JHS2 Religious And Moral Education · Term 1, Week 8
Rites of Passage
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- Religious Practices (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Rites of Passage (2.1)
- Content standard
- B8.2.1.1 - Explain rites of passage and identify the moral lessons in them
- Indicator
- B8.2.1.1.5 - Describe how death rites are performed in the three major religions in Ghana
- Suggested placement
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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
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Religious and Moral Education, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 34
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
1. Explain the concept of death in the three major religions. Death is the departure of humankind from this earth to the next world. Indigenous Rituals differ from culture to culture, but generally, the process includes: • preparation of the corpse • pre-burial mourning • burial mourning • post-burial mourning Christianity The process varies from church to church but, generally, it includes bathing and dressing of the body, laying in state either in the family house or church premises, church services officiated by a priest, burial and funeral rites and memorial service. Islam The process includes • The corpse is given ritual bath (ghusl janaza) • Janazah prayer is then performed • burial at the cemetery without coffin • prayers are also said for the dead after burial • funeral rites 3rd day, 7th day, 40th day and a year) 2. In three groups, learner's role play how death rites are performed in the three religions. 3. Identify and explain the importance of death rites. Importance of death rites • They psychologically prepare and support the bereaved family. • They enable the dead to have a smooth entrance to the land of the dead. • They remind the living of judgement after death and the need to prepare for it. • They celebrate the life of the deceased and offer the living counsel to learn from the moral qualities of the dead, etc.