Cultural Values: Helping Others Civic Education Nursery 2 First Term Lesson Notes Week 4
Subject: Civic Education
Class: Nursery 2
Term: First Term
Week: Week 4
Topic: Cultural Values: Helping Others
Sub-topic: Importance of Helping in Our Community
Duration: 40 minutes
Behavioural Objectives:
- To understand the meaning of cultural values and how they relate to helping others.
- To recognize different ways families help others in our community.
Key Words: Cultural values, Helping others, Community, Family, Kindness
Entry Behaviour:
- Greet classmates and teacher politely.
- Share experiences of helping others at home or in the community.
Learning Resources and Materials:
- Lagos State Scheme of Work for Nursery 2 Civic Education
- Pictures or illustrations depicting helping behaviors
- Storybooks or videos showcasing acts of kindness and helping
Building Background / Connection to prior knowledge:
- Review previous lessons on greetings, cultural dressing, and eating habits.
- Discuss experiences of sharing and helping among classmates and in families.
Embedded Core Skills:
- Social skills (cooperation, kindness)
- Emotional development (empathy, caring)
Instructional Materials:
- Visual aids with pictures or illustrations of helping behaviors
- Storybooks or videos showing examples of helping others
Content
Cultural Values: Helping Others
- Simple Meaning of Cultural Values 🌍
- Cultural values are beliefs and behaviors that a group of people share and consider important.
- Cultural Benefits of Helping Others 🤝
- Feeding younger ones shows love and care.
- Helping the less privileged teaches kindness and empathy.
- Caring for older people shows respect and gratitude.
- Feeding domestic animals teaches responsibility and compassion.
- Examples of Cultural Values in Families 👨👩👧👦
- Families help each other with chores at home 🏠.
- They share food and toys with siblings and friends.
- Families visit and care for grandparents and elderly relatives 👵👴.
- They feed and take care of pets 🐶🐱.
- Importance of Helping Others 🌟
- It makes people happy and creates strong bonds in the family and community.
- It teaches children to be kind, helpful, and respectful.
- It makes the world a better and happier place for everyone.
Class Discussion about Helping Others and Cultural Values
- What are cultural values?
- Cultural values are important beliefs and behaviors shared by a group of people.
- Why is helping others important in our culture?
- Helping others shows kindness and makes our community happy.
- What are some ways families help others?
- Families help by feeding younger ones and caring for older people.
- Why do we feed domestic animals in our culture?
- Feeding animals teaches us responsibility and kindness.
- How does helping the less privileged benefit everyone?
- It teaches us empathy and makes our community stronger.
- What do families do to show care for older people?
- Families visit and spend time with grandparents and elderly relatives.
- Why should we share food and toys with others?
- Sharing teaches us to be generous and make friends.
- How does helping others make us feel?
- It makes us happy and proud to be kind.
- What do cultural values teach us about helping?
- They teach us that helping others is a good and important thing to do.
- Why is it important to be kind and helpful in our community?
- Being kind and helpful makes our community a better and happier place for everyone.
Evaluation Questions about Helping Others and Cultural Values
- What are cultural values?
a) Beliefs and behaviors shared by a group of people
b) Toys and games
c) Clothes and shoes
d) Food and drinks - Why is helping others important in our culture?
a) It makes people sad
b) It shows kindness and makes our community happy
c) It doesn’t matter
d) It makes people angry - How does helping the less privileged benefit everyone?
a) It makes us selfish
b) It teaches us empathy and makes our community stronger
c) It makes us lazy
d) It makes us mean - What do families do to show care for older people?
a) Ignore them
b) Visit and spend time with them
c) Scold them
d) Forget about them - Why do we feed domestic animals in our culture?
a) To make them sick
b) To teach responsibility and kindness
c) To make them angry
d) To scare them - What are some ways families help others?
a) By being selfish
b) By feeding younger ones and caring for older people
c) By ignoring everyone
d) By being mean - How does helping others make us feel?
a) Sad and lonely
b) Happy and proud to be kind
c) Angry and mean
d) Lazy and tired - Why should we share food and toys with others?
a) To be generous and make friends
b) To be selfish
c) To make others sad
d) To keep everything for ourselves - What do cultural values teach us about helping?
a) That helping others is not important
b) That helping others is a good and important thing to do
c) That helping others is boring
d) That helping others is mean - Why is it important to be kind and helpful in our community?
a) To make others angry
b) To make our community a better and happier place for everyone
c) To make others sad
d) To make others scared - How do we show care for younger ones in our culture?
a) By ignoring them
b) By feeding them and playing with them
c) By scolding them
d) By making them cry - What do cultural values teach us about caring for others?
a) That we should be mean to others
b) That we should be kind and caring towards others
c) That we should ignore others
d) That we should make others sad - Why do we visit and spend time with grandparents and elderly relatives?
a) To make them angry
b) To show love, respect, and care
c) To make them sad
d) To ignore them - How does helping others show kindness?
a) By being mean to others
b) By being selfish
c) By being generous and helpful
d) By being lazy - What can we do to make our community a better place?
a) By being mean and selfish
b) By being kind, helpful, and respectful
c) By ignoring everyone
d) By making others sad
Presentation:
Step 1:
The teacher revises previous topics like greetings and eating habits, linking them to showing kindness and helping behaviors.
Step 2:
The teacher introduces the new topic of “Cultural Values: Helping Others” by discussing what cultural values are and why helping others is important in our community. Show pictures or videos of people helping each other.
Step 3:
The teacher allows students to share their experiences of helping others or witnessing acts of kindness. Encourage discussion on different ways families and communities help each other.
Teacher’s Activities:
- Revise previous topics and introduce new topic with visual aids and stories/videos.
- Facilitate discussions about cultural values and helping behaviors.
- Guide students in recognizing and appreciating acts of kindness.
Learners Activities:
- Engage in discussions about helping others and share personal experiences.
- Participate in storytelling or watching videos about helping behaviors.
- Create drawings or role-play scenarios depicting acts of kindness and helping.
Assessment:
Observe students’ participation in discussions and activities related to helping others. Assess understanding through questions and interactions during the lesson.
Evaluation Questions:
- What are cultural values?
- Why is helping others important in our community?
- Name two ways families help others in our community.
- How does helping the less privileged benefit everyone?
- Why is it important to be kind and helpful in our community?
- How do we show care for younger ones in our culture?
- What do cultural values teach us about helping?
- Why do we visit and spend time with grandparents and elderly relatives?
- How does helping others make us feel?
- What can we do to make our community a better place?
Conclusion:
The teacher goes around to assess students’ understanding and participation. Provide positive reinforcement of kindness and helping behaviors. Encourage students to continue showing kindness at home and in the community.
