God the Creator – Things Created by God | Why God Created Man and Things | The Needs to Love and Care for God’s Creatures Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 2 Christian Religious Studies CRS/CRK

CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

NATIONAL RELIGION VALUES 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 1

THEME: THE GOODNESS OF GOD

PREVIOUS LESSON – God the Creator – Who is God? | The Attribute (Character) of God | God Created Living and Non Living Things Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 1 Christian Religious Studies CRS/CRK

 

TOPIC – GOD THE CREATOR

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Things created by God

3. Why God Created Man and Things

4. The Needs to Love and Care for God’s Creatures

5. Revision and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. list some of the things created by God.

2. explain why God created man and things.

3. discuss the need to love and maintain what God created.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS

The pupils can identify and state things created by God.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of Holy Bible, Pictures of family, CD player, etc.

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

The Bible reveals God as the Creator of the universe who carefully create mankind in His very own image. He creates everything and sustains them.

 

THINGS CREATED BY GOD

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God creates different things on different days –

The first day – Light was created.

The second day – The sky was created.

The third day – Dryland, seas, plants and trees were created.

The fourth day – The Sun, Moon and stars were created.

The fifth day – creatures that live in the sea and creatures that fly were created.

The sixth day – animals that live on the land and finally humans, made in the image of God were created by day seven – God finished his work of creation and rested, making the seventh day a special holy day.

 

THINGS CREATED BY MAN

God creates living and non living things. Out of what God’s creatures, man creates a lot of things but cannot create life. Some of the things man created are as follows –

1. Chair and table

2. Cars and toy cars

3. Shoes

4. Clothes

5. Electronics such as TV, radio, etc.

 

LESSON 2 – WHY GOD CREATED MAN

In Genesis 1:26, Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness and have dominion over every other things He Created.

1. To reflect the image of God.

2. To have dominion – that’s to love and care for other things that God Created.

 

WHY GOD CREATED THINGS

The first reason is that God creates things for His glory.

The second reason is that the things God creates show God’s glory and attributes.

 

THE NEEDS TO LOVE AND CARE FOR GOD’S CREATURES

The needs to love and care for Gods creatures are,

1. To praise and glorify God.

2. To protect God’s creatures.

3. To provide for them.

4. To appreciate the wonder of God’s creatures.

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher displays chart showing all God’s creatures.

4. Teacher lets the pupils identify and God’s creatures.

5. Teacher uses the chart and pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on things created by God.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction and participate actively in the class discussion on, things created by God.

6. Teacher asks the pupils, why did God creates man and things?

7. Teacher uses the pupils responses in activity 6 to explain the reasons why God created man and things.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils listens to the teacher’s explanation and appreciate the importance of God’s creatures.

8. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board by using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary of the lessons by responding correctly to most of the questions and write as instructed.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

NEXT LESSON

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. list some of the things created by God.

2. explain why God created man and things.

3. discuss the need to love and maintain what God created.

 

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

Instruction – Choose the correct answer from the options A – B.

1. God creates man to have ____ over His creatures.

 

2. Dominion means to be in ____.

A. control

B. charge

 

3. God creates all things for His ____.

A. glory

B. pleasure

 

4. The Bible reveals ____ as the Creator of the universe.

A. God

B. Man

 

5. God carefully create mankind in His very own ____.

A. image

B. photo

 

6. God creates ____.

A. everything

B. something

 

7. Who creates man, plants and animals?

A. God

B. People

 

8. The first thing God created is ____.

A. Light

B. Dark

 

9. Man was created on the ____ day.

A. 6th

B. 7th

 

10. Man must love and care God’s creatures.

A. True

B. False

Note – Choose 5 questions at random for the test.