Civic Education - Junior Secondary 1 - Objects of national consciousness

Term: 3^rd Term

Week: 8

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Objects of national consciousness

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

1. Define national integrity
2. State and explain factors that promote national consciousness, integrity and unity

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

NOTE

NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY

NATIONAL INTEGRITY

It involves being honest and possessing strong moral principles and etiquettes. It helps in breeding a people and nation that will not compromise standards thereby providing works of highest quality and encouraging growth and developments.

National integration is a process of creating a sense of national consciousness, uniqueness of identity and loyalty among people with different socio-cultural identities (racial, ethnic, language, religion, etc.) into a single territorial political society.

Whereas, national unity is the state of different (ethnics) groups joined together to form a single country or when 1. 2. 3. 4. the various ethnics groups in the country are in agreement act together for specific purposes.

FACTORS THAT PROMOTE NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS, INTEGRITY AND UNITY.

1. Hospitality: It is caning for others regardless of their tribe or social background.
2. Inter – tribal marriage: this is the marriage conducted between persons of different tribe. Inter-ethnic and inter-tribal marriages help in promoting national integration. Through this, cultural ties are strengthened among Nigerians.
3. Tolerance: this is needed because it makes us live together in unity, despite, diversity, religion, beliefs, characteristics etc.
4. Non – discrimination: this is being resolute not to be selective in laying others and it promotes love, unity
5. Encouraging Nigerians to be patriotic: The people must all feel as Nigerians with one destiny and one goal. They must have ‘we’ feeling(Spirit of togetherness).
6. Organizing national cultural festivals: National cultural festivals that bring people of different culture, religion, class and so on together should be organized. This will help people to understand and appreciate other people’s culture.
7. Promotion of cultural re-orientation/ awareness: This can be done by strengthening the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to encourage Nigerians to learn the languages, eat the food and wear the traditional dresses of one another.
8. Promoting equal economic opportunities: There must be conscious effort to promote equal economic opportunities for all socio-cultural groups in Nigeria.
9. Providing equal access to education: Equal educational opportunities should be given to all Nigerians from primary to tertiary levels.
10. Promoting Public education for national integration: This can be done through the mass media by sensitizing Nigerians on common national issues and values.
11. Providing equal access to representation in government: The application of federal character or quota principle in appointment into positions in government at all levels will help achieve equal access to representation.
12. Strengthening the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme: More incentives such as automatic employment, cash donations, awards etc. should be given to outstanding corps members who served in other states outside their cultural areas.
13. Strengthening unity schools to promote cultural ties among future leaders.
14. Promoting religious tolerance.
15. Good and responsible governance/ leadership to promote sense of belonging among Nigerians. Adoption of an indigenous language as an official national language (lingua franca)

EVALUATION:    1. Define national integrity

2. Discuss five factors that promotes national consciousness, integrity and unity

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively