New Revised NERDC Primary 1 Nigerian History Scheme of Work
Week 1: Meaning and Importance of History
1. Content: Knowledge: Meaning of History.
To cover this, start with simple stories from your own past. Ask pupils to share one thing they did yesterday. This makes history feel close and real.
2. Performance Objectives: Explain the meaning of History using local examples.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Tell a story of the past and guide pupils to share theirs. Explain how history helps remember events.
ii. Students Activities: Listen to the teacher’s story and share their own stories of the past. Discuss why remembering matters.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Audio or video clips of storytelling about family histories, charts showing different families, textbooks, pictures, posters, audio recordings.
Use these by playing a short clip first to grab attention. Then show charts for pupils to point out similarities in families. This builds engagement and understanding.
Week 2: Meaning and Importance of History
1. Content : Knowledge: Importance of History.
Cover this by listing three reasons history matters on the board. Have pupils draw one reason. This helps them see value in pictures.
2. Performance Objectives: List the importance of History using local examples.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Guide pupils to bring and discuss old family photos/items. Ask questions to spark thoughts.
ii. Students Activities: Bring old family photo/item, talk briefly about it, and learn how it helps people remember.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Audio or video clips, charts, textbooks, pictures, posters, audio recordings.
Show posters of local events to link importance. Play audio of a story to reinforce listening skills for better lessons.
Week 3: Meaning and Importance of History Continue
1. Content (Knowledge and Skill): Knowledge: Family identity and History. Skill: Narration of family history.
Teach by having pupils interview a family member at home. Share in class next day. This connects home and school.
2. Performance Objectives: Family identity and history of pupils.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Guide pupils to share family histories learned from parents. Listen and add examples.
ii. Students Activities: Tell their family histories learnt from their parents.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Audio or video clips, charts, textbooks, pictures, posters, audio recordings.
Use textbooks to read a short family story. Charts help visualize family trees for clear identity lessons.
Week 4: Application of History to daily life
1. Content : Application of History to daily life.
Cover with a “then and now” game. Pupils compare old and new ways. This shows history in action.
2. Performance Objectives: Application of history to daily life.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Lead a comparison discussion on “then” and “now”. Use examples like food.
ii. Students Activities: Compare “then” and “now” (e.g., food eaten by grandparents vs. today’s food).
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Audio or video clips, charts, textbooks, pictures, posters, audio recordings.
Pictures of old tools vs new ones aid comparison. This fosters discussion for successful understanding.
Week 5: Peoples and Places in the Community
1. Content: People in the community where the school is located.
Start with a community walk if possible. Or use pictures to name groups. This makes it vivid.
2. Performance Objectives: List the various groups of people in the community.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Tell a story of community workers and guide retelling. Use simple words.
ii. Students Activities: Listen to a story of how community workers help people, and then retell in their own words.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Pictures of groups in community and LGA, charts of places, video clips, posters. Show video clips of workers. This helps pupils see roles clearly for better lessons.
Week 6: People in the Local Government Area
1. Content: People in the Local Government Area where the school is located.
Cover by mapping local areas on paper. Pupils mark people they know. This builds awareness.
2. Performance Objectives: List the various groups of people in the Local Government Area.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Organize and guide group visits to important places and people. Ensure safety.
ii. Students Activities: Visit important places and people in groups.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Pictures, charts, video clips, posters. Use charts to point out places during visits. This enhances exploration.
Week 7: Mid-Term Break
Conduct mid-term test from week 1 to 6. Use simple questions on history meaning and community people.
Week 8: Important places in the community
1. Content: Important places in the community where the school is located. Skill: Identification of people in the LGA.
Teach by drawing a community map together. Label places. This helps memory.
2. Performance Objectives: Mention the important places in the community.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Provide maps and guide group work on identifying places. Correct as needed.
ii. Students Activities: Work in groups using maps to identify places in the community and the local government.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Pictures, charts, video clips, posters. Maps on posters make identification fun. Use for group talks.
Week 9: Important places in the Local Government Area
1. Content: Important places in the Local Government Area where the school is located. Skill: Environmental Literacy.
Cover with video tours of places. Discuss what they see. This brings distant spots close.
2. Performance Objectives: Mention the important places in the local government area.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Show video clips and audio recordings, and guide discussion. Ask open questions.
ii. Students Activities: Watch video clips and listen to audio recordings on people and places in the community.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Pictures, charts, video clips, posters. Play audio of place sounds. This adds sensory learning.
Week 10: Tolerance of other people
1. Content: Tolerance of other people.
Teach tolerance with role-play of kind acts. Pupils act out sharing.
2. Performance Objectives: Mention ways to show Tolerance for others.
3. Learning Activities:
i. Teacher Activities: Teach a short rhyme and guide singing. Repeat for fun.
ii. Students Activities: Sing a short rhyme about friendship, kindness, and respect for others.
4. Teaching and Learning Resources: Pictures, charts, video clips, posters. Posters with kind words reinforce the rhyme. Use for daily reminders.
Week 11: Revision
Revise all lessons from term start. Go over key points and activities. Prepare pupils for exam with practice questions.
Week 12: Examination
Start the term exam. Cover all topics taught. Use simple formats like oral or drawing.
Week 13: Examination, Marking & Vacation
Conclude exams. Mark and record scores. Then vacation follows once done.