B5 Religious And Moral Education · Term 1 Week 8: The Environment

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.2.1.1 - Discuss the effects of human activities on the environment.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three human activities that damage the environment, such as galamsey, deforestation, and pollution.
Explain how each of these activities affects the environment, including water, land, air, and living things.
Describe the link between human activities and climate change effects such as floods, drought, and less rainfall.
Discuss the effects of human activities on the environment in small groups, listening to and respecting the views of others.
Write a short paragraph listing at least three effects of human activities on the environment.

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Curriculum details

Strand: God, His Creation and Attributes (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: The Environment (1.2)
Content standard: B5.1.2.1 - Explain how to care for the environment
Indicator: B5.1.2.1.1 - Discuss the effects of human activities on the environment.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 8 (Week 8 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.
Curriculum reference: Religious and Moral Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 36
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Guide learners to talk about the human activities in the environment.
- Show pictures and video clips on human activities that destroy the environment: illegal mining (galamsey), indiscriminate cutting down of trees (deforestation), pollution of water bodies, air pollution, etc.
- Let learners write the effects of human activities on the environment: climate change - heat, floods, rain storms, less rainfall, famine, drought, etc.