FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR GOVERNMENT SS1
Senior Secondary School Scheme of work Government – Edudelight.com
NERDC Curriculum Government SS1
SS1 First Term Government Scheme of work Lagos State
- The Meaning and the Scope of the Subject Matter: Government
- Government as an Institution of the State
- Government as an Art of Governing
- Government as an Academic Field of Study
2. Features/Characteristics of government;
- Features of Government
- Functions of Government
- Why we Study Government
3. Basic Concepts of Government:
- Power
- Authority
4. i) Legitimacy ii) Sovereignty iii) Democracy
5. i) Communalism ii) Feudalism
6. i) Socialism (ii) Communism (iii) Capitalism
7. i) Fascism ii) Nazism iii) Totalitarianism
8. State and Nation; Political Culture
9. Political Socialization
10. Characteristics of government: (i) Unitary government (ii) Federal government.
11. Revision/examination
Government Scheme of work SS1 First Term – Modified
Weeks Meaning and scope of the subject Matter
1&2(i) Government as an institution of the State
ii) Government as an Art or process.
iii) Government as an Academic field of study
iv) importance of studying Government .
3 i) The state and its Features
ii) The Nation and its Features
iii) The Society
iv) The Difference/Relationship between state, Nation and the Society.
Basic concepts of Government
4. Power, Definition, forms of power
i) The Acquisition and Exercise of power
ii) Authority: Meaning, sources, Types, Differences between power & Authority
5. i) Legitimacy: meaning, Factors of Determining legitimacy.
ii) Sovereignty: meaning, Characteristics, Types, Location and Limitation
6&7 i) Democracy: Definition, Features, Types, Merits and Demerits, condition Necessary for a successful operation of Democracy
ii) Political culture: Meaning, component Determinant
iii) Political socialization: Definition & Agent
8. i) Communism: Definitions, Characteristics.
ii) Socialism: Definition, features, Merits & Demerits and difference between Capitalism and Socialism.
9. i) Communalism: meaning and features
ii) Feudalism: Definition, Features, Merits & Demerits
iii) Fascism: meaning, features
iv) Totalitarianism: Definition & features
v) Oligarchy
10&11 Unitary System of Govt
Federal system of Government
12 & 13 Revision and Examination