The Social Studies Scheme of Work for Primary 2 is designed for pupils with 5-6 years of age. The scheme of work has been created to help pupils acquire knowledge and skills that can help them in their daily lives. The scheme of work is divided into three terms, and each term has specific objectives, learning outcomes, and teacher and pupil activities.
During the first term, pupils will learn about the scope of social studies, identify different physical environments, list types of food in Nigerian culture, mention the importance of eating together, list the nutrients in the foods we eat, and recognize greetings as a way of showing respect.
At the end of the first term, pupils should be able to explain the scope of social studies, identify different physical environments, list types of food eaten in their homes, state reasons for eating together as a family, list different types of Nigerian foods, identify the nutrients in the listed foods, and list different ways of greeting from different cultures in Nigeria.
During the second term, pupils will learn about the importance of greeting, ways of keeping the environment clean, the meaning of accidents, ways of preventing accidents in school/home, and the meaning of drugs.
At the end of the second term, pupils should be able to mention some of the importance of greeting in their community, mention ways of keeping their environment clean, explain the meaning of accidents, mention ways of preventing accidents in school/home, and explain the meaning of drugs.
During the third term, pupils will learn about drug abuse, harmful substances, and ways of preventing the intake of harmful substances.
At the end of the third term, pupils should be able to mention the categories of drugs, explain the meaning of drug abuse, mention the dangers of drug abuse, mention ways of preventing drug abuse, explain the meaning of harmful substances, give examples of harmful substances, and mention ways of preventing intake of harmful substances
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Objectives of Social Studies Scheme of Work For Primary 2
First Term Objectives
Week 1&2: Explain the scope of social studies and Identify areas of focus in social studies
Week 3&4: Identify our different physical environment
Week 5: List types of food in the Nigerian Culture
Week 6: Mention why we eat together
Week 8: List the nutrients in the foods we eat.
Week 9: Mention the importance of food to our growth
Week 10: Recognize greetings as a way of showing respect and Perform various acts of greeting in their locality
Second Term Objectives
Week 1: Recognize the importance of greeting
Week 2&3: Mention ways of keeping our environment clean
Week 4-6: Explain the meaning of accidents and Identify causes of home and school accidents
Week 8&9: Mention ways of preventing accidents in school/home and List steps of caring for accident victims in the school and home
Week 10: Explain the meaning of drugs
Third Term Objectives
Week 1: Mention the categories of drugs
Week 2&3: Explain the meaning of drug abuse
Week 4: Mention the dangers of drug abuse
Week 5&6: Mention ways of preventing drug abuse
Week 8: Explain the meaning of harmful substances
Week 9: Give examples of harmful substances
Week 10: Mention ways of preventing intake of harmful substances
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Learning Outcomes of Social Studies Scheme of Work For Primary 2
First-Term Learning Outcomes
Week 1&2: Explain the scope of social studies and Identify areas of focus in social studies
Week 3&4: identify our different physical environment
Week 5: State 2 types of food eaten in their homes
Week 6: State 3 reasons for eating together as a family
Week 8: List 3 types of Nigerian foods and identify the nutrients in the listed foods
Week 9: Mention the importance of food to our growth
Week 10: Explain the meaning of greeting and List different ways of greeting from different culture in Nigeria
Second Term Learning Outcomes
Week 1: Mention some of the importance of greeting in our community
Week 2&3: Mention 3 ways of keeping our environment clean and Mention some of the tools needed for carrying out our different cleaning activities
Week 4-6: Explain the meaning of accidents and Identify the causes of home and school accidents
Week 8&9: Mention ways of preventing accidents in school/home, Enumerate 4 ways of preventing accidents in the school/home and List two steps to be taken when accidents occur
Week 10: Explain the meaning of drug
Third Term Learning Outcomes
Week 1: Mention the categories of drugs
Week 2&3: Explain the meaning of drug abuse
Week 4: Mention two dangers of drug abuse
Week 5&6: Mention 2 ways of preventing drug abuse
Week 8: Explain the meaning of harmful substances
Week 9: Give 2 examples of harmful substances
Week 10: Mention 2 ways of preventing intake of harmful substances
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First Term Social Studies Scheme of Work For Primary 2
| WEEK | TOPIC | CONTENT |
| 1&2 | Scope of Social Studies | Meaning of scope of social studies The areas in which social studies focus to solve men’s problems; Areas in which social studies focuses are: Critical thinking, Reflecting thinking, Problem solving |
| 3&4 | Physical Environment | Our physical/environment: Some people live in desert conditions; Others live in fertile places, some near lakes, rivers or oceans, Some in mountains, Others low laying areas, Climate varies tremendously over the globe |
| 5. | Foods we eat in our Culture as family members | Some Nigerian Foods are Yam, Eba, Amala, Tuwo shinkafa, Plantain, Rice, Beans, Cocoyam, Pounded yam, Akpu, starch etc. |
| 6. | Consequences of eaten together as a family e.g. Promotes communalism, happiness, family unity and loyalty etc. | |
| 7. | Mid Term Test | |
| 8. | Importance of foods to our growth | The nutrients in the food we take are: Carbohydrate, Protein, Vitamins, Fats and Oil |
| 9. | Importance of food to our growth: Supply energy, Build our body, Keep the body healthy, provide heat and energy. | |
| 10. | Greetings and respect to elders in our culture | Greeting is a way of showing respect to people and appreciating them and Forms of greeting include: kneeling, Prostrating, shaking of hand clenching of fists etc. |
| 11. | Revision | |
| 12 & 13 | Examination |
Second Term Social Studies Scheme of Work For Primary 2
| WEEK | TOPIC | CONTENT |
| 1 | Greetings and respect to elders in our culture | Greetings promote tolerance good neighbourliness, courtesy, friendliness etc. |
| 2&3 | Keeping our environment clean | Ways of keeping our environment clean: Proper disposal of waste, Proper use of the toilets/urinary, Provision of waste bins, Allowing drains to flow, Cleaning and sweeping round our surroundings, Regular sweeping of our homes. |
| 4-6 | Accident in the school/home | Meaning of Accidents: Accidents are unplanned events that lead to injury damage or death and Causes of accidents in school and home |
| 7. | Mid Term Test | |
| 8&9 | Accidents in the school / home continuation | Accidents in the school/home continuation |
| 10. | Drugs | Meaning of Drugs Any substance other than food which when taken can damage the body’s function |
| 11. | Revision | |
| 12 & 13 | Examination |
Third Term Social Studies Scheme of Work For Primary 2
| WEEK | TOPIC | CONTENT |
| 1 | Drugs (Continuation) | Categories of drugs Legal drugs, Socially acceptable drugs, Illegal drugs |
| 2&3 | Drug Abuse | Meaning of drug abuse: – use of drugs without the advice of a qualified doctor / pharmacist |
| 4. | Dangers of drug abuse: Mental illness, Accident, Addiction, Drop-out of School | |
| 5&6 | Ways to prevent drug abuse: Avoid bad friends, Seek advice from doctors/nurses and pharmacists before taking drugs, Avoid buying medicines in buses or unauthorized stores, Avoid self-medication | |
| 7. | ||
| 8. | Harmful Substances and how to avoid taking them | Meaning of harmful substances: food, water, fruits or drugs that are unfit for human consumption |
| 9. | Harmful Substances and how to taking them (Continuation) | Examples of harmful substances: Stale food, Poorly cooked foods, rotten foods, infested foods, expired foods/drugs, Unripe fruits, Impure water |
| 10. | Ways of preventing intake of harmful substances: Avoid eating stale poorly cooked, dirty and infested foods, Avoid taking expired food/drugs, Take only drugs that are prescribed by the doctor/physician | |
| 11. | Revision | |
| 12 & 13 | Examination |
Teacher’s and Pupils Activities
First Term Teacher’s and Pupil’s Activities
Week 1&2: The teacher should Guide pupils to explain the scope of social studies and Guide pupils to identify areas of focus in social studies.
The pupils should Explain the scope of social studies, Identify areas of focus in social studies, and Find out from home how family takes its social and economic decisions such as association to join and food to eat.
Week 3&4: The teacher should Lead the pupils to discover our different physical environment. The pupils should Participate in class discussion and Respond to the teacher’s questions.
Week 5: The teacher should Use guided questions to lead pupils to name various foods we eat in our culture. The pupils should Participate in the discussion on the types of food.
Week 6: The teacher should Ask the pupils to mention the reasons for eaten together as a family. The pupils should Respond to the teacher’s questions on the types of food.
Week 8: The teacher should Lead the pupils through guided questions to say the nutrients we get from different foods e.g. Protein (meat/fish/egg) etc. The pupils should Draw different types of food and
Week 9: The teacher should Guide the pupils to identify the functions of the nutrients in the food we take
Week 10: The teacher should guide pupils through questioning to list ways of greeting in their locality and Demonstrate the various ways of greeting in our culture.
The pupils should Find out more ways of greeting in our culture and Draw different ways of greeting they can identify
Second Term Teacher’s and Pupil’s Activities
Week 2&3: The teacher should Ask questions to lead pupils to suggest ways of keeping our environment clean and Gets the pupils practical involved different ways of keeping their environment clean.
The pupils should Respond to the teacher’s questions on the ways to keep our environment clean and Demonstrate the acts of keeping the environment clean
Week 4-6: The teacher should Use guided questions to: Explain the meaning of accidents and Identify causes of accidents in the school and home. The pupils should Respond to the teacher’s questions and Participate in class discussion
Week 8&9: The teacher should State ways of preventing accidents around the school/home, Guide the pupils to suggest ways to take care of victims and Demonstrate different ways of caring for accident victims.
The pupils should Demonstrate how to avoid accidents, Respond to the teacher’s questions and Demonstrate how to prevent accidents in the school
Week 10: The teacher should Lead the pupils in explaining the meaning of drugs. The pupils should Participate in class discussions
Third Term Teacher’s and Pupil’s Activities
Week 1: The teacher should Ask questions to lead pupils to list categories of drugs.
Week 2&3: The teacher should organise a class discussion on drug abuse. The pupils should Participate in the discussion
Week 4: The teacher should Discuss the dangers of drug abuse with the pupils. The pupils should List the dangers involved in drug abuse
Week 5&6: The teacher should Explain ways of preventing drug abuse. The pupils should List ways of preventing drug abuse
Week 8: The teacher should Lead the pupils in discussion to discover harmful substances when taken into the human body. The pupils should Participate in the discussion
Week 9: The teacher should Take pupils to local shops and markets to identify harmful substances in their environment. The pupils should Participate in a field trip
Week 10: The teacher should Ask questions to lead pupils to identify ways of preventing the intake of harmful substances. The pupils should Respond to the teacher’s questions
Conclusion
The Social Studies Scheme of Work for Primary 2 is designed to help pupils acquire knowledge and skills that can help them in their daily lives. It is the responsibility of teachers to implement the scheme of work effectively and encourage pupils to participate actively in the learning process. By the end of the academic year, pupils should have acquired knowledge and skills that can help them in their future endeavours.
