Unity in Cultural Diversity | Ways of promoting Unity in Cultural Diversity in our Community Primary 5 (Basic 5) – Social Studies

SOCIAL STUDIES

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

FIRST TERM

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 5

THEME – OUR CULTURE

PREVIOUS LESSON – OTHER PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY

TOPIC – UNITY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introductory Activities

2. Unity in Cultural Diversity

3. Ways of promoting Unity in Cultural Diversity in our Community

4. 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 word: culture, diversity and unity;

2. Explain in simple terms what unity in cultural diversity means;

3. Give examples of different ways of promoting unity in cultural diversity in our community.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can define culture.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of relevant pictures and charts.

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 – Basic Social Studies for Primary Schools 4 with Security Education by E E Ezewu, J A Olawepo, C C Anadi, J A Adeyanju.

All Relevant Materials

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1  – INTRODUCTION 

MEANING OF CULTURE 

Culture is a complete way of life of a group of people living in a community.

 

MEANING OF DIVERSITY

Diversity means individuals or groups differences.

 

MEANING CULTURAL DIVERSITY 

Cultural Diversity means a range of different people (Yoruba,  Hausa and Igbo) in different societies (in different part of Nigeria) with different origins, religions and traditions all living and interacting together.

MEANING OF UNITY

Unity means to oneness. That’s, living together in one accord.

UNITY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY 

Unity in Cultural Diversity refers to oneness in spite of differences.

LESSON 2 – WAYS OF PROMOTING UNITY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY

1. Making friends with mates who are not from our ethnic group.

2. Eating foods from other people’s culture.

3. Wearing dresses from other cultures.

4. Learning to speak languages of other ethnic groups been truthful in you interaction with people, etc.

5. Respect for other people’s culture.

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. Explains the concepts; Unity, Culture and diversity using relevant pictures and charts.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate in the guided discussion on the meaning of the three concepts and the relationship among them.

3. Organizes pupils to dramatize the concepts.

Pupil’s Activities – Dramatize in small groups.

4. Leads the pupils to reflect on the meaning of unity in diversity and guides them to bring out different ways by which unity in Cultural diversity can be promoted in their community.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate in the reflective thinking exercise and come up with different ways by which unity in Cultural diversity can be promoted in their community.

5. Summary of the key points on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the people write.

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

Processes of Changing Culture and Differences or How Cultures can be Changed Primary 5 (Basic 5) – Social Studies

LESSON EVALUATION

Ask pupils to:

1. Explain the following:

• Culture

• Diversity

• Unity

2. Explain unity in Cultural Diversity.

3. List 3 ways by which Unity in Cultural diversity can be promoted in their community. 2 marks each.

 

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

MEANING OF CULTURE 

1. _______ is a complete way of life of a group of people living in a community.

A. Tolerant

B. Cultural

C. Creative

 

2. _______ means individuals or groups differences.

A. Differences

B. Diversity

C. Culture

3. _______ means a range of different people in different societies with different origins, religions and traditions all living and interacting together.

A. Culture design

B. Cultural diversity

C. Creative division

4. Unity in Cultural Diversity refers to _______ in spite of differences.

A. apart

B. oneness

C. twiceness

 

5. _______ means to oneness.

A. unity

B. Many

C. Apart

6. Unity means living together in one _______.

A. accord

B. apart

B. afar

7. _______ refers to oneness in spite of differences.

A. Divorce

B. Diversity

C. Destiny

8. Which of these is not correct about unit in cultural diversity?

A. Eating foods from other people’s culture.

B. Wearing dresses from other cultures.

C. Avoiding one another.

9. Diversity means _______.

A. differences

B. the same

C. complete

10. Unity in Cultural Diversity refers to oneness in spite of _______.

A. Differences

B. Diversity

C. Culture