Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

CLASS:  JSS 1

DATE:

TERM: 1st TERM

 
WEEK 5

TOPIC: THE VIEW OF SCIENCE ABOUT CREATION

Science as we all know attempts answers to every problem, no matter how complex the problems may be. The scientist who spearheaded the theory of evolution of man on earth s known as Charles Darwin.

In his book titled the origin of spices .Darwin pointed out that man gradually evolved from small shellfish and crawling creature that lived in shallow pools left out by tides of river and ocean tides.

According to Darwin, this shell like creatures later took the shape of ape-like beings, which Darwin and his colleagues believed are the ancestors of ape and man.

According to Darwin, the stages man’s evolution from ape-like is as follows:

1. Stage I : Homo -habilies = man with ability
2. Stages II: Homo- erectus = Upright man (In term of standing position.
3. Stages III: Homo- sapiens: Thinking or wise.

According to Darwin in the last development stage in which man is found today