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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 8

Class: Junior Secondary School 3

Age: 14 years

Duration: 40 minutes

Date:

Subject:      Social studies

Topic:-       Agricultural resources

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

  1. Define agriculture
  2. State the importance of Agriculture
  3. highlight the problems of Agriculture
  4. Discuss the solutions to the problems of Agriculture

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 self-esteem

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She explains the meaning of agriculture

She discusses the importance of agriculture

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She highlights the problems in Agriculture

She further outlines the solutions to the problems in Agriculture

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

AGRICULTURE

Agriculture is simply the cultivation of crops and rearing of livestock for sales and consumption

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICUTURE

  1. it provides food for survival
  2. it provides raw materials for industries such as textiles, bottling, pharmaceutical, etc
  3. it provides foreign exchange
  4. it serves as a source of income
  5. it brings about social and economic development
  6. it can serve research purposes

 

PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE

  1. Inadequate credit/financing facilities
  2. lack of storage and preservation equipment
  1. use of crude implements
  2. lack of interest by the capable population
  3. unfavourable government policies
  4. Unavailability of machinery and suitable seeds and seedlings

 

SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURE

  1. provision of credit/financing facilities
  2. provision of storage and preservation equipments
  3. Government making favourable policies
  4. Construction of good networks for farmers
  5. The capable population should be encourage to farm
  6. provision of machinery and suitable seeds and seedlings to farmers

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define Agriculture

  1. State the importance of Agriculture
  2. Discuss the problems of Agriculture
  3. Discuss the solutions to the problems of Agriculture

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively