Civic Education is one of the social science subjects SS3 students are required to study in first term. The Unit of Instruction for SS3 Civic Education 1st Term is carefully developed from the Scheme of Work, which in turn is, based on NERDC current curriculum and SSCE syllabus.
Human Rights, Fighting Political Apathy, Public Service in a Democracy, Civil Society, Popular Participation, Constitutional Democracy, etc.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Meaning of Human Rights
B. Characteristics of Human Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Define Human rights.
2. Discuss the types of human rights.
3. List and explain the characteristic of human rights.
4. Categorize and explain the differences between the categories of human rights.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Types of Human Rights
B. Examples of Human Rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Differentiate between political rights and economic rights.
2. Highlight the various social rights.
3. Write examples of political, social and economic rights of the citizens.
4. Mention three types of human rights with examples.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Our responsibilities towards our environment and community
B. Declaration and treaty that protect human rights
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Discuss their duties to their environment and communities.
2. Highlight their civic duties and responsibilities.
3. Identify their civic duties to the society.
4. Explain about the citizens duties to their environment and communities.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Meaning and causes of political apathy
B. Effects of political apathy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Define political apathy.
2. List and explain causes of political apathy.
3. Discuss ways of fighting political apathy.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Meaning of public service
B. Characteristics of public service
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Define public service.
2. Trace the origin of public service.
3. Mention and discuss the reasons for the short comings in public service.
4. List and explain ways of improving public service.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Meaning of civil society
B. Roles of civil society
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Explain the term civil society.
2. Identify the functions and the need for civil society.
3. State the qualities and problems of civil society.
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SUB TOPICS:
A. Meaning of popular participation
B. Factors that favour popular participation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Explain the meaning of popular participation.
2. State and explain types of popular participation.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Importance of popular participation
B. Types and traditional models of popular participation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Enumerate and explain the need for popular participation in civil society.
2. Explain traditional and modern modes of popular participation.
SUB TOPICS:
A. Meaning and features of democracy
B. Importance of democracy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, learners should be able to:
1. Define democracy.
2. Discuss the development of democracy.
3. Mention and explain the types of democracy.
4. Discuss the importance of democracy.
5. Explain the features of democracy.
6. Discuss the process democracy.
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