Meaning of Agriculture | Who is a Farmer? Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 1

THEME – AGRICULTURE 

PREVIOUS LESSON – 

TOPIC – MEANING OF AGRICULTURE 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Who is a Farmer?

3. 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 agriculture.

2. explain who is a farmer.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can give examples of crops and animals.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart showing agricultural products.

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 

INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS 

• Who is farmer?

• Whole is a fisherman?

• Who is crop planter?

WHO IS A FARMER? 

A farmer is one that works on the farms.

A farmer plants crops and rears animals.

EXAMPLES OF CROPS 

1. Yams

2. Rice

3. Beans

4. Cassava

5. Fruits and vegetables, etc.

LESSON 2 – EXAMPLES OF ANIMALS

1. Goats

2. Sheep

3. Cow

4. Chicken

5. Fish, etc.

 

MEANING OF AGRICULTURE 

Agriculture is planting of crops and rearing of animals for the benefits of man.

ASSIGNMENT

1. Find out 5 crops in your community.

2. Find out 5 animals in your community.

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 chart showing different crops and animals.

3. Lets pupils identify each of crop and animal.

4. Asks pupils to describe how we can grow crops and rear animals.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and describe how we can grow crops and rear animals

5. Ask pupils, people who plant crops and rear animals is called _____.

Expected Response – Farmer

6. Asks pupils, who is a farmer.

Pupil’s Activities – Explain who is a farmer.

7. Explain who is a farmer.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen to the teacher’s explanation.

8. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.

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 –

Importance of Agriculture Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Agriculture

LESSON EVALUATION/WEEKLY ASSESSMENT 

Ask pupils to attempt the questions. 

1. _______ is someone that works on farms.

A. Farmer

B. Teacher

 

2. A farmer plants crops and rears animals.

A. True

B. False

 

3. _______ catch fish in the river.

A. Farmer

B. Fisherman

4. _______ plants crops only.

A. Crop farmer

B. Animal farmer

 

5. _______ rears animals only.

A. Crop farmer

B. Animal farmer

6. Agriculture is planting of crops and rearing of animals for the benefits of man.

A. True

B. False

 

7. Agriculture is not planting of crops and rearing of animals for the benefits of man.

A. True

B. False

8. Fish is part of animal farm.

A. True

B. False

9. Fruits and vegetables are part of crop famer.

A. True

B. False

10. Who is a farmer?