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Term: 1st Term

Week: 2

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Civic Education

Topic:-      Duties and obligations of citizens

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

  1. Define “duties” and “obligations”
  2. State the duties and obligations of citizens
  3. Discuss the consequences of citizens not performing their duties and obligations

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 citizenship education

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines duties and obligations

She further states the duties and obligations of citizens

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses the consequences of not performing our duties as citizens

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

DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS

Duties and obligations are constitutional responsibilities that active citizen

carry out for the smooth running of governance.

Some of the duties and obligations of citizens are;

  1. political obligations- this includes political responsibilities such as
  2. voting during elections
  3. readiness to serve in any capacity as appointed by the

government

  1. contesting for political positions
  2. obedience and respect for the constitution and laws
  3. Social obligations-These are social responsibilities such as
  4. orderliness in public places
  5. respect and obedience of constituted authority
  6. keeping the environment safe and clean
  7. protecting and maintaining public infrastructures
  8. Economic responsibilities-These are economic responsibilities such as
  9. paying of taxes
  10. private individuals and companies funding of government projects
  11. corporate social responsibilities (CSR)

EVALUATION:   1. Define duties and obligations

  1. Discuss the categories of duties and responsibilities giving examples of each

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively