Lesson Note for Second Term SS2

WEEK 1 POPULAR PARTICIPATION

WEEK 2 HOW POPULAR ORGANISATIONS ARE FORMED

WEEK 3 HUMAN RIGHTS

WEEK 4 MEANING OF EMERGENCY

WEEK 5 DRUG USE AND DRUG ABUSE

WEEK 6 HOW DRUG ABUSE DEVELOP

WEEK 7 EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE

WEEK 8 WAYS OF PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE

WEEK 9 ACTIVITIES OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

WEEK 1

TOPIC: Popular Participation

Contents:

• Meaning of Popular Participation
• Factors that promote Popular Participation
• The reason why people do not participate in politics

Meaning of Popular Participation

Popular participation can be defined as the process whereby the majority of the citizens in a state or country show interest in partaking in the affairs and decision-making of the state.

Popular participation involves the input of citizens and enabling them to be involved in the decision-making of the state.It also ensures that decisions are made in consideration of the majority

Popular participation gives unrestricted equal opportunities to all citizens in expressing their views towards the activities of the state. To learn more, Click here 

WEEK 2

Topic: How Popular Organisations are formed

Contents:

• How Popular Organisations are formed
• Roles of Popular Organisations in government

How Popular Organisations are formed

A popular organization is formed by bringing people with common interests together. The interests need to be something that affects most of the people in the area and this will cause the organization to have many followers.

There are different ways in which popular organisations can be formed.

1. Through Peer-to-Peer Networks

2. Through ethnic groups

3. Through Ideology

4. Through the constitution

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WEEK 3

Topic: Human Rights

Contents:

• Meaning and Examples of Human Rights
• History of Human Rights and 1948 Declaration of Human Rights
• Limitations of Human Rights

Meaning of and Examples of Human Rights

The fundamental right that humans have by the fact of being human, and is neither created nor can be abrogated by any government.

Human rights is simply the natural right and privileges enjoyed by citizens of any given state which are usually outlined in the constitution of the state. It is the duty of a state to ensure that its citizens enjoy these rights.

There were the major reason why the United Nations Organization (UNO) urged member states and all governments of the entire world to incorporate the existence of human rights in their constitutions for easy and proper references. To learn more, Click here 

WEEK 4

Topic: Meaning of Emergency

Contents:

• What Happen during Emergency
• Ways of reducing Emergency

A government or division of government (i.e. on a municipal, provincial/state level) may declare that their area is in a state of emergency. This means that the government can suspend and/or change some functions of the executive, the legislative and/or the judiciary during this period of time. It alerts citizens to change their normal behaviour and orders government agencies to implement emergency plans. A government can declare a state of emergency during a time of the natural or human-made disaster, during a period of civil unrest, or following a declaration of war or a situation of international/internal armed conflict. To learn more, Click here 

Week 5

Topic: Drug Use and Drug Abuse

Contents:

Meaning of Drug Abuse

Types of Drugs and how they can be abused

Causes of Drug Abuse

Meaning of Drug Abuse

A drug is a chemical substance that changes a person’s mood or behaviour when it is smoked, injected, inhaled, drunk or swallowed in pill form.

Drug abuse is the overuse and misuse of legal and illegal drugs by individuals without prescription by medical personnel to cause a change in their physiological and psychological state which lead to legal and interpersonal problems.

Types of Drugs and how they can be abused

1) Alcohol: Alcohol could include beer, wine, brandy, whisky, ogogoro, palm wine etc.

2) Stimulants: There are substances that temporarily quicken some vital processes in the nervous system. E.g. caffeine, amphetamine, cocaine etc. To learn more, Click here 

WEEK 6

Topic: How Drug Abuse Develop

Contents:

Signs and Symptoms of Drug Abuse

How Drug Abuse Develop

1) Misuse of prescribed drugs: When a doctor prescribes a particular drug to treat a particular condition, the patient may continue taking the medicine beyond the period recommended by the doctor.

2) Some individuals simply indulge in self-medication: When they develop certain symptoms, they purchase medicine and take them without seeing a medical expert.

3) The use of prohibited substances like hard drugs e.g. cocaine, heroin and marijuana which are used especially by those who wish to get disconnected from reality by feeling high.

4) Many a time those who consume alcohol eventually become heavy drinkers. They consume alcohol often and in large quantities.

5) Heavy consumption of tobacco in the form of cigarettes and snuff. To learn more, Click here 

Week 7

Topic: Effects of Drug Abuse

Contents:

Behaviours of Drug Addicts

Agencies Against Drug Abuse

Behaviours of Drug Addicts

1) They neglect obligations at work and their commitments at home and family start to erode.

2) They take risks that are personally dangerous and put others in jeopardy, such as driving or operating machinery while intoxicated.

3) They violate the law by engaging in disorderly conduct and assaultive behaviour.

4) Interpersonal problems. They always have strained relationships with self and others, peers, friends, family as the drug makes them behave abnormally.

5) Continuous use of drugs even when it is clear that such behaviour entails significant risks or creates problems as they have become addicts.

6) They suddenly become dejected, frustrated and pressed.

7) Difficulty in paying attention and forgetful. To learn more, Click here 

Week 8

Topic: Ways of Preventing Drug Abuse

Contents:

• Different Types of drugs
• Drug Laws: Law promulgated against Drug Abuse

Different Types of drugs

1) Alcohol: Alcohol could include beer, wine, brandy, whisky, ogogoro, palm wine etc.

2) Stimulants: There are substances that temporarily quicken some vital processes in the nervous system. E.g. caffeine, amphetamine, cocaine etc.

3) Cocaine: A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from cocoa leaves which causes an increase in energy. It is very addictive.

4) Amphetamine: This causes boldness and overconfidence, talkativeness and energy.

5) Cannabis: This is popularly known as marijuana, grass, pot, weed or Igbo. It is used to enhance confidence, sexuality and appetite, and increased awareness of internal and external stimuli.

6) Sedative Anxiolytic: They include substances like diazepam (Valium) used to induce sleep and suppress anxiety. To learn more, Click here 

Week 9

Topic: Activities of Drug Enforcement Agencies

Contents:

• Activities of Drug Enforcement Agencies
• Achievements of NAFDAC

Activities of Drug Enforcement Agencies

1) Arrest of drug couriers and barons.

2) Prosecution of drug couriers and sponsors according to the law of the country.

3) Cooperation with other security operatives such as State Security Service (SSS), Police, Immigration and Custom to keep out drug couriers from importing or exporting hard drugs through our borders.

4) Burning of fake, expired drugs and cannabis farms.

5) Counselling arrested drug traffickers to guide against future drug abuse.

6) They train Drug Enforcement Agents (DEA) and other law enforcement personnel on the intricacies of the drug trade which has led the drug enforcement agency to create vigorous educational courses.

7) They asses and seize products derived from illicit drug trafficking. To learn more, Click here