Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

FIRST TERM

SUBJECT:  CIVIC EDUCATION

CLASS:  JSS1

REFERENCE

Fundamentals of Civic Education for Basic 7 (JSS 1) Sola Akinyemipgs 32-34

WEEK FIVE

TOPIC: COOPERATION

MEANING

Co-operation can be defined as an act of working together to achieve a goal for the good of everyone in the society.  An adage says ‘united we stand, divided we fall’.  No nation or society can progress without co-operation among her people.  As Nigerian citizens, we must work together with our leaders by paying our taxes promptly, voting during election and taking care of public properties meant for our well-being.

EVALUATION

What is co-operation?

ATTRIBUTES OF CO-OPERATION

1. Sharing – To work together, ideas must be shared.  People must not hold back information or materials needed for accomplishing a task.  It therefore fosters independence of members of the community through a mutually beneficial relationship. 
2. Friendship - This refers to the emotional attachment to a person or a group of persons as a result of feeling of affection.
3. Caring – To achieve our set goals we must care for one another as a team.  Everyone must be cared for so that they can have a sense of belonging.  The leader must care for the followers and the followers must care for the leader.  This can only happen if there is co-operation.
4. TeamSpirit – Co-operation involves team work. A broom sweeps better as a bunch not as separate units and a tree can never make a forest.  Everyone must be part of the task and also sees himself as important as others in the achievement of a set goal

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EVALUATION

1. What is co-operation?
2. Mention three attributes of co-operation.

FACTORS THAT PROMOTE CO-OPERATION 

1. Understanding - When people in the society understands that without co-operation, there will be no progress, they will do everything within their power to work together to achieve the goal.
2. Well defined  Goal/Interest - The team must have a goal that motivates everyone to work together.  The goal must be well-stated and defined.  The achievement of such goals must benefit everyone in the group.
3. Tolerance - The ability to reason with the view of an opponent and to accept a superior argument even if its runs contrary to your own opinions to foster cooperation.

BENEFITS OF CO-OPERATION

1. Progress- In a nation where people work together, economic and political development is faster unlike a nation where the people are always at logger heads with the government.
2. Achievement of goals – When people work together, goals are easily achieved and everyone will be happy.
3. Proper functioning of the society - When people in a society co-operate with the government by obeying the government laws, the society will function properly. The government will find it easy to execute its programmes and the people will enjoy them.
4. Promotes Harmony - Citizens who work together are always in harmony. This removes conflict and fosters understanding among the people in the society.
5. Promotion of Peace – Co-operation removes conflict thereby brings peace among united people in the society.

EVALUATION

1. Define tolerance.
2. List three benefits of co-peration

GENERAL EVALUATION

1. Define tolerance.
2. List three benefits of co-operation.
3. Explain briefly the following: (a). Harmony (b). Team-Spirit(c) Friendship

READING ASSIGNMENT

Fundamentals of Civic Education for Basic 7 (JSS 1) Sola Akinyemipgs 26-31

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. _______ is the emotional attachment a person has for a group of persons.
2. Friendship     B. Hatred        C. Caring       D. Focus 
3. When people work together economically and politically, there will be ____.
4. transgression B. confusion        C. progress    D. riots
5. A broom sweeps better as a bunch and not as a separate entity shows _____.
6. equality     B. team spirit        C. brooms    D. co-operation
7. ______is the ability to reason with the view of an opponent.
8. Observation B. Discipline        B. Tolerance    D. Honesty
9. ______ is the act of working together to achieve a common goal.
10. Promotion        B.  Sharing        C. Co-operation D. Tolerance

THEORY

1. Explain briefly on two benefits of co-operation.
2. Mention three attributes of co-operation.