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Constitution: Functions and features

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 6

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Constitution: Functions and features

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

  1. State the functions of constitution
  2. Outline the feature of the constitution

 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 constitution

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He states the functions of the constitution

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He outlines the features of the constitution

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

CONSTITUTION

FEATURES OF THE CONSITITUTION

  1. A constitution is the whole body of fundamental laws, customs, etc, according to which a particular government of a country or an organization operates.
  1. It has a preamble or introduction which states the ideological stand of the constitution.
  1. The constitution states the types of party that will operate in a country.
  1. It names the organs of government, their functions and their relations to one another.
  1. A constitution of a country specifies the rights and duties of the citizens.
  1. Constitution may be found in one document but supplemented by organic laws.
  1. It specifies the types and characteristics of government, either Unitary, Federal, Presidential or Cabinet system to be adopted.
  1. It provides the procedure for the amendment of the constitution.
  1. Constitution provides for revenue allocation formula.
  1. It states the tenure of office holders and their qualifications.

 

FUNCTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

  1. The constitution should provide a set of basic rules that allows the people to live together with trust and coordination.
  2. It should specify how the government will be constituted, and who will have the power to make the decision for a particular scenario, and so on.
  3. It expresses the aspirations of the people to create a good society

 

EVALUATION:    1. State five features of the constitution

  1. Highlight three functions of the constitution

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively