Term: 1st Term
Week: 7
Class: Primary 3
Age: 8 years
Duration: 40 minutes
Date:
Subject: Christian Religious knowledge
Topic: The second coming of Jesus Christ
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
- Define Ascension
- Narrate the stories of the ascension of Jesus
- State when and how Jesus will return
Instructional Techniques: Identification, explanation, playway method, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling
Instructional Materials: Bible, charts of the ascension of Jesus
Instructional Procedures
| PRESENTATION | TEACHER’S ACTIVITY | PUPIL’S ACTIVITY |
| STEP 1: INTRODUCTION | The teacher introduces the lesson by presenting a chart of Jesus’ ascension | Pupils pay attention and identify. |
| STEP 2: EXPLANATION | The teacher defines ascension: Ascension means moving up. Therefore ascension of Jesus’ means the movement of Jesus from the earth into heaven. | Pupils pay attention and anticipate |
| STEP: 3 STORY TELLING | The teacher guides the pupils to read Acts 1:11 and retells the story of the ascension of Jesus | Pupils read the Bible and pay attention to the story |
| STEP 4: EXPLANATION (THE PROMISE OF RETURN) | The teacher retells the events during the ascension and explains that the disciples were sad to see Jesus leave them and an angel appeared to tell them that he would return in the same way he left. | Pupils pay attention and participate |
| STEP 5: EXPLANATION (HOW JESUS WOULD RETURN) | The teacher explains with the aid of charts how Jesus would return in the following order; 1. Jesus will descend (come down) from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God 2. The dead in Christ will rise first 3. Believers who are alive will be caught up together with the dead saints into the clouds to meet the Lord in the sky. | The pupils identify events in the chart and pay attention |
| STEP 6: MEMORY VERSE | The teacher writes the memory verse from Matthew 24:36 on the board and guides the pupils to memorize it | The pupils repeat after the teacher and memorize the verse |
| STEP 7: NOTE COPYING | The Teacher writes the note on the board for the pupils | The pupils copy the note on the board |
BIBLE VERSE
Acts 1:11, 1 Corinthians 15:23, Matthew 24:36
NOTE
THE ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST
Ascension means moving up. Ascension of Jesus therefore means the movement of Jesus from the earth into heaven.
THE PROMISE OF THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS
Two angels dressed as men told the disciples not to be sad because one day they would see Jesus return in the same way he went.
HOW JESUS WOULD RETURN.
Jesus would return in the following order;
- Jesus will descend (come down) from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God
- The dead in Christ will rise first
- Believers who are alive will be caught up together with the dead saints into the clouds to meet the Lord in the sky.
Evaluation:
- What is ascension?
- Explain how Jesus would return.
- Narrate the story of the ascension of Jesus
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation.
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively
