Meaning of Wages, Salaries | Meaning and Types of Allowance | Why Some People Earn Higher Salaries than the Others Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 2 Week 9 social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES
NATIONAL VALUES EDUCATION
SECOND TERM
WEEK 9
PRIMARY 5
THEME: HUMAN RESOURCES
TOPIC: EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
LEARNING AREA
1. Introduction
2. Meaning of Wages and Salaries
3. Meaning and Types of Allowance
4. Why Some People Earn Higher Salaries than the Others
5. 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 wages and salaries.
2. explain the meaning of allowance with appropriate examples.
3. state explain different types of allowance.
4. differentiate between wages, salaries and allowances with appropriate examples.
5. give reasons for different in salaries.
6. attempt weekly assessment (test) correctly.
ENTRY BEHAVIOR
The pupils can explain the meaning of salaries as money paid to workers at the end of every month.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of charts of different work.
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
A wages is the amount of money an employer pays to their employees for the job they do on a daily basis.
Sometimes, wages are paid at the end of the month.
When wages paid at the end of the month, it is called salary.
MEANING OF SALARY
A salary is the amount of money an employer pays to their employees for the job they do on a monthly basis.
The total amount pays for the job you do during the year is called annual salary.
Salary is divided into two parts,
1. Basic salary
2. Allowances
LESSON 2 – MEANING AND TYPES OF ALLOWANCE
MEANING OF ALLOWANCE
Allowance is the total amount of money paid as expenses.
Allowances are part of monthly salary.
EXAMPLES OF ALLOWANCE
The examples of allowance are as follows:
1. Rent allowance
2. Meal allowance
3. Transport allowance
4. Utility allowance
5. Health allowance
6. Professional allowance, teaching allowance as in teaching profession.
7. Miscellaneous allowance
REASONS WHY SOME PEOPLE EARN HIGHER SALARIES THAN THE OTHERS
The reasons why some people earn higher than other people are as follows:
1. Education
2. Qualifications
3. Duration of training/education
4. Training and extra qualification
5. Nature of work/job
6. Presence of labour unions
7. Years of experience
8. Risk
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 pupils some questions;
2. Teacher displays payslip from other profession (same profession).
3. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups or pairs with copy of the payslip to observe and describe.
Pupil’s Activities – Explain the meaning of payslip.
4. Teacher uses pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson – wages, salary and allowance.
Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of wages, salary and allowance.
5. Teacher leads a discussion on the meaning and different between wages and salary with appropriate examples of jobs or works.
Pupil’s Activities – Differentiate between wages and salary with appropriate examples of jobs or works.
6. Teacher uses the payslip to guide pupils understand the breakdown of salary.
Pupil’s Activities – Identify different parts of salary as stated in the payslip.
7. Teacher uses pupil’s responses to introduces the lesson – allowance.
Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of allowance.
8. Teacher gives different payslips from same and different profession.
Pupil’s Activities – Examine the payslips.
9. Teacher asks pupils in groups or pairs to compare the salary on the payslips and state some of the reasons for different in salary.
Pupil’s Activities – Identify and state some of the reasons for different in salary.
10. Teacher uses pupil’s responses to lead a discussion on the reasons for differences in wages and salaries with appropriate examples.
Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the class discussion on the reasons for differences in wages and salaries with appropriate examples.
11. Summarizes each lesson on the board.
Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson 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 – wages and salaries.
LESSON EVALUATION
Teacher asks pupils to –
1. explain the meaning of wages and salaries.
2. explain the meaning of allowance with appropriate examples.
3. state explain different types of allowance.
4. differentiate between wages, salaries and allowances with appropriate examples.
5. state 5 reasons why some people earn higher salaries than the other.
6. attempt weekly assessment (test) correctly.
WORKBOOK
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)
1. ________ is the amount of money an employer pays to their employees for the job they do on a daily basis.
A. Salary
B. Allowance
C. Wages
2. When wages paid at the end of the month, it is called ________.
A. Salary
B. Allowance
C. Wages
3. ________ is the amount of money an employer pays to their employees for the job they do on a monthly basis.
A. Salary
B. Allowance
C. Wages
4. Wages is ________ while salary is ________.
A. daily and monthly
B. monthly and daily
C. daily and annual
5. The total amount pays for the job you do during the year is called ________.
A. daily salary
B. monthly salary
C. annual salary
6. Salary is divided into ________.
A. 2
B. two
C. A and B
7. Salary is made up of ________ and ________.
A. wages and basic allowance
B. basic salary and wages
C. basic salary allowance
8. ________ is part of salary.
A. Salary
B. Allowance
C. Wages
9. Allowance is the total amount of money paid as ________.
A. salaries
B. expenses
C. wages
10. ________ is the total amount of money paid as expenses.
A. Salary
B. Allowance
C. Wages
Give 2 examples of allowance:
11. ________________
12. ________________
State 5 reasons why some people earn higher than the others:
13. ________________
14. ________________
15. ________________