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Basic 2 · Religious and Moral Education · Purpose of God’s Creation

Why God Created Animals

In this topic you will learn how animals are useful to people.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Name uses of animals
  • Explain that animals were created for a purpose
  • Show kindness to animals

What you already know

  • Why God created plants

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
God’s creation and Attributes
Sub-strand
Purpose of God’s Creation
Indicator
B2.1.3.1.1 – Explain the purpose of God's creation

Introduction

Cows give milk. Hens give eggs. Donkeys carry loads. Animals were created for a purpose.

1. Uses of Animals

How animals help us
UseExamples
foodeggs, milk, meat, fish
workdonkeys carry loads; cattle pull ploughs
protectiondogs guard houses
materialsleather from skins, feathers, wool
petscats and dogs give company
A cow being milked, a hen with eggs, a donkey carrying loads and a dog guarding a gate
Figure 1: Animals help us Draw two animals and their uses.Illustration: Sirbus

2. Be Kind to Animals

  • Feed them well.
  • Give them water and shelter.
  • Do not beat or overload them.

New words

leather
Material made from animal skin.
plough
A tool that turns soil on a farm.
company
Being together with someone.
overload
To give too much to carry.

Summary

  • God created animals for a purpose.
  • Animals give us food, work, protection and materials.
  • We should be kind to animals.

Class activity: Animal Uses Match

  1. Look at the photographs of farm animals.
  2. Match each animal to its use.
  3. Talk about how to care for it.

You need: Local maize, Cassava specimens, Printed photographs of local farm animals, Drawing sheets, Crayons

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. Which animal gives milk?

    • A. Cow
    • B. Hen
    • C. Fish
    • D. Snail
    Show answer
    Answer: CowCows are milked.

  2. 2. Leather comes from…

    • A. Animal skin
    • B. Leaves
    • C. Stones
    • D. Water
    Show answer
    Answer: Animal skinSkin is made into leather.

  3. 3. Dogs can guard houses.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueDogs protect homes.

  4. 4. We should overload donkeys.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseOverloading hurts them.

  5. 5. Hens give us ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: eggsHens lay eggs.

  6. 6. Write two uses of animals.

    Show answer
    Answer: Any two: food, work, protection, materials, pets.Animals help in many ways.

Homework

  1. Name an animal your family depends on and say how it helps.