FIRST TERM SOCIAL STUDIES SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY THREE (3)
Lagos State Ministry of Education Scheme of work
1st Term Social Studies Scheme of Work for Primary 2 – Edudelight.com Scheme of work
WEEK 1
TOPIC/SKILL: The nuclear and extended families
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
1.explain the meaning of the word nuclear family.
2.identify a nuclear family.
3.identify extended family.
CONTENT:
1.Meaning of the word nuclear and extended family.
2.Identify a nuclear family.
3.Identify extended family.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1.Teaches pupils the meaning of the word nuclear and extended family.
2.Identifies a nuclear family.
3.Identifies an extended family.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1.Identify a nuclear family and the extended family.
2.Role play a nuclear and extended family.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: Picture of father, mother, and child.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to: mention the two types of families.
WEEK 2
TOPIC/SKILL: The role of the nuclear and extended families
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:identify the role played by the nuclear family.
CONTENT: Role of the nuclear family.
– Father
– Mother
– Child.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: Leads pupils to discuss the role of the nuclear family in our community.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES: Draw their family tree from home.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: A chart showing the family tree of a nuclear family.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to: the nuclear family is made up of father, mother and child/children.
WEEK 3
TOPIC/SKILL: The role of the extended family
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
1. Explain the role of the extended family in raining a child/children.
2. Respect among family members.
CONTENT:
1.Role of the extended families e.g. Father, Mother, Grand parents, children, siblings, uncles, aunties, parent in-laws etc.
2.Respect among family members.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1.Explains to pupils how extended family members assist parents or contribute to the up bring of a child/children.
2.Teaches how respect is shown in the family.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1.Fine out from home the role of the extended family.
2.Participate in class discussion.
3.Outline some of the contribution of aunties, uncles, grandparents to their up-bringing.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
1.A pictures of extended family.
2.A picture showing ways of respect.
3.Pupils text books.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to: list 3 roles of the extended family members in the upbringing of child.
WEEK 4
TOPIC/SKILL: Marriage in our community
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
1.explain the meaning of marriage.
2.identify major types of marriage in our community.
CONTENT: Uses questioning method to explain the meaning of marriage.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: PUPILS ACTIVITIES: Participate actively in asking and answering.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: Picture of a husband and wife (Couple).
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to: explain the meaning of marriage.
WEEK 5
TOPIC/SKILL: Types of marriage in our community
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to: explain types of marriages: Polygamy, Monogamy.
CONTENT: Types of marriage
1.Polygamy
2.Monogamy etc
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: Uses role playing to demonstrate types of marriage.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES: Participate actively in the role playing of polygamous and monogamous marriage.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: Picture or photographs showing types of marriage.
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: mention two types of marriage in our community.
WEEK 6
TOPIC/SKILL: Marriage practices in Nigeria
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
1.describe how marriage are contracted in our communities (Nigeria).
2.mention objects used in marriage ceremony.
CONTENT: Marriage practices in Nigeria e.g.
– Agreement by the two families.
– By paying the pride price.
– Marriage under customary law
2. Objects used in marriage ceremony.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: Assigns pupils to ask question on how marriage is contracted and the objects used in their community.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES: Carryout the investigation
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: Bible and Quran
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to: describe how marriage is contracted in their community.
WEEK 7
TOPIC/SKILL: Marriage custom
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: pupils should be able to:
1. explain how:
-christian marriage
-muslim marriage
-customary marriage are contracted
2. identify how marriage custom change from place to place.
CONTENT:
1.Christian marriage.
2.Muslim marriage.
3.Court marriage.
4.The difference and similarities in the various marriages.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1.Discusses and explains the various marriage customs.
2.Leads pupils to say the different and similarities in the various marriages.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1.Role plays the various marriages.
2.Explain the difference and similarities.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Wedding grown Kola-nut Money Food items etc.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to:
1. marriage contracted in the church is called Christian marriage.
2.muslim marriage is contracted in the mosques.
WEEK 8
TOPIC/SKILL: Common drugs in our community
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
1.explain the meaning of drug.
2.identify the difference between synthetic and natural drugs.
CONTENT:
1. The meaning of drug: It is a medical substance for curing illness.
2. Identification of modern common medicine/drug e.g. panadol, aspirin dag, nivaquine, paracetamol, alabut traditional e.g. lemon grass.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Shows drugs that are label to pupils for the purpose of identification.
2. Leads class to discuss synthetic and natural medicine/drugs.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Participate in class discussion on common drugs.
2. Sample the labels of some drugs.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: Samples of readily available drugs e.g. empty packets of common drugs.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to:
1. explain the meaning of drugs.
2. identify two common drugs.
WEEK 9
TOPIC/SKILL: Right people to administer drug
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to: state who must administer drugs.
CONTENT: Right people to give or administer: Nurses, doctors, pharmacist, parents, guardians, teacher must be on the advice of a doctor or a medical personnel
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1.Invite medical personnel to give a talk on the topic
2.Organize nature walk to identify some local herbs
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1.Participate in class discussion on who administers drugs
2.Participate in answering questions from the talk
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
1.Sample some local drugs
2.Picture showing either a nurse or a doctor administering drug.
EVALUATION GUIDE: 1. Mention two persons who administers drugs
WEEK 10
TOPIC/SKILL: Drug abuse
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
1. state the meaning of drug abuse.
2. recognize someone who abuse drugs/medicines.
3. mention way of helping someone who has abuse drugs.
CONTENT:
1. Intake of medicine drug without prescription.
2. Ways of knowing someone who abuse drugs.
– Untidy appearance
– Drunken behaviour
– Frequent fighting
– Inattentiveness
– Convulsion
3. Preventing drug abuse.
4. Ways of helping discouraging drug.
5. The importance of drug education.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Leads class discussion on the methods of taking drugs.
– Swallowing
– Drinking
– Inhaling
2. Invite resource persons to give talk on:
-prevention of drug abuse.
-how to help those who abuse drugs.
-guide pupils to discuss roles of pupils, teachers, parents and law enforcement agencies in the control of drug abuse.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Describe ways of taking drugs.
2. Sing songs to discourage drug abuse.
3. Dramatize caring for a person that has abuse drug.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
1. Charts/posters illustrating some methods of taking drugs.
2. Resource persons.
3. Charts showing health personal.
4. Poster showing a drug addict.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to:
1. list three way by which drugs are taken.
2. mention two ways of identifying a person that has abuse drug.
3. explain any one why of help of drug addict.
WEEK 11: REVISION
WEEK 12: EXAMINATION
