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Term: 1st Term

Week: 7

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Civic Education

Topic:-      Employment and alleviation of poverty

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

  1. Define ‘employment’ and ‘poverty alleviation’
  2. Discuss the importance of employment and poverty alleviation

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 political parties

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines employment and alleviation of poverty

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses the importance of employment and poverty alleviation

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

EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Employment most generally means the state of having a job where one is

paid

 

Poverty is a state of being unable to fend for one’s basic needs such as

food, clothing, shelter etc

 

Poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian,

that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.

 

IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

  1. It reduces crime rate
  2. It is a means of provision of income for the family
  3. It reduces problems that brings about poverty
  4. It provides money for personal and public use
  5. Government is able to generate revenue through taxes for capital

projects

  1. One has capital for investments and other avenues for wealth creation
  2. It leads to a rise in demand bringing about industrial growth

 

EVALUATION:   1. Define ‘employment’, ‘poverty’ and ‘poverty alleviation’

  1. Discuss the importance of employment and poverty alleviation

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively