JHS3 Religious And Moral Education · Term 3, Week 8

Time and Leisure

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.6.1.1.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

  1. State at least two teachings on time from each of the three religions (Christianity, Islam, and Indigenous African Religion) with their sources.
  2. Prepare a personal comprehensive time table for their daily activities at home and school for one week.
  3. Assess their level of compliance with their time table at the end of the week, identifying reasons for compliance or non-compliance.
  4. Apply the religious teachings on time to evaluate and adjust their own time management practices.

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Curriculum details

Strand
Religion and Economic Life (Strand 6)
Sub-strand
Time and Leisure (6.1)
Content standard
B9.6.1.1 - Develop skills in managing time profitably
Indicator
B9.6.1.1.2 - Demonstrate how to plan and use time wisely:
Suggested placement
Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 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. 74

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Learners identify and discuss the teachings of the three religions on time.
Christianity
• Everything must be done at the right time (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
• There is the need to make good use of time (John 9:14)
• Make use of opportunities (Ephesians 5:15-17)
• There is the need to plan for the future (Proverbs 6:6-8) etc.
Islam
• Avoid procrastination (A-Tirmidhi)
• Do things at the right time before it is too late (Musnad Imam Ahmad)
• Time must be planned (Qur'an 103), etc.
Indigenous African Religion
• Things must be done a bit at a time ("The best way to eat an elephant in your path is to cut it up in pieces")
• Idleness does not bring success ("A lazy man's farm is the breeding grounds for snakes")
• One must avoid procrastination ("It is because of 'I will do it tomorrow', 'I will do it tomorrow' (procrastination) that is why the vulture could not build a house")
• Planning is important ("One does not step into a river before one takes in breath").
• Folktales, proverbs, wise sayings, etc.
Learners to prepare personal comprehensive time table on their daily activities (both at home and school) for one month. At the end of each week, learners assess the level of compliance to the time table and what made them to comply or not to comply.