TERM: 1^st Term

WEEK: 2

CLASS: Primary 6

AGE: 11 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: Civil rule in Nigeria, second republic 1979-1983

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

Explain the meaning of Civil Authority
Constitution
Explain the Second republic

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Charts showing the portrait of Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPIL’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC	The teacher revises the previous lesson Topic on the First republic.	Pupils pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She then explains that Civil Authority or civilian authority also known as civilian government is a practical leadership of a state by an elected civilian leader rather than military leaders. In Civil administration, the state is governed by leaders elected through an election and with ordered constitution framework. In this system of administration, every government action is ordered by the constitution. The Constitution is a set of legal document where rules and regulations guiding the government as well as the citizens are clearly spelt out.	Pupils pay attention and participate
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She describes the Second Republic. The Second Republic started in 1979 and ended in 1983. This covered a period of 4 years. The Second republic was under the regime of President Shehu Shagari. He was appointed as the interim government as that time before a coup was done leading to Muhammadu Buhari taking over power as the military president.	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

Civil Authority or civilian authority also known as civilian government is a practical leadership of a state by an elected civilian leader rather than military leaders.

In Civil administration, the state is governed by leaders elected through an election and with ordered constitution framework. In this system of administration, every government action is ordered by the constitution.

The Constitution is a set of legal document where rules and regulations guiding the government as well as the citizens are clearly spelt out.

Second Republic.

The Second Republic started in 1979 and ended in 1983. This covered a period of 4 years. The Second republic was under the regime of President Shehu Shagari. He was appointed as the interim government as that time before a coup was done leading to Muhammadu Buhari taking over power as the military president.

EVALUATION: 1.Explain Civilian Authority.

Give the meaning of Constitution
Who was the president of the Second Republic.
How long did the Second republic lasted and the year.

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively

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