Religious Worship in… · B5 Religious And Moral Education

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.1.1.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least two religious songs or recitations from each of the three major religions in Ghana (Christianity, Islam, and African Traditional Religion).
Explain three moral lessons that religious songs and recitations teach, using examples from the songs discussed.
Discuss how the themes of religious songs can be applied in their daily lives at home and in school.
Perform or recite a short religious song or passage from their own tradition and state its moral message.
Compose a simple religious song or poem of two to four lines that conveys a moral value such as respect, gratitude, or togetherness.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Religious Practices and their Moral Implications (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Religious Worship in the Three Major Religions in Ghana (2.1)
Content standard: B5.2.1.1 - Appreciate the importance of prayer, worship and other acts of worship
Indicator: B5.2.1.1.2 - Explain the moral significance of religious songs and recitations.
Suggested placement: 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

core competencies - p.38
Curriculum reference: Religious and Moral Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 38
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Let learners identify religious songs of the three major religions in Ghana.
- Let learners listen to cassette (CD) player of religious songs in the three major religions and indicate how they can apply the theme in their daily lives.
- Put learners into religious groups to take turns to perform various religious music and dance.
- Let learners, in groups, discuss the importance of religious songs in worship: they encourage worship; they make worship lively, they tell us about the nature and attributes of God in melodious and harmonious manner, etc.
- Let Learners compose simple religious songs and poems.