RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN NIGERIA
TITLE: NOTE OF LESSON ON SOCIAL STUDIES
SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES
THEME: RELIGION
TERM: FIRST TERM
WEEK: WEEK 6
CLASS: PRIMARY 6
NAME OF TEACHER:
DATE:
AGE OF STUDENTS:
CLASS COMPOSITION: Slow and fast learners.
PERIOD:
DURATION: 40 MINUTES
TOPIC: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN NIGERIA
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this discussion in this Module, children should be able to know:
- Concept of religious intolerance
- Causes of religious intolerance
- Control of religious intolerance
TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS
- Whiteboard/chalkboard
- Interactive poster
- Chart
- Interactive video
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools
- Lagos State Scheme of Work
- Unified Schemes of Work Primary Schools four Social Studies (MIDDLE BASIC)
- Internet
- Edudelight Social Studies Text Books for Primary Schools.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS LESSON: the students are familiar with some foreign cultures that are affecting our values and culture.
WORD FILE: recognize, fanatics, secular.
CONTENT OF THE MODULE
CONCEPT OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
Religion intolerance is when people who practice a particular religion refuse to recognize and respect other people’s religion or believe. They see their own religion as the only true religion while every other person’s religion is not important. These people are called religious fanatics.
CAUSES OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
- Illiteracy
- tribalism
- Impatience
- Selflessness
- Ethnicity
- Poverty
- Influence of foreign rivals
CONTROLLING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
- People should be educated and enlightened on religious matter.
- Nigeria should remain a secular state.
- Proscription of fanatical group’s i.e. they should be taken to the court.
- Religious organization should learn to work together as one body.
- Religious bodies to pay compensation for damages done by their members.
- Police should intervene against fanatics.
- People should develop the habit of peaceful co- existence in spite of religious differences
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE
- The Teacher revises the previous lesson (SOME FOREIGN CULTURES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR VALUES AND CULTURE).
- The Teacher introduces the topic (RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN NIGERIA)
- The Teacher explains the lessons.
LEARNERS ACTIVITIES
- Learners participate in the class discussion
EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES
- What is religious intolerance
- List three Causes of religious intolerance
- Mention three ways to Control of religious intolerance
.CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.
PREVIOUS LESSON: SOME FOREIGN CULTURES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR VALUES AND CULTURE
