THIRD TERM SOCIAL STUDIES SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY ONE (1)
Lagos State Scheme of Work for Social Studies
WEEK 1
TOPIC/SKILL: Foods
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE:
Pupils should be able to:
1. define food.
2. identify food items.
CONTENT: Meaning of food
“Food is anything we eat, drink or take into our body to give us energy and help us to grow.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Asks pupils to bring samples of these food items from home.
2. Asks them to identify the food they brought from home.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Brings food items from houses.
2. Participate in discussion on meaning of food.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
1. Real food items
2. Pictures of food
3. Video clips on food.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to:
1. define food
2. identify food items.
WEEK 2
TOPIC/SKILL: Some food eaten in the locality
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to: mention some of the foods eaten in their locality.
CONTENT: Foods eaten in the locality (bread, eggs, yam, garri, fish, meat, tuwo etc.)
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: Asks them to identify the food they brought from home.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES: Participate in identifying the food item.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE: 1. Read food items.
2. Pictures of food.
3. Video clip on food.
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: mention 5 food eaten in the locality.
WEEK 3
TOPIC/SKILL: Sources of food in the locality
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to: mention the sources of
food in the community.
CONTENT:
Sources of food in the locality
– Farms
– Markets
– Rivers etc.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Asks pupils to find out from home the sources of food they eat.
2. Asks pupils to paint any of the food items mentioned.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Find out from home sources of food in their locality.
2. Paint any of the food items mentioned.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Pictures of farms and markets where food items are produced, sold and
Bought
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: mention the sources of food in the community.
WEEK 4
TOPIC/SKILL: Food safety
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to:
define food safety.
CONTENT:
1. Meaning of food safely.
2. How to ensure that what we eat, drink or take into our body is not harmful to health.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
Leads pupils to define food safety.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
Define food safety.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Text book
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: define food safety.
WEEK 5
TOPIC/SKILL: Guide to food safety
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE:
Pupils should be able to:
1. mention ways of ensuring food safety, avoiding food spoilage and causative organism.
2. washing hands before and after food preparation etc.
CONTENT: Guide to food safety:
– reading food label.
– observe a sign of food is safe.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
Asks questions to lead pupils to identify way of making sure that.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
Participate in mentioning ways of ensuring food safety.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Pictures showing different ways of making food safe.
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: mention ways of ensuring food safety.
WEEK 6
TOPIC/SKILL: Risk factor in food
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE:
Pupils should be able to:
1. explain risk factors.
2. state risk factors in food.
CONTENT:
1. Meaning of risk factor: “Those factors that drive the occurrence of a hazard
2. Examples of risk factors in food
– Adulteration
– Agro-chemical
induced death etc.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Leads pupils to identify and explain risk factors.
2. Helps to state risk factors in food.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Explain risk factors.
2. List and explain risk factors in food.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
1. Textbook
2. Video clips on
risk factors in food.
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupil to:
1. explain risk factors.
2. state risk factors in food.
WEEK 7
TOPIC/SKILL: Risk factor in food distribution
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to identify risk factors in
food preparation and distribution.
CONTENT: Risk factors in food preparation and distribution:
– poor storage
condition.
– poor handling
– poor hygiene.
– other unknown risks.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: Presents pictures/photographs of risk factors associated with food preparation and distribution.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Participate in class discussion on risk factors associated with food preparation and distributions.
2. Ask and answer questions.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Pictures/photographs of risk factors in food distribution and preparation.
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: identify risk factors associated with food distribution and preparation.
WEEK 8
TOPIC/SKILL: Source of water supply
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to mention sources of water supply in the locality.
CONTENT:
Sources of water supply
– Stream
– Spring
– Bore-hole
– Rainfall
– Well etc.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Leads pupils to discuss sources of water supply.
2. Guides pupils in enumerating sources of water in homes.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
Participate in discussion.
2. Interpret the pictures.
3. Enumerate the sources of water.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Pictures, depicting sources of water supply.
EVALUATION GUIDE:
Pupils to: mention 4 sources of water supply in the locality.
WEEK 9
TOPIC/SKILL: Qualities of good water
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE:
Pupil should be able to:
1. explain what is meant by qualities.
2. mention uncommon things they notice in some drinking water.
CONTENT:
1. meaning of qualities
2. Qualities of good water
– No taste
– No smell
– No colour etc.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
1. Explains meaning of quality.
2. Leads pupils to discover the qualities of good water.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
1. Ask and answer questions about qualities.
2. Participate in discovering qualities of good water.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
1. Pupils textbook
2. Water from different sources.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to:
1. explain meaning of quality.
2. mention the qualities of good water.
WEEK 10
TOPIC/SKILL: Uses of water
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: Pupils should be able to
enumerate the uses of water in homes.
CONTENT:
Uses of water
-Washing
-Cooking etc.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES: Guides pupils to
enumerate the uses of water in homes.
PUPILS ACTIVITIES:
Enumerate the uses of water in homes.
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCE:
Pictures showing domestic uses of water.
EVALUATION GUIDE: Pupils to: enumerate 3 uses of water in homes
WEEK 11: REVISION
WEEK 12 : EXAMINATION
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