The purpose of this Teacher's Manual is to assist the instructor in actively engaging students in conversations, activities, and reviews that study the moral teaching of the Church and methods to apply it to the Christian life. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the textbook The History of the Church: Semester Edition.
Resources in this manual include:
- The student textbook;
- Detailed lesson plans for each chapter, complete with Anticipatory Sets, Focus Questions, Guided Exercises, Closure activities, and Alternative Assessments;
- End of Chapter Materials, including Long-Term Assignments, answers to the Study Questions in the student textbook, and responses to the Practical Exercises;
- Answers to the Student Workbook;
- Chapter Tests, Quizzes, and Vocabulary Reviews with answer keys;
- Downloadable Tests, Quizzes, and Vocabulary Reviews are available; and
- A collection of Catholic Prayers and Devotions.
Midwest Theological Forum's Didache Semester Series is a collection of high school textbooks, teacher's manuals, and student workbooks. Each title is for a single academic semester. These titles were created in response to the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism's 2007 curricular framework in order to aid in the development of religious education textbooks for Catholic high schools.
The textbook, The History of the Church: Semester Edition, corresponds to Elective B: History of the Catholic Church in the curriculum framework.
The textbook (sold separately) is an abridged form of the Didache Complete Course Series publication of the same name. The Archdiocese of Chicago has given it ecclesiastical permission, and the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism has given it conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.