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Please note that the first term lesson note is curled out from the approved scheme of work for Senior Secondary school. So you can do your verification as well and compare the first term lesson note for SS1 Government as seen on the free PDF file made available towards the end of this post.
The SS1 Government lesson note for first term is in line with the 2025 SS1 Government scheme of work for the term. This means the SS1 Government lesson note is tailored towards achieving the aim and objective for the subject as mandated by the ministry of education.
Below is The Government Scheme of work from which the Government SS1 first term lesson note was drafted from:
SCHEME OF WORK
Meaning and scope of the subject Matter
1&2(i) Government as an institution of the State
- ii) Government as an Art or process.
iii) Government as an Academic field of study
- iv) importance of studying Government .
3 i) The state and its Features
- ii) The Nation and its Features
iii) The Society
- iv) The Difference/Relationship between state, Nation and the Society.
Basic concepts of Government
- Power, Definition, forms of power
- i) The Acquisition and Exercise of power
- ii) Authority: Meaning, sources, Types, Differences between power & Authority
- i) Legitimacy: meaning, Factors of Determining legitimacy.
- ii) Sovereignty: meaning, Characteristics, Types, Location and Limitation
6&7 i) Democracy: Definition, Features, Types, Merits and Demerits, condition Necessary for a successful operation of Democracy
- ii) Political culture: Meaning, component Determinant
iii) Political socialization: Definition & Agent
- i) Communism: Definitions, Characteristics.
- ii) Socialism: Definition, features, Merits & Demerits and difference between Capitalism and Socialism.
- i) Communalism: meaning and features
- ii) Feudalism: Definition, Features, Merits & Demerits
iii) Fascism: meaning, features
- iv) Totalitarianism: Definition & features
- v) Oligarchy
10&11 Unitary System of Govt
Federal system of Government
12 & 13 Revision and Examination
BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to understand the following concepts:
- Define Government as an Institution of the state
- Government as an act or process
- Government as an academic field of study
- A state and state its features
- The nation and its features
- The society as well.
- Define power
- State the forms of power
- State sources of power
- List sources of political authority.
- Define Legitimacy
- State the factors that affect legitimacy
- Define Sovereignty.
- List the characteristics of Sovereignty.
- State the achievements of O. A. U
- Account for the failures of O. A. U
- The assembly of Heads of State and Government.
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