Civic Education - Junior Secondary 2 - Democracy

Democracy

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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 4

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Civic education

Topic:-       Democracy

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

  1. State the importance of democracy
  2. Give examples of democratic institutions

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 democracy

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She states and explains the importance of democracy

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She gives examples of democratic institutions

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

DEMOCRACY

Importance of Democracy

  1. It creates opportunity for everybody in a place to have a say in the government of a state or a nation
  2. Everybody has a right to make suggestions
  3. Everyone has a right to nominate a person for election
  4. There is freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom to education

 

EXAMPLES OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
1. INEC – Independent National Electoral Commission is the institution being set up to plan, scrutinize people who want to be voted into power and conduct the election to choose the rightful candidates for each contested post. INEC does not belong to any party or group. INEC doesn’t belong to any political party. It is a neutral body so that it can be fair in decision making. It makes every citizen to know the conditions that qualifies anybody to contest election into any post. It makes every citizen to know its rules and regulations  as regards the qualifications of candidates who have showed interest in applying for public office. Everyone has the right to vote and be voted for. But people with questionable character or those having bad personal records are not allowed to contest for responsible positions in the society. The INEC has the power to disqualify a candidate if he or she doesn’t meet with the conditions.

  1. Political Parties – These are institutions of groups of people who have similar political ideas and opinions on how a place, state or country should be governed. Different political parties are formed according to the ideas that each group has. The political parties register with INEC and all their claims are verified before approving their candidates. Whosoever contests an election under a political party must follow the ideology of the party in governing the state or nation.
  2. Pressure Group – They are groups of similar or common interest. They come together with one mind to influence government policies and decisions. They do not make any effort to contest election to be directly in charge of things. The aim of such pressure groups is the realization of group interest.
  3. Arms of Government – The various arms of government are democratic institutions that help in proper functioning of a democracy.

EVALUATION:    1. State three importance of democracy

  1. Give four examples of democratic institutions

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively