Meaning and Types of Family Primary 3 (Basic 3)

SOCIAL STUDIES

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

FIRST TERM 

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 3

THEME – FAMILY AS A BASIC UNIT OF FAMILY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – MEANING AND TYPES OF FAMILY 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introductory Activities

2. Meaning of Family

3. Types of Family

4. Different between Types of Family

 

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 meaning of family.

2. identify types of family.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of –

chart showing father, mother and their children.

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  

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES 

Teacher’s/Pupils Activities – Displays a chart of a family made up of father, mother and their children for the pupils to identify and define as father, mother and their children.

 

MEANING OF A FAMILY

Family is made up of father, mother and their children.

A family is made of people who are related to one another by blood. This family is called extended family.

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY 

Teacher’s/Pupil’s Activities – Displays another chart showing other members of the family such as uncle, aunt, niece grandparents, etc.

Teacher’s remark – There are other members of the family that are related to one another by blood.

• The first chart showing father, mother and their children is called nuclear family while,

• The chart showing father, mother and their children and other family’s members is called extended family.

 

TYPES OF FAMILY

There are two types of family.

1. Nuclear family

2. Extended family

ASSIGNMENT – Find out from home about their nuclear and extended families.

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 the pupils to understand the concepts of family as father, mother and their children.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify the keywords – father, mother and their children as family and other members of the family.

3. Lets the pupils know that there are two types of family – nuclear and extended family.

Pupil’s Activities – State the types of family.

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 – Members of Nuclear and Extended Family (Primary 3)

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to attempt the following questions. 

WORKBOOK – WEEKLY ASSESSMENT 

 

The questions are oral questions for primary 1 with just two options.

 

1. Father, mother and their children are called _________________.

A. Family

B. Friend

C. Uncle

 

2. There are ____ types of family.

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

 

3. Nuclear and extended family are the types of family we have.

A. True

B. False

C. Maybe

 

4. Explain the meaning of the word ‘Family’.

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Mention 2 types of family.

5. _________________

6. _________________

For Primary 3,

 

7. What is different between nuclear and extended family?

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