FOOD SAFETY – MEANING
SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES
TERM: THIRD TERM
WEEK: WEEK 2
CLASS: PRIMARY 1
DURATION: 40 MINUTES
TOPIC: FOOD SAFETY – MEANING
UNITS:
- Definition of food safety
- Identify different types of food
- Suggest how food can be unsafe
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:
- Define food safety
- Identify different types of food
- Suggest how food can be unsafe
TEACHING AND LEARNING AIDS
- Pictures showing different variety of foods
- Whiteboard/ chalkboard
- Informative poster
- Informative videos
- Notebooks
TEACHING METHOD
- Explanation
- Class Discussion
- Questions and Answers
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
- Universal Basic Education Board Curriculum for Primary Schools
- Lagos State Scheme of Work for Social studies
- Online Materials.
- Social Studies Text Books for Primary Schools
LESSON CONTENT
What is food safety? Food safety are things that we do to ensure that what we eat, drink or take into our body is not harmful to our health.
WHY WE MUST KEEP OUR FOOD SAFE
We must keep our food safe because food is a very sensitive substance and if it is not preserved it can cause health hazards such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc.
INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT
- Teacher displays a variety of food found in our locality
- Teacher explains the importance of food to our health.
- Teacher explain why we must keep our food safe
- The Teacher write the note on the board.
CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.
EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES
The teacher ask the learners to:
- Define food
- Identify different types of food
- Why must we keep our food safe?
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