The Environment · JHS3 Religious And Moral…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.1.2.1.1 - Describe human activities that destroy the environment

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

List at least six human activities that destroy the environment in Ghana.
Explain how at least four of these activities (e.g., illegal mining, bush burning, illegal tree felling) damage the environment.
Observe and record human activities that harm the environment during a nature walk around the school compound.
Analyse pictures and short video clips showing the negative effects of human activities on the environment.
Present a simple argument for or against tree felling, using evidence from the lesson.

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Curriculum details

Strand: God, His Creation and Attributes (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: The Environment (1.2)
Content standard: B9.1.2.1 - Explain why it is important to care for the environment and how to do so
Indicator: B9.1.2.1.1 - Describe human activities that destroy the environment
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 4 (Week 4 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. 56
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Take learners on a nature walk. Learners to observe and note down human activities that destroy the environment.
2. Learners look at pictures and video on the negative effects of human activities on the environment. Such pictures and videos are available on the internet.
3. Based on findings from the nature walk and the video/pictures learners identify human activities that destroy the environment. For example,
Human Activities
• Illegal tree felling
• Illegal sand winning
• Illegal mining
• Bush burning
• Over grazing
• Over hunting
• Hunting when hunting is banned
• Water pollution
• Weeding around water bodies
• Improper fishing methods
• Fishing at a time fishes are laying eggs for hatching
4. Discuss how the above human activities destroy the environment.
E.g.,
• Illegal tree felling leads to the removal of the forest cover, thereby exposing land to direct sunshine and erosion.
• Illegal mining, especially in rivers and along river banks, destroys water bodies and poisons fishes and other organisms that live in water
• Ploughing/weeding around water bodies exposes water bodies to direct sunshine leading to evaporation that causes the rivers to dry up.
• Over grazing leaves the land bare and exposing land to direct sunshine and erosion
• All these lead to climate change: poor rainfall patterns, floods, rainstorms, drought, famine, etc.
5. Debate on the motion "The benefits of tree felling outweigh the negative effects."