Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 6

Civil rule in Nigeria, third republic 1999-till date

TERM: 1st Term

WEEK: 3

CLASS: Primary 6

AGE: 11 years

DURATION: 40 minutes

DATE:

SUBJECT: History

TOPIC: Civil rule in Nigeria, third republic  1999- till date

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

  1. Explain Constitutional Democracy Rule
  2. Explain the Third Republic.

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Charts showing the portrait of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC

The teacher revises the previous lesson Topic on the Second Republic.

Pupils  pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She then explains That Civil rule is a way of governing the people of a country with regulated orders by the democratically elected civilians.  Constitutional Democracy rule is different from military dictatorship in that the former is guided by constitutional frame work but the military dictatorship is a rule ordered by decrees and marshal laws.

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She describes the Third Republic.

The Third republic returned when the constitution of Nigeria was amended and a democratically elected government put in place under the leadership of president Olusegun Obasanjo. The amended constitution and the return of the third republic took place in 1999. Civil rule has continued in Nigeria since then till date.

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 rule is a way of governing the people of a country with regulated orders by the democratically elected civilians.

Constitutional Democracy rule is different from military dictatorship in that the former is guided by constitutional frame work but the military dictatorship is a rule ordered by decrees and marshal laws.

Third Republic.

The Third republic returned when the constitution of Nigeria was amended and a democratically elected government put in place under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The amended constitution and the return of the third republic took place in 1999. Civil rule has continued in Nigeria since then till date. This republic has lasted for 23 years uninterrupted.

 

EVALUATION:    1. Explain how Constitutional Democracy is different from Military dictatorship.

  1. Who was the 1st president in the third republic and in what year did he come into office.

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher marks their books and commends them positively



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