Right Attitude Towards Work. Rewards of Laziness and Hard work
Subject :
Civic Education
Topic :
Right Attitude Towards Work
- Meaning Of hard work
- Meaning Of laziness
- Rewards of hard work
- Rewards of laziness
- How to encourage hard work
Class :
Basic 5 / Primary 5
Term :
Third Term
Week :
Week 7
Instructional Materials :
Teaching materials like wall charts and cardboard
Previous Knowledge :
The pupils have been taught how strike actions paralyze social and economic activities in a country
Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to
- mention various positive attitudes towards work
- Say the right attitude towards work
- Mention ways to discourage laziness
- Mention various ways to encourage hard work
- Discuss the rewards for hard work
Content :
Attitudes are behaviours that we show towards certain situations or conditions
Some attitudes are good and some attitudes are bad.
Examples of good attitudes are
- Hard work
- Honesty
- Faithfulness
- Love
- Punctuality
- Integrity
- Patriotism
- Loyalty
- Happiness
- Discipline
Examples of bad attitudes
- Laziness
- Dishonesty
- Unfaithfulness
- Hatred
- Truancy
- Infidelity
- Unpatriotic
- Disloyalty
- Sadness
- Indiscipline
Meaning Of Hard Work : Hard work simply means working hard. Giving out the best of your mentally, emotionally and physically in order to get the best and be the best.
Rewards Of Hard Work
- Good results for good efforts
- High self esteem
- Respect from friends and colleagues
- Improved social life
- Promotion at place of work
- Increase in salary
- Recognition from organized corporate bodies
- Awards and prizes
- Praise and Thanks
- Financial freedom
How to encourage Hard work
- Salary increment.
- Promotion to higher position.
- Presentation of awards and gifts.
- Special incentives like bonuses and allowances
- Award of national honors
Meaning Of Laziness
Laziness means slothfulness. It means finding faults and complaining about also everything to the extents of getting nothing done. It is a strong desire to be idle and unwilling to work.
Rewards Of Laziness
- Work poorly done
- At times, work are not done
- Poverty
- Low esteem
- Disrespect from friends and relatives
- Wretched social life
- Most laziness people tend to beg or become beggars
- Laziness may lead to demotion
- Most lazy people are always in debt
- Laziness, if unchecked, may lead to sack or loss of job
How to discourage laziness
- Lazy workers must be dismissed so that they do not negatively influence other workers that are very hard working.
- Lazy workers’ salary may be deducted or delayed.
- Lazy workers may be demoted or made to work without promotion for being lazy
- No increment of salary for lazy workers
- Lazy workers may be denied bonus or allowances.
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Presentation
The topic is presented step by step
Step 1: The class teacher revises the previous topics
Step 2. He introduces the new topic by discussing right attitudes to work with the pupils
Step 3: The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise
Evaluation :
- What is hard work
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What is laziness
Mention three rewards of hard work
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Mention three rewards of laziness
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Conclusion :
He gives a brief note and he allows the pupils to copy
Assignment :
Read about civil society in Nigeria
