Civic Education - Junior Secondary 2 - Nigeria as a federation

Nigeria as a federation

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 4

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Nigeria as a federation

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

  1. Discuss the relationship between the three levels of government
  2. Distinguish the areas of difference between the three levels of government

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 Nigeria as a federation

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She discusses the relationship between the three levels of government

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further states areas of difference between the three levels of government

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

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

  1. The local government gets allocation from the federal account
  2. The state government approves the annual budget of the local government as well as looking into (audit) the accounts of the local government
  3. The state has the power to dissolve local government executive council
  4. The federal government creates the state and local government areas. She can adjust boundaries or remove existing boundaries.
  5. The state government and local government can help in implementing some of federal government policies like the industrial and educational polices  

 

AREAS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  1. The federal government legislate on both exclusive concurrent list while the state legislate on concurrent and residual list.
  2. The federal government has two legislative houses (senate and house of representative) while the state has one (the legislative council).
  3. The federal government is headed by the president while the state is headed by the governor and the local government but the state cannot control the federal government.
  4. The federal government has constitutional power to control the state but the state cannot control the federal government
  5. The federal government can formulate policies for the whole country while the state and local government can formulate polices for themselves alone.

EVALUATION:    1. In four sentences, write the relationship between the three levels of government

  1. Outline three areas of differences between the three levels of government

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively