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Term: 1st Term

Week: 5

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Civic Education

Topic:-      Capitalist democracy and national development

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

  1. Define ‘capitalism’ and ‘democracy’
  2. Highlight the characteristics of capitalist 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 national consciousness, integrity and unity

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines ‘capitalism’ and ‘democracy’

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She highlights the characteristics of capitalism 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

CAPITALISM DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Capitalism is often thought of as an economic system in which private

actors(individuals or private sector) owns and controls production and

distribution

The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning

people, and "kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as

"power of the people". It is a way of governing which depends on the will of

the people.

Capitalism democracy is simply operating on the principles of

representative democracy in a capitalist economy.

 

CHARCTERISTICS OF CAPITALISM DEMOCRACY

  1. Respect of fundamental human rights
  2. Periodic elections
  3. Separation of powers
  4. Existence and the supremacy of the constitution
  5. Freedom of Press
  6. The rule of law
  7. Existence of multi-party system
  8. Tolerance of opposition
  9. Economic freedom
  10. The existence of active and vibrant civil societies

EVALUATION:   1. Define ‘capitalism’ and ‘democracy’

  1. Discuss the characteristics of capitalism democracy

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively