Term: 1st Term
Week: 6
Class: Primary 3
Age: 8 years
Duration: 40 minutes
Date:
Subject: Christian Religious knowledge
Topic: Moses and the bronze serpent
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
Instructional Techniques: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling
Instructional Materials: Bible, biblical pictures showing Moses hanging the bronze serpent on a tree, pictures of Jesus on the cross
Instructional Procedures
PRESENTATION | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPIL’S ACTIVITY |
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION | The teacher revises the previous lesson on Moses and the bronze serpent | Pupils pay attention |
STEP 2 EXPLANATION | She gives further explanation of how Moses interceded for the Israelites when the bronze serpent began biting them and the instructions The Lord gave him - Moses prayed for the people - Then The Lord told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed The teacher also explains the similarity between the hanging serpent and Jesus on the cross - Hanging serpent means salvation for the Israelites and Jesus on the cross means salvation for mankind - A reminder that the Israelites sin is hanging with the bronze serpent just as that of the sin of the world is hanging on the cross with Jesus Christ | Pupils pay attention and anticipate |
STEP 3 Demonstration | The teacher explains the importance of the story of the hanging serpent - It’s a symbol to point their minds towards faith in him as a means of healing them - It symbolizes salvation | Pupils pay attention and participate |
STEP 4 Note taking | The teacher writes a short note on the board | The pupils copy the note |
NOTE
Moses prayed for the people
Then The Lord told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed
Similarity between the hanging serpent and Jesus on the cross
Importance of the story of the hanging serpent
Evaluation: 1. What were the instructions God gave Moses when he interceded for the people?
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation.
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively
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