Civil Society SS3 Civic Education Lesson Note

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Explain the meaning of civil society
2. Give examples of civil societies

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: 

• Identification, 
• explanation, 
• questions and answers, 
• demonstration, 
• videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: 

• Videos, 
• loudspeaker, 
• textbook, 
• pictures

NOTE

CIVIL SOCIETY

Civil society is the wide array of non-governmental and not-for-profit organisations that have a presence in public life, expressing the interests and values of their members or others, based on ethical, cultural, political, scientific, religious or philanthropic considerations.

 EXAMPLES OF CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN NIGERIA

1. Oodua People’s Congress(OPC)
2. Arewa People’s Congress
3. Ohanaeze Ndigbo
4. Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC)
5. Red Cross Society
6. Boys Scout
7. Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU)
8. Girls Scout
9. Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta

 EVALUATION:   

1. Define civil society

1. Give examples of civil society groups in Nigeria

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively