Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary 2

Term – 1^st Term

Week: 7

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      CRK

Topic:-       Leadership - Deborah

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

1. Give a brief account about how Deborah emerged as a leader
2. Draw out lessons from Deborah’s life

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

NOTE

DEBORAH AS A LEADER

Deborah was the only outstanding woman leader of the Israelites. She was described as the “Mother of Israel” in recognition of her outstanding leadership role in Israel. She was a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, a judge and a military heroine. She always sit under the palm of Deborah in Ephraim. She had an unshakable faith in God. She is such a courageous person.

THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF DEBORAH [ Judges 4: 1-24]

The Israelites did evil in the sight of God by going after the Canaanite gods. God handed them over to Jabin, the king of Canaan. The Canaanites oppressed them for twenty years. In their depression, the Isrealites repented and cried to God to save them. God heard them and spoke to Deborah to deliver them. Deborah summoned Barak, the commander of the Israelite army and gave him the oracle of God. He told him raise ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulum at Mount Tabor, that at River Kishon, he would engage Jabin’s forces. She gave him the assurance that God would give Jabin’s forces into his hands.

Deborah’s presence would assure him of God’s presence and help. Deborah told him that the Lord would sell Sisera, the army commander of Jabin, into hands of a woman. Thus, the glory of the battle will be ascribed to a woman.

Deborah and Barak with their troops went to the battle field at Kadesh. From there, they marched to Mount Tabor. When Sisera held that Barak had assembled troops at Mount Tabor, he quickly took his nine hundred chariots and foot soldiers to the river Kishon to meet Barak. Barak was inspired by Deborah and attacked the Canaanites. The enemies were defeated. When Sisera saw the impending defeat, he alighted from his chariot and fled on foot. Barak’s army pursued the enemy troops.

THE DEATH OF SISERA

Sisera took refuge in the house of Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite. She provided him with security and gave him milk instead of water. Sisera asked her to stay at the door and whoever might ask whether anybody was taking refuge there, she was to reply negatively. She covered him with a rug and he slept off due to fatigue as a result of the war. As he was sleeping, Jael took a tent peg and a hammer and drove the peg firmly into Sisera’ temple till it went into the ground as he lay asleep with great weakness. So, Sisera died. Later, Barak came in hot pursuit of Sisera, Jael showed him the body of Sisera with the tent peg in his temple. Thus, God subdued Jabin before His people Israel.

LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF DEBORAH

1. God can use whoever He pleases, regardless of gender.
2. When God goes before us, we have absolutely nothing to be afraid of
3. God should be given all praise for every battle won no matter the input of human beings
4. Be devoted to your family, country and most importantly, God
5. Being confident in God’s word and will is the greatest secret to triumph in life

EVALUATION:                                                             

1. Give a brief account of how Deborah emerged as a leader
2. State three lessons you drew from the life of Deborah

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively