Importance of Obeying Government Rules and Regulations | Consequences of Disobeying Rules and Regulations | How to Make People Follow Set Down Rules and Regulations

CIVIC EDUCATION 

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUE

SECOND TERM 

WEEK 9

PRIMARY 1

THEME – RULES AND REGULATIONS 

 PREVIOUS LESSON – Results of not Obeying Government Rules and Regulations Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 2 Week 8 Civic Education

TOPIC – RULES AND REGULATIONS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Importance of Obeying Government Rules and Regulations

3. Consequences of Disobeying Government Rules and Regulations

4. How to Make People Follow Set Down Rules and Regulations

5. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

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

1. state the importance of obeying government rules and regulations.

2. discuss the consequences of disobeying government rules and regulations.

3. mention different ways to make people follow the laid down rules and regulations.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can state the consequences of disobedient.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of pictures of children suffering from the consequences of disobedience.

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

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Rules and regulations are important because they help to obtain and continue a balanced level of safety, fairness, order and justice. Rules and regulations help us learn and prepare for living in a better and wider society.

IMPORTANCE OF OBEYING GOVERNMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS

The most important reasons on why you should obey are,

1. It keeps everyone safe.

2. It makes everyone feel comfortable.

3. It creates a better society.

4. It helps to maintain level of safety, fairness, order and justice.

5. It prepares for living in bigger society.

LESSON 2 – CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEYING GOVERNMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS

It is a crime to disobey the government rules and regulations. Not obeying government rules and regulations is like breaking the law because rules and regulations are made by law.

Anyone that disobey the rules and regulations get,

1. Fines

2. Legal action

3. Imprisonment

4. Loss of privileges or rights

5. Get arrest

6. Carry out community service

7. Apologise to the victim

LESSON 3 – WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE FOLLOW THE SET RULES AND REGULATIONS

There are many ways to make people follow the laid down rules and regulations.

1. Give the people reasons to follow the rules and regulations.

2. Eliminate all the elements of confusion in the rules and regulations.

3. Provide an explanation for the rules and regulations.

4. Get everyone on the same side.

5. Lead by example.

6. Set up enforcement agencies.

7. State clearly the consequences of disobeying the rules and regulations.

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. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups depending on the size of the law.

3. Teacher designs and displays chart showing school rules and regulations and asks pupils to state the reasons why they should obey them.

4. Teacher encourages active participate among the pupils in the groups.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the group discussion.

5. Teacher uses the chart and the pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on the importance of obeying government rules and regulations.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction and participate actively in the class discussion on importance of obeying government rules and regulations.

6. Teacher uses the chart showing courtroom, prison, people arrested by the police, etc. to leads a class discussion on the consequences of disobeying government rules and regulations.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the class discussion on the consequences of disobeying government rules and regulations.

7. Teacher leads a class discussion on how to make people follow the laid down rules and regulations using a case study of the school.

8. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board by using the lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to most of the questions 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.

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher as the pupils to,

1. state 3 importance of obeying government rules and regulations.

2. mention 5 consequences of disobeying government rules and regulations.

3. discuss 3 ways to make people follow the laid down rules and regulations.