Punishment for Various Crimes such as Economic and Financial Crimes Primary 6 (Basic 6) Term 3 Week 10 Security Education

 

 

SECURITY EDUCATION

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

THIRD TERM  

WEEK 10

PRIMARY 6

THEME – ELEMENTS OF SECURITY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Punishment for Various Crimes such as Advance Fee Fraud (419), Money Laundering, Terrorism and Forgery Primary 6 (Basic 6) Term 3 Week 9 Security Education

 

 

TOPIC – PUNISHMENT FOR VARIOUS CRIMES 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Punishment for Economic Crimes

3. The Effects of Economic Crimes

4. How to Prevent Economic Crimes

5. Revision and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives – state punishment for various crimes such as Economic crimes.

 

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can define a crime.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of pictures and video clips

 

 

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 

Punishment is a penalty or sanction given for people that have intentionally committed crime(s) or offense. It may take forms ranging from capital punishment, flogging, forced labour, mutilation of the body to imprisonment and fines.

Crimes such as economic crimes are forbidden and punishable by law.

 

 

MEANING OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME CRIMES 

An economic crime is an act of sabotage that affects the economy of a state or nation. For example, pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering, tax evasion, etc.

A financial crime is an act that involves the illegal use of cash or financial instruments such as cheques, drafts, money orders, etc. For example, bank fraud, issuance of dud cheques, etc.

The Commission that is charged with the responsibility of enforcing all economic and financial crimes laws in Nigeria is known as EFCC. EFCC is an acronym for Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

 

EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC ANS FINANCIAL CRIMES 

The examples of economic and financial crimes are as follows:

1. Money laundering

2. Terrorist financing

3. Breach of sanctions

4. Bribery

5. Corruption

6. Tax evasion

7. Swindling and fraud

8. Embezzlement

9. Pipeline vandalism

10. Terrorist financing, Counterfeiting, Identity theft, Electronic crime, Personal purchases, Theft, Skimming, Payroll schemes, Billing schemes, etc. 

 

PUNISHMENT FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES

The punishment for economic and financial crimes are as follows:

1 Freeze the account

2. Confiscate or seize the properties

3. Imprisonment

 

THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC CRIMES 

1. It sparks inflation.

2. It rises the level of poverty.

3. It favour commercial crime. For example, the activities of banks and POS operators during cashless policy.

4. It decreases the level of growth and development.

5. It enables corruption.

6. It discourages for foreign investors.

7. It damages the economy of the country.

8. It weakens the currency of the country.

9. It increases crime rates.

10. It reduces productivity and efficiency. Efficiency is the ability to increase productivity with little to no waste of time and resources, effort or energy

 

 

LESSON 2 – HOW TO PREVENT ECONOMIC CRIMES 

Economic and financial crime crimes can be prevented through,

1. Investigation of all economic and financial crimes.

2. Coordination and enforcement of all economic crimes laws.

3. Identify, trace, confiscate or seize resources from all the criminals.

4. Eradicate the commission of economic and financial crimes.

5. Collaboration with local and international bodies or government.

6. Public enlightenment campaign against the evil of economic and financial crimes within and outside Nigeria.

 

IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES 

1. To reduce inflation.

2. To eradicate poverty and improve standard of living.

3. To prevent commercial crimes, corruption, embezzlement, forgery, etc.

4. To increase the level of growth and development.

5. To attract foreign investors.

7. To restore the economy of the country.

8. To strengthen the currency of the country.

9. To prevent crime rates.

10. To increase productivity and efficiency.

 

LESSON 3 – REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST) – As stated in the performance objectives or weekly assessment. 

 

 

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 organizes the pupils into two or more groups depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher ask the groups these questions, if a man stole money from the bank or someone else, used the money to buy cars, build houses and later, he was caught.

• What happens to the cars and houses?

• What punishment is appropriate for the man.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils responses – the house belong to the owner of the money, while the punishment is to freeze his bank account(s), confiscate or seize his properties as well.

4. Teacher uses the pupil’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson – Punishment for Economic and Financial Crimes.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction understand the concept of lesson.

5. Teacher leads a class discussion on the different between economic and financial crimes given appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the class discussion.

6. Teacher guides pupils to identify and state how to prevent economic and financial crimes and their Importance.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils analyze the importance of preventing the economic and financial crimes.

7. Teacher summarizes the lessons on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summarizes of the lesson by responding 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 ask pupils to:

1. differentiate between economic and financial crimes.

2. state examples of economic and financial crimes.

3. mention 5 ways to prevent economic and financial cf crimes.

4. list 5 importance of preventing economic and financial crimes.

5. outline 5 effects of economic and financial cf crimes.

 

 

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

Note – Randomly choose 10 questions for the weekly assessment. 

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C. 

1. A/an ______  is an act of sabotage that affects the economy of a state or nation.

A. financial crime

B. economic crime

C. money laundering

 

2. B. Examples of ______ are cheques, drafts, money orders, etc. For example, bank fraud, issuance of dud cheques, etc.

A. economic crime

B. money laundering

C. financial crime

 

3. Pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering, tax evasion, etc. are good examples of ______.

A. money laundering

B. financial crime

C. economic crime

 

4. A/an ______ is an act that involves the illegal use of cash or financial instruments.

A. economic crime

B. money laundering

C. financial crime

 

5. Economic and financial crimes are ______ committed by people in position to obtain a financial advantage.

A. legal acts

B. illegal conducts

C. human rights

 

6. EFCC is an acronym for ______.

A. Economic and Financial Condition Commission

B. Economic and Financial Civic Commission

C. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

 

7. ______ is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes.

A. ICPC

B. EFCC

C.  APCC

 

 

8. ______ is the use of little or no effort or energy.

A. Efficiency

B. Effective

C. Finance

 

9. Economic and financial crimes can be committed by anyone.

A. True

B. False

C. Maybe

 

10. Economic and financial is commonly among the top of officials in private and government enterprise.

A. False

B. True

C. Lie

 

11. Economic and financial crimes reasons why many people live in ______.

A. poverty

B. honesty

C. humbleness

 

12. To attracts foreign investors, the country must fight ______.

A. financial crimes

B. A and C

C. economic crimes

 

13. Cashless policy discourages the ______ and encourages the use of ______.

A. online payment and cash payment

B. cash payment and online payment

C. POS and ATM

 

14. ______ means payment of goods and services by cash.

A. Online payment

B. Cash payment

C. Cash transfer

 

15. ______ means payment of goods and services using online platform.

A. Cash payment

B. Cash flow

C. Cash transfer