The Environment · B4 Religious And Moral Education

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.1.2.1.1 - Discuss the effects of human activities on the environment.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least four human activities that damage the environment, such as galamsey, deforestation, water pollution, and air pollution.
Explain at least three effects of these activities, including climate change, floods, and drought.
Discuss in small groups how human activities in their own community affect the environment.
Suggest simple actions individuals can take to reduce harm to the environment.
Demonstrate responsibility and stewardship by committing to at least one personal action that protects the environment.

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Curriculum details

Strand: God, His Creation and Attributes (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: The Environment (1.2)
Content standard: B4.1.2.1 - Explain the effects of human activities on the environment
Indicator: B4.1.2.1.1 - Discuss the effects of human activities on 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 Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 25
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Guide learners to talk about the human activities in the environment.
- Show pictures and video clips on human activities that destroy the environment: illegal mining (galamsey), indiscriminate cutting down of trees (deforestation), pollution of water bodies, air pollution, etc.
- Let learners write the effects of human activities on the environment: climate change - heat, floods, rain storms, less rainfall, famine, drought, etc.