JHS3 Religious And Moral Education · Term 1, Week 6

The Environment

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Curriculum details

Strand
God, His Creation and Attributes (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
The Environment (1.2)
Content standard
B9.1.2.1 - Explain why it is important to care for the environment and how to do so
Indicator
B9.1.2.1.3 - Discuss reasons for taking care for the environment.
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 6 (Week 6 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, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 59

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Demonstrate ways of protecting the environment
• Reforestation
• Proper farming practices
• Proper disposal of waste
• Proper mining practices, etc.
2. Explain why indigenous Ghanaians take care of the environment.
Care of the environment
• God reveals Himself to humans through the environment
• Humans are related to the environment.
• The gods reside in nature.
• Aspects of the environment is linked to the history of communities.
• Humans depend on the environment for their survival, etc.
3. Dramatise how to apply lessons from indigenous Ghanaian attitudes towards the environment.
Project Work
Divide learners into groups to take care for the school's environment, e.g. planting trees, growing grass and desilting gutters. Each group should keep records of their activities and how they are affecting the school's environment.