Duties and Obligations of Citizens to Government
CIVIC EDUCATION
THIRD TERM
WEEK 3
PRIMARY 5
TOPIC:
RELATED POSTS –
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to:
- Explain common duties.
- Mention the obligation of the citizen to government.
- Give reasons why government cannot succeed without the citizens performing their obligations.
- Identify and explain keywords in the national anthem pledge, coat of arm that reflect their obligations.
- Explain citation of some recipient of national awards.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
- The national anthem to identify keywords.
- The pledge
- The coat of arm
- The flag
- Federal and State motto
- Photographs of Nigerian sports men and women.
- Photos and citations of those conferred with national honor.
METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.
Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Scheme of Work
- 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
- Course Book
- All Relevant Material
- Online Information
THIRD TERM RELATED POSTS –
- our duties and Obligations to governments,
- duties and obligations of citizens to government,
- pressure groups,
- social injustice,
- communicating social injustice to leaders,
- advantages and disadvantages of pressure groups,
- attitudes to work,
- workers protesting against inadequate payment,
- civil society groups,
- some civil society groups organizations in Nigeria,
- moral education and importance of moral education.
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS TO GOVERNMENT
- Payment of tax
- Proper use of amenities
- Orderliness
- Voting
- Respect for symbols
- Supporting government Programmes
- Report crime
- Maintaining law and order
- Respecting traffic rules
- Participating in national service
- Patriotism
- Point out the mistakes of government
- Assistance during disaster
- Being good ambassadors
- Representing country in sports, etc.
PRESENTATION
- To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
- To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
- Guides pupils to state their duties in the family, school and their community;
- Pupil’s Activities – Read national anthem to identify key words.
- Organizes pupils to discuss the consequences of not carrying out their duties;
- Pupil’s Activities – Reads and reports on national award recipients.
- Asks pupils to the citations;
- Explain key concepts – serve, build, obey, fatherland, etc.
CONCLUSION
- To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson – duties and obligations of citizens to government.
LESSON EVALUATION
Pupils to:
- Explain 4 duties of citizens to government.
- Describe 3 consequences if they fail to do their duties.
- Write on a favorite recipient of national honors.