SS 3 GOVERNMENT FIRST TERM LESSON NOTE SCHEME OF WORK

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WEEKLY LESSON PLAN 

GOVERNMENT

SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK TOPIC

THEME: DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA

1. Development of Political Parties in Nigeria: (1) Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), (2) The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM), (3) National Council of Nigeria and Cameroun/Citizen (NCNC): (a) Origin of the Political Parties. (b) Organizational Structure. (c) Sources of Finance. (d) Objectives. (e) Performance.

2. Development of Political Parties in Nigeria: (4) Action Group (AG), (5) Northern

People’ Congress (NPC), (6) Northern Element Progressive Unions (NEPU): (a) Motives for the formation of AG, NPC and NEPU. (b) Organizational Structure. (c) Source of finance.(d) Objectives. (e) Performance.

3. Development of Political Parties in Nigeria: (7) National Party of Nigeria (NPN), (8)Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), (9) Nigeria’s People’s Party): (a) Formation of NPN, UPN, and NPP. (b) Organizational Structure. (c) Source of finance. (d) Objectives. (e) Performance.

4. Development of Political Parties in Nigeria: (10) Great Nigeria’s People’s Party (GNPP), (11) People’s Redemption Party (PRP). (12) Nigerian Advance Party (NAP):

(a) Origin of GNPP, PRP and NAP. (b) Structure. (c) Sources of finance. (d) Objectives. (e) Performance.

5. Development of Political Parties in Nigeria: (13) Social Democratic Party (SDP), (14)

National Republican Convention (NRC): (a) Formation of SDP and NRC. (b) Structural organization. (c) Sources of finance. (d) Objectives (e) Performance.

6. Development of Political Parties in Nigeria: (15) People’s Democratic Party (PDP),

• All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP), (17) Alliance for Democracy(AD), (18)Action Congress (AC) and other Small Political Parties: (a) Formation of PDP, ANPP, AD, AC, etc. (b) Structural organization. (c) Sources of finance (d) Objectives. (e) Performance.

7. Military Rule in Nigeria: (a) Military Rule: (i) 1966 – 1975, (ii) 1975 – 1979, (iii) 1983 –1985, (iv) 1985 – 1993, (v) 1993 – 1999. (b) Features (c) Causes (d) Consequences (e) Structure.

THEME: NIGERIA AND THE WORLD

8. The Inter-dependence of Nations and Globalization: (a) Inter-dependence of nations.(2) Community of nations. (c) Purpose of interaction. (d) Nigeria’s interaction; (i) Economic (ii) Political (iii) Social-Cultural. (d) Merits and demerits.

9. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy:(a) Meaning of foreign policy (b) Factors affecting Nigeria’s Foreign Policy. (c) Aims and objectives of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy. (d) Nigeria’s Foreign Police since independence. (e) Non-Alignment. (f) Nigeria and non-alignment.

10. International Organizations:(a) International Organizations: (i) United Nations – (UN), (ii) African Union – (AU), (iii) Economic Community of West African States – (ECOWAS), (iv) Commonwealth of Nations – (former British Colonies, Dominions and United Kingdom), (v) United Nations Development Project – (UNDP), (vi) Food and Agricultural Organization – (FAO), (vii) United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization – (UNESCO), (viii) World Health Organization – (WHO), (ix) UNICEF), (b) Origin (c) Aims and Objectives (d) Achievements. (for each of the organizations).

11. Millennium Development Goals (MDG): (a) Meaning of MDG (b) To achieve MDG by 2015 – (i) Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger. (ii) Achieve Universal Primary Education. (iii) Promote gender equality and empower women. (iv) Reduce Child mortality. (v) Improve maternal health. (vi) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria. (vii) Ensure environmental sustainability. New Economic Partnership for Economic Development (NEPAD): (a) Meaning (b) Aims and objectives.

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