The Needs for Constituted Authority (Primary 3)

Last Updated on July 15, 2020 by Alabi M. S.

CIVIC EDUCATION 

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

SECOND TERM 

WEEK 4

PRIMARY 3

THEME – CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY

PREVIOUS LESSON – National Symbols III – Description of Coat of Arms (Primary 3)

TOPIC: CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning of Constituted Authority

2. The Needs for Constituted Authority

 

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 –

1. explain the term – constituted authority.

2. state the needs for constituted authority.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of –

Pictures, Charts, or Posters of leaders with constituted authority – Ọba, Emir, governor, etc.

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

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

Relevant links 

Responsibilities of Constituted Authority to her Citizens (Primary 4)

Duties of Citizens to Constituted Authority (Primary 4)

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY 

Constituted authority is the leadership recognized and established by the people in a community.

In the school, the head teacher and teachers, the school prefects and class monitors are constituted authority.

The Oba, Obi and Emir are constituted authority in traditional community.

In the larger society, the local governments, state and federal governments are constituted authorities.

THE NEEDS OF CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY 

1. Maintenance of law and order.

2. Provision of social amenities – education, hospitals, electricity, etc.

3. Safe guarding lives and property.

4. Protecting political rights.

5. Provision of employment opportunities.

6. Protection of material resources in the country.

7. Raising and spending public money on behalf of the people.

8. Promotion of the economic development of the country.

9. Protection of the country from internal insurrection and external

aggression.

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. Guides pupils to identify the constituted authority in the school begins from the school’s prefects to the headteacher.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify constituted authority in the school system.

3. Asks pupils to mention the constituted authority within their locality, local government, state or at federal level.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify the Baale, Oba, Local Government Chairman, State Governor and the President.

4. Leads to explain the term – constituted authority and to state the needs for constituted authority;

Pupil’s Activities – Explain the meaning of constituted authority. State the needs of constituted authority.

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 – National Symbols IV – Difference Between National Symbols and Other Symbols (Primary 3)

LESSON EVALUATION

Pupils to:

1. explain the term – constituted authority.

2. state 5 needs for constituted authority.