Prevention of common illnesses

Subject : Social Studies

Topic :

Prevention of common illnesses

Class :

Primary  3 / Basic 3

Term :

2nd Term / Second Term

Week :

Week 3

Instructional Materials :

• Lagos State Scheme of Work
• Textbooks On Social Studies
• Online Materials
• Picture Charts

Previous Knowledge :

The pupils have been taught

Causes of common illnesses

in their previous lesson

Behavioural Objectives :  At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

• say the causes of illness
• list out how to prevent illness

Content

We can prevent or stop common illnesses from attacking us.

This can be done in the following ways:

1 We should be clean always.

2 We should eat clean food and drink clean water.

3 We should keep our surroundings clean.

4 We should not allow insects like mosquitoes to bite us. This can beavoided by using insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

5 We should clean up our gutter and free it from dirt and stagnant water.

6 We should always eat a balanced diet.

7 We should regularly go for medical check-up in the hospital.

8 We must wash our fruits before eating them.

9 When we put refuse in the dustbin, we must cover it.[the_ad id=”40090″]

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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

Step 3:

The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise

Evaluation :

• Exercise

  A Choose the best answers for the following questions.

  1 A person who is ill ______________.

  A will eat well B will be strong

  C will not feel healthy and well

  2 An example of common illness is ______________.

  Dysentery B cancer C diabetes

  3 A continuous, watery excreta with blood is ______________.A dysentery B diarrhea C cholera

  4 When someone is excreting and vomiting frequently he

  has ______________. Diarrhea B cholera C malaria

  5 The insect causing malaria is ______________.

  A housefly B butterfly C mosquito

  6 If we eat too much sweet and biscuit, we may have

  ______________.

  A toothache B headache C coughs

  7 A common illness can make us ______________.

  A strong B sleep well C weak

  8 When someone is hungry but does not like eating, the

  person is described as ______________.

  A having appetite B lacking appetite

  C losing weight

  9 Vomiting may be a symptom

Conclusion :

The class teacher gives out ó brief note that is based on the topic that has just been taught.

Assignment :

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CAUSES OF ROAD ACCIDENT