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Term: 1st Term

Week: 4

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Commerce

Topic:-      Occupation

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

  1. Explain the meaning of occupation
  2. State the factors that determine the kind of occupation one can engage in
  3. Discuss the classes of occupation

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 career opportunities in commerce

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She explains the meaning occupations. She  further states the factors that determines the kind of occupation one engages in

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She explains the classes of occupation

 

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

OCCUPATION

Occupation is the legal job one does to earn a living

 

FACTORS THAT DETERMINES OCCUPATION

  1. One’s level of education and training
  2. The natural talent and ability of a person
  3. Government policies
  4. availability of natural and mineral resources
  5. Climatic and weather conditions
  6. Conditions attached to the job i.e remuneration, fringe benefits etc

 

CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATION

  1. Industrial occupation: This involves those who engage in the physical

production of goods or changing of raw materials into finished or

semi-finished goods or products. They also include the assembling and

putting of component parts together to make it whole

there are three types of industrial occupation

  1. Extractive occupation- which involves extracting natural and mineral

resources from the land and water

  1. manufacturing occupation- this involves turning raw materials into

finished usable goods

  1. constructive occupation- this involves building of roads, bridges etc

 

  1. Commercial occupation- This involves the buying, selling, marketing and

distribution of goods and services

  1. Services occupation: This involves the rendering of direct(personal) and

indirect services to members of the public

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define occupation

  1. What are the factors that affect the choice of an occupation?
  2. Using a diagram, illustrate the classification of occupation

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively