Religious Festivals · JHS3 Religious And Moral…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.2.1.1.3 - Identify and explain the social, religious and moral relevance of festivals in the three main religions and relate them to daily life

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three social, three religious, and three moral relevance of festivals in Christianity, Islam, and African Traditional Religion.
Explain how specific festivals in each of the three main religions in Ghana address social, religious, and moral needs of the community.
Relate the lessons from festivals to their own daily conduct, relationships, and responsibilities at home and in school.
Dramatise a short scene showing how a moral or social lesson from a festival can be applied to daily life.
Show respect and appreciation for festivals of religions other than their own through thoughtful discussion and questioning.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Religious Practices (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Religious Festivals (2.1)
Content standard: B9.2.1.1 - Understand the relevance of, and the need to participate in, religious festivals
Indicator: B9.2.1.1.3 - Identify and explain the social, religious and moral relevance of festivals in the three main religions and relate them to daily life
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 12 (Week 12 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. 62
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Identify and explain the importance of festivals
Social Importance
• It brings people together
• Occasion to plan and implement developmental projects, etc.
Religious
• Reminds humans of the need to have good relationship with God, the gods and ancestors.
• Time to show appreciation to the spirit world for favours received and ask for more favours etc.
Moral
• Time to remember the exemplary life of past leaders/heroes/ heroines and learn from them.
• Period to share with the poor and the needy.
2. Learners dramatise how they apply religious and moral lessons from festivals in their daily life.