Love of Money

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TITLE: LESSON NOTE ON CHRISTIAN RELIGION STUDIES

SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES

TERM: SECOND TERM

WEEK: WEEK 8

CLASS: PRIMARY 6

DURATION: 40 MINUTES

Period:

Age:

TOPIC: Love of Money

UNITS:

What is money?
What is wealth?
Uses of money and wealth. Luke 12: 15, 1 Timothy 6: 17 – 19
The right attitude to money. Luke 12: 15, 1 timothy 6: 6 – 14
Dangers of Excessive love of Money and wealth. Mathew 16: 24, 26: 33, Luke 12: 15, 22 – 31.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this Module, Pupils should be able to:

Understand what is money?
Know what is wealth?
Know the Uses of money and wealth
The right attitude to money.
The Dangers of Excessive love of Money and wealth.

TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS

The Holy Bible
My Book Of Bible Stories

REFERENCE MATERIALS

The Holy Bible.
My Book of Bible Stories.
Universal Basic Education Curriculum.
Unified Schemes of Work Primary Schools for Christian religious studies (MIDDLE BASIC)
NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
Online Materials.
Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council scheme (NERDC)
Edudelight Christian Religious Studies for Primary Schools.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS LESSON: The students are familiar with Moderation in Christian Life.

WORD FILE: currency,possession, abundance, contented.

CONTENT

Memory verse: 1 Timothy 6:6

Bible references: Luke 12: 15, 1 Timothy 6: 17 – 19

What is money? Money is the currency that we use to buy goods and services.

What is wealth? Wealth is the abundance of money and material possession.

Money is essential to human and God is the giver of money and wealth. We as human should make money through the right means and be contented with whatever God provides for us.

USES OF MONEY AND WEALTH

The following are ways we use money and wealth

To serve God
To pay tithes
To give offering to God
To give contribute to church projects.

To solve basic needs like:
Food needs
Clothes
shelter
To serve other people
To give gifts to our loved ones.
To help the beggars
To give to charity organizations
To give to our parents, guardians and relation

To have comfort
To take care of our health.
To pay for education
To get means of transportation
To invest in the future through:
Shares
Savings
Insurance
Establish industries

To pay social services
Payment of electrical bills
Taxes and other rates
Payment of community levies

Dangers of Excessive Love of Money and Wealth

The following are the dangers of excessive love of money and wealth.

It takes away the love of God from our hearts.
It will bring destruction.
It will lead to wrong desire.
It makes us to lie.
It leads to stealing
It could lead to crime.
It make us wicked
Make us violent
Lead to dishonesty
It leads to ritual killing
Deception
Fraud
Gambling
Prostitution
Betting

THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO MONEY

The following are the right attitude toward money

We should love God who is the giver of wealth instead of loving money.
We should be moderate in the manner we look for money.
We should separate ourselves from excessive love of money.

Prayers: O lord, give us the grace to love you before money, in Jesus name. Amen.

PRESENTATION

The Teacher revises the previous term lessons (Moderation in Christian Life).
Teacher leads the pupils to understand Love of Money.
The teacher explains money and wealth to the students.
Teacher leads pupils to mention the uses of money and wealth.
The teacher explains the right attitude toward money to the students.
Teacher leads pupils to mention the dangers of excessive love of money and wealth.

EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES