THIRD TERM SOCIAL STUDIES SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY Four (4)

WEEK 1: EMPLOYMENT

• Meaning of Employment and unemployment
• Employment being occupied in a job to earn a living
• Consequences of unemployment
• Brings about bad habit, eg robbery
• Overcrowding in towns and cities
• Why some people take hard drugs.
• Ways to reduce unemployment e.g
• Government to establish more industries
• Encouragement to farmers
• Encourage self-employment
• Provision of electricity in rural areas etc.
• Sanction persons that cover employment opportunities
• Openness in dealing with others etc.

WEEK 2: WAGES AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION

• Meaning of wages and income: wages are what workers gets from his employer for the job done e.g. salaries
• Income is the total amount of money a worker earns.it includes his wages profit, interest and rents.
• Reasons people work are: to  earn wages or salaries to live well and be able to help others
• People work to put into practice what they have learnt etc.
• THE WAYS WORKERS ARE PAID INCLUDE:

Payment of salaries and allowance

Promotion for hard work, bonuses division paid to workers, class appointment, prize giving etc.

• Problems of wages and income
• Low wages
• Delay in payment
• Stagnation, etc
• Non – recognition
• Biases

WEEK 3: COMMUNICATION

• MEANING OF COMMUNICATION
• TYPES OF COMMUNICATION
• DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND MODERN SYSTEMS OF COMMUNICATION
• TRADITIONAL USE OF LOCAL MATERIAL AND MODERN USES OF MACHINES AND ELECTRICITY.

WEEK 4: PREVENTION OF DRUGE ABUSE AND LIFE COPING SKILLS

• CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE

WEEK 4: FORMS OF ACCIDENTS

• MEANING AND TYPES OF ACCIDENT EG ROAD, AIR, WATER AND RAIL ACCIDENT ETC

OUTCOMES OF ACCIDENTS:

• Burns, Scalds bruises and bites

FIRST AIDS TREATMENT FOR

• Burns, scalds bruises and bites.

WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT ACCIDENT

WEEK 5: FACTORS WHICH ENCOURAGE ABUSE OF DRUG

WEEK 6: SOME SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THEIR HEALTH AND SOCIO ECONOMIC EFFECTS

• health effects of drug abuse of alcohol and tobacco
• socio- economic effects substance/drug abuse
• how do people get those drugs
• dangers of drug trafficking
•  

WEEK 8: CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG ABUSERS, THEIR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG ABUSERS

• abusers of alcohol
• abusers of tobacco
• abusers of cannabis

WEEK 9: WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE

UNITS:

• Life coping skills
• Stress reduction
• Positive relationship
• Choosing good friends
• Choosing good habits and values of discipline.

WAYS BY WHICH INDIVIDUALS CAN RESIST THE TEMTATION OF BEING COERCED TO TAKING OR GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUG PEDDLING

• Stressing the importance of self-discipline
• Receptiveness  to critisms and  correction
• Emphasizing religious tenets relation substance abuse etc.

WEEK 10: POLLUTION

UNITS:

• MEANING OF POLLUTION
• TYPES OF  POLLUTION
• EFFECT WATER POLLUTION
• EFFECT AIR POLLUTION
• HOW TO REMEDY THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION

WEEK 11: AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

UNITS:

• Meaning  of Agriculture
• Ways of Land cultivation: Traditional ways and  modern ways

WEEK 12: ADVANTAGES OF MORDERN FARMING

SUB – TOPICS

• Advantages of modern farming
• Problems of modern farming
• Solution to modern farming

WEEK 13: AGENCIES THAT PROMOTE THE SOCIAL WELL BEING OF THE YOUTHS

SUB – TOPICS

• Mention the agencies that promote the social wellbeing of the youth.
• Government and non-Government organization e.g  National sport commission, boy scout, boys brigade and girls brigade, religious organization, NDLEA, rotract leo, drug free life etc.
• The ways specialized agencies promote the well-being of the youths: through special activities e.g. drug free day, clubs and societies etc. Values e.g Discipline, honesty healthy living, concern for others obedience of laws etc.

WEEK 14: REVISION AND EXAMINATION