Civic Education Scheme of Work Lagos NAPPS (SS1 – SS3)

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NAPPS Scheme of work Civic Education

First Term SS1 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

 CIVIC EDUCATION

WEEK	TOPIC
1	INTRODUCTION TO CIVIC EDUCATION Meaning and needs for civic  education  Objectives/reasons for civic education in schools Importance of civic education
2	VALUE Definition of values and its source Types of values/basic human values justice selfishness, honesty Types of values continued – integrity, faithfulness self control
3	ACCEPTABLE SOCIETAL VALUES EXPECTATION Different individual values and the importance of values Opportunity to defend oneself
4	COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ITS VALUES Practical involvement in the community services Importance of community service Project work
5	HIV / AIDS Meaning of HIV/AIDS and its differences Cause, drivers, and mode of transmission of HIV/AIDSSigns, symptoms and effects of HIV/AIDS
6	HIV/AIDS Preventive measures of HIV/AIDS e.g. condom How to care for people with HIV/AIDS Stigmatization of PLWHA (people living with HIV/AIDS)
7	YOUTH EMPOWERMENT Definition of the concept of youth empowerment Various youth empowerment skills, life coping manipulative skills intellectuals, other youth empowerment skills Communicative skillsArtistic skills
8	IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SKILLS Guiding students in acquiring a specific skill e.g. ICT, Capentry Demonstrating or practicing a specific skill Problems of youth empowerment
9	GOALS OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION (cont.) Meaning of citizenship, acquisition of citizenship Definition of goals of citizenship education, acquisition, knowledge, right attitude, values etc.
10	GOALS OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION (cont) Meaning of government Structure of government Functions of government
11	NATIONALISM (Definition) Different local/world civic problems Effects of nationalism in Nigeria
12 – 13	REVISION AND EXAMINATION

First Term SS2 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

CIVIC EDUCATION

WEEK	TOPIC
1	REVISION OF SS1 WORK
2	CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION Definition of citizenship education Importance of citizenship education Duties and obligations of citizens to their communities Consequences of not performing our duties
3	TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS Definitions of traditions and beliefs Types of traditions and beliefs Skills necessary for preservation of our traditions and beliefs
4	NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS, INTEGRITY AND UNITY Definitions of (a) National consciousness (b) National integrity (c) National unity How to promote (a) National consciousness (b) National integrity (c) National unity
5	CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Definition of capitalist democracy Characteristics of capitalist democracy Democracy and its contribution to National development
6	POLITICAL PARTIES Definition of political parties How they compete for power through elections (a) Campaign (b) Manifesto (c) Seminars
7	EMPLOYMENT AND ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY Definition of (a) Employment (b) Alleviation of poverty How does employment alleviates poverty/ importance of employment in alleviating poverty Factors promoting guaranteed employment Causes of poverty Consequences of poverty
8	PROJECT WORK: VISITING NAPEP, NDE ETC What promotes guaranteed employment (a) free education (b) medical career (c) responsible governance (d) popular participation
9	POLITICAL APATHY Definition Types – refusal to register, refusal to vote, refusal to protest, refusal to identify with political parties Reasons for political apathy bad governance (b) unfulfilled political promises (c) rigging (d) thuggery (e) poverty (f) ignorance
10	WHY LEADERS FAIL TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF FOLLOWERS (a) selfishness (b) party interest (c) tribalism Effects of failures to protects followers
11	REVISION
12 – 13	EXAMINATION

First Term SS3 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

SCHEME OF WORK ALPHA TERM

WEEK 1

• Revision of SS2 work
• Characteristics of categories of Human rights
• Meaning and examples of Fundamental Human rights
• Characteristics of Human Rights e.g Universality, Inalienability of Human rights
• Categories of Human Rights e.g Civic, Political, Economic and social Rights
• How individual rights can be protected
• When right of an individual can be deprived

WEEK 2

• Fighting Political Apathy
• Meaning of political Apathy and Examples of Political Apathy
• Causes of Political Apathy
• Way of Fighting Political Apathy

WEEK 3

• Public service
• Meaning of public corporation and examples – Agencies like Water Corporation, Airways services, Power holding company of Nigeria (PHCN)
• Meaning of Civil Service, Characteristics of civil service e.g permanency, Bureaucracy, Neutrality, Impartiality etc
• Importance of Public service

WEEK 4

• Short-coming in the public service

E.g Colonial Influence, corruption, Inconsistency of Government policies, tribalism and Nepotism, Government Interference, Lack of qualified personel

Ways of improving Public service in Nigeria

Achievements of Public service

WEEK 5

• How to Improve Public service in Nigeria
• Structure of Public service
• Functions of code of conduct Bureau
• Public complaint commission
• Discussing short coming of public service

WEEK 6

• Civil society
• Meaning and examples of civil society
• Qualities and problems of civil society

WEEK 7

• Project work
• Visit to Public service
• Browsing to locate public service and their works

WEEK 8 – 12

Revision and Examination.

Second Term SS1 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

WEEK 1

• REVISION OF 1^ST TERM WORK

• Nationalistic roles of individual e.g. Chief Obafemi Awolowi, Nelson Mandela, Queen Aminat, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
• Nationalistic roles of groups e.g. railway workers NYM etc.

WEEK 2

• Characteristics of Democracy

• Meaning and types of democracy
• Representative democracy
• Features of representative democracy
• Merits and demerits of representative democracy

WEEK 3

• – Meaning of rule of law and principles of rule of law

• Limitations of rule of law
• Needs/importance of rule of law in a state

WEEK 4

• -Definition of the term liberty

• Types of liberty – individual, civic and political liberty
• Factors that safeguard the liberty of citizen

WEEK 5

• – Definition of minority and majority interest with adequate examples

• Reasons for protecting minority interest
• Ways of protection/safeguard minority interest

WEEK 6

• The Major Pillars of Democracy

• Definition of constitution: sources and types
• Constitution as a major pillar of democracy
• The merits and demerits of various types of constitution

WEEK 7

• Arms of Government legislative and Judiciary

• Legislative – types and functions
• Judiciary – types and functions
• Executive – types and functions

WEEK 8

• Other Strong Institutions e. g. Armed Forces, Trade Union, Civil Societies, EFCC, NIS, SSS and NPS

• Their roles on democratic processes
• The roles of the police in a democratic system

WEEK 9

• Definition and reasons for freedom a s a pillar of democracy

• Features of federalism
• Merits and demerits of the federalism

WEEK 10

• Meaning of the State Government and the Local Government

• Functions of state and Local government as pillars of Democracy
• Problems of the three tiers of Government

WEEK 11

• Definition of Citizen and Alien

• Differences of citizen and Alien
• Functions and Responsibilities of a citizen in fostering democracy

WEEK 12 & 13

Revision and Examination

Second Term SS2 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

WEEK 1

• POPULAR PARTICIPATION

• Meaning of popular participation
• Factors that promote popular participation
• Reason why people do not participate in politics e.g. Economic, Discrimination, Illiteracy

WEEK 2

• How popular organizations are formed

• Roles of popular organizations in development

WEEK 3

• HUMAN RIGHTS

• Meaning and examples of human rights
• History of human rights and 1948 declaration of Human rights
• Limitations of Human right eg. War, emergency etc.

WEEK 4

• Meaning of Emergency

• What happens during Emergency?
• Ways of reducing Emergency

WEEK 5

• Drug Use and Drug Abuse

• Meaning of Drug Abuse
• Types of drugs and how they can be abused
• Causes of drug abuse

WEEK 6

• How Drug Abuse Develop

• Signs and symptoms of Drug Abuse e.g. Depression, violence

WEEK 7

• Effects of Drug Abuse

• Behaviours of Drug Addicts
• Agencies against Drug Abuse NDLEA, NAFDAC

WEEK 8

• Ways of Preventing Drug Abuse

• Different types of Drugs
• Drug laws; Law promulgated against drug abuse

WEEK 9

• Activities of Drug Enforcement Agencies

•  Achievements of NAFDAC

WEEK 10

• Revision

WEEK 11 – 13

Examination

Second Term SS3 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

WEEK 1

.   Democracy

• Meaning and Characteristics of Democracy
• Types of Democracy
• Importance and problems of Democracy

WEEK 2

• Rule of Law

• Meaning, History, Features and Principles of Rule of Law
• Importance of Rule of Law
• Processes of Rule of Law

WEEK 3

• Problems of Rule of Law
• Limitations of Rule of law
• Solutions to problems of Rule of law
• Group discussion of the process of rule of law

WEEK 4

• Constitutional democracy

• Meaning and types of constitutional democracy
• Features of constitutional democracy e.g. popular sovereign, majority rule
• Functions of constitutional democracy

WEEK 5

• Advantages and Disadvantages of constitutional democracy

• Key concepts of constitutional democracy
• Advantages of constitutional democracy
• Disadvantages of constitutional democracy

WEEK 6

• Human Trafficking

• Meaning and causes of human trafficking e.g. Poverty, greediness, low self-esteem, unemployment, ineffective sanctions, corruption etc.
• Consequences of Human Trafficking Stigmatization
• Government and Individual efforts to stop human trafficking e.g. NATIP, Enactment of Laws, NGO like WATCLEF

7–12 MOCK EXAMINATION

WAEC AND NECO

Third Term SS1 Civic Education Scheme of work Lagos State NAPPS

004	CIVIC EDUCATION
1.	REVISION OF PREVIOUS TERM WORK -Definition and Types of Political parties -Functions of Political Parties
2.	The Press- The activities of the Press in ensuring Democracy -Freedom of Press-reason for and how to ensure the freedom of press -Importance of FOIB( Freedom of Information Bill
3.	HUMAN RIGTHS UDHR ( Universal Declaration of Human Right) -Historical background of UGHR -The Importance of UDHR
4.	The meaning of the seven core freedom of UDHR -The seven core freedom of UDHR -The importance of fundamental human right
5.	Responsibility of individual in UDHR -The role of the individual in UDHR -The role of Government in UDHR
6.	Agencies responsible for protection of human rights -The establishment and formation on the agencies -The roles of agencies for protection of human rights
7.	PROJECT WORK -Locating and visiting government agencies concerned with UDHR -Browsing through the internet to locate world agencies for the protection of Human Rights, Child Right
8.	CULTISM -Definition of cultism, different cult groups and their symbols -Origin of cultism -Reason for establishing and joining cults
9	CULTISM (contd) -Consequence of cultism -Preventive measures against cultism -Government’s effort in preventing cultism.
10.	LAW AND ORDER RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY – Definition of Authority and types -Meaning of constituted Authority Difference between authority constituted authority
11.	Types of Constituted Authority -Importance of constituted authority to the public
12	Revision and examination

Third Term SS2 Civic Education Scheme of work NAPPS

004	CIVIC EDUCATION
1.	Responsibility Parenthood – Meaning of Responsible Parenthood and types -Patterns of Responsible Parents -Roles of Responsible Parent
2.	Factors that lead to the success of responsible parenthood -Importance of Responsible Parents -Constraints of Good Parenthood
3.	Traffic Regulation: -Definition o concepts and Traffic Signs -Traffic Regulation
4.	Duties of Pedestrians -Causes of Road Accident -The roles of Drivers in reducing road accident
5.	Ways of reducing Accidents -Functions of Federal Road Safety (FRSC)
6.	The Traffic Warders (Roles) -Roles of individual in maintaining Traffic Regulation – Maintaining Traffic Regulation
7.	Interpersonal Relations -Meaning of Interpersonal Relationship and characteristic -Stages and types of Interpersonal Relationship -Types of Friendship
8.	Importance of Interpersonal Relation -Inter-communal Relationship-Meaning and importance -skills that promote Interpersonal Relationship
9	Challenges of Inter-communal Conflicts -Problems of Boundary disputes in Nigeria
10.	Skills of Inter-communal Conflicts
11.	Revision
12	Examination