Meaning of Honesty and Importance of Telling Truth | Meaning and Consequences of Dishonesty Primary 2 (Basic 2) Term 1 Week 8 Civic Education

CIVIC EDUCATION

NATIONAL VALUES EDUCATION 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 8

PRIMARY 2

THEME – OUR VALUES

PREVIOUS LESSON – Importance of Civic Education to National Development and Importance of having a Political leader in the Community Primary 2 (Basic 2) Term 1 Week 6 Civic Education

TOPIC – HONESTY AND DISHONESTY 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning and Importance of Honesty

3. Meaning and Consequences of Dishonesty

4. Reward for Honesty

5. Punishment for Dishonesty

6. Revision and Weekly Assessment (Test)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the meaning of honesty.

2. state the importance of telling the truth.

3. explain the meaning of dishonesty.

4. discuss the consequences of dishonesty.

5. state the rewards for honesty.

6. mention the punishments for dishonesty.

LEARNING BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can state the rewards for honesty and consequences for dishonesty.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Books on moral instructions

2. Dictionary

3. Newspaper stories

4. Documentaries

5. Posters and cartoons.

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

Honesty is the act of being truthful to one another in all things.

It is the ability to tell tye truth at all times.

IMPORTANCE OF TELLING THE TRUTH 

The importance of telling the truth are as follows;

1. Honesty builds faith and confidence.

2. Honesty enables you to earn people trust and respect.

3. Honesty enables people to be free with one another.

4. Honesty gives you control over other people.

5. Honesty reliefs one’s stress.

REWARDS FOR HONESTY

The rewards for honesty are as follows:

1. Prizes

2. Scholarships

3. Praises

4. Recommendations

5. Promotion

6. People’s respect, trust, support, etc.

LESSON 2 – DISHONESTY

Dishonesty is the inability to tell the truth. Vv

CONSEQUENCES OF DISHONESTY 

The consequences of dishonesty are as follows:

1. Punishment

2. Banish

3. Beaten

4. Embarrassment or disgrace

5. Disrespect

6. Loneliness

7. Imprisonment

8. Disqualification

9. Demotion

10. Withdrawal of support, assistance, scholarship, appointment, recommendation, etc.

11. Probably death

LESSON 3 – REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST) 

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 students some questions;

2. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class and available instructional materials.

3. Teacher asks pupils to differentiate between rewards and punishment.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners state the different between rewards and punishments

4. Teacher listens to the pupils and uses their relevant responses to introduce the lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of honesty and dishonesty.

5. Teacher leads pupils to discuss the meaning and importance of honesty.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners explain the meaning of honesty and analyze its importance at home, school and their communities.

6. Teacher asks pupils to state the reasons why people like them or give them gift.

7. Teacher uses the pupil’s relevant responses to lead them to state rewards for honesty.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners state the rewards for honesty.

8. Teacher asks pupils to state why they are punish sometimes.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners state the reasons for punishment.

9. Teacher uses the pupils responses in activity 8 to lead a discussion on the meaning and consequences of dishonesty.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners explain the meaning of dishonesty and analyze its consequences.

10. Teacher summarizes each lesson on the board with appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to 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 asks pupils to 

1. explain the meaning of honesty.

2. state 5 importance of telling the truth.

3. mention 5 rewards for punishment.

4. explain the meaning of dishonesty.

5. discuss 5 consequences of dishonesty.

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

Choose the correct answer from the options A – C.

1. ________ is the act of being truthful to one another in all things.

A. Honesty 

B. Dishonesty

C. Disagreement

2. Honestly is the ________ to tell the truth at all times.

A. inability

B. ability 

3. disability

3. Dishonestly is the ________ to tell the truth.

A. inability 

B. ability

3. disability

4. Reward is for ________.

A. telling lies

B. telling true and lies

C. tell true 

5. Punishment is for ________.

A. telling lies 

B. telling true and lies

C. tell true

6. Reward is what you received for doing something ________.

A. good

B. bad

c. wrong

7. ________ is what you received when you do something bad.

A. Reward

B. Dishonesty

C. Punishment 

8. One of the these is not reward for honesty.

A. Scholarship

B. Promotion

C. Demotion

9. One of these is for dishonesty.

A. Scholarship

B. Promotion

C. Demotion

10. What is the different between reward and punishment.