Natural and Unnatural Disaster (Primary 5)

 

CIVIC EDUCATION

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

FIRST TERM 

WEEK 8

PRIMARY 5

THEME: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ATTITUDE TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTER) 

PREVIOUS LESSON – PROBLEMS CREATED BY BAD LEADERSHIP 

TOPIC – MEANING OF NATURAL AND UNNATURAL DISASTER 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to differentiate between natural and unnatural disaster.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

  1. Pictures of disaster caused by nature.
  2. List of disaster caused by human beings and animals.
  3. Community members may be consulted.
  4. Textbooks, newspapers and magazines video clips.
  5. First aid box, video clips of emergency aid.

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

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CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

INTRODUCTION

Lets the pupils identify and describe the events on the chart.

MEANING OF NATURAL DISASTERS 

Natural disasters are disasters that are caused by nature.

EXAMPLES OF NATURAL DISASTER 

  1. Flood
  2. Earthquake
  3. Lightning
  4. Volcanic eruptions
  5. Drought
  6. Tornadoes
  7. Hail
  8. Landslides
  9. Wild fires

MEANING OF UNNATURAL DISASTERS 

Unnatural disaster are disasters that are caused by actions of human beings and animals. Unnatural disasters are called man-made disasters.

EXAMPLES OF UNNATURAL DISASTER

  1. Fire accidents
  2. Transportation accidents of various kinds (air, road, rail, water)
  3. Collapsed mines
  4. Chemical accidents

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. Explains the meaning of disaster with examples.
  3. Pupil’s Activities – Provide more examples of disasters.
  4. Differentiates between the two types.
  5. Pupil’s Activities – Classify a list of disaster into natural and unnatural.

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 – Some Common Natural Disaster/Causes of Natural Disaster

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

  1. State the meaning of disasters.
  2. Differentiate between natural and unnatural disaster.