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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 2

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Civic Education

Topic:-       Characteristics of Democracy

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

  1. Define democracy
  2. Discuss the characteristics of democracy
  3. List and explain the types of democracy
  4. State the importance of democracy

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 nationalist roles in the society

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines democracy and discusses the characteristics of democracy 

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She lists and explains the types of democracy.

She further states the importance of democracy  

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

DEMOCRACY

According to Abraham Lincoln, democracy is the government of the people,

by the people and for the people.

This is the system of government in which people exercise their political

power through periodic election of leaders by themselves or their

representative.

 

Characteristics of Democracy

  1. Regular and periodic election: Democracy gives room for periodic election so as to elect new leaders.
  2. Fundamental human right: Democracy guarantees and respects the human right as stated in the constitution.
  3. Party system: This system of government allows different political party system to compete for power during election.
  4. Freedom of the press: Under democratic system of government all the media houses are free to express their opinions and feelings through writing or any means.
  5. The judicial arm of government is independent and free from other arms of government
  6. Rule of law: there is equality before the law; no one is above the law under democratic system of government.

 

TYPES OF DEMOCRACY

There are two types of Democracy, which are

  1. Direct Democracy: This is the system of government where everybody is involved in governing the country. It is a system whereby all citizens meet together periodically for the purpose of governing the country.
  2. Indirect Democracy: This is a system of government where citizens choose their representatives to rule on their behalf. This is also called representative democracy. This system of government is practiced in Nigeria, Ghana, USA etc.

 

IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY

  1. It creates opportunity for everybody in a place to have a say in the government of a state or a nation
  2. Everybody has a right to make suggestions
  3. Everyone has a right to nominate a person for election
  4. There is freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom to education

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define democracy

  1. Discuss the characteristics of democracy
  2. List and explain the types of democracy
  3. State the importance of democracy

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively