Authority and Obedience · JHS2 Religious And…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.3.1.1.3 - Demonstrate how to apply the rules and regulations from authority in daily life

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Dramatise at least two scenarios showing the correct application of rules and regulations from authority in different settings (home, school, community, religious, or national).
Identify and explain the consequences of failing to apply rules and regulations from authority in daily life.
Analyse a given scenario and determine whether the rules and regulations from authority were applied correctly or not, giving reasons for their judgement.
Draw at least three practical lessons from role-plays and apply them to their own conduct at home, school, and in the community.

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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: B8.3.1.1.3 - Demonstrate how to apply the rules and regulations from authority in daily life
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 4 (Week 16 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. 38
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Dramatise how to apply rules and regulations from authority
• Home/family rules - performing household chores, respecting orders of parents and not bullying younger siblings, etc.
• School rules and regulations - punctuality at and regularity to school, doing classwork and homework, sweeping the school compound, etc.
• Communal rules and regulations - not littering our neighbourhood, respect for the elderly, involving oneself in communal work, etc.
• Religious rules and regulations - going to church/mosque on time, dressing appropriately to religious meetings, paying church dues, paying zakat, and sadaqa, etc.
• National rules and regulations - obeying traffic rules, singing the national anthem, showing respect to national symbols such as the flag and currency, punctuality to work, avoiding corruption, etc.
Discuss lessons drawn out from the drama.