Our Community – Meaning of Community | Types of Community Primary 2/Basic 2 Term 2 Week 2 Civic Education

CIVIC EDUCATION 

NATIONAL VALUES EDUCATION 

SECOND TERM

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 2

TOPIC: OUR COMMUNITY 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning of Community

3. Types of Community

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

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

1. explain the meaning of community.

2. mention the types of community.

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS

The pupils can state two or more streets that made up of their community.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Pupils’ textbooks.

2. Pictures.

3. Charts.

4. Video clips.

5. Drama of different communities.

6. Members of the class.

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 

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

MEANING OF COMMUNITY

Community is a collection of a group of people in a given place.

TYPES OF COMMUNITY 

1. Traditional community

2. Modern community

3. School community

TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES

Traditional communities are small communities of people govern by rules and regulations.

The tradition communities are villages and small towns.

Both villages and small towns are ruled by traditional rulers.

In the community, people often speak the same language and have common ways of life.

The people generally know each other well.

 

MODERN COMMUNITIES

Modern communities are big communities of people with different languages and ways of life.

Modern communities are large towns and cities.

Most of the people do not know each other very well.

The communities are ruled by government or private officials.

The people often use modern equipment such as TV, radios and cars.

THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY 

The school is also a community.

The head teacher is the head of the school community.

We spend a lot of our time there as a day or boarding.

LESSON 2 – 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. Take pupils out for a walk within and around school’s community.

3. Asks pupils view questions about their community. For example, what is the name of this street?

Pupil’s Activities – Answer questions about their community.

4. Uses pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson.

5. Explains the meaning of community.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction, learn and explain the meaning of community.

6. Lists types of communities.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify types of communities.

7. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupils Activities – Participate actively in the summary 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 – members of communities.

LESSON EVALUATION

Asks pupils to:

1. explain the meaning of community.

2. differentiate between traditional and modern types of community.