God the Creator · B5 Religious And Moral Education

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.1.1.3 - Mention why individuals should maintain their God-given gifts of form and colour.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State at least three reasons why they should maintain their God-given form and colour.
Explain that God has a purpose for creating each person in their unique form.
Discuss why the body is described as the Temple of God and what this means for how we treat it.
Give examples of practices that damage or deform the body, such as skin bleaching.
Suggest ways to maintain and care for their God-given form and colour.

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Curriculum details

Strand: God, His Creation and Attributes (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: God the Creator (1.1)
Content standard: B5.1.1.1 - Appreciate God-given gifts of form and colour
Indicator: B5.1.1.1.3 - Mention why individuals should maintain their God-given gifts of form and colour.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 3 (Week 3 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

content standard text - p.35
Curriculum reference: Religious and Moral Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 35
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Let learners give reasons why they should maintain their God-given form and colour: God has a purpose for creating everybody as they are. No-one creates himself or herself.Our bodies serve as the Temple of God.
- Let learners discuss possible purposes for which each one is created in a unique form.
- Use pictures or video clips (where possible) to demonstrate the effects of destroying our bodies.
- Put learners in groups to discuss how to maintain their God-given form and colour and not to deform their bodies.We should be proud of how we were created.We should avoid bleaching the skin.