Civic Education Curriculum for Primary 5

Year 5 NERDC Civic Education Curriculum for Primary 5. Meaning of Loyalty, Types of Leadership,Good and Bad leadership – Schemeofwork.com 

THEME 1: NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Week 1

Topic: Meaning of Loyalty

Performance objectives

1. Explain loyalty and show evidence of loyalty to family, school, community, state and nation
2. Discover the on sequence of is loyalty
3. Identify national services that show loyalty

Contents

1. Strong feeling and content, shows of support or allegiance to a person or institution
2. Evidence of loyalty e.g. Obedience, respect, willingness to serve, defend, show goodwill, respect for nation and national symbols, good representation, protection, give assistance, make personal sacrifice, standby even in times of difficulty or need etc
3. Consequence of disloyalty- failure, external enemies, lack of development
4. Loyal services to nation e.g. NYSC, military service, law enforcement and voluntary services

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Guides pupils to explain loyalty
2. Guides the pupils to write the national pledge and identify key words e.g. loyal, faithful etc
3. Explains with the pupil loyalty in family, school, and country

Student’s Activities

1. Recite and writes the national anthem
2. Pick out key words e.g. loyal, faithful etc
3. Discuss in groups what is expected of us to be loyal to our families, school and nation
4. Discuss not only what you can get from your country but also what you can give

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. The national pledge
2. Speeches of leaders calling for loyalty
3. Resource person to talk on loyalty
4. Handbook on NYSC

Evaluation Guide

1. Explain loyalty
2. Write the national pledge and show how they can act on it
3. Mention three results of disloyalty
4. Identify two services that require loyalty to the nation
5. Suggest two loyal services that can be rendered, to the family, school, nation etc

THEME 2: GOVERNANCE

Week 1

Topic:    Meaning and Types of Leadership

Performance objectives

1. Define leadership
2. Explain types of leadership

Contents

1. Act of leading people to achieve goals:
   • Democratic leadership
   • Autocratic leadership
   • Leize faire

Teacher’s Activities       

1. Explains the concept and types of leadership with examples

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to the Teacher and ask questions where needed

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Picture of Good leaders in the Nations and locality

Evaluation Guide

1. Pupils to explain leadership and types of leadership

Week 2

Topic: Leadership of different levels

Performance objectives

1. List different levels of leadership
2. Discuss their roles

Contents

1. Leadership in the
   • Family
   • Community
   • Local Government
   • State level
   • Federal level
   • Institutional level

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Explains leadership at different levels as per content

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to the teacher and ask question where needed

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Poster showing different levels and then leaders e.g. Home Father

Evaluation Guide

1. Pupils to mention leaders for different levels

Week 3

Performance objectives

Topic: Good and Bad leadership

1. Pupils should be able to identify and state problems created by bad leadership

Contents

1. Problems of bad leadership:
   • The satisfaction among follows, strikes, demonstration destruction of life and properties.
   • Poor health due to stress insecurity feelings,
   • organizes role play
   • By leadership, market women, workers union, pupils, parents, politician

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Explains the concept of Good and Bad leadership citing examples from different levels

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to the teacher and ask question where needed

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Posters showing people demonstrating against bad leadership

Evaluation Guide

1. Pupils to mention the benefits of Good leadership and the consequences of Bad leadership

Week 4

Topic: Arms of Government

Performance objectives

1. Identify the arms of government
2. Differentiate between the arms
3. State why the division of government into three arms is necessary
4. Explain the functions of the three arms of government (executive, judiciary, and legislature)

Contents

1. Arms of Government:
   • Executive,
   • Legislative
   • Judiciary
2. Functions of the Arms of Government:
   • Executive carries out day today function of government- President, Governors, Ministers, and Commissioners Etc.
   • Legislative – makes law for good government e.g. Senate, House of Representatives, State House of Assembly, and Councilors etc.
   • Judiciary- Interprets laws and activities of the legislative and Executive e.g. courts, judges, magistrates, justice etc
3. Division necessary because:
   • Avoid too much power.
   • Avoid abuses or dictatorship.
   • Ensure that the Constitution is obeyed and not violated.
   • For orderliness the Executive experts the law while the judiciary interpret the law
   • legislature makes the law

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Guides pupils to mention people they see in government and government institutions
2. Shows pictures or video clips government institutions e.g. functionaries offices, National Assembly, courts etc         
3. Takes pupils on a trip to government institutions

Student’s Activities

1. Identify some government officials and institutions
2. Watches and makes notes on video clips and pictures
3. Role-play or simulate some government functionaries
4. Listen to a resource person
5. Report on a visit

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Photos
2. Video clips
3. Newspapers
4. Nigerian Constitution.
5. Resource person

Evaluation Guide

1. Identify the three arms of government
2. Show the differences between the three arms by mentioning their duties
3. Discuss two things that will happen if there is no cooperation between the three different arms of government
4. Choose which of the three they would prefer to belong and give reasons

SUBJECT:     CIVIC EDUCATION (BASIC)         CLASS LEVEL: PRIMARY 5

THEME 3: DEMOCRACY

Week 1

Topic:    Pressure Groups

Performance objectives

1. Explain the meaning of pressure group
2. Mention the importance of pressure group
3. Justify the existence of pressure groups
4. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of pressure groups

Contents

1. Meaning of pressure group:
   • Group of people with common goals and interest and embarks on collective action to protect their interest, example of pressure groups: Workers union like NLC, ASUU, and NUT etc.
   • Associations like market women association, National Council of Women Societies (NCWS);
   • Social clubs, peoples club, rotary club,
   • Old pupils association of schools etc
2. Importance of pressure groups:
   • Protecting member’s interest;
   • Contribute to development by assisting government to provide services;
   • Keep the government in check
3. Disadvantages of pressure groups.
   • Can make it difficult for government to implement policies.
   • Can make unattainable demands etc

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Explains the meaning of pressure groups
2. Asks pupils to compile a list of pressure groups in the country
3. Organizes debate on “should pressure groups be encouraged or discouraged”
4. Asks pupils to find out from home the advantages and disadvantages of pressure groups

Student’s Activities

1. Listen to teacher’s explanation
2. Interview members of the public and search other sources to build a list of pressure group
3. Select members of proposing and opposing teams
4. Others serve as secretaries, noting the points made by both sides
5. Report finding from homes on the advantages and disadvantages of pressure groups

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Adults in the community
2. Company Diaries
3. Newspapers and Magazines
4. Debate will
5. Textbooks
6. Member of a pressure group as a resource person

Evaluation Guide

1. Explain the meaning of pressure groups
2. Mention two importance of pressure groups
3. Identify three advantages and disadvantages of pressure groups

Year 5 NERDC Civic Education Curriculum for Primary 5. Meaning of Loyalty, Types of Leadership – Schemeofwork.com 

Week 2

Topic: Values (Hard work)

Performance objectives

1. Pupils should be able to discuss how to discourage laziness and encourage hard work

Contents

1. Ways of Discouraging laziness and encouraging hard work:
   • discourage by less payment,
   • Punishment,
   • Denial of promotion; etc
2. Encourage hard work:
   • providing jobs;
   • Promotion;
   • Upward
   • Review of payments rewards, national honor etc

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Discusses hard work in the home, school etc
2. Guides discussions on how to encourages hard work and discourage laziness
3. Encourages pupils to make suggestion and defend their views
4. Summarizes the discussion

Student’s Activities

1. Participate in class discussion
2. Make suggestions and give reasons to support their views
3. Copy the board summary

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Charts listing the suggestions

Evaluation Guide

1. Suggest two ways to discourage laziness and encourage hard work
2. Mention two rewards for hard work in the school, home and the nation

Week 3

Topic: Social Injustice

Performance objectives

1. Give instances of social injustice in their communities
2. Explain ways people communicate social injustice

Contents

1. Types of Social Injustice:
   • Inadequate pay for work done
   • Denial of fundamental rights
   • Nepotism,
   • Subjective application of rewards and sanctions, etc
2. Communicating social Injustice to Leaders:
   • Demonstration,
   • Strikes,
   • Reduce production,
   • Resignations etc

Teacher’s Activities        

1. Guides the class discussions
2. Ask pupils to find out causes of social protests

Student’s Activities

1. Discuss their findings in class

Teaching & Learning Material  

1. Poster of demonstrating workers.

Evaluation Guide

1. Identify various kinds of social injustice

List two ways communicate social injustice to leaders

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