Civic Education - Junior Secondary 1 - Citizenship

Citizenship

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 5

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Citizenship

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Define citizenship
  2. List and explain the types of citizenship
  3. Outline the processes of becoming a citizen of Nigeria

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on self-reliance

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines citizenship. She further lists and explains the types of citizenship

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She outlines the processes of becoming a citizen of Nigeria

 

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

CITIZENSHIP

A citizen is a person who is recognized by law as a member of a country. A citizen enjoys certain rights and privileges which are written in the constitution of a country to ensure that everyone knows those rights and respects them. Duties are also assigned to a legal citizen of a country.

Thus, citizenship is membership in a community, society or country.

 

Types of Citizenship

  1. By Birth: When one is born in a particular country, he or she automatically becomes a citizen of that country. For example, a person born in Nigeria and whose parents are Nigerians is qualified to be a Nigerian citizen.
  2. Naturalization: this is through application when such person can pledge his or her allegiance to a particular country.
  3. Registration: A woman who is a citizen of another country but married to a Nigerian husband is a citizen of Nigeria by registration.
  4. Descent: A person born outside Nigeria, but whose parents are Nigerians is a citizen of Nigeria by descent. For instance, a child born by Nigerian couple in London or Washington D.C. in America is automatically a citizen of Nigeria.
  5. Honorary Citizen: The government of Nigeria may confer an honorary citizenship on an outstanding personality from another country. 

The Process of Becoming a Citizen of a Nigeria

If a foreign person wants to become a citizen of Nigeria by registration, he can become a citizen of Nigeria by following this process.

  1. He  or she must be above 18 years and of good character
  2. He or she must have spent at least 15 years in Nigeria before such application is tendered.
  3. He or she must be willing to renounce his or her former citizenship
  4. The person must show clear intention to live in Nigeria till death hence; he will take an oath of loyalty to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is called “Oath of allegiance”

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define citizenship

  1. List and explain four types of citizenship
  2. Outline the processes of becoming a citizen of Nigeria

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively