Third Term Lesson Note for Week
Class: Primary 5
Subject: Civic Education
Topic: Attitude Towards Work (meaning of hard work & laziness)
Duration : 40 minutes
Period : Single Period
Reference Book :
Civic Education for Nigerian Primary Schools, Book 5
Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for Primary Schools, (Primary 4 – 6)
Online Resources
Instructional Material : Chart showing attitude towards work
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson learners will be able to
i. Explain the meaning of Hard Work and Laziness
ii. Describe the various attitude to work
iii. Identify the rewards of hard work and laziness.
Content :
MEANING OF HARD WORK & LAZINESS
Hard work is the great deal of effort and endurance that makes one successful in businesses. It helps to develop self-discipline and focus.
Laziness is the quality of not being willing to work or use any effort
Work is the activity which a person performs in order to earn a living.
It involves the provision of goods and services which other people need in society.
When you work, you solve some problems in society, and you should get paid for it.
OUR ATTITUDE TO WORK.
The following are what our attitude to work should be:
1. We must learn to do a particular kind of work. We can do this by going to school or learn a trade.
2. We must learn to do our work with skill.
3. We must arrive at work early, that is be punctual.
4. We must work hard in order to achieve our goals and target.
5. We should get the kind of work we love doing.
*Rewards for hard work*
Reward for hard work include the following:
1. Increment in salary.
2. Hard working people receive promotion.
3. Employers reward hardworking staff through bonuses.
4 Hardworking people are respected and treated special by presenting award of excellence.
*Rewards for laziness*
1 Lazy people do not get promoted at work but demoted.
2. Laziness attract slash in pay as punishment.
3. Lazy people get sacked from work as a result of negligence to duty.
*Exercise:*
1. Define laziness: _______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Define hard work: _______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Mention two rewards for hard work:
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4. State two rewards for laziness:
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