Lesson 1          : Introduction to Khalifah..............................................................................

Tell the children these few things:

»       Allah created us to be His Khalifah on this earth. (Al Baqarah 30).

»       We are created to make the physical world to be a better place (‘immaarah).

»       Unfortunately the world now is not the best place to live in.

»       But we are going to change it, so that the world will become the best place human  can imagine.

»       Just simply follow the little steps, and the world will become better.

Lesson 2         : Roles Of Khalifah.........................................

The 3 Important Roles of Khalifah

1.                    Make self good

                       By making ourselves good Muslim- do what Allah wants us to do and leave what Allah forbids. (Al Hasyr 7).

2.                    Help others become good

                       By commanding the right and forbidding the wrong- using beautiful words and wisdom. (Luqman 17).

3.                    Make the physical world good (clean and beautiful).

                 By being keeping our place clean and orderly. (Al Baqarah 195)

How can we carry out the 3 responsibilities?

We carry out the responsibilities by struggling for good against evil – that is what we call in Islam as Jihad. And this is where Taqwa (Love and Fear of Allah) is required.. In fact, commanding the right and forbidding the wrong (‘Ammar Ma’ruf Nahi Mungkar) is not definitely not an easy task.. and the best way to do so is by using Beautiful Words and Wisdom . (AnNahl : 125).

Lesson 3          :  Influence On Personality...................

Whatever the children see..

                        Whatever the children hear..

                                             Will be written into their minds..

      That is how influences work..

BUT

 we can build their perception as the filter.. and strengthen the inner speech (soul) to face the challenging modern world.

MonkEy See..

                     MoNkeY Do..

 Can you believe this?

 Students watch their teachers everyday and most of the time try so hard to imitate them. Just like how prefects and class monitor act as if they have authority while the teachers are not around!

Lesson 4          : Reward And Punishment............................................................................ 

This is what learning is all about..

REWARD

AND

 PUNISHMENT

REWARD

If a student did an action[1], and he is rewarded[2] for doing it, he will, in the future repeat[3] it.

Why is PUNISHMENT NOT EFFECTIVE when used to shape positive traits?

1.  Only effective when children feel            threatened by it.

2.  Causes anger and hatred towards those who punish.

3.  Children will try to hide their negative actions to avoid getting punished.

4.  Punishment satisfies the anger of the one doing the punishing, but unfortunately, the children don’t learn.

5. Children learn that punishment is the way to get what they want.

Lesson 5       :  Shaping........................................................................................................

·       The Shaping Process Takes Time..

·       There will be many Little Steps Toward The Goal which some  Are Not Going to be Easy..

·       Reward each steps for however small the progress is..

·       Never stop trying or never quit to achieve your goal.

·       Just Start From Where You Are..

·       Start Shaping Today!

Lesson 6      :Self Control.................................................................................................... 

Everybody should learn to practise self-control.

It is very important.

Try this:

Set a stopwatch, sit properly - try hard not to make any movements. Apart from blinking and breathing, test how long you can control yourself. Adults might have better self-control compared to children, but it is a fact that they can be trained.. Repeat several times, each time engthening                            the period you can control your movements. TRY IT!

Lesson 7       : Origin Of The Universe...................................................................................

1^st stage

Photon

(single light energy)

2^nd stage

Sub-atomic particles

(proton, electrons and neutrons)

3^rd stage

Atoms

(hydrogen, helium etc.)

4^th stage

Molecules

(water, lead, carbon etc.)

5^th stage

Biological life

              (simple e.g. amoeba to complex e.g. animals)

                                                           6^th stage

Adam

Lesson 8     : Listing Good And Bad......................................................................................

What Allah likes : RIGHT

Þ   There is nothing in between that Allah and shaitan like – in big or small matters.

Þ   Any right step/action big or small will lead us to closer to Allah

Þ   Any wrong step/action big or small will lead us to closer to Shaitan.

Þ   No moment is the same as the one before; it’s either you’re moving toward Allah or away from Allah!
 

Lesson 9     : Jihad..................................................................................................................

What is J – I – H – A – D ?

Jihad is not

-       Only fighting the enemies using weapons.

-       Holy war

-       suicide

It is actually struggle of good against evil..

To listen to talk is jihad.

To not sleep while the teachers teaching is jihad.

To not watch television is jihad.

To make da’wah is jihad.

To not call friends with bad names is jihad

Lesson 19     :Adab..............................................................................................................

»       Adab means to put things and actions in the right place.

»       Adab is not manners but manners are part of adab.

»       Examples?

o       Paying attention in class

o       Call people with their names and respect

o    Observe table manners

»       How?

o       Practice self-control

o       Use inner speech

o      Override bad influence with good messages

»       When?

o       All the time…

Lesson 11-13     : Kindness....................................................................................................

CAMPAIGN KINDNESS

It is important that every child learn kindness and good habits early in life.

Kindness also includes being generous, compassionate and friendly.

For instance:

·       Pleasant nature arising from sympathetic and tolerance.  

·       Spending time with others  

·       cut off the mentality of “me first!”

    ·       Being generous

Suggestions to show kindness: 

·       demonstrate of lenient character

·       Be open-minded and flexible.

·       Show mercy to those younger than us

·       Be respectful and considerate to those older than us

·       Sharing with those who less fortunate

·       Volunteer time and talents

·       Help people with practical needs

Praising Kindness Promotes Achievement

When a student studies hard and prepares his schoolwork, higher achievement is a natural result.

On the contrary, higher achievement can also be obtained when some students cheat.

Thus, teachers must only praise to focus on why they were praised.

For instance: 

“I’m thrilled with your hard work which has enabled you to earn an ‘A’ in your math test,” rather than, “Great job! You got an ‘A’ on the Math Test.”

This kind of praise promotes unfailing consistence and encourages greater success.

Lesson 14-16     :  Sincerity....................................................................................................

CAMPAIGN SINCERITY

People who are sincere and trustworthy can succeed in building a successful life. 

Sincerity includes being honest and truthful.

     ·       Doing what is right when others are watching and even when there is no one else is around.  

·       Being committed. 

·       Trying to be someone you are not.

Suggestions to Become Sincere

 ·      A teacher must establish the necessary trust in a working or teaching relationship. 

·       Being consistent by not repeating the same wrong. 

·       Doing what is right all the time and in every place.

Genuine Praise  

Do not praise achievements as it tends to motivate insincerity but rather a teacher should praise the good character in the student. 

For instance: 

·       Relate responsibilities to character quality 

“Hassan is responsible to tidy the classroom everyday after school. He is very thorough and diligent in his work.

 ·       Avoid comparing people 

Don’t say:

“Dina is the smartest student I have.”

By making character a primary focus each day, teachers can be far more effective in shaping life-long character traits.

Lesson 17-19    :Patience......................................................................................

CAMPAIGN PATIENCE

To accomplish patience is to see the importance of overcoming difficulties and hardships during the course of our life. Patience includes  forgiveness, tolerance and perseverance.

When you have patience you stand strong, holding your balance spiritually, emotionally and physically without surrendering or losing hope.

If one persists in patience: 

·       it will eventually become part of their nature and instinct

·       one will easily forgive others of their wrong and try to overcome it with good

·       it will protects one’s emotional state and encourages offenders to cease their offensive behaviour.

Suggestions to Show Patience:

     ·       overrule feelings of anger and afflictions

·       ability to tolerate and compromise

·       not to find faults that put others down

·        exercise forgiveness

Lesson 20-22     :Faith...........................................................................................

CAMPAIGN FAITH

Faith represents the total sum of all the other character qualities demonstrated in truthfulness, patience and obedience.  It includes being virtuous and loyal.

 Virtue is also:

·    doing what is right as it not only protects society from the consequences  of dishonesty and a lack of   integrity. 

·    motivating a person to resist the impulse to do wrong and take the action to do what is right.

The Role of Virtuous Leadership

·       It involves encouraging others to do what is right

·       Not being a hypocrite

·       Whatever goes in comes out. If a person’s actions and words are to be virtuous, the things he or she sees and hears must reflect virtue too.

Suggestions to Show Virtue:

·      A virtuous person will carefully guard against influences that can damage or pollute the mind or body

·     While it is not wise to isolate oneself from every part of the society, it is wise to be surrounded with people of food character.

Consistent Praise Builds Virtue

·       Being virtuous can involve tough decisions. Praising is one way to encourage and strengthen decisions.

    ·       When praising one’s character, remember it is something he or she has and can keep, no matter what  the circumstances.

Lesson 23-25    : Obedience................................................................................................

CAMPAIGN OBEDIENCE

True obedience involves willingness to sacrifice personal comfort in response to the call of duty or to an authority. Obedience includes enthusiasm, diligence, discernment and self-control.

It also describes:

·       fully complying with directions specified by authority

·       he cheerful completion of tasks

·       keeping actions consistent with your  words
 

Obedience and Authority

Authorities are those who are responsible for us. For instance:

·       parents are responsible for their children

·