COURSE TITLE: SUBJECT METHOD (SOCIAL STUDIES)

COURSE CODE: PDE 715

ASSIGNMENT: WRITE A LESSON PLAN
REG. NO: NTI/PGDE/2019/2626
NAME: ORUBITE TEKENA NATEREMEBO

SCHOOL: Airforce Comprehensive School, NAF Base Kaduna

CLASS: JSS1

GENDER: Mixed

SUBJECT: Social Studies

TIME: 8:45am – 9:30

DURATION: 45 minutes

TOPIC: Family

DATE: 12, October 2019

REFERENCE MATERIAL: Social Studies for JSS1 – Macmillan Series

TEACHING AIDS: Pictures, showing different types of family on cardboard papers, cello
tape and paper pins.

LEARNING/BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson students should

be able to:

1. Define Family

2. Identify types of Family

3. Mention some of the Characteristics of each family type.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: The students have idea about the topic as they are from
one type of family or the other. The teacher also asked the students some members of
their family they know by name and the students answered to the positive.

INTRODUCTION: The teacher introduces the topic by showing the students the
pictures of different types of family; and asks them this question: who can tell me how
many persons are in your family? Expected answers: 3, 4, 6, 10 and so on --------- Do
you have an Uncle or Aunt living or house-help with you? Expected answer: Yes, No.

PRESENTATION: The teacher presents the lesson in a textual, tabular and pictorial
media according to the stated objectives in STEP I, STEP II and STEP III as follows:

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STEPI: Definition of Family– “a group of people related through blood, marriage or
adoption”; or a group of individuals who share a legal or genetic bond.
Family Structures (Types of Families)
STEPII: Types of family STEPIII: Characteristics

Nuclear Family

 Parents and children

 Usually small families
 Relations not living close together
 Provide financially for themselves
 Mobile (can move easily)
 Can be isolated in times of crisis

Extended Family

 Parents, children, grandparents, aunts,

uncles and cousins.
 Large families.
 Living in one house or living very close
together.
 Depend on each other financially e.g. the
family may work the farm.
 Support each other in times of crisis.

Lone-Parent Family

 Causes include divorce, separation, and

death.
 More women head single-parent families
than men.
 May be dependent on state benefits. (e.g.
in the U.S.A )
 May be stressful and difficult at times.

Blended Family  Consist of partners with children from

previous relationships and often their own
children.
 Large extended family.
 May lead to conflict.
 There may be financial pressure.

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The teacher further guides students in developing a class definition of family such as “a
family is a group of people who live together and take care of each other.”The teacher
also, explains that, any type of the family may have house helps that are living with the
other members of the family. The teacher also explains that one other cause of single-
parenting is children out of wedlock.

EVALUATION: The teacher asks the students the following questions:

i. Family is a group of people related through ---------, ---------, and --------- (a) flood,
mirage and portion, (b) food, mileage and absorption, (c) blood, marriage and adoption.

ii. How many types of family do we learn today --------? (a) 2; (b) 4; (c) 5

iii. Mention four types of family you know

iv. Mention the major characteristics of any of the type of family you know.

ANSWERS

i. c - blood, marriage and adoption.

ii. b-4

iii. Nuclear family; Extended family; Lone-Parent family and Blended family.

iv. Nuclear family: Parents and children; Extended family: Parents,

children, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins; Lone-family: Only the father
or mother with the children - caused by death, divorce or separation; Blended
family: Consist of partners with children from previous relationships and often
their own children.

CONCLUSION: The teacher gives the students a short note to copy, marks the note
and gives a home work on the next topic (Function of Family).

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