NERDC Year 4 PVS Home Economics Curriculum for Primary 4. Parts of the human body, Personal clothing, Food nutrient –Schemeofwork.com
THEME 1: INTRODUCTION TO HOME ECONOMICS
Week 1
Topic: Meaning, Scope and Importance of Home Economics
Performance objectives
- Define and explain the meaning of Home Economics
- Enumerate the different areas of Home Economics
- List various careers in Home Economics
- Outline the importance of Home Economics to the society.
Contents
- Meaning of Home Economics.
- Scope (Areas) of Home Economics.
- Careers in Home Economics.
- Importance of Home Economics to the society.
Teacher’s Activities
- Defines and explains the meaning of Home Economics.
- Enumerates the scope of Home Economics
- Lists the careers in Home economics
- Explains the importance of Home Economics to the society
- Gives a board summary
Student’s Activities
- Participate in class discussion.
- Ask and answer questions.
- Give examples of people in Home Economics careers
- Copy the board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- Chart showing the scope and careers in Home Economics.
- Chart and pictures illustrating careers in Home Economics, etc.
Evaluation Guide
- Define and explain the meaning of Home Economics;
- List three areas of Home Economics;
- Mention five careers in Home Economics;
- Explain five reasons for the importance of Home Economics to the society
SUBJECT: HOME ECONOMICS CLASS LEVEL: PRIMARY 4
THEME 2: HOME MANAGEMENT
Week 1
Topic: Personal Grooming and Use of Basic Cosmetics
Performance objectives
- Identify parts of the human body;
- State functions of the parts of human body.
- Enumerate the traditional and modern materials used for taking care of the body and their uses.
- Demonstrate how to take care of the body.
- Use basic and safe cosmetics correctly
Contents
- Parts of the human body:
- Head: hair, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, ear, neck, nose.
- Trunk: chest, arm, belly, pubic region,
- Limb: legs: legs, hands, with nails.
- Functions of each part
- Classify materials used for the care of the body, stating their uses.
- Reasons for daily care of the body
- Care for each part of the body.
- Correct use of basic and safe cosmetics.
- Adverse effects of some chemicals used in cosmetics.
Teacher’s Activities
- Displays a properly labelled chart of parts of the body.
- Discusses reasons for taking care of the body;
- Brings all materials for taking care of the body to show pupils
- Displays different materials for taking care of the body on table including traditional ones e.g.cam-wood or “uhie” (Igbo) or “osun” (Yoruba). Antimony or Otajele (Igbo) or Tiroo (Yoruba”’ laali” (Yoruba) “lalle” (Hausa).
- Displays other cosmetics e.g. oils. Creams, pomades, powder, nail/polish, body spray, perfume, lipsticks, eye pencil.
- Classify cosmetics into safe and dangerous cosmetics
- Explains directions on labels
- Demonstrates the correct use of each cosmetics on the body.
- Gives board summary
Student’s Activities
- Touch different parts of their own body;
- Display their finger, toe, and nails for inspection;
- Observe clean nails, clean clothing.
- Differentiate between traditional and modern materials for the care of the body.
- Identify information on containers of cosmetics e.g. use, expiry date, making list of ingredients.
- Bring empty containers of cosmetics containing labels
- Copy the board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- A labelled diagram of the body.
- Soap, towel, sponge, water, tooth paste and brush, chewing stick, etc
- Traditional and modern cosmetics;
- Baby doll;
- Labelled chat of safe and harsh or dangerous cosmetics.
Evaluation Guide
- Identify different parts of the body and their uses
- State how to wash their body;
- Name materials for cleaning the body;
- Identify clean pupils;
- Identify different basic and safe cosmetics for good grooming.
- Use baby doll to demonstrate the care of different body parts.
- Mention one side effect of harsh cosmetics
Week 2
Topic: Types and Care of Personal Clothing
Performance objectives
- Identify types of personal clothing;
- Mention reasons for wearing clothes and footwear’s;
- State the reasons for caring for clothing
- Mention the steps in care of clothing
- Demonstrate how to care for shoes/bags e.g. polishing
- Launder personal cloth.
Contents
- Types of personal clothing: shirts, blouses, skirts, pants, trousers, vests, scarves, wrappers, pajamas, nightgown, footwear’s, caps etc.
- Reasons for wearing clothing:
- Protection
- Beauty
- identification/status
- for special occasions e.g. party
- Laundry agents, tools and equipment:
- agent e.g. water, soap/detergents
- Tools e.g. basin, bath
- Equipment e.g. Iron washing machine
- Steps in care of clothes
- Washing
- Ironing
- Airing
- Storing
Teacher’s Activities
- Displays a variety of personal clothing/ items.
- Produces a chart of variety of personal clothing articles.
- Discusses the reasons for wearing clothes, and care of clothing articles
- Provides pictures of people of various professions in uniforms e.g.
- Nurses
- Police
- Fire service etc.
- Demonstrates steps for caring of personal clothing
- Gives board a summary
Student’s Activities
- Identify and name different kinds of clothing
- Practice how to hang and store their clothes and reasons for wearing clothes
- Identify different people from the pictures according to their type of clothing.
- State the materials needed for taking care of clothes.
- Demonstrate how to launder clothes.
- Copy the board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- Different articles of clothing
- Laundry agents e.g. soap, water, detergent, etc.
- Laundry tools and equipment e.g. irons, line/rope for hanging clothes to dry, basin, pegs
Evaluation Guide
- State three reasons for caring for clothes;
- Mention three materials for laundering clothes;
- Explain steps in laundering of clothes
- Launder a personal clothing
NERDC Year 4 PVS Home Economics Curriculum for Primary 4. Parts of the human body, Personal clothing, Food nutrient –Schemeofwork.com
THEME 3: FOOD AND NUTRITION
Week 1
Topic: Food: Classification and Functions of Food
Performance objectives
- Define food.
- State reasons for eating food
- List the six classes of food and their uses
- Mention classes of food nutrient
- Explain the functions of each food nutrient
- Mention deficiency diseases of nutrients
Contents
- Meaning of food
- Classification of foods and their sources
- Classes of food nutrients and their functions
- Explain an adequate diet
- Deficiency diseases of each nutrient
Teacher’s Activities
- Defines food and states reasons for eating of food
- Discusses the types of food nutrients, sources and their functions with the pupils.
- Provides real food items and chart of the classes of food based on their nutrients.
- Displays charts and discusses deficiency diseases of nutrients.
- Gives a board summary.
Student’s Activities
- Define food
- Observe the chart on display.
- Classify the real food items on display
- Copy the board summary
Teaching & Learning Material
- Charts on food groups
- Real food items
- Charts on food nutrients, sources and functions
- Pictures of people affected with deficiency of nutrients e.g. marasmus.
Evaluation Guide
- Define food.
- Explain five reasons for eating food
- List the six classes of food and one source each.
- State one function of each food nutrient.
- Mention two deficiency diseases associated with food.
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