Social Studies Scheme of Work Primary 6 Lagos State

National Values Education Curriculum (NVE). Basic 6 Social Studies Scheme of work Primary 6. Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for Schools

Table of Contents

WEEK: 1

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: External Influence on Nigeria life:

Language
Family system
Behaviour of family members
Food
Music and Education
Working mothers or parents
Influence of religion on Nigeria family life
Marriage pattern (relationship between members
General behaviour of family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe how the external influence on Nigeria family life in terms of: Family system, language, behaviour, family members, food, music and education
Explain how religion influence Nigerian family life; marriage pattern, relationship between family members general behaviour of family members
Discuss the influence of working parents on the Nigeria family life. Inadequate attention to the children, use of baby seaters putting children in day care. More in week 2

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class brainstorm on how external influence affect our family life (language: not many of our children can speak
Pupils as a class mention personal development of how their much extended of the members family they know

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 INFLUENCE OF WORKING PARENTS ON THE NIGERIAN FAMILY

Use of body sitters Describe working parents from pick them from school
Putting children in the above the day care institution
More income is generated for the family
Lack of parental care and moral up bringing

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe working parents from the above

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class share the experience of their working parents on the family (who prepare their foods, take care of them generally)

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: 3

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: INTER MARRIAGE.

Meaning of

Intermarriage
Intra ethnic marriage
Advantages (inter and intra ethnic)
Disadvantages (inter and intra ethnic marriage)
Value that foster intermarriage (affection, tolerance, unity, cooperation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Explain intermarriage and intra marriage
List the gains of inter and intra ethnic marriage
Mention the disadvantages of inter and intra ethnic marriage
Identify values promoting intermarriage

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss inter and intra ethnic marriage
Pupils as a class count the cost of intermarriage (affection, tolerance, unity)

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 inter and intra ethnic marriage

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: MARITAL FAILURE

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Explain marital failures
Itemize reason for marital failure
Identify sexual behaviours that promote STD/HIV/AIDS

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Whole class discuss marital failure (meaning and reasons
Pupils as a class discuss STDS/HIV/AID EDUCATION
Pupils as a class itemize reason for marital failure

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Flash card – reasons for marital failure

WEEK: 5

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: SOME FOREIGN CULTURES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR VALUES AND CULTURES (DRESS, FOODS, RELIGIONS PRACTICE)

Advantages and disadvantages of foreign cultures (advantages- better ways of doing things, education, health etc.)(Disadvantages, destruction of traditional value, immorality, violence

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Mention some foreign cultures that are affecting our values and culture
Discuss the advantages of foreign cultures on our culture
Itemize the disadvantages of foreign culture on our culture

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils in small groups discuss the cultures of their ethnic group (dress, food and religion practice)
Pupils as a class brainstorms how foreign cultures affect our indigenous values

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Charts showing foreign culture against our culture

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN NIGERIA.

Concept of religious intolerance
Causes of religious intolerance
Control of religious intolerance

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe the concepts of Religious intolerance
Explain causes of religious intolerance in Nigeria
Suggest ways of controlling religious intolerance in Nigeria

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a group discuss their experiences and attitude towards people from other religion
Pupils as a class brainstorm to the control of Religion intolerance

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Photograph of religious crises e.g. Matazine in Kaduna.
Hausa/people in southern Kaduna Zangokataf

WEEK: 7 MID TERM BREAK

WEEK 8

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: LABOUR AND TRADE UNION

Concept of Labour
Example of labour and trade union in Nigeria

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe the concept of labour and trade union
Give example of labour and trade union

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss various trade groups their parents belong to (e.g. NURTW, National Association of Market Men and Women etc.)
Pupil as a class write in full the following acronyms: NUT, NBA, NASU, NMA, NLC, TUC, NUPENG, etc.

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: 9

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: WAGES AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Concept of wages and income distribution
Relationship between income and standard of living
Factors determining wages and income
Causes of wage increase
Aspect of income management. (Household, needs, savings, investment, charity, reserve etc.)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Discuss the concept of wages and income distribution
Itemize the relationship between income and standard of living
Explain factors determining wages and income
List the causes of wages increase
Identify factors in income management

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss various ways people get money (income)
Pupil in small groups discuss reasons why doctor’s
Pupils as a class discuss how money is spent (income)

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- wages and income distribution. E.g the senate-University lecturers

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: Employment

Employment
Unemployment
Problems of unemployment (drug trafficking and abuse, begging)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Define employment and unemployment.
Discuss causes of unemployment
Pinpoint the problems Inherent In unemployment
Suggest solution to reduce unemployment In Nigeria

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class share ideas about meaning of working for income (Employment and its opposite.)
Pupils as class brainstorms on the danger of working and Its 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

Chart- solution to unemployment

WEEK: 11

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: Nigerian and foreign made goods.

Examples in:

Textile
Furniture
Leather
Automobiles and Electronics

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe made in Nigeria goods
Foreign made goods
Give example of Nigerian and foreign made goods

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class brainstorm on examples on goods made in Nigeria and foreign

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 Values Education Curriculum (NVE). Basic 6 Social Studies Scheme of work Primary 6. Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for Schools

WEEK: 1

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: REVISION

WEEK: 2

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: Resources utilization

Importance of natural resources
Overutilization of natural resources
Danger of overutilization
Underutilization of natural resources
Problems of underutilization of natural resources

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Appreciate the importance of natural resources to the country
Describe overutilization of resources and itemize the implications of overutilization of natural resources
Describe underutilization of resources and mention the danger of underutilization of resources

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Whole class discuss resources and natural resources
Whole class brainstorm on the result of over utilization and ‘Under utilization

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- Nigeria Natural Resources

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: LABOUR FORCE:

Meaning
Trading the population to be healthy and productive
Implication of poor health on Labour

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Define labour force
Recognize ways of training the population to be healthy and productive
Mention the implication of poor health or labour force

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss what happen when one in working with poor health
Pupils as a group itemized the Implication of poor health on Labour force.

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: 4

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TOPIC: Transport and Communication

Water and Air Transportation (meaning and Examples)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe water and Air transportation in Nigeria

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The whole class draw/sketch a means of water and air transportation or download on their system.
Pupils as a class discuss communication networks

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: GENDER DISCRIMINATION

Meaning and Areas of discrimination (examples)
Consequences of gender discrimination
Solution to gender discrimination

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe and give examples of areas of discrimination.
Itemize consequences of gender discrimination
Suggest ways of curbing gender discrimination in the society

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss ways in which male children are better than female
Whole class brainstorm how they can help to curb gender discrimination

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Chart- Example of area of discrimination

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: GROUP CONFLICTS AND COOPERATION

Meaning of conflicts and cooperation
Importance of communication cooperation
Controlling and avoiding conflict in our community
International conflicts and organization meaning and causes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe conflicts and cooperation
State the importance of communication and cooperation
Proper ways of controlling and avoiding conflicts in our community
Describe conflicts in the organization highlighting the causes

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The class as a whole discuss the concept of conflict Collaboration
The whole class discuss how conflict can be resolved or avoided
Pupils as a class brainstorm on: can there be conflict among nations?

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES:

Ways of central conflict in our community

WEEK: 7 MID TERM BREAK

WEEK: 8

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

Meaning and examples
Efforts of international bodies at solving the problems posed by COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and STDS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe international organizations (with examples)
Pin point efforts International bodies at solving problems posed by COVID -19, HIV/AIDS and STDS.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The class as a whole what other counties as a body
(WHO) Is doing on the Issue of COVID-19

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- International organization

WEEK: 9

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: PEACE EDUCATION

Meaning of peace
Characteristics of tolerance
Attributes of Cooperation
Value that promote peace,
National Unity meaning and symbols of National

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe peace as opposed to conflict
Identify characteristics of tolerance and cooperation
Express value that promote peace in the community
Describe and mention symbols of national unity

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss a peaceful atmosphere as opposed to class
Pupils in small groups brainstorm on those things that must be present before talking about peace
Whole class discuss how can you identify Nigeria (flag, currency, anthem etc).

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Chart- attributes of Cooperation

WEEK: 10

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: CONCEPTS OF DRUG AND DRUG ABUSE

Meaning of drug and drug abuse
Examples of drugs often abused
Consequence of drug abuse.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe drug and drug abuse
Mention examples of drugs often abused
Discuss the consequence of drug abuse

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss the concepts of drug and drug abuse as against medically prescribed dosage
Pupils discuss examples of drug often abused and reasons for doing so

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Flash card
Examples of drugs abused

WEEK: 11

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: SYNTHETIC AND NATURALLY OCCURRING DRUGS

Meaning and example
Solution to drug abuse

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Describe synthetic and naturally occurring drugs
Compare and contrast between the synthetic and naturally occurring drugs
Suggest solution to drug abuse

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss synthetic and naturally occurring drugs (Natural Herbs, Synthetic Paracetamol)

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: 1

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: EFFECT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Health and socio economic effects of substance abuse
Heroine
Cocaine sedative drugs
Mandrax
Valium

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Discuss health and socio economic effects of drugs (Cocaine & Heroine) (chills, cramps, panic, houses, lack of appetite and loss of weight, increased in blood pressure, stroke, loss of weight, convulsion, sudden death
Health and socio economic effects of sedative drugs (mandrax and valium) (inco-ordination, anxiety, poor school performance, truancy, general weakness)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class brainstorm on drugs usually abused by people
Pupils as class discuss the health and social economic effects of drugs (Heroine, Cocaine etc)

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Effects of substance abuse

WEEK: 2

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: MODES OF DRUG USE AND CONSEQUENCES

Effects of normal use of drugs
Consequences of excessive use of drugs
Factors causing drug abuse behaviour

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Itemize effects of normal use of drugs (e.g desired effects)
List effects of excessive use of drugs (damage to body organs or death)
Discuss factors responsible for drugs abuse (desire for pleasure and excitement, pear pressure availability of drug in the environment

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class discuss, compare and contrast the effects of normal use of drugs and abuse
Pupils as a class itemize effect of normal drugs (e.g desired effects)

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Charts – Examples of counter drugs and the work

WEEK: 3

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: SOURCES OF DRUGS SUPPLY AND TRAFFICKING

Registered
Unregistered

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Distinguish between the various sources of dry supply and trafficking (registered and unregistered)
Mention example of sources of drug supply and trafficking (registered-pharmaceutical industries, hospital, patent medicine store, hotel and club.
Unregistered-plantations traditional medicine / establishments, herb seller, road side hawkers

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as a class brainstorms on sources of drugs(supply and trafficking)
Pupils as individuals lists the registered and unregistered sources of drugs in their environment.

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Charts showing drugs

WEEK: 4

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: IDENTIFICATION OF ABUSES

Their treatment and rehabitation
Effects

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Identify person involved in drug abuse (heroin and cocaine excessive joy, tiny pupils, pain and shivering)
Sedative drugs (drunken behaviour with or without smell, tremor, convulsion)
Discuss ways of treatment and rehabilitation of people on drug abuse, (counseling social centr , use of sport to occupy idle time, arresting and publishing peddlers (sellers)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupil as a class discuss how to identify drug addicts in the society
Suggests where they can be treated
Propose how can be rehabilitated

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: PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE

Lifesaving skills
Developing positive health behaviour

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Mention life savings skill (health promotion behaviour, regular exercise, constructive play)
Identify and develop positive health behaviours (constructive relationship with others, avoidance of harmful drugs. More discrimination in what is consumed and choice of friends.
List organizations responsible for curtailing drug abuse, welfare and social centers, sport organization, NDLEA, customs (non-government- social, churches, mosque etc,

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Pupils as individual suggest and adapts ways of saying NO TO DRUG ABUSE
Pupils as INDIVIDUALS INSCRIBE SAY NO TO DRUG ABUSE on their notes, their seats and other places where others can see it regularly

EMBEDDED CORE SKILLS

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

LEARNING RESOURCES

LOCAL RESOURCES

Chart- Effects of drug abuse

WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

TOPIC: OBSTACLE TO PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN YOUTH

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

Explain the word obstacle to physical development
List obstacles to physical development -poor feeding, bad habit, diseases
Discuss solution to obstacles to physical development in youth – good hygiene, balanced diet, regular exercise, sleep and rest