Third Term Lesson Note for Week
Class: Primary 5
Subject: Civic Education
Topic: Political Parties in Nigeria.
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 political parties in Nigeria and their symbols.
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson learners will be able to :
i. Define Political Party and discuss history in Nigeria.
ii. Identify and list the political parties in Nigeria and mentions some roles of political parties .
A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who otherwise have the same political positions.
Political parties are group of people who field candidates for elections, in an attempt to get them elected and thereby implementing the party’s agenda. They are a defining element of representative democracy.
The Role of Political Parties.
As the electorate expanded, the political parties evolved to mobilize the growing mass of voters as the means of political control. Political parties became institutionalized to accomplish this essential task.
Major party: a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power.
For example in Nigeria, APC is the ruling parties with majority, while the major opposition party is PDP.
The Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP) was Nigeria’s first political party. Formed in 1923 by Sir Herbert Macaulay to take advantage of the new Clifford Constitution, which succeeded the 1914 Nigerian Council.
List of political parties in Nigeria
This list comprises of some of the political parties in the government of Nigeria are as follows :
African Action Congress (AAC)
Alliance for Democracy (AD)
Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN)
Action Democratic Party (Nigeria) (ADP)
Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
Because Of Our Tomorrow [BOOT Party]
Conscience People’s Congress [CPC]
Citizens Popular Party (CPP)
Democratic Alternative (DA)
Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
Grassroot Patriotic Party (GPP)
Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)
KOWA Party (KP)
Labour Party (LP)
National Conscience Party (NCP)
National Interest Party (NIP)
New Democrats (ND)
People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
People Progressive Party (PPP)
People’s Redemption Party (PRP)
People’s Salvation Party (PSP)
Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP)
Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Presentation Steps :
Step 1 : Revises the previous lesson with the learners.
Step 2 : Introduces the new topic by defining political party and give examples.
Step 3 : Identify the first political party in Nigeria and founder. Mentions duties of political parties.
Evaluation :
1. What is political party?
2. Mention five political parties in Nigeria
3. Who formed the first political party in Nigeria?
4. In what year was the first political party formed?
5. The ruling political party in Nigeria is ______________.
Conclusion : The teacher marks the learners notebooks and makes corrections where necessary.
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