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Term: 1st Term

Week: 6

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Home management

Topic:-       Family

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

  1. Describe family            
  2. Enumerate the different types of family                  
  3. State the function of the family.                              
  4. Examine the function of each members of the family        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 household equipments

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She describes family and explains the different types of family

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She explains the functions of the family and each member of the family

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
FAMILY

Family is a group of people related by blood, adoption or marriage

 

TYPES OF FAMILY

  1. Nuclear family: This is a family that consists of the father , mother and children
  2. Extended family: This is a family that consists of the father, mother, children, relatives e.g nieces, nephew, cousins, grandparents, in-laws etc.

 

FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY

  1. Procreation or child bearing
  2. Manifest love to its members
  3. Provision of food, shelter and clothing for its members
  4. Transmits culture and norms from its members to the society
  5. Socialization of its members
  6. Companionship: family members share experiences.
  7. Personal security and acceptance: people feel more protected within their families than outside.

 

Roles of each family member

Roles of the father:

  1. Provides basic needs such as money for food, clothing, shelter, education, medical treatment etc.
  2. Maintains discipline in the home
  3. Shows love and maintain peace
  4. A role model in the family
  5. The head of the home
  6. Protects family members
  7. Teaches his children the culture of the society.
  8. Breadwinner of the family.
  9. Performs his civic right and responsibilities such as paying of tax, obeying the law of the society.

 

Roles of the Mother:

  1. Prepares food for the member
  2. cares for the home
  3. Bears and nurture children
  4. Shows love to her husband and children
  5. helps in buying  and maintaining family clothing
  6. Teaches the children home making skill and other functional skills
  7. She is the home maker in  the family
  8. She acts as a model for her daughters
  9. She takes care of the simple in of the family.
  10. She performs her civic right and responsibilities.

 

Roles of the Children:

  1. Respect and obey their parents and other adults in the society.
  2. Help in carrying out domestic chores and errands in the home e.g. cleaning the house, washing plates, caring for younger ones, fetching water.
  3. Learn the culture of the society.
  4. Give unity and stability to the home
  5. Bears the family’s name
  6. Perform their civic rights and responsibilities.

 

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the meaning of family

  1. List and explain the types of family
  2. State the functions of the family
  3. Enumerate three roles each of the following members of the family

      a. Father

      b. Mother

      c. Children

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively