Civic Education Remedial class Year 11

​Week 1: Citizenship Education

​CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

Citizenship Education is a field of academic discipline that provides students with the wisdom, knowledge, skills and understanding to become good and informed citizen, aware of their rights, duties and responsibilities.​

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i.       It teaches the skills and aspiration of volunteering in local issues

ii.    It gives individuals the understanding of their responsibilities thereby preparing them for the challenges and opportunities of adult and working life. 

iii. It helps to produce motivated and responsible learners who would relate positively with each other and the community at large

iv. It teaches students to explore creative approaches when taking actions on problems and issues that matter to them.

v.    It enables citizens develop citizenship consciousness​

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​IMPORTANCE OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

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Multiple Choice

What is the supreme law of the land?   

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution            

• The Declaration of Independence 

• The Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

   What does the constitution do?    

• Sets up the government

• Makes state laws 

• Lists many federal laws

• None of the above.

Multiple Choice

   Citizenship status is acquired through ________ 

• birth, indigenization, colonization and referendum

• association, convention, naturalization and incorporation             

• birth, naturalization, honorary and registration 

• registration, inter-relationship, integration and declaration.

Multiple Choice

   One of the aims of citizenship education is to produce students with      

• creative skill        

• high sense of entrepreneurial skill  

• high sense of patriotism

• manipulative skill.

Multiple Choice

   Citizenship can be acquired through the following except ________      

• Citizenship by Birth

• Citizenship by Registration

• Citizenship by Friendship

• Citizenship by Naturalization.

​In your words, summarize the video on the previous slide.

​Week 2: Duties and Obligations of Citizens

A citizen is a person who, by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or naturalization is granted full rights and responsibilities as a member of a nation or political community.​

​Who is a Citizen?

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Multiple Choice

  A legal member of a given state who has the full constitutional and natural right in the state where he resides is known as __________  

• owner 

• citizenship

• citizen

• head of state.

Multiple Choice

  _________ are what a citizen is expected to perform for the development of their state.  

• duties 

• offence 

• responsibilities 

• all of the above.

Multiple Choice

  All of these are duties of citizens except ________     

• obedience of law and order 

• payment of taxes and rates

• disregarding the law of the land         

• showing loyalty to the state.

Multiple Choice

To be loyal means to   

• bend down when the president is speaking

• to be alert when there is crisis

• to be available for civil war  

• to be firm and show constant support to the government of your state.

​Week Three: Skills Necessary for Preservation of our Tradition/Custom

Tradition is defined as the beliefs, customs or way of particular family, community or country which is passed down from one generation to another generation.​

​Traditions and customs

Customs is something that is done by people in a particular society because it is traditional.​

​What can you say about the major ethnic groups in Nigeria, according to the video on the previous slide.

​What is Cultural Preservation?

Cultural preservation are the steps that are taken to make sure that our culture, customs and tradition do not go into extinction​

​WEEK FOUR: NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

National consciousness is a way of keeping abreast of happenings in one country. It is also seen as an act of promoting national interest while patriotism means loyalty and devotion to a nation.​

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​NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS, UNITY AND INTEGRITY

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A national consciousness is a shared sense of national identity and a shared understanding that a people group shares a common ethnic/linguistic/cultural background​

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National Unity is defined as a situation in which all citizens from the various ethnic groups, religion and states live in peace as one united nationality, giving full commitment to national identity based upon the federal constitution.​

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​National Unity

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​HOW TO PROMOTE NATIONAL UNITY, INTEGRITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS

The promotion of national unity is solely dependent on the level of national feeling and sense of attachment citizens have towards the people traditions and institutions within the country.​

Multiple Choice

  The ability that enables us to seek for the freedom of our nation is termed 

• freedom to fight

• independence  

• national interest  

• national consciousness.

Multiple Choice

National consciousness can be hindered by     

• hospitality    

• respect for human rights  

• tribalism  

• inter-tribal marriage.

Multiple Choice

  National consciousness will promote the following except        

• impartiality    

• unity

• development

• friendliness.

Multiple Choice

An ideology that aims at promoting national consciousness and identity is

• nationalism    

• socialization

• civic culture    

• progressivism

​Evaluation

1.    Differentiate between national unity and national integrity.

2.    Describe five factors that prevents national consciousness.

3.   Explain five skills needed in preserving culture.​

​4.    Define Culture.

5.     State five rights of a citizen.​

6. Highlight three importance of citizenship education.

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