TERM: 3^rd Term

WEEK: 3

CLASS: Primary 5

AGE: 10 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: Nigeria’s Independence, republic and federation

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

State the Meaning of a Federation
Narrate the events that took place after Independence.

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Chart showing Nigeria Flag

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPIL’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC	The teacher revises the previous Topic On Nigeria’s independence.	Pupils pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She explains that a Federation is a group of states with a central Government but independence in internal affair. A Republic – is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. Nigeria became a republic in 1963.	Pupils pay attention and participate
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She describes the Events that took place few years after Independence. Few Years after the independence, the Political situation of Nigeria collapsed. There was wide scale violence in all the political activities. Equally, there was distrust among the political leaders. The north was jealous of the west and the east did not trust the west either. There was suspicion everywhere, As this was going on, there was wide spread corruption in all government departments. The result of this was the military takeover of the government just after 6 years of democratic experiment. Nigeria gained independence in 1960 and the military took over the government in 1966. That was how the first republic collapsed.	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

Federation is a group of states with a central Government but independence in internal affair.

A Republic – is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. Nigeria became a republic in 1963.

Events that took place few years after Independence.

Few Years after the independence, the Political situation of Nigeria collapsed. There was wide scale violence in all the political activities. Equally, there was distrust among the political leaders. The north was jealous of the west and the east did not trust the west either. There was suspicion everywhere, As this was going on, there was wide spread corruption in all government departments. The result of this was the military takeover of the government just after 6 years of democratic experiment. Nigeria gained independence in 1960 and the military took over the government in 1966. That was how the first republic collapsed.

EVALUATION: 1. Give the definition of Federation

In what year did Nigeria became a republic

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively

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