Social Studies Scheme of Work Primary 4 Lagos State

National Value Education Syllabus (NVE). Basic 4/ Primary 4 Social Studies Scheme of work. Lagos State Ministry of Education

Table of Contents

WEEK: 1

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Living in the family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Explain meaning and types of family (Nuclear and Extended)
Identify the members of the Nuclear and Extended family
Identify the member of nuclear and extended family
Mention the importance of the family

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss what the meaning of family is
Pupils are divided into small groups to identify and explain types of family
Allow each groups list out the importance of the family

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Charts showing members of the family

WEEK: 2

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Relationship of some member of the family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Draw the family tree
Identify how relate to one another e g. Family tree
Itemize the benefit of the family e.g. Care and interest for one another

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class itemize members in the family tree
Pupils are grouped into 2 to 3, depend on how large the class, to list and draw family tree each group.
Pupils as individual explain the benefits of a family member

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Charts on family tree

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: Social studies

TOPIC: Marriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Define the meaning of marriage
Explain the types of marriage e.g. Monogamy and Polygamy marriage
Mention marriage festival in Nigeria and give differences from one to the other

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a group of 2- 10 to explain types of marriage
Each of the group to demonstrate one marriage is living practice in Nigeria and how difference it is in other communities

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: Social studies

TOPIC: Marriage problem and solution

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Identify the problems in marriage
Provide solution to the problems of marriage

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as class discuss the problem in marriage
Pupils in pairs provide solution to the problem discussed

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Chart showing disagreement at home

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Our culture

Element of culture

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Explain the meaning and types of culture
List the element of culture
What are the different kinds of culture in Nigeria (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils in small groups to role play with some cultural materials and costumes to discuss how each culture dress, greet, hair, meal, ceremonies
Pupils as a class discuss element of culture
Pupils in small groups of 3 to be dressed in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba culture in Nigeria
Demonstrate culture in Nigeria

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

– Chart showing people dressed in the cultural costumes

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Culture

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Identify the different culture e.g. different dialects, difference In geographical position
Mention the difference in external influences
List the similarities in cultures e.g. Food, Dressing, Ceremony, Greetings etc.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils are divided into 3 groups to discuss different costume of each culture
Whole class to itemize the difference in external influence
The pupils in small groups to identify the similarities in Nigeria culture.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Chart showing Geographical position, food, dress etc.

WEEK: 7 MID TERM BREAK

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Culture

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

List out ways of cultural presentation e.g. Symbol, Building, Dressing and Festival
Pin-point and state reasons for discarding some culture e.g. ritual
Identify the culture to be retained e.g. respect to elders.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class to brainstorm to mention cultural preservation.
Pupils in small groups to discuss reasons for discarding some culture e.g. Ritual.
Whole class to enumerate some culture to retain

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Picture charts showing various functions of government

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT:

TOPIC: Our religion and practice

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Explain meaning and types of religion.
Identify the mode and materials used to worship in different religion practice e.g. Holy Bible, Holy Quran, candle etc.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss our religion and types of religion we have in Nigeria
Pupils as a class to mention the mode and materials used to worship in different religion practices

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Similarities in aspect of religion

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

List the similarities of each religion e.g. we all pray to God through different means, style of dressing etc.
Describe the aspect of religion in Nigeria
Display how each religion pray

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class to brainstorm on the similarities of each religion practices
Pupils in small groups to describe the aspects of religion in Nigeria
Pupils to demonstrate how each religion pray

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 11

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: Other people’s belief and tradition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Generate ways of our belief e.g. Tradition different from and similar to other
Identify means and method of worship
Explain how to respect other people scene e.g. belief and tradition

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class to discuss how to generate ways of our belief
Pupils in small groups of 3 to stand for the 3 religion to identify names and methods of worshiping God
Whole class to explain how to respect other people

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Chart and real copies of Bible, Quran, candle, dress and iron
National Value Education Syllabus (NVE). Basic 4/ Primary 4 Social Studies Scheme of work. Lagos State Ministry of Education

WEEK: 1

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Revision of Last Terms Work!

Citizenship

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Define citizenship
Describe qualification of a citizen e.g. it can be by birth or by application
Identify the right of a citizen

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss last term work among themselves
Pupils in a small groups to discuss the meaning of citizenship.
Whole class to identify the right of a citizen

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 2

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: The concept of government

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Explain what government is
Define the type of government e.g. Federal, State and Local government
Describe the 3 items of government

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class to explain what government means
Pupils in pairs to itemize the types of government
Whole class to describe the arms of government

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: The concept of Local Government

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Describe the concept of Local government.
Mention the importance of Local government
Enumerate the benefit of Local government people

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupil in small groups to discuss the concept of Local government
Pupils as a class mention the importance of local government
Pupils in pairs enumerate the benefit of Local government to the people

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Charts showing arm of Government

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Problems and solution of Local government

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Identify the problems of Local government
Itemize the solution to the problems mentioned above
Recall the problems and suggested solution of local government

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Teacher divide the pupils in a group of 24 group to identify the problems of Local government
Pupils as a class itemize a prefer solution to the problems of Local government
Whole class to list the problems and solution

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Pictures of local government

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: THE CONCEPT OF STATE GOVERNMENT

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils in groups discusses the concept of State government
Pupils in a pairs to discuss who controls the public affair of the State and what is the motto of your state?
Pupils as a class recite the state and capital of Nigeria
Whole class to locate the importance of a state government

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: SEPERATION OF POWER AND FUNCTION

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Mention problems of power sharing etc. corruption
Discuss how to promote co-operation between the state and local government e.g. maintain peace and order in the state

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class present the problem of power sharing
Pupils in small groups to identify the benefit of the state government
Pupils brain storm and discuss how to promote co-operation between the State and Local government

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

WEEK: 7 MID TERM BREAK

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Division of Labour

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Define discussion of labour
Describe agricultural industry
List out types of agriculture, i.e. Animal production, animal husbandry, fishery and forestry

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils in a small group 5- 1 0 to define division of labour
The whole class to describe agricultural industry
Pupils to do quiz on types of agriculture

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Chart on division of labour

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Why division of labour is necessary in agriculture industry

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Pupils in groups to brainstorm and justify why division of labour is necessary in agricultural industry
Pupils as a class identify the problems of agriculture labour
Pupils in pairs of 4-6 to investigate the ways to solve to the problems of agriculture industry

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Identify why division of labour is necessary in agriculture e.g. more acres can be cultivated and maintained etc.
Identify the problems of agriculture labour e.g. lack of capital
Investigate the ways to solve the problems of agricultural industry

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Chart showing farm tools

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT:

TOPIC:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

National Value Education Syllabus (NVE). Basic 4/ Primary 4 Social Studies Scheme of work. Lagos State Ministry of Education

WEEK: 1 REVISION

WEEK: 2

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: MEANING OF ROAD ACCIDENT

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Define road and road accidents
Classify roads into private drive pathways, two-lane highways, dual carriage easy and expressways
Describe road accidents on each classification of roads.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss the meaning of road accidents
Pupils as individuals draw the types of roads
Pupils in small groups describe how fatal accident could be in each types of road
Pupils in pairs discuss the classification of roads

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Pictures and charts showing road accident scene
Charts sharing causes of road accidents

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: CAUSES OF ROAD ACCIDENTS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

List causes of road accidents.
Describe how drivers and other road users sh’2ould maintain roads
Explain in details of road sign and their meaning

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss causes of road accident
Pupils as individuals explain causes of road accident
Pupils in small groups describe good behaviour on the road.
Pupils in pairs analyse the meaning of road signs

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Charts showing bad roads, overloading etc.
Charts of road Signs

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: EFFECTS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Mention effects of road accidents on the victim
Describes the damage done to the road and vehicle involved

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss the effects of road accidents on the victim
Pupils in small groups explain the extents of damages done to road and vehicles
Pupils as individuals explain the effect of road accident on the victims

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: SOLUTION TO ROAD ACCIDENT

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Identify solution to the road accidents
Mention security agents that help people at the scene of accidents

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss the solutions to road accidents
Pupils as individuals mention the scene of road accidents
Pupils in pairs explain ways of preventing road accidents

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Charts showing person at the accident scene
Audio visual showing road accident scene

SUBJECT: CIVIC EDUCATION

TOPIC: SOLUTION TO ETHNICITY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Mention how to solve the problems of Ethnicity
Explain how to solve the problem of Ethnicity

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils in pairs identify the solutions to ethnicity
Pupils as a class discuss the possible solutions to ethnicity
Pupils in small groups demonstrate the solutions to ethnicity in a drama presentation

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES:

Picture charts showing solutions to ethnicity

SUBJECT: SECURITY EDUCATION

TOPIC: LIST OF PERSONNEL TO CONTACT DURING EMERGENCY

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Enumerate the following personnel contacts during emergency e.g. police, neighborhood watch, FRSC, LASTMA, free service, NAFDAC

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a small groups, represents a security agency
Each group tell the whole class the contact lines of an agency represented through the guidance of teacher: the group also analyses the importance of each agency mentioned

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: MEANING OF FIRST AID

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Define First Aid and Aid box
Explain who a First Aid giver is.
State emergency hotlines in Nigeria. (767)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss the meaning of First Aid
Pupils as individual explain who a First Aid giver is.
Pupils in pairs analyse the difference among First Aid, First Aid Box and First Aid giver.
Pupils as individual state the emergency hotlines in Nigeria

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Charts showing First Aid Box and its contents

REAL OBJECTS:

First Aid Box

WEEK: 7 MID TERM BREAK

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: OBJECTS FOUND IN FIRST AID BOX

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

List the contents of First Aid Box.
Explain the uses of each contents of the First Aid etc.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class list the objects found in the First Aid Box
Pupils in small groups explain the uses of each Contents in the First Aid Box
Pupils as individual itemize the contents in the First Aid

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

Critical thinking and problem solving.
Communication and collaboration, leadership and personal development
Citizenship, Creativity and imagination.

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: SIMPLE FIRST AID TREATMENT

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

Describe how simple first aid is applied to an accident victim
Give report of what has been done for the victim and call for emergency if need be. (767)