God’s Goodness – Meaning/Definition of Goodness | Why God is Good to Us | Good Things We can do to Other Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 3 Christian Religious Studies CRS/CRK

CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

NATIONAL RELIGION VALUES 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 1

THEME: THE GOODNESS OF GOD

PREVIOUS 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

 

TOPIC – GOD’S GOODNESS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning of God’s Goodness

3. Why God is Good to Us

4. Good Things We can do to Other

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. define God’s Goodness.

2. explain why God is good to us.

3. mention good things we can do to other.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS

The pupils can state good things we can do to other.

 

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

God’s goodness is who God is and what He does. God’s goodness is His kindness, His mercy, His steadfast love and His generosity. It is everything God created for His own pleasure and gave them to man free of charge.

 

MEANING OF GOODNESS

Goodness means doing what is good to everybody all the time. God is good to us everyday. He loves us. He shows us His goodness and kindness. He protects us. He provides us. He wants us to do the same to other people.

 

WHY GOD IS GOOD TO US?

The reason why God is good to us is because he continues to show us,

1. His love

2. His grace

3. His goodness and mercy

4. His generosity, and

5. His favor even when we don’t deserve it.

 

LESSON 2 – GOOD THINGS WE CAN DO TO OTHER

There are a lot of good things to can do to one another as God is good to us –

1. Smile to everyone.

2. Greet everyone.

3. Forgive anyone that offended you.

4. Show respect to everyone.

5. Be a kind person.

6. Treat people in good way.

7. Offer a helping hand.

8. Give old clothes, shoes and other things you don’t need anymore.

9. Open and hold the door for someone.

10. Offer one another food and drink.

11. Share a meal with a stranger.

12. Say thank you whenever people do something for you.

 

DEMONSTRATING 1 – 12

1. Smile

2. Greetings

3. Forgiveness

4. Kindness

5. Respect

6. Treating other

7. Helping

8. Giving

9. Supporting

10. Food and drink

11. Sharing meal

12. Saying thank you

 

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 tells the Parable of the Good Samaritan and asks, the pupils to discuss the moral lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils listen to the parable of the Good Samaritan, analyze and appreciate the important of helping one another.

4. Teacher uses the parable and the pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on God’s Goodness.

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

5. Teacher explains the meaning of God’s goodness and state why God is good to us.

6. Teacher asks the pupils to state the good things we can do to one another

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils discuss the good things we can do to one another

7. Teacher leads the pupils to demonstrate how we do good things to one another.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils show how they can do good things to one another.

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

God – The Giver of Good Things – Evidence of God’s Goodness | The Good Things God has done for You and Your Family | Ways to Appreciate What God has done for Us Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 4 Christian Religious Studies CRS/CRK

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. define God’s Goodness.

2. list 5 reasons why God is good to us.

3. mention 5 good things we can do to one another.

4. demonstrate 5 good things we can do to one another.

 

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

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

1. ____ means doing what is good to everybody all the time.

A. God

B. Man

 

2. ____ is good to us everyday.

A. God

B. Man

 

3. ____ loves us.

A. God

B. Man

 

4. ____ shows us His goodness and kindness.

A. God

B. Man

 

5. ____ protects and provides us.

A. God

B. Man

 

6. ____ wants us to do the same to other people.

A. God

B. Man

 

There are a lot of good things to can do to one another as God is good to us. Say TRUE or FALSE if these are one of the.

7. Smile to everyone.

8. Greet ony your parents and teachers.

9. Forgive anyone that offended you.

10. Show no respect to everyone.

11. Be harsh to people.

12. Offer a helping hand.

13. Don’t give old clothes, shoes and other things you don’t need anymore.

14. Open and hold the door for someone.

15. Don’t share your food and drink with people.