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March 21, 2023

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Free Pro-Life Lesson Resources for Teachers, Catechists, and Youth/Campus Ministers

The resources on this page were compiled for you by the Office of Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. It is grouped by age, starting with the youngest. Depending on the maturity and background knowledge of your class, consider checking the age group immediately above/below yours for further ideas which can be adapted to suit your needs.

DOWNLOAD THE PRE- AND POST-RALLY DISCUSSION GUIDES

Movie Discussion Guides

Have your students work together to plan/implement any of the following for your school or parish.

  • These can be planned in advance and used for the day of the March for Life. They can also be planned in response to Respect Life activities and lessons and used for a day of prayer for the unborn on the Feast of the Annunciation - March 25, or during the months of October or May.
  • Consider letting the class work together to decide what they want to do, and when. Guide them to split up the work appropriately and make it a class project. Give them theology/religion class time to work on it, and count it as a project grade (or several grades!)
    • Respect Life Prayer Service
    • Respect Life Mass
    • Older students can create age-appropriate lessons to deliver to younger students
    • Day of Silence at school
    • Video, essays, posters promoting respect life themes

Lady Bug Warriors

  • Students will learn about the origins of the Lady Bug, complete a craft, and pray for preborn children

Our Lady of Fatima Coloring Page

  • "Our Lady of Fatima, please protect the lives of all preborn babies"

Look Who's Growing! Dominos Game

Movie Discussion Guides

Make Pro-Life Posters to hang around the school, parish, etc...

Movie Discussion Guides

Protecting Value Curriculum

  • Respect Life curriculum from "Students for Life" designed for 5th-8th graders
  • Consists of 5 lessons which can be used individually or as a whole
  • Each lesson includes a short reading, discussion questions, and activity, and an action

Spiritually Adopt a Preborn Child

Personhood, Happiness, and Success

  • Respect Life Lesson, created by Sister M. Veritas, FSGM, former Middle School Religion Teacher and Middle and High School Youth Minister.
  • Lesson suitable for 5th grade and older students. Feel free to copy the slideshow and edit as necessary for your class/students.
  • Focuses on helping students to apply a consistent ethic of life to their thinking about key life issues - including abortion and euthanasia. It also lends itself to class discussions on bullying, racism, etc...
  • Consider printing and copying the following resources from www.healingtheculture.com for your students to use during the lesson.

Movie Discussion Guides

Living and Dying on Death Row

A Comprehensive Document with Resources and Lesson Plans from the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Personhood, Happiness, and Success

  • Respect Life Lesson, created by Sister M. Veritas, FSGM, former Middle School Religion Teacher and Middle and High School Youth Minister.
  • Lesson suitable for 5th grade and older students. Feel free to copy the slideshow and edit as necessary for your class/students.
  • Focuses on helping students to apply a consistent ethic of life to their thinking about key life issues - including abortion and euthanasia. It also lends itself to class discussions on bullying, racism, etc...
  • Consider printing and copying the following resources from www.healingtheculture.com for your students to use during the lesson.

Pro-Life Issue Specific Case Study/Discussion Guides and other Resources

  • Includes Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty, Disabilities, Social Security/Medicare, and World Population

A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum for High School

  • Includes 15 lessons

Women's Hidden Experiences: Poetry about Motherhood, Abortion, and Loss

  • 5 Lesson Unit
  • Suggested for a literature or theology class

Making Sense of Historical Atrocities

  • 6 Lesson Unit
  • Suggested for a history or theology class

Ludwig van Beethoven Lesson Plan (Suggested for a music, history, or theology class)

  • Students will learn about the life of Beethoven, which included an alcoholic/abusive father, poverty, and a hearing disability.
  • Includes a biography, music selections, discussion guide, and a discussion of the short film, "Crescendo".

"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift Lesson Plan (Suggested for a history, economics, literature, or theology class)

  • Students will gain an understanding of literary devices as they are used in this 18th century work, as they view the work through the lens of modern society.
  • Lesson includes teacher's guide, presentation notes, discussion questions, and activities.

Movie Discussion Guides

Personhood, Happiness, and Success

  • Respect Life Lesson, created by Sister M. Veritas, FSGM, former Middle School Religion Teacher and Middle and High School Youth Minister.
  • Lesson suitable for 5th grade and older students. Feel free to copy the slideshow and edit as necessary for your class/students.
  • Focuses on helping students to apply a consistent ethic of life to their thinking about key life issues - including abortion and euthanasia. It also lends itself to class discussions on bullying, racism, etc...
  • Consider printing and copying the following resources from www.healingtheculture.com for your students to use during the lesson.

Culture of Life Studies

  • Low Cost lesson plans, discussion guides, activities, and more for all ages

Principles and Choices

  • Pro-Life Curriculum suitable for high school students

After the Rally and March

Continue to pray, learn, and share your experiences

Use the resources above to participate in lesson plans, discussions, or activities in your home, school, or parish. It is beneficial for participants of all age groups to have some time to process and discuss the day, their experiences, and ways they can remain pro-life in the future.