TERM: 3^rd Term

WEEK: 5

CLASS: Primary 4

AGE: 9 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: The Nigerian People - Awori People

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

Discuss about the Awori people

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, story-telling, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: charts showing tradition and culture of the indigenous people of Nigeria

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPIL’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC	The teacher revises the previous lesson on The Nigeria People	Pupils pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She then explains the meaning that: Nigeria with over 150 million population and more than 370 ethnic groups has three major ethnic groups: Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. There are several other ethnic groups numbering more than one million members	Pupils pay attention and participate
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She describes the Awori People	Pupils pay attention and participate
STEP 4 NOTE TAKING	The teacher writes a short note on the board for the pupils to copy	The pupils copy the note from the board

NOTE

Nigeria with over 150 million population and more than 370 ethnic groups has three major ethnic groups: Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. There are several other ethnic groups numbering more than one million members which include

THE AWORI PEOPLE

They are located in Lagos and Ogun states. They are direct descendants of Olofin, one of the sons of Oduduwa. Their main economic activity is agriculture; poultry farming, crop farming, cattle/sheep rearing, fishing and hunting.

Crop farming is of two categories among the Aworis:

“Oko Etile” - compound farmland where crops like pepper, tomatoes, onions, okro, lemons etc were planted. The farm is visited when there is a possibility that the farmer may have an important visitor at home.

“Oko Egan”- distant farmland here more permanent crops like cocoa, palm trees and other cash crops are planted . More time is spent by the farmer here.

The Aworis combined Christianity and Islam with their traditional beliefs.

Their traditional festivals include Oro, Egungun and Gelede festivals.

EVALUATION: 1. Describe the Awori people

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively

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