Source of Dangers – Road Accidents (Primary 1)

SECURITY EDUCATION

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

THIRD TERM

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 1

THEME – ELEMENTS OF SECURITY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Concept of Security (Primary 1)

TOPIC – SOURCE OF DANGERS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Meaning of Security

2. Source of Dangers – Ways of Reducing Road Accidents

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

1. explain the meaning of security.

2. ways of reducing road accidents.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Safety

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Textbooks, pictures on road accidents and fire outbreaks.

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

INTRODUCTION 

Security is the state of being free from all dangers or harms at home, in the school or anywhere you are. That’s, feeling safe at all time.

Insecurity is the opposite of security. This is when you are not feeling safe.

SOURCES OF DANGER AND INSECURITY – ROAD ACCIDENTS 

Accident is an unplanned or unexpected events which cause injury or damage of lives and property.

WAYS OF REDUCING ROAD ACCIDENTS 

1. Construction of good roads.

2. Drive carefully.

3. Consider other road users.

4. Check and repair your vehicle regularly.

5. Do not drink before or while driving.

6. If you drink, don’t drive.

7. Obey traffic rules.

8. Enforcement of traffic rules.

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. Guides pupils to explain the meaning of security.

Pupil’s Activities – Contribute ideas to the meaning of security.

3. Guides pupils to identify road accidents as sources of danger and insecurity.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify road accidents as sources of danger and insecurity.

4. Directs the role playing on road accidents.

Pupil’s Activities – Dramatize road accidents and appropriate response.

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 – Source of Dangers – Fire Outbreak (Primary 1)

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. explain the meaning of security.

2. give examples of road accidents.

3. state 3 ways of preventing road accidents.