Ways through which Civic Education can be Important – The Media Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 4 Civic Education

 

CIVIC EDUCATION 

NATIONAL VALUES EDUCATION 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 4

PRIMARY 1

THEME: CIVIC EDUCATION 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Ways through which Civic Education can be Important at Home Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 3 Civic Education

 

TOPIC – CIVIC EDUCATION 

 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. The Concept of Media

3. Importance of Media

4. Ways through which Civic Education can be important through the Media

5. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

 

1. explain the meaning of media.

2. state the importance of media.

3. mention ways through which civic education can be important through media.

 

 

LEARNING BEHAVIOUR

The learners can state the importance of mass media.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart showing list of newspaper, radio and television.

 

 

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 

Civic Education is a subject that teaches us our duties and responsibilities as members of the community. In civil education, we learn our duties towards the government and our community. We also learn the duties and responsibilities of the government to towards us.

 

The mass media is one of the ways through civic education can be important.

 

MEANING OF MEDIA 

The media is a way of informing and educating the people about the event around the world.

 

TYPES OF MEDIA 

The following are different types of media,

1. Newspapers

2. Radio

3. Television

4. Internet, etc.

 

IMPORTANCE OF MEDIA

The importance of media are as follows:

 

1. It creates awareness.

2. It builds new reality.

3. It develops critical thinking.

4. It contributes to knowledge.

5. It brings the truth to the people.

6. It determines our place in the society and the world at large.

7. It promotes massive change.

 

 

LESSON 2 – WAYS THROUGH CIVIC EDUCATION CAN BE IMPORTANT THROUGH THE MEDIA 

Civic Education is a subject that teaches us our duties and responsibilities as members of the communities and the media play an important roles by creating awareness and updating people about –

 

1. Education

2. Government

3. Business

4. Entertainment

5.  Culture

6. Civil rights and responsibilities

 

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 on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

 

2. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class and available instructional materials.

3. Teacher displays charts showing different types of media and the available samples.

4. Teacher lets the pupils identify each of the media and describe them.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners identify and describe different types of mass media.

5. Teacher uses the pupil’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson and lead a discussion on the meaning of media and its importance.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners pay attention to the lesson introduction to participate actively in class discussions.

6. Teacher demonstrates how civic education can be important through media.

Pupil’s Activities – Learners analyze the importance of media in their communities.

 

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

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to 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

Other ways through which Civic Education can be Important – Honesty and Self Reliance Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 1 Week 5 Civic Education

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to:

 

1. explain the meaning of media.

2. state 3 types of media.

3. Give,

• 3 examples of newspaper

• 3 examples of radio stations

• 3 examples of social media

4. mention 4 importance of media.

5. discuss 2 ways through which civic education is important through media.

 

 

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

Answer all the questions.

1. _______ is a way of informing and educating the people about the event around the world.

A. Internet

B. Media

C. Facebook

 

2. _______ is a printer paper that contains usually daily or weekly news, articles of opinion, features, adverts, etc.

 

A. Newspapers

B. Radio

C. Television

 

3. _______ is a system that transmits sound without visual image.

A. Newspapers

B. Television

C. Radio

 

4. _______ is a system that transmits sound with visual image.

A. Newspapers

B. Radio

C. Television

 

5. The network that connects electronic devices together is known as _______.

A. Television

B. Radio

C. Internet

 

6. The following are social media except _______.

 

A. Facebook

B. School

C. Twitter

 

7. Punch, Daily posts, Vanguard, etc. are good examples of _______.

A. Radio

B. Television

C. Newspapers

 

8. NTA, AIT, LTV, etc. are examples of _______.

A. Newspaper

B. Television

C. Radio

 

9. _______ is a place of study.

A. University

B. Polytechnic

C. School

 

10. The subject teaches us our duties and responsibilities as members of tye communities is called _______.

 

A. Mathematics

B. Civic education

C. English studies