**Lesson Plan: National Values Education for Primary 3**
**Topic:**
- Rights and Duties of Citizens
- Elements of Security - Availability
- Types of Marriage
**Duration:**
60 minutes
### **Objectives:**
1. **Understanding Rights and Duties of Citizens:**
- Students will be able to identify basic rights and duties.
- Students will understand why these rights and duties are important.
2. **Elements of Security - Availability:**
- Students will learn what security means.
- Students will understand different ways and places where security is needed (e.g., home, school, community).
3. **Types of Marriage:**
- Students will learn about different types of marriage customs (traditional, civil, religious).
- Students will understand the basic concept of marriage.
### **Materials:**
- Chart paper
- Markers
- Flashcards
- Storybook
- Pictures of different types of marriage ceremonies
- Worksheets
### **Introduction: (10 minutes)**
1. **Warm-Up Discussion:**
- Start with a simple question: "What do you think are some things every person should be able to do or have?"
- Briefly note their answers on the board.
2. **Story Time:**
- Read a short story that includes characters demonstrating different rights and duties (e.g., "Tola and the New Playground").
### **Main Instruction: (30 minutes)**
1. **Rights and Duties of Citizens (10 minutes)**
- Discuss the key points of the story in relation to rights (things everyone should have or be able to do, like going to school) and duties (things we should do, like respecting others).
- Show flashcards with simple rights (e.g., Right to Education) and duties (e.g., Duty to be Honest).
- Engage students in a brief discussion about why these are important.
2. **Elements of Security - Availability (10 minutes)**
- Introduce the term “Security” and ask students what they think it means.
- Discuss different places where security is important: home, school, community.
- Use pictures to show examples (e.g., school gates, fire alarms, police stations).
- Highlight that availability means having these security measures in place when needed.
3. **Types of Marriage (10 minutes)**
- Introduce the different types of marriage: traditional, civil, religious.
- Show pictures of different types of marriage ceremonies.
- Explain in simple terms what a marriage is and why people get married.
- Ask students if they have attended any ceremonies and to share their experiences.
### **Activities: (10 minutes)**
1. **Group Activity: Rights and Duties Chart**
- Divide students into small groups and give them chart paper and markers.
- Ask them to create a chart listing rights on one side and duties on the other.
2. **Worksheets: Security Measures**
- Hand out worksheets with simple scenarios on security and ask students to identify the security measure available in each situation (e.g., What security measure is used at a bank?).
3. **Drawing Activity: My Family’s Wedding**
- Ask students to draw a picture of a wedding they have attended or imagine a wedding with their favorite customs.
### **Conclusion: (10 minutes)**
- **Recap:**
- Quickly review what has been learned about rights and duties, security availability, and types of marriage.
- Ask students to share one thing they learned or found interesting.
- **Questions & Feedback:**
- Encourage students to ask any questions they have.
- Provide positive feedback and reinforce key concepts.
### **Assessment:**
- Participation in discussions.
- Completion of group charts and worksheets.
- Understanding demonstrated through final review questions.
### **Homework:**
- Ask students to write a short paragraph or draw about a right or duty they practice daily at home or school.
- Suggest students talk to their parents or guardians about their marriage and share any interesting customs or stories in the next class.
This lesson plan aims to make the students aware of their rights and duties, understand basic security measures, and learn about different types of marriage in a fun and interactive way.