Meaning and Types of Resources and Resource Distribution | Why Resources are not Distributed Evenly in Nigeria | Possible Dangers of Over Concentration of Industries in an Area Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 2 Week 6 Social Studies

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

NATIONAL VALUES EDUCATION 

SECOND TERM

WEEK 6

PRIMARY 5

THEME: RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Resources Development – Meaning of Capital | Source of Capital (Fund) Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 2 Week 5 Social Studies

 

TOPIC: RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION

 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Meaning and Types of Resources

3. Why Resources are not Distributed Evenly in Nigeria

4. Dangers of Over – Concentration of Industries in an Area

5. How Resources can be Distributed Equally

6. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the meaning of resources.

2. state types of resources.

3. state the reasons why resources are not distributed evenly in Nigeria.

4. list possible dangers of over – concentration of industries in an area.

5. suggest how resources can be distributed equally.

 

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can identify some/most of the resources such and land, capital, labour and entrepreneur.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart of different types of resources.

 

 

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

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

 

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

MEANING OF RESOURCES  

Resources are the productive wealth and goods of a nation.

Resources can be defined as the wealth of the Nation.

Examples of resource are – air, water, food, plants, animals, minerals, metals, etc.

 

TYPES OF RESOURCE 

The types of resource are –

1. Natural resources

2. Human resources

3. Environmental resources

4. Mineral resources

5. Vegetation resources

 

NATURAL RESOURCES 

Natural resources are resources that exist in nature and can be create or made by name.

Examples of natural resources are air, water, food, plants, animals, minerals, metals, and every other things that exists in nature.

 

HUMAN RESOURCES 

Human resources are also known as human capital or labour.

They are the available workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy.

Human resources also include – skills, semi – skills and unskilled labours.

 

ENVIRONMENT RESOURCES 

Environmental are resources are physical and natural resources that are valuable to man and its environment.

For examples – any materials, services, information, network, clean land, air, and water.

It also includes – the abilities of land, air, and water to absorb any waste products in the environment.

 

MINERAL RESOURCES

Natural resources are the available raw materials used for the production of goods and services.

Examples are – iron, copper, aluminum, crude oil, natural gas, sand, salt, gold, diamond, etc.

 

VEGETATION RESOURCES 

Vegetation resources are resources on land covered by natural plants.

Examples of plants are – trees, flowers, grasses, etc.

 

 

LESSON 2 – RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES 

Resource distribution is the distribution of available resources across the country.

For example – agricultural resources, Nigeria has abundant cattle and groundnuts in the North, cocoa and kolanut in the west, palm oil in the east and rubber in the south.

Cattles and groundnuts taken to the South while kolanut and palm oil are taken to the North.

 

 

REASONS FOR UNEVEN RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION 

The reasons for uneven resource distribution are –

1. Nature

2. Natural resources

3. Climate

4. Markets

5. Financial institutions – banks

6. Beliefs

7. Trained labour

 

 

PROBLEMS OF OVER CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRIES 

The problems of too many industries in a particular area are –

1. Pollution – air, water, land and noise population.

2. Congestion – over crowded

3. Over used of social amenities

4. High crime rate

5. Target of war

6. Migration

7. Increase in cost of living

8. Unemployment – structural unemployment

9. Uneven development

 

 

LESSON 3 – WAYS OF ENSURING EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES 

The ways to ensure the resources are distribution evenly are –

1. Government policy

2. Redistribution of resources

3. Provision of social amenities

4. Subsidies

 

 

REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Displays sample or chart showing some of the available resources in Nigeria.

3. Lets pupils in group or pair identify and name each of the resources.

4. Also, asks them to state where of the resources can be found within and around the school community.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and state some of the available resources in their community with specific locations.

5. Uses the chart and the group or pair responses to introduce the lesson – meaning and types of resources.

6. Leads pupils to discuss the meaning of resources and types of resources.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction, explain and state different types of resources with appropriate examples.

7. Helps pupils in group or pair to make a list of different types of resources within and around the school community.

Pupil’s Activities – Make a list of different types of resources within and around the school community.

8. Leads pupils to identify and discuss why some of the resources are not available in their community.

Pupil’s Activities – State some of the factors responsible for unevenly resources distribution.

9. Uses pupil’s participation in activity 8 to introduce and explain the meaning of resource distribution with appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – Understand the meaning of resource distribution.

10. Helps pupils to identify and discuss some of the problems created by too many resources in a particular area using appropriate examples and relevant charts.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and analyze the problems create by too many resources in a particular area. For example, Lagos.

11. Guides pupils to state some of the ways to redistribute some of these resources to other places with less or nothing using individuals, organizations and government efforts.

Pupil’s Activities – Follow the guidance to identify and understand some of the efforts of individuals, organizations and government efforts to redistribute the resources in Nigeria.

12. Summarizes each lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson and write as instructed.

 

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

 

NEXT LESSON

Employment and Unemployment Primary 5 (Basic 5)

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. explain what is resources?

2. identify 4 types of resources.

3. state 5 reasons why some resources are not available in their locality.

4. mention 5 possible dangers of over – concentration of industries in an area.

5. suggest 5 ways resources can be redistributed.

 

 

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

1. ________ are the productive wealth and goods of a nation.

A. Resources

B. Vegetation

C. Minerals

D. Water

 

2. ________ is a used to start up a business.

A. Resources

B. Labour

C. Capital

D. Entrepreneur

 

3. ________ is a human resource.

A. Resources

B. Labour

C. Capital

D. Entrepreneur

 

4. Industries are built on ________.

A. water

B. forest

C. land

D. mineral

 

5. ________ used its efforts directly in production.

A. Vegetation

B. Human capital

C. Natural

D. Mineral

 

Mention 3 reasons for uneven resources distribution.

6. ___________________

7. ___________________

8. ___________________

 

Mention 3 problems of over concentration of industries.

9. ___________________

10. ___________________

 

11. ________ one of the ways of ensuring even resources distribution.

A. Buy

B. Government policy

C. Save

D. Borrow

 

12. ________ is how these resources are evenly or unevenly distributed across a country.

A. Natural distribution

B. Human distribution

C. Vegedistribution

D. Resource distribution

 

State 4 types of resources

13. ___________________

13. ___________________

15. ___________________

16. ___________________

 

17. ________ is one of the problems of over concentration of industries.

A. Peace

B. Good road

C. Unemployment

D. Employment

 

18. ________ is not types of resources.

A. Labour

B. Food

C. Labour

D. Capital

 

19. Resources are the productive wealth and goods of a ________.

A. School

B. Hospital

C. Abuja

D. Nation

 

20. ________ can be define as the wealth of a nation.

A. Resource

B. Capital

C. Crude oil

D. Nigeria