Festivals in the Three Major Religions

Curriculum details

Strand

Religious Practices and their Moral Implications (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Festivals in the Three Major Religions (2.2)

Content standard

B3.2.2.1 - Explain the importance of religious festivals

Indicator

B3.2.2.1.2 - Demonstrate the importance of religious festivals.

Suggested placement

Term 2, Week 5 (Week 17 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:

• core competencies - p.19

Curriculum reference

Religious and Moral Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 19

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Show pictures and videos of religious festivals.
- Using pictures and or video clips etc., let learners demonstrate how festivals are celebrated.
- Let learners talk about the scenes in the pictures or the videos.
- Guide learners to narrate the events in the festivals they have participated in.
- In groups, guide learners to discuss the importance of festivals: to remember key events in the past, reconciliation, renewal of faith, thanksgiving, etc.
- Let learners draw scenes they saw during the festival they witnessed.