Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

Term: 1^st Term

Week: 3

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Commerce

Topic:-      Career opportunities in commerce

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

1. Describe some career opportunities in commerce

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION	The teacher reviews the previous lesson on the historical background of commerce	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She lists some career opportunities in commerce	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She explains some of the career opportunities in commerce and what they do	Students pay attention and participate
STEP 4 NOTE TAKING	The teacher writes a summarized note on the board	The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMERCE

1. Teaching and lecturing: subjects/courses like accounting, business

studies, commerce, economics, marketing etc can be taught

2. Trading: retailing, exporting, importing, agencies etc
3. Insurance: risk managers, risk brokers etc
4. Marketing: salesmen, marketing executives, etc
5. Management; personnel managers, general managers, etc
6. Banking: account officers, cashiers, bursars, tellers etc
7. Accounting: Auditors, accountants, financial managers etc

EVALUATION:   1. Discuss the career opportunities available in commerce

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively