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 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment | Thea Causes and Effects of Unemployment and Underemployment Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 2 Week 8 Social Studies

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.

• Next Lesson – Meaning of Communication | Types of Electronic Communication | Problems and Solutions to the Problems of Electronic Communications Term 2 Week 10 Social Studies

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. ________________