Our Culture – Meaning and Types of Cultures | Elements of Cultures | Weekly Assessment (Test) Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 1 Week 5 Social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES
NATIONAL VALUES EDUCATION
FIRST TERM
WEEK 5
PRIMARY 4
THEME – OUR CULTURE
PREVIOUS LESSON – Problems of Marriage | Solutions to Marriage Problems Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 1 Week 4 Social Studies
TOPIC – OUR CULTURE
LEARNING AREA
1. Introduction
2. Meaning and Types of Cultures
3. Elements of Cultures
4. Differentiate between Material and Non Material Cultures
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. give a simple meaning of culture.
2. differentiate between material and non material culture.
3. identify the elements of culture.
5. attempt 70% (and above) of the weekly assessment (test) correctly.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
1. Pictures of dressing from different cultural areas.
2. Pictures showing different ways of greetings, eating, etc.
3. Real cultural materials and objects
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 – MEANING OF CULTURE
Culture is the way of life of a group of people. Our cultures are different because our histories, location and external influence.
TYPES OF CULTURES
There are two (2) types of culture,
1. Material culture
2. Non material culture
MEANING AND EXAMPLES MATERIAL CULTURES
Material cultures are the physical objects, resources, and spaces that can be seen, touch, feel and taste. Material cultures are man – made objects that represent culture.
EXAMPLES OF MATERIAL CULTURE
Material cultures are materials people use to define culture their culture which includes –
1. Food
2. Clothes
3. Homes
4. Tools
5. Stores
6. Place of worship
7. Ornaments design and decorative
8. Arts
9. Products
10. Agricultural practices, etc.
LESSON 2 – MEANING AND EXAMPLES OF NON MATERIAL CULTURE
MEANING OF NON MATERIAL CULTURE
Non material cultures are materials that cannot be seen, touch, feel, taste or hold.
EXAMPLES OF NON MATERIAL CULTURES
Non material cultures are non physical objects that define a society such as –
1. Languages and words
2. Literatures
3. Dress codes
4. Ideas
5. Beliefs
6. Social roles
7. Rules
8. Ethics
9. Etiquette
10. Rituals
11. Business and social transactions
12. Religion
13. Laws
14. Punishments
15. Values
16. Communication, etc.
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
Culture combines many elements that create a unique way of life for different people. The major elements of culture are language, norms, values, symbols and artifacts.
1. Language is a primary means used to communicate information and ideas. Knowledge of the local language can help because it is easy to understand meaning and connect the people together.
2. Norms are standards of behavior shared by the members of a social group. The norms are divided into two, formal and informal norms. Formal norms are morals and laws that are considered the most important in any society. While informal norms are folkways and customs that are considered less important but still influence how we behave.
3. Values are societal ideas about what is good and bad or right and wrong.
4. Symbols are things that stand for something else entirely in a culture such as tribal marks.
5. Artifacts are material cultures that represent historical interest or cultural development.
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 he/she has taught the pupils or lesson learnt.
2. Teacher organizes the pupils into groups depending on the size of class.
3. Teacher displays chart showing different cultures in Nigeria.
4. Teacher lets the pupils examine and identify what part of the country each culture belong to.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils identify some of the cultures in Nigeria.
5. Teacher uses the chart to introduce the lesson and leads a class discuss on the meaning and types of culture
Pupil’s Activities – The pay attention to the lesson introduction and participate actively in the class discussion.
6. Teacher leads pupils to mention types of food eaten in their areas, how they dress and greet their leader dress, etc.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils state and classify cultures as material. and non material cultures.
7. Teacher guides pupils to identify and discuss similar aspects of culture in their areas.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils demonstrate some values like respect, tolerance, etc. which can be promoted with a better understanding of cultural similarities.
8. Teacher summarizes lessons on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.
Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to most of 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.
NEXT LESSON
LESSON EVALUATION
Teacher asks pupils to:
1. explain the meaning of culture.
2. give 3 examples of each of the following in Nigeria –
I. Language
II. Food
III. Cloth
IV. Religion
3. give 3 reasons why people’s languages, dressings and eating habits differ.
4. mention 2 states of the following tribes in Nigeria:
A. Yoruba
B. Igbo
C. Hausa
5. With examples, differentiate between material and non material cultures.
WORKBOOK
WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)
1. _____ is the way of life of a group of people.
A. Culture
B. Material
C. Non national
2. _____ are different because our histories, location and external influence.
A. Our culture
B. Our materials
C. Our non materials
3. _____ are the physical objects, resources, and spaces that can be seen, touch, feel and taste.
A. Our Culture
B. Non material cultures
C. Material cultures
4. Material cultures are _____ that represent culture.
A. non physical objects
B. physical objects
C. cultural objects
5. _____ are materials that cannot be seen, touch, feel, taste or hold.
A. Our Culture
B. Non material cultures
C. Material cultures
6. Non material cultures are _____ that represent culture.
A. non physical objects
B. physical objects
C. cultural objects
7. Non material cultures are the physical objects, resources, and spaces that can be seen, touch, feel and taste.
A. True
B. False
8. Material cultures are materials that cannot be seen, touch, feel, taste or hold.
A. True
B. False
9. Non material cultures are _____ that represent culture.
A. non physical objects
B. physical objects
C. cultural objects
10. The elements of culture used as means of communication is known as _____.
A. food
B. language
C. music
11. _____ culture is used for entertainment.
A. food
B. language
C. music
12. The Ideals or belief that guide the way people live is called _____.
A. discipline
B. norm
C. value
13. The elements of culture that we worn to cover the Body is called _____.
A. clothing
B. shoe
C. cap
14. _____ is the part of culture that protects us from the weather or from danger.
A. knife
B. house
C. gun
15. Food is _____ culture.
A. non material
B. material
16. Shelter is _____ culture.
A. non material
B. material
17. Music is _____ culture.
A. non material
B. material
18. Value is _____ culture.
A. non material
B. material
19. Music is _____ culture.
A. non material
B. material
20. Religion is _____ culture.
A. non material
B. material
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