Civic Education - Junior Secondary 2

Term: 1^st Term

Week: 8

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject: Civic education

Topic:- Discipline

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

Enumerate the benefits of discipline
Discuss the respect for legitimate authority and rules and regulations

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 discipline	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She explains the benefits of discipline	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She discusses the concept of respect for legitimate authority and rules and regulations	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

DISCIPLINE
Benefits of Being Disciplined

) Being focused: Being disciplined helps one to stay focused towards his work, activities or goals.
) Discipline ensures proper and good governance at all levels.
) Discipline helps command respect from others.
) Discipline helps you to stay healthy. Disciplined life includes regular habits like taking food, medicine (if any), having bath, exercise, waking and sleeping at the right time.
) Discipline reduces the level of corruption at all levels.
) Discipline enhances peace, progress and mutual understanding among the people in the society.
) Discipline promotes growth and development in the society.
) A person with self-discipline has more self-control over himself. He is careful in his use of words while talking, his behavior etc. avoiding himself from being entangled in silly problems.
) Discipline allows orderliness and smooth running of the society.
) Being disciplined helps get things done faster and in right time. Though some things happen late due to other factors, still one with discipline gets them done faster than others due to his self discipline like being on time.

Respect for Legitimate Authority

Legitimate is the correct measure or ways that things are to be done. It could also be operating according to the law. Legitimate authority is the body established to ensure that laid down rules are followed. Some of such bodies are those in government, immigration, custom, road safety, health inspectors etc A disciplined person must respect legitimate authority.

Respect for Rules and Regulations

Rules are official instruction that say how things must be done or what are allowed. Rules are also the ways of behaving that are accepted as right by most of the people in a given society. Some people do things the way they like and they have no respect for rules and regulations. They do things contrary to the acceptable way. They have no respect for the rules because they feel that they are occupying high positions and this gives them the opportunity to misbehave. Some others do so because they are rich and they believe that money can take care of everything. Some other people feel that the Government and society at large have cheated them and they haven’t gained anything from the society hence the reason they flout the rules and regulations of the society. Whatever the situation is, everyone must have respect for the rules and regulations of the society.

EVALUATION: 1.) Enumerate four benefits of discipline

2.) State and explain the concept of

a.) respect for legitimate authority

b.) respect for rules and regulations

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively

Civic Education - Junior Secondary 2 - Discipline