The Ten Commandments

TITLE: LESSON NOTE ON CHRISTIAN RELIGION STUDIES

SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES

TERM: FIRST TERM

WEEK: WEEK 7

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

DURATION: 40 MINUTES

Period:

Age:

TOPIC: The Ten Commandments

UNITS:

• The ten Commandments Exodus 20: 1 – 17

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this Module, Pupils should be able to:

• Know The ten Commandments

TEACHINNG AND LEARNING MATERIALS

• The Holy Bible
• My Book Of Bible Stories

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• The Holy Bible.
• My Book of Bible Stories.
• Universal Basic Education Curriculum.
• Unified Schemes of Work Primary Schools for Christian religious studies (MIDDLE BASIC)
• NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
• Online Materials.
• Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council scheme (NERDC)
•  Edudelight Christian Religious Studies for Primary Schools.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS LESSON: The students are familiar with God gives his law to us.

WORD FILE:  society, commandment                 

                              CONTENT

Memory verse: Genesis 20: 12

Bible references: Exodus 20: 1 -17

The Meaning of the Term Laws

Laws shows what we should do and what we should not do in the society. Laws can also be called rules. We also have laws in our schools, home because without laws people will keep doing the wrong things.

Reasons for the Laws

The following are reasons for following the laws:

1. To promote peace.
2. To guide us to know what we should do and what we should not do.
3. To avoid quarrels.
4. To help us maintain order in doing things.
5. To check our behaviour.
6. To treat every body without discrimination.

Purposes of the law

1. To make the relationship between God and us to be strong.
2. To know what he don’t want.
3. So that we will not sin against him.
4. To lead us aright.
5. To obey him.

The Ten Commandments

Through Moses God gave the people of Israel the ten commandment to the children of Israel to journey through the wilderness to the Promised Land (Canaan).

The ten commandment are as follows:

1. You must not have other gods before me.
2. You must not have a carved image for yourself or the likeness of anything in heavens above or on the earth below or in the water

Prayers: My Lord and My God, your commandments and receive your salvation in Jesus name. Amen.

PRESENTATION

• The Teacher revises the previous term lessons (God gives his law to us)
• Teacher leads the pupils to understand the Ten Commandments.
• . Teacher leads pupils to state the Ten Commandments.

EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES

• Mention the ten commandment

CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.

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