JHS2 Religious And Moral Education · Term 2, Week 2
Authority and Obedience
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- The Family and the Community (Strand 3)
- Sub-strand
- Authority and Obedience (3.1)
- Content standard
- B8.3.1.1 - Identify and explain the importance of obeying authority
- Indicator
- B8.3.1.1.1 - Identify and explain the various sources of authority
- Suggested placement
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Term 2, Week 2
(Week 14 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. 36
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
1. Identify the sources of authority at home, school and community • Home - parents, uncles, aunties, elder siblings, etc. • School - headteacher, teachers, prefects, etc. • Community - chiefs, assembly members, priests, imams, opinion leaders, queenmothers, etc. 2. Using a video clip or pictures, identify how people come to have authority. E.g., scriptures, elections, traditions, being a parent, old age, and constitution. 3. In groups learners dramatise the right and wrong use of authority Right use of authority • To promote the welfare of others, especially those in need • To direct people to have a good relationship with God • To seek the interests of those who give us power • To be a role model for others to emulate, etc. Wrong use of power • To amass wealth at the expense of others • To molest people • To help only our relatives and friends • To take advantage of the weak and vulnerable in society, etc.