Civic Education - Junior Secondary 1 - Common crimes

Common crimes

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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 10

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Common crimes

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

  1. State the effects of crimes
  2. Discuss how to prevent crimes

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 common crimes

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She states the effects of crimes

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses how crimes could be prevented

 

 

 

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

COMMON CRIMES
Effects of Common Crimes

The following are the effects of common crimes:

  1. Victims of crime, their families and friends go through a difficult adjustment period following a crime whether they have been physically hurt or had their house broken into.
  2. The government bears the cost of maintaining law and order in order to secure the life and properties of the individual and the society at large.
  3. Feeling extremely fearful.
  4. Easily startled and suspicious of everyone.
  5. Embarrassed about some of the details of the event.
  6. Emotional trauma.
  7. Angry, resentful/revengeful and easily agitated.
  8. Having sleepless nights, nightmares, headaches, loss of appetite.

 

Prevention of Common Crimes

Common crimes can be prevented in the following ways:

  1. Family: The basic foundation of preventing crime starts from the family background and upbringing offered to any child in his/her family. This is the primary assignment of a good parent to give adequate care to any child irrespective of the sex
  2. Reporting crime: Another important method of crime prevention is to report crimes to proper authorities. If anyone witnesses or hears about a possible crime, he/she needs to contact a police officer to look into the situation.
  3. Cooperation in the community: This will contribute to community policing where citizens themselves join forces with the police in protecting their neighbourhood.
  4. Social welfare: Social welfare is one of the greatest contra-measures to keep unemployed individuals from resorting to desperate means in order to keep a head above water.
  5. Sports: Sports provide a good outlet for young men and perhaps keeps them out of trouble.

 

EVALUATION:    1. State five effects of crimes

  1. Discuss four prevention methods for crimes

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively