JSS1 Second Term Civic Education Lesson Note
Scheme of Work
WEEK1 REVISION OF LAST TERM’S WORK
WEEK 2 CITIZENSHIP
WEEK 3 CITIZENSHIP (II)
WEEK 4 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS
WEEK 5 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RIGHTS AND DUTIES
WEEK 6& 7 TYPES OF RIGHTS OF A CITIZEN
WEEK 8 HUMAN RIGHTS
WEEK 9 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
WEEK 10 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
JSS1 Second Term Civic Education Lesson Note
Below are the 2022 complete JSS1 Second Term Civic Education Lesson Note
Week 2
Topic: Citizenship
Citizenship
Citizenship can be defined as the relationship between an individual and its state or nation involving the individual’s full political membership in the state as well as permanent allegiance to it.
Citizenship involves members of a nation based on laid down conditions.
Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or part of a nation.
A person may have multiple citizenship and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless. Nationality is often used as a synonym for citizenship in English – notably in international law – although the term is sometimes understood as denoting a person’s membership in a nation (a large ethnic group). In some countries, e.g. the United States, the United Kingdom, nationality and citizenship can have different meanings (for more information, see Nationality versus citizenship).
Citizenship can be defined as the process by which a person becomes a legitimate member of a given state. The person possesses every right in the state and also performs his/her duties as a legitimate member of the state. Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and its state or nation involving the individual’s full political membership in the state as well as permanent allegiance to it. To learn more, click here
Week 3
Topic: Citizenship
Process of Becoming a Citizen in Country
- Good Character: The person must have appreciable disposition
- Residency: He must have stayed in that country for a specified period of time.
- Statutory age: An individual must attain a certain age designated by the country
- By marriage: If an individual gets married outside his/or her domain, such an individual can get the citizenship of that place.
- One’s contribution to the country: The extent to which one contributes to the development of a nation facilitates his/her status as a citizen.
- Acceptance by local community: The community itself must be able to accept such a person. If otherwise citizenship cannot be acquired.
- One’s readiness to stay in a country: The desire of an individual to stay in country plays an important role in the acquisition of citizenship of the country. To learn more, click here
Week 4
Topic: Rights and Duties of Citizens
Rights and Duties of Citizens
Right refers to the responsibility of a nation to an individual, for example rights to education, right to life, rights to opinion, freedom of expression, right to private and family life, rights to freedom of thought.
Duties on the other hand refer to the responsibility of a citizen to his or her country, for example obedience to laid down rules and regulations, payment of taxes etc.
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology.
Rights are often considered fundamental to civilization, for they are regarded as established pillars of society and culture, and the history of social conflicts can be found in the history of each right and its development. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as it is currently perceived”. To learn more, click here
Week 5
Topic: Differences between Rights and Duties
Differences between rights and duties
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· Rights are the privileges an individual has as a citizen. · Rights serve as benefits to the citizen.
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Duties are the responsibilities of the individual. Duties serve as a benefit to the nation.
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Week 6 & 7
Topic – Types of Rights of a Citizen
Introduction
Every Nigerian has rights, duties, liabilities and privileges, which are provided for in the hundreds of laws that exist in Nigeria. However, there are certain rights that basically trump all other ones. They are rights that are referred to as inalienable rights, rights for which the law has made specific and special provision.
These rights are contained in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and are officially known as Fundamental Rights.
This article will explain what these key rights are, because every Nigerian really should know about these rights.
1. RIGHT TO LIFE
This is the most important right of every Nigerian (and in fact every human being). The right that everyone has to ‘exist’, and no one can intentionally deprive a person of this right, either an individual or the Government, unless in the execution of a sentence of the court in respect of a criminal offence.
In a nutshell, what this right says is that no one can take your life unless you have carried out a capital crime; you have been tried by a competent court, and found guilty. To learn more, click here
Week 8
Topic – Human Rights
Contents:
- Meaning of Human Rights
- Examples of fundamental Human Rights
Meaning of Human Rights
Human rights are the privileges and opportunities individuals have in a given society.They are commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights “to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being,” and which are “inherent in all human beings” regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status.
These rights are usually entrenched in the constitution, for instance, chapter IV of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria deals with the subject of fundamental human rights. The following are some of the fundamental human rights of the citizen: To learn more, click here
Week 9
Topic: Human Rights Abuse
Contents
- Human Rights Abuse
- Means and methods of Human Rights Abuse
- Effects of Human Rights Abuse
- Ways of Preventing Human Rights Abuse
Human Rights Abuse
Human rights abuse refers to the infringement on the rights of an individual resulting in the individual not being able to enjoy his or her fundamental rights. These abuses may result from the following:
- A citizen is not likely to enjoy his rights when such rights are detrimental to other people’s rights.
- A citizen may be denied of his right in order to protect the security of the state.
- During the period of emergency, a citizen may be denied his/her rights. For instance if a country is in a state of war, there may be restrictions which may invariably jeopardize the right of a citizen.
- A citizen may be denied his right if it is in the interest of defence for his nation. To learn more, click here
Week 10
Topic – Traffic Regulations
Meaning of Traffic Regulation
Traffic regulations are rules that are made to control the movement of vehicles and human beings on the roads in order to avoid accident.
These are mostly displaced on the roads as signs which give appropriate directives to road users and serve as safety measures.
Traffic Rules
- Obedience to traffic light.
- Red means stop
- Yellow means Ready to go/stop
- Green means go
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