Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Term: 1^st Term

Week: 6

Class: Primary 3

Age: 8 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: National Values Education

Topic:-       Rights and duties of citizens

• Empathy
• Marriage practices in Nigeria

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

1. Explain the meaning of rights and duties
2. Differentiate between rights and duties of citizens in the society

3, Explain the meaning of empathy

4. Describe how marriages are contracted
5. Explain marriage according to religious practices

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: pictures of citizens performing some civic responsibilities e.g voting, a chart/picture showing rights and duties of citizens textbooks, audio-visuals etc, pictures/chart showing how different religions perform marriages

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Rights and duties of citizens

NOTE

The meaning of ‘right’ and ‘duties’

Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement

Duties means something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation

The rights of citizens

1. right to life
2. right to dignity
3. right to personal liberty
4. right to fair hearing
5. right to privacy
6. right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
7. right to freedom of expression
8. right to freedom of assembly and association
9. right to freedom of movement
10. right to freedom from discrimination

The duties of citizens

1. paying of taxes
2. Obeying the laws of the state
3. participation in the electoral process
4. protection of public property
5. defense of the state and crime prevention

EVALUATION:    1. Define these terms

1. rights b. duties
2. List five rights of citizen
3. List four duties of citizens

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

PERIOD 2 and 3: Empathy. Marriage

NOTE

Empathy means the ability to understand the thoughts feelings or emotions of someone else.

Why empathy is a necessity for human relations

Being able to demonstrate empathy

1. creates trust.
2. creates an empowering and honest relationship.
3. It will increase collaboration and productivity
4. People will be assured that their feelings are being taken into consideration

Forms of marriages in Nigeria

1. Christian marriage
2. it is done in a church
3. it is officiated by a Pastor or Priest
4. It is according to the dictates of the Holy Bible
5. a marriage certificate is issued
6. Islamic marriage
7. Also called Nikkah, it is done at the home of the bride’s parents or at the mosque
8. It is officiated by an Imam
9. It is done according to the dictates of the Quran
10. Traditional marriage
11. It is done at the home of the bride
12. the marriage rites are conducted by the bride’s kinsmen
13. Bride price is paid and other bridal items e.g kolanuts, yams, honey, etc are brought

Common marriage practices in Nigeria

1. Bride price also dowry is paid by the groom and his family to the bride and his family
2. The traditional marriage usually holds at the house of the bride’s parents
3. The traditional marriage is held according to the customs and traditions of the bride’s family
4. A list of traditional items including kolanuts, tubers, of yam, goats,

groundnut oil, palm oil etc are necessary for the ceremony

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the meaning of empathy

2. Why is empathy necessary in human relations?
3. Discuss how Christian, Islamic and traditional marriages are conducted?
4. What are the common marriage practices in Nigeria?

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small groups the marriage practices in their own culture

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively