Civic Education - Junior Secondary 1

Term: 2^nd Term

Week: 8

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

List and explain the types of duties
State the importance of rights and duties

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 citizenship	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She lists and explains the types of duties	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She states the importance of rights and duties	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

Types of Obligations of Citizens

(i) Financial Obligations

Citizens are expected to pay their taxes to the state. This is to enable the government to provide essential services to the people such as pipe bone water, electricity, good road etc. Failure to perform this obligation may lead to penalty by the state.

(ii) Economic Obligations

Every Citizen Should respect and protect public properties Examples of public properties that should be protected by the citizens are : oil pipe line, Public buildings Railway, power installation etc.

(iii) Civic Obligations

Civic obligation is the responsibility of the citizen in maintaining law and order. The failure to observe this will lead to break down of law and order which is also known as anarchy.

(iv) Political Obligations

This is act of voting during election. Failure to perform this duty will bring a wrong and bad government to power that will not satisfy the wishes of the people.

(v) Social Obligations

Social obligations of the citizens include: defense of the country, protection of country’s name, assistance of law enforcement agents by reporting people with dubious character to the police in order to guarantee peace in the society, environmental cleanliness etc.

Importance of Citizens’ Rights and Duties

(i) Social Control: Rights and duties will serve as a guide to human conduct and relationship in the society. Therefore, limits to rights and duties will enable citizens to control themselves in the society.

(ii) Peace: Rights, when they are respected will help to guarantee peace in the society and therefore help to ensure political stability in the society.

(iii) Due Process: The rules and laws are for due process, which will be ensured when citizens perform their rights and duties to the state

(iv) Discipline: When people obey the law, there will be discipline in the society. This will guarantee an orderly society.

EVALUATION: 1. List and explain three types of duties

State three importance of rights and duties

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively

Civic Education - Junior Secondary 1 - Citizenship