God the Creator – 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 |

CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

NATIONAL RELIGION VALUES 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 1

THEME: THE GOODNESS OF GOD

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

 

TOPIC – GOD THE CREATOR

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Who is God?

3. Attributes of God

4. God creates Living and Non Living Things

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. explain who God is

2. discuss the attribute of God.

3. mention what God created – nonliving things stars, moon, water, etc.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS

The pupils can identity and differentiate between living and non living things.

 

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.

 

WHO IS GOD? (JOHN 4:24)

God is a person who can hear, talk, feel, love, understand, etc.

 

ATTRIBUTE OF GOD

1. God is spirit.

2. God is invisible – no one can’t see God.

3. God is all powerful.

4. God is love.

5. God is kind and just.

6. God is holy.

7. God is truth.

In John 4:24, the Bible reveals that… God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. 

 

LESSON 2 – GOD CREATES LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS

God is the one who made all these things. He made the heavens and the earth. He made people too. God created the first man and the first woman.

 

LIVING THINGS

Living thing are things that are alive. Man, plants and animals are examples of living things. Anything that are alive can breathe in and breathe out. Everybody breathe IN, breathe OUT. They can walk, jump, eat, etc. Children, let us mention things that are alive – 

1. People – Man and woman, boy and girls, baby, children, young and old.

2. Plants – Tress and grass

3. Animals – Goat, sheep, chicken, bird, fish, crab, etc.

 

NON LIVING THINGS

Non living things are not alive. They cannot breathe in and cannot breathe out. Non living things cannot walk, jump, eat, etc. They cannot do anything. Children, let us mention things that are not alive – 

1. Stone

2. Wood

3. River

4. Sand

5. Fire, etc.

Genesis 1: 1-2, Bible tells that… In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

 

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 living and non living things.

4. Teacher asks the pupils to identify the living and non living things. Writes on the boards in tabular form as the pupils mention. 

5. Teacher asks the pupils again, who creates living and non living things? Expected responses – God. 

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils identity living and non livings and state who created them.

6. Teacher uses the chart and pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on, who is God. 

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

7. Teacher guides the pupils to identify and differentiate between living and non living with appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils identify and differentiate between living and non living giving appropriate examples.

8. Teacher leads the pupils to recognize and appreciate the essence of what God created by singing short praises.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils sing praise and wordship songs in appreciate to what God has created.

9. 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

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

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. explain who God is.

2. mention ways to show respect for God and parents.

3. sing songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

 

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

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

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

A. God

B. Man

 

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

A. image

B. photo

 

3. God creates ____.

A. everything

B. something

 

4. Who creates man, plants and animals?

A. God

B. People

 

5. Who is God?

A. God is spirit

B. God is invincible

 

6. ____ is a person who can hear, talk, feel, love, understand, etc.

7. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

A. True

B. False

 

8. Living things are things are ____.

A. alive

B. not alive

 

8. Non living things are  ____.

A. not alive

B. alive

 

9. ____ can walk, jump and eat.

A. Living things

B. Non living things

 

10. ____ cannot walk, jump and eat.

A. Living things

B. Non living things

 

11. ____ is the one who made all these things.

12. ____ made the heavens and the earth.

13. ____ made people, plants and animals.

14. ____ created the first man and the first woman.

 

15. ____ can breathe in and breathe out.

A. Living things

B. Non living things

Note – Choose 5 questions at random for the test.