HDC Grade 8 reinforces students’ understanding of the universal, intrinsic, and inalienable nature of human dignity. This grade focuses on the reality of the path to excellence through persistence and patience. Lessons introduce students to unlikely heroes like Louis Zamperini, who built a life of excellence despite his troubled childhood. Students are also given the chance to lead by building project proposals in the lesson on solidarity, which models the power to create in order to solve current problems. HDC Grade 8 culminates with a class newspaper that helps integrate students’ overall learning from the course.
The purpose of this lesson is to prepare students to successfully participate in the curriculum.
The purpose of this lesson is to understand the special place human persons have in the world.
The purpose of this lesson is to understand human dignity as the special value of human persons, and to distinguish this deeper meaning from other ways in which the word dignity is used.
The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand and respect human dignity in their everyday lives.
The purpose of this lesson is to acquire good decision-making skills with respect for human dignity and personal mission.
The purpose of this lesson is to motivate students to live freedom for excellence in their lives.
The purpose of this lesson is to help students appreciate the power of creativity and inspire them to become creative problem solvers.
The purpose of this lesson is to motivate students to practice solidarity by pursuing excellence together as a group.
The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand and practice habits of excellence, especially the habit of humility.
The purpose of this lesson is to motivate students to embody heroism in their daily lives.
The purpose of this lesson is to help students pursue a mission of excellence and to respect human dignity in their lives.
The purpose of this lesson is to review the content of the whole curriculum with students and evaluate their learning.
Certificate of completion can be given at the end of each grade or the whole course.
