B1 Religious And Moral Education · Term 2 Week 1: Religious Worship in the Three Major Religions in Ghana

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.1.1.1 - Name the three main types of worship in Ghana.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name the three main types of worship practised in Ghana: Christian worship, Islamic worship, and Traditional worship.
Identify at least one key feature or action associated with each type of worship (for example, prayer, singing, drumming, or bowing).
Describe, in simple words, what worship means in their own community.
Recognise and respectfully talk about the different places where the three types of worship happen (church, mosque, and shrine).
Demonstrate through role-play the basic posture or action of worship in each of the three religions.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Religious Practices and their Moral Implications (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Religious Worship in the Three Major Religions in Ghana (2.1)
Content standard: B1.2.1.1 - Demonstrate the understanding of religious worship
Indicator: B1.2.1.1.1 - Name the three main types of worship in Ghana.
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

strand name - B1 prints no Strand 2 heading; name taken from the document's SCOPE AND SEQUENCE table, p.xx, and from the Strand 2 heading printed in B2-B6
sub strand name - p.3
Curriculum reference: Religious and Moral Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 3
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Show pictures, video clips of people worshipping among the three main religions in Ghana.
  - Christian worship,
  - Islamic worship and
  - Traditional worship.
- Let learners role-play the act of worship in the three main religions in Ghana.