Term – 2^nd Term

Week:8

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject: CRK

Topic:- Rights and obligations of family members

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

Define family
State the types of family
Outline the duties of rights of family members
List some behaviours that can destabilize the family

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures, The Holy Bible

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION	The teacher reviews the previous lesson on forgiveness	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	He defines family and states the types	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	He outlines the duties and rights of each family members. He further talks about some behaviours that destabilizes the family	Students pay attention and participate
STEP 4 NOTE TAKING	The teacher writes a summarized note on the board	The students copy the note in their books

NOTE

RIGHT AND OBLIGATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS (Colossians 3:18-22, 1 Pet 3:1-7; Eph 5: 21-33).

Family unit is the smallest unit of the larger society, it consists of the Father, the Mother and the Children. It may include members of the extended family which are uncles, Cousins, Grandparents, Nieces etc.

Types of family

The nuclear family: This comprises of the father, mother and children.
The extended family: This comprises of grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins, nieces and other members of the extended family.

Traditionally, the father is the head of the family. He has the final authority within his family. The man’s decision has far reaching consequences in determining the peace, Unity and progress of the family.

The man and his wife must maintain discipline to be able to take good decisions because the family units which make up the larger society; form the basis of government and the first training ground for both spiritual and moral education.

A healthy and united family would definitely produce healthy and disciplined people that make up a nation. Broken homes (families) produce immoral children that end up as criminals and as such the whole nation is affected by their criminal activities. A healthy society can only be produced by healthy family units within the society.

Healthy family units can only be built where the individual that make up the units know their duties and responsibilities and perform them faithfully for this reason in his epistle to the Colossians outlined the duties and the responsibilities of every member of the family and called upon them to perform their duties creditably to ensure the peace and unity of the different families.

Duties of family members according to Paul’s teaching on family

Paul in his letter to the Colossians states the duties expected of every member of the family. The wife, husband and children have their individual roles.

The wife- is to subject herself to the husband as it pleases God, she must also obey her husband in all things.
The husband- must in reciprocation love the wife, should not be bitter against her, treat her badly, he should make sure her needs are met.
The children’s duty- is to obey their parents, the father also should make sure he does not provoke the children

Behaviours that can destabilize the family include;

(i) Failure in the responsibility of the parents to care for the family.

(ii) Favouritism of children among parents.

(iii) Unforgiveness in the family.

EVALUATION:

Define family
State the types of family
Why are healthy family units important?
State the duties of each member of the family
What are the behaviours that can destabilize the family?

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively

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