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Term: 1st Term

Week: 6

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Civic Education

Topic:-      Political parties

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

  1. Define political parties
  2. Give some examples of popular political parties in Nigeria
  3. Describe how the popular parties should compete for power

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 capitalism democracy and national development

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines political parties. She give examples of popular political parties in Nigeria

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses the appropriate ways political parties can compete for power

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

POLITICAL PARTIES

Political parties are an organized group of people with similar interests

goals and ideology with the aim of winning and contesting for elections.

Some popular examples of political parties in Nigeria are

  1. Labour Party(LP)
  2. All Progressive Congress(APC)
  3. People’s Democratic Party(PDP)
  4. All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA)
  5. Young Progressive Party(YPP)
  6. Alliance for Democracy(AD) etc

 

APPROPRIATE WAYS POLITICAL PARTIES SOULD CONTEST FOR POWER

  1. Having and presenting a clear program of what they will do when elected

into office. It is called “manifesto”

  1. Influencing and general mobilization of people to work for the interest of

the party

  1. Educating the electorate on the proper behaviour before, during and

after elections

  1. Selecting eligible and credible candidates
  2. Carrying out campaigns in the sphere of location where the election is to

hold and for what position it is held

 

EVALUATION:   1. Define political parties

  1. Give four examples of popular political parties in Nigeria
  2. Discuss the appropriate ways political parties can compete for power

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively