6 Garden of Citizenship - October, Grade 8 Garden of Money - November, Grade 4 Garden of Relationships - December, Grade 1 Garden of the Body - January, PE Garden of Emotions - January, Grade 5 Garden of History - February, Grade 3 Garden of the Soul - March, Grade 2 Garden of Creation - April, Pre K - K Gardens of Technology & the Mind - May, Grade 7, Technology Garden of the Arts - June, Arts/Reading

Online Lesson Plans

Lesson plans to use or adapt, from the Stewardship website 'Learning to Give.' Though philanthropy is the filter for many of the lesson plans offered, you should find this site to be a useful resource of ideas for incorporating the 'Twelve Gardens' into your curriculum.  Choose grade and letter of keyword to view lesson plans within that subject. To select the most appropriate lesson plan for your class, place curser over the 'view' icon and review a brief summary of each. You also have the option of browsing all lesson plans by grade or subject. Below are a few suggestions. You will find many additional ideas on this site. Garden of Decisions - Choose Grade 6 - Select All - Letter D for Decisions  You will find 16 lessons under 'Decision Making Model'.   Garden of Citizenship - Choose Grade 8 - Select All - Letter C for Citizenship You will find 36 lessons under 'Citizenship/Civic Engagement'. Garden of Money - Choose Grade 4 - Select All - Letter M for Money You will find 5 lessons under 'Money'. See also the 2009 Theological Update Day handout, 'Stewardship and Materialism' - in Additional Resources, below. Garden of Relationships - Choose Grade 1 - Select All - Letter F for Friendship You will find 8 lessons under 'Friendship'. Garden of Emotions - Grade 5 lesson; 'I Feel Angry or Sad When . .' Or adapt a different lesson plan for students to apply acts of care toward themselves. Garden of History - Choose Grade 3 - Select All - Letter H for History You will find 20 lessons under ''Historical Biographies'. Garden of the Soul - Choose Grade 2 lesson; 'Kindness Just Because' Or adapt a lesson plan which uses a children's book and shift focus to a book of prayers for children. Garden of Creation - Choose Grade K - Select All - Letter E for Environment You will find 35 lessons under Environmental Stewardship'. Gardens of Technology and the Mind - Choose Grade 7 - Letter T for Technology Included in list of 22 lessons is 'If I Had a Million Dollars' - a lesson which promotes the use of technology for good, as a research tool. Garden of the Arts - Choose 'All' Grades - Select All - Letter V for Visual Arts You will find over 150 different lesson plans for all grades in various Visual Arts categories.

Lesson Plans and Class Activities from Theological Update Day

From educators attending the 2009 Theological Update Day. Creative lesson and activity ideas - for teaching Stewardship through the 'Religious Education Curriculum.' Submitted by event location. St. Francis of Assisi, Seattle  St. Mary Magdalen, Everett  St. Rose, Longview  Resource: Religious Education Curriculum Global Standards and Components Grid, with Twelve Gardens of Stewardship Garden of Relationships Special contribution from St. John, Seattle first grade teacher H. Brumback We invite our educators to contribute additional lesson plan and class activity ideas for incorporating the Twelve Gardens into your curriculum. Please contact the office of Parish Stewardship.

Scriptures for the Twelve Gardens

Scriptures