Roles Played By Family Members In Marriage
Subject : Social Studies
Class : Primary 4 / Basic 4 / Year 4
Term : First Term
Week : Week 5
Topic : Roles played by Families
Previous Knowledge : Pupils have previous knowledge of
Marriage Customs and Practices
that was treated as a topic in the previous lesson
Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to
1. Define roles of family members in marriage
Instructional Materials :
Wall charts
Pictures
Online materials
Textbook
Discussion
Demonstration
Dramatization
Questions and Answers
Entry Behaviour
1. Why are mother in laws always difficult with the newly wedded bride ?
2. What is OMUGO?
3. Why is it that fathers don’t do baby sitting
Content
ROLE PLAYED BY FAMILIES AND OTHERS IN LIVES OF NEWLY WEDDED COUPLES
1. They give advice to both partners.
2. Both parents advise the newly wedded couples on how to live a peaceful married life
3. They plan the marriage ceremony
4. Some mother – in – laws are very difficult and uncooperative
5. Some family members give out gifts like
6. Advise the new bride on Cleanliness, neatness and on how to take care of herself
7. Fathers teach the new bridegroom on how to manage marriage and woman most especially endurance ( suuru lafi ńṣe ọkọ obìnrin)
8. Mother in laws come around to take care of the newly born babies when the needs arise. This is called OMUGO in the eastern part of Nigeria
9. They pray for the newly married couples
10. They settles disputes and quarrels
Presentation
The Topic is presented step by step
Step 1 :
The class teacher revises the old topic
Step 2
The class teacher introduces the new topic
Step 3
He or she allows the pupils to give their own contributions and he or she corrects them when the needs arise
Evaluation
1. What is OMUGO ?
2. Why do Mother in laws come to stay with married couples ?
3. Who is an in-law ?
Conclusion
The class teacher concludes them lesson by giving out a chalkboard summary of the lesson that he or she has just explained. He or she also gives out some questions as evaluation. The class teacher does the necessary corrections and he or she goes round to do the marking
Assignment
Responsible Parenthood
