Term: 1^st Term

Week: 8

Class: Primary 5

Age: 10 years

Duration: 40 minutes

Date:

Subject: Christian Religious knowledge

Topic: God saves

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

Explain the word ‘saves’
Explain how God saves
Discuss how God saves His people

Instructional Techniques: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling

Instructional Materials: Bible, pictures, charts and films on the life of Moses, David, Daniel and the three Hebrew boys

Instructional Procedures

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPIL’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION	The teacher revisits the previous lesson on God shows us mercy	Pupils pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	The teacher explain the word ‘saves’ Save means to rescue	Pupils pay attention and anticipate
STEP 3 Demonstration	The teacher explains how God saves God can save people 1. By sending a prophet 2. By using a friend or acquaintance 3. By using a total stranger 4. By using parents or children 5. Through His angels 6. through the armed forces e.g fire fighters, military, police etc The teacher discusses how God saves His people by narrating the story of the three Hebrew boys King Nebuchadnezzar made a huge gold idol. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. The king told the people, "When you hear the music play, everyone must bow down to the idol. If you don't bow down, you will be thrown into a blazing furnace." The people of Israel had been taken captive and some of them were now living in the land of Babylon. Among them were three young men who had become leaders in the land of Babylon. They were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These three young men believed in and worshiped the true God, and they would not bow down to an idol. They said, "Our God will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and even if He doesn't deliver us, O king, we will not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image which you have set up." What bravery! The king had the furnace heated 7 times hotter than usual. He had the men tied up and thrown into the furnace. The fire was so hot, it killed the men who threw them in. When the king looked into the fire, he was amazed. The men were untied, walking around, and there was a fourth person in the fire with them! He said, "Didn't we throw three men in the fire? I see four men loose, walking around, and they are not hurt." The fourth person looked like a heavenly being (like the Son of God - KJV). The king called their names and ordered them to come out of the fire. When they came out, they were not hurt at all. Their hair had not been burned, and they didn't even smell like smoke. The king made a law that everyone should honor the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego because no other God could deliver like he could.	Pupils pay attention and participate
STEP 4 Note taking	The teacher writes a short note on the board	The pupils copy the note

NOTE

Save means to rescue

How God can save people

By sending a prophet
By using a friend or acquaintance
By using a total stranger
By using parents or children
Through His angels
through the armed forces e.g fire fighters, military, police etc

How God saves His people

The story of the three Hebrew boys

King Nebuchadnezzar made a huge gold idol. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. The king told the people, "When you hear the music play, everyone must bow down to the idol. If you don't bow down, you will be thrown into a blazing furnace."

The people of Israel had been taken captive and some of them were now living in the land of Babylon. Among them were three young men who had become leaders in the land of Babylon. They were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These three young men believed in and worshiped the true God, and they would not bow down to an idol.

They said, "Our God will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and even if He doesn't deliver us, O king, we will not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image which you have set up." What bravery!

The king had the furnace heated 7 times hotter than usual. He had the men tied up and thrown into the furnace. The fire was so hot, it killed the men who threw them in. When the king looked into the fire, he was amazed. The men were untied, walking around, and there was a fourth person in the fire with them! He said, "Didn't we throw three men in the fire? I see four men loose, walking around, and they are not hurt." The fourth person looked like a heavenly being (like the Son of God - KJV).

The king called their names and ordered them to come out of the fire. When they came out, they were not hurt at all. Their hair had not been burned, and they didn't even smell like smoke.

The king made a law that everyone should honor the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego because no other God could deliver like he could.

Evaluation: 1. Explain the meaning of the word ‘save’

State four ways God can save people
Narrate a story in the bible that talks about how God saved people from danger

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation.

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively.

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