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Federalism

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 1

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Federalism

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

  1. Define Federalism
  2. Outline the features of federalism
  3. Highlight the factors that give rise to federalism
  4. State the merits and demerits of federalism

 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 unitary system of government

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He defines federalism and enumerates its features

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He highlights the factors that give rise to federalism. He further states the merits and demerits of federalism

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

FEDERALISM

A federal system of government may be defined as one in which governmental Powers that exist in the country are shared between a central government that Represents the whole country and government of component regions. Nigeria, USA, Brazil and India are countries that practiced federalism.

 

 

FEATURES OF FEDERALISM

  1. Division of government powers between the central and component governments of the states.
  1. Adoption of a written constitution
  1. Supremacy of the central government
  1. Existence of bicameral legislature. 
  1. Existence of Supreme Court for judicial interpretation and review.

 

FACTORS THAT GIVE RISE TO FEDERALISM

  1. Fear of domination
  1. Ethnic difference
  1. The size of the country is too large
  1. To bring government near to the people
  1. To create more employment opportunities.

 

MERITS OF FEDERALISM

  1. It ensures political unity
  1. It brings faster development
  1. It brings government nearer to the people
  1. It allays fears of domination
  1. It protects the interest of the minority groups

 

DEMERITS OF FEDERALISM

  1. It is expensive to operate
  1. It create weak centre
  1. Problem of wealth sharing
  1. It causes census problems
  1. It leads to election pigging and violence

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define federalism

  1. Outline three features of federalism
  2. Enumerate four factors that gives rise to federalism
  3. State three merits and demerits of federalism

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively