Creation

Self-awareness: Identifying myself as a boy or girl

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify themselves as male or female according to Genesis 1:27
- State their gender with confidence
- Appreciate his or her gender as guided by the scriptures

- Read Genesis 1:27 and state their gender
- Tell their friends whether they are a boy or a girl
- Read Psalms 139:13
- Write the Bible verse on flash cards
- Read the Bible verse aloud to classmates

Who made the parts of your body?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 1
- The Bible
- Flash cards
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

Self-awareness: Activities done by boys and girls

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- List different activities done by boys and girls
- Differentiate activities done by boys and girls
- Appreciate activities done by boys and girls

- Look at pictures showing activities done by boys and girls
- Identify activities done by boys in picture (a)
- Identify activities done by girls in picture (b)
- Identify activities done by both boys and girls in picture (c)
- List different activities that are done by boys and girls

What activities are done by boys and girls?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 2
- Pictures
- Charts
- The Bible

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

Self-awareness: Good thoughts and feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify good thoughts and feelings
- List good thoughts and feelings
- Desire to maintain good thoughts and feelings

- Discuss good thoughts that come to mind
- List good thoughts and share with the teacher
- Look at pictures showing different emotions
- Draw and color happy and sad faces
- Sing a song "I am happy today"

How do you cope with emotions?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 3
- Pictures
- Colored pencils
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Drawing assessment

Creation

Self-awareness: Coping with emotions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how they cope with happy or sad feelings
- Express their emotions appropriately
- Value positive emotions in their daily lives

- Think and discuss how they feel when they are happy or sad
- Share experiences of dealing with emotions
- Read about how good thoughts give good feelings
- Discuss ways to cope with emotions

What makes you happy or sad?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 5
- Pictures
- Charts
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

Self-awareness: Bad thoughts and feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify bad thoughts and feelings
- Explain the results of bad thoughts
- Desire to avoid bad thoughts and feelings

- Discuss instances of bad thoughts
- Share feelings associated with bad thoughts
- Discuss results of bad thoughts
- Learn ways to avoid bad thoughts

What happens when you have bad thoughts?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 6
- Charts
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

Self-awareness: Making right choices

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Make right choices guided by the word of God
- Identify the results of good and bad choices
- Desire to make right choices in daily life

- Look at pictures showing right choices
- Identify situations showing right choices
- Match bad choices with their results
- Discuss situations where they made bad choices and the results
- List results of making bad choices

What choices do you make?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 7
- Pictures
- Charts
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

My Family: Family members in the nuclear family

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name family members in the nuclear family
- Identify the roles of different members in the nuclear family
- Appreciate members of their nuclear family

- Look at pictures of a nuclear family
- Name members of the family shown
- Name members of their own nuclear family
- Write names of their family members
- Draw and color pictures of their nuclear family

Who are the members of a nuclear family?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 10
- Pictures
- Drawing materials
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Drawing assessment

Creation

My Family: Family members in the extended family

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name family members in the extended family
- Explain the importance of the extended family
- Appreciate members of their extended family

- Look at pictures of an extended family
- Name family members in the extended family shown
- Name members of their own extended family
- Discuss how they relate with each family member
- Discuss how to show respect to family members

Who are the people in your extended family?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 12
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

My Family: My family tree

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Draw the family tree to understand family relationships
- Explain the meaning of a family tree
- Desire to respect family members for harmonious living

- Talk about the family tree shown in the book
- Identify the relationships in the family tree
- List the names of their parents and grandparents
- Draw and color their own family tree
- Compose a poem to appreciate members of their family

What is a family tree?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 13
- Pictures
- Drawing materials
- Charts

- Oral questions - Drawing assessment - Observation

Creation

Adam and Eve: God the creator of Adam and Eve

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Recognize God as the creator of Adam and Eve
- Retell the story of creation of Adam and Eve
- Appreciate God as the creator of human beings

- Read Genesis 2:7, 21
- Retell the story of how God created Adam and Eve
- Identify who our first parents were
- Discuss what God created Adam and Eve from

Who were the first people to be created?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 15
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Recitation

Creation

Adam and Eve: How Adam and Eve disobeyed God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how Adam and Eve disobeyed God
- Retell the story of the fall of man
- Show concern about disobedience to God

- Read Genesis 2:16-17
- Read Genesis 3:6-7
- Retell the story of how Adam and Eve disobeyed God
- Arrange sentences correctly to describe how Adam and Eve disobeyed God

How did Adam and Eve disobey God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 16
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

Adam and Eve: Results of Adam's disobedience

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- State four results of Adam's disobedience
- Explain what happens when we disobey
- Desire to be obedient

- Read Genesis 3:23
- Discuss what happens when they disobey their parents or teachers
- List the results of Adam and Eve's disobedience
- Discuss how God punished Adam and Eve

What was the result of man's disobedience?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 17
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

Creation

Adam and Eve: Exercising obedience in day-to-day life

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Desire to exercise obedience in day-to-day life
- Explain ways of showing obedience
- Value obedience in their lives

- Talk about pictures showing obedience
- Discuss what they do when parents tell them to do something
- Discuss why they should obey their parents
- Discuss why they should obey their teachers
- Recite a poem about obedience

Why should you obey parents and teachers?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 18
- Pictures
- Charts
- Poems

- Oral questions - Observation - Recitation

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God: Differences between the Bible and other books

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Differentiate the Bible from other books as guided in 2 Timothy 3:16A
- Explain why the Bible is special
- Appreciate the Bible as a guide in their daily life

- Look at pictures of different books
- Discuss why the Bible is different from other books
- Read 2 Timothy 3:16
- Complete sentences explaining the Bible
- In groups, draw and color the Holy Bible

Why is the Bible a Holy book?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 21
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Drawing materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Drawing assessment

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God: Showing respect to the Bible

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain ways to show respect to the Bible
- Discuss the importance of the Bible
- Desire to handle the Bible with respect

- Read 2 Timothy 3:16 again
- Discuss why we should respect the Holy Bible
- Sing a song "My Bible and I"
- Read messages from flashcards about respecting the Bible

How do you show respect to the Bible?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 22
- The Bible
- Flashcards
- Song charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Singing assessment

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God: Books in the New Testament

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- State the number of books in the New Testament
- Identify divisions of the Bible
- Value the Bible as the word of God

- Look at the Bible train in the book
- Count the number of books in the Bible train
- Read about divisions of the Bible
- Copy and color text about the New Testament

How many books are in the New Testament?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 22
- The Bible
- Charts
- Coloring materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God: The four Gospel books

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name the four Gospel books in the New Testament
- Identify the position of Gospel books in the Bible
- Appreciate the Gospel books

- Look at the Bible train
- Read the names on the Bible train
- Identify the four Gospel books
- Match the Gospel books with their position in the Bible
- Discuss the importance of reading the Bible

What are the four Gospel books?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 23
- The Bible
- Charts
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Observation - Matching exercise

The Holy Bible

Moses and the Burning Bush: The story of Moses

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Retell the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Describe what Moses saw at Mt. Sinai
- Desire to listen to God

- Look at pictures showing Moses and the burning bush
- Read Exodus 3:1-6
- Discuss what Moses was doing when God appeared to him
- Discuss what Moses saw at Mt. Sinai

Who was Moses?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 27
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Moses and the Burning Bush: Moses obeying God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain how Moses showed obedience to God
- Describe what God told Moses to do
- Desire to obey God

- Read and observe pictures of Moses near the burning bush
- Tell the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Discuss how Moses obeyed God
- Watch a video clip of Moses and the burning bush if available

How did Moses express obedience to God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 28
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts
- Video clip (if available)

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Moses and the Burning Bush: Lessons from the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Mention three lessons learnt from the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Apply the lessons in their daily life
- Value obedience to God

- Role-play the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Sing a song about Moses and the burning bush
- Draw and color Moses and the burning bush
- Discuss lessons learned from the story

What lessons do we learn from Moses?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 29
- The Bible
- Drawing materials
- Song charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Role-play assessment - Drawing assessment

The Holy Bible

Moses and the Burning Bush: Obeying God in daily life

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Desire to obey God in their day-to-day lives
- Explain ways of showing obedience to God
- Value obedience

- Talk about pictures showing obedience
- Discuss how the children in the pictures are showing obedience
- Share experiences of how they obey their parents or guardians
- Copy and color the word "OBEY"

How do you obey God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 31
- Pictures
- Charts
- Coloring materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

The Big Fish Swallows Jonah: The story of Jonah

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Narrate the story of Jonah and the big fish
- Explain how Jonah disobeyed God
- Desire to obey God

- Read in groups about Jonah
- Read Bible verses Jonah 1:1-4, 15, 17
- Discuss how Jonah disobeyed God
- Discuss what God told Jonah to do

How did Jonah disobey God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 32
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

The Big Fish Swallows Jonah: Results of Jonah's disobedience

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- List the results of Jonah's disobedience
- Explain what happened to Jonah
- Value obedience to God

- Read Bible verses Jonah 1:15 and Jonah 1:17
- Discuss who was inside the big fish
- Discuss why Jonah was swallowed by the big fish
- Read about how God saved Jonah

What happened to Jonah after he disobeyed God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 33
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

The Big Fish Swallows Jonah: God's rescue

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how God rescued Jonah
- Explain God's mercy towards Jonah
- Desire to trust in God's mercy

- Read Jonah 2:10
- Watch a video clip on the story of Jonah if available
- Discuss how God saved Jonah
- Sing a song about Jonah

How did God rescue Jonah?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 33
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Video clip (if available)
- Song charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Singing assessment

The Holy Bible

The Big Fish Swallows Jonah: Obeying God and others

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Desire to obey God in day-to-day life
- Explain reasons for obeying God and others
- Value obedience

- Draw and color the big fish
- Look at pictures showing obedience
- Discuss why they should obey parents, teachers and God
- Read about the importance of obedience

Why should you obey your parents, teachers and God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 34
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Drawing materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Drawing assessment

The Holy Bible

Naaman is Healed: The healing of Naaman

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Retell the healing of Naaman the Syrian commander
- Describe Naaman's disease
- Desire to seek God's healing

- Look at pictures showing a soldier with leprosy
- Discuss the work of a soldier
- Discuss what leprosy is and how it spreads
- Read 2 Kings 5:1-14
- Retell the story of the healing of Naaman

How was Naaman healed?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 36
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Story retelling assessment

The Holy Bible

Naaman is Healed: Naaman's obedience

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain how Naaman obeyed prophet Elisha
- Describe how Naaman showed faith in God
- Value obedience

- Watch a video clip on Naaman's healing if available
- Discuss how Naaman obeyed prophet Elisha
- Discuss how Naaman showed faith in God
- In groups, dramatize how Naaman was healed

How did Naaman show faith in God?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 37
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Video clip (if available)

- Oral questions - Observation - Drama assessment

The Holy Bible

Naaman is Healed: Lessons from Naaman's healing

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Mention three lessons learnt from the story of Naaman
- Apply the lessons in their daily life
- Appreciate God as the healer of all diseases

- Draw and color a picture of Naaman
- Discuss lessons learned from the healing of Naaman
- Share the lessons with classmates
- Read about lessons from Naaman's healing

What lessons do we learn from Naaman's healing?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 38
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Drawing materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Drawing assessment

The Holy Bible

Naaman is Healed: God the healer of all diseases

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Appreciate God as the healer of all diseases
- Explain how God heals
- Desire to seek God's healing

- Look at pictures showing children praying
- Discuss what they do when they are sick
- Read about God as a powerful healer
- Identify statements that are true about God's healing power

Who can heal all diseases?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 39
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Three Hebrew men: The story of the three Hebrew men

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Narrate the story of the three Hebrew men
- Explain how they disobeyed the king's command
- Value standing firm in faith

- Discuss whom people worship in their community
- Discuss what Christians should do when told not to worship God
- Read Daniel 3:15-16
- Narrate the story of the three Hebrew men

Why were the three Hebrew men thrown into fire?

- Mentor CRE Learner's Book pg. 40
- The Bible
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Story narration assessment