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Political culture and socialization

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Term: 1st Term

Week: 8

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Political culture and socialization

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

  1. Define political socialization
  2. Enumerate the agents of the political system
  3. Define political culture

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 merits and demerits of democracy

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He defines political culture and political socialization

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He enumerates the agents of the political system

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

POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND CULTURE
POLITICAL CULTURE

This is the beliefs and knowledge people have with regard to the political system, this concerns the feelings of the people towards the political system

 

POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION

Political socialization refers to process by which the citizens are educated on the values, attitudes and beliefs of the political system

 

AGENTS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM

  1. The Family: Children from politically conscious families tend to be more politically aware and interested in polities
  1. The school: Educational institution play significant role in the political socialization of the citizens of a country
  1. The peer groups the peer group of an individual tends to socialize the individual politically
  1. Political parties educate their members and the public through their manifestoes and campaign
  1. The mass media: The mass media include radio, news papers, television and magazines people are socialized through what they read, listen to and watch in the mass media

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define

  1. political culture
  2. political socialization
  3. Enumerate the agents of the political system

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively