Social Studies.
Social Studies.
Social Studies.
WEEK ONE
TOPIC: MEANING, SCOPE AN NATURE OF SOCIAL STUDIES.
Social studies can be define as the study of man and his environment.
Social studies can also be define as the totality of man’s physical and social environment.
Man’s environment affect their language, dressing, food and every other thing one can think of in the society.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
The grassland, mountains, rivers, deserts, seas, oceans, valleys are created by God for the benefit of mankind
and it has a great influence on man in so many ways.
For example, those who live in riverine areas like the Ijaws and Ilaje’s often take fishing and farming as their
occupation while those who are surrounded by forest like those living in the rural area often become hunters.
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
These are man-made social ways of life which include: religion, tribe, customs, language, ways of dressing,
morals, values etc. For example, if an adult who had never spoken Hausa language relocates from Yoruba land
to Northern parts of the country in Nigeria, within few years he may find himself unconsciously taking an
Hausa culture just as the way of greeting, eating, language, dressing etc. All these happens because of his daily
interaction with the environment he finds himself.
The scope of social studies has a wider range in the area of science and technology. This innovation has greatly
influence man by making life more comfortable for mankind.
For example, it has helped man to be connected with happenings world-wide through internet, television,
cable, telephone etc. It has also helped to dam rivers and from that get electricity which makes life more
comfortable for man.
- Moreso, social studies as a subject studies how man live together in harmony in the society
and how people interact and make a great influence on one another.
- Furthermore, social studies helps to know about conflicts and its causes in the society.
- It gives a better understanding of the effects and ways of resolving such conflict in the
society.
Evaluation: -
- Define social studies
- Man interact with how many environments?
- Explain the concept of science and technology
- Highlight the subjects that makes up social studies
- State 3 importance of social studies
Assignment: social studies Melrose workbook for jssone
WEEK TWO
TOPIC: OBJECTIVES AND IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES.
As explained earlier, social studies is the study of man and his environment.
OBJECIVES OF SOCIAL STUDIES
1. To make us useful and responsible citizens
2. To help us understand how our physical environment can be utilized for our benefit.
3. To teach us how to be patriotic (a having a great love for one’s country) as a citizens.
4. To train us on how to be a good followers.
5. To inculcate in us sense of co-operation, honesty and tolerance
6. To know how to interact peacefully with other people in the society.
7. To make us understand and appreciate different cultures in our society.
8. To prepare us for future leadership role in the society.
9. To give us balanced education.
Physical Environment therefore refers to all natural and non-natural things around us.
RELIEF: This refers to land surface features above the sea level.
Relief can be classified into;
a. Highland
b. Low land
HIGHLAND: It can be described as a mountainous or hilly section of a country. Examples are; idanre hill,
Adamawa mountains udinsukaplateau mountain.
LOW LAND: Low land can be referred to as plains, the chad Basin plain etc.
RIVERS: The two major source of rivers in Nigeria are River Niger and Benue. Others are; River Ogun, Osun,
ZamfaraAnambara, Cross Rivers, etc.
Dry season: It is caused by North-East wind coming from Sahara desert. It comes with harmattan particularly in
the Northern Nigeria. The dry season starts from November to April.
WEATHER: This refers to the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.
CLIMATE: Climate refers to the average weather condition of a particular place over a period of time.
VEGETATION: This refers to the ground cover provided by plants. It is influenced by its climate.
Savanna: It consists of tree covered with grasses and flowers located between trees. It can be further sub-
divide into Guinea Savanna, Sudan savanna and Sahel Savanna.
Montane Vegetation: These are vegetations with tress and grasses. It can be found in Adamawa, Jos etc.
Evaluation :
- Define an environment
- What is physical environment?
- State the types of physical environment and explain with examples
- Highlight the features of physical environment and explain with examples
Assignment : social studies Melrose workbook Jssone
WEEK FOUR.
TOPIC: RESOURCES IN OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR USES
Resources:-
NATURAL RESOURCES: These are resources created by nature (God) for the benefit and use of man-kind.
Natural resources in Nigeria includes; Crude oil, Gold, coal, Iron, tin, Limestone, Lead, etc.
WEEK FIVE
TOPIC: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS.
These are problems caused by nature and man within our surroundings.
Environmental problems are of two types:-
i. Natural environmental problems
ii. Man-made environmental problems
Social environment refers to the cutting group of individuals and institutions with whom a person interacts.
Such as customs, language, norms, dressing, primary groups, secondary groups, religious institutions, political
institutions, educational institutions, economic institutions.
Social organizations
Social organizations are people in the society who are well organized with characteristic pattern of relationship
Types of social groups
i. Primary group
ii. Secondary group
Primary group
This refers to people with closer relationship over a long period of time.
Examples of primary group are: Family age group, peer group and kinship groups.
Characteristics of primary group
1. There is always a face – to – face interaction
2. It has a small size of people
3. Group member are loyal to one another
4. They are emotionally committed to one another
5. They have a permanent relationship
6. It is a multi-purpose organization
Types of family
i. Nuclear family
ii. Extended family
Nuclear family: This is made up of father mother and the children.
It can be monogamous i.e. a family made up of the man, his wife and the children. It can also be
polygamous i.e. a family made up of the man, more than one wife and the children.
Extended family: This is a process where family relations such as uncles, grandparents, aunties,
live with the nuclear family in the same house or compound.
Other forums of family are:
a. Foster family: This is a family in where a couple or adults are acting as parents who may or
may not be their relations. (Guardians)
b. Single parent family: This is a family in which children live with only one of their biological
parents (either the father or the mother). This often occurs due to divorce or death of one of
the couple.
WEEK SEVEN
TOPIC: FRIENDSHIP
This refers to intimate and lasting relationship between two or more people.
It could be of either sex or the some sex but does not lead to immorality.
Types of friendship
1. Intimate or best friend: This type of friend slip has the ability of greatly of greatly infecting one’s
decision, character and goal in life
2. Ordinary friendship: This is a kind of friendship in which the two parties don’t have so much power to
influence their behavior, decision or goal in life
3. Acquaintance: this is the kind of friendship that exist between anyone we meet while carrying out a
task, embarking on a journey or staying in a place for few days.
WEEK EIGHT
TOPIC: SECONDARY SOCIAL GROUPS
This is a formal organization whose member are not related to one another but come together to achieve a
common goal.
Forums/types of secondary group
1. Schools: These include primary schools secondary schools and tertiary institutions (Universities,
polytechnics, colleges of education etc).
2. Comprise: These are cooperate organizations that engages in trading and manufacturing activities.
Examples are, UNRULIER NIG. PLC, MTN, GLOBACOM, etc.
3. Trade unions: These includes workers association like;
NUJ: Nigeria Union of journalist
NUT: Nigeria Union of teachers
NASU: Non-Academic staff union of education and associated institutions
NUP: Nigeria Union of parishioners
NURTW: Nigeria Union of road transport workers
4. Religions groups: these includes all churches and mosques
5. Voluntary organizations: These are group of people who renders humanitarian service to the society.
Such organization include, man ‘O’ war, Boys Brigades, Red cross, National council of woman societies
etc.
Functions of secondary groups
1. Maintenance of law and order in the society
2. They unity in the society
3. It promotes friendliness among its members which results in peaceful relationship
4. They also encourage division of labour especially in an organization
5. They help individual members to learn new role for example, workers in an organization could be
promoted to higher post which is different from and challenges
6. They also prepare members for higher leadership roles in the larger society.
In summary, secondary society groups act as training grooms where members are nurture for political
leadership.
Conflict resolution
1. Dialogue: It involves the two party and a third party who will stand as a mediator of peace to end such
conflict
2. Through the law court: conflicts can also be resolved by using the legal methods
3. Through the police: conflict between individual, family members, religions group, friends colleagues
can be reported to the police for immediate intervention
4. Government intervention: Government can set up a panel to mediate between groups unloving in
conflict
5. Through family or village head: Conflict within the family are settled by the family head while the
village head settles conflict in this a village
6. Through wars: This is a negative way of resolving conflict. The move powerful side wins the while the
other side surrenders. It causes detection of levees aid properties. A typical example is the Nigerian
Civil war between 1967 and 1970. The Nigeria army over powered the Biafra side and eventually the
war ended in favour of Nigeria.
Evaluation :
- Define secondary social group
- List the forms/types and explain
- State the functions of secondary social group
- Define conflict
- State the causes of conflict
- Highlight the effects of conflict
- Explain five conflict resolutions
Assignment : social studies Melrose workbook JSSone
WEEK NINE
TOPIC: INFLUENCE OF MAN IN THE ENVIRONMENT
There are two major types of environment; they are;
(i) physical environment
(ii) social environment
Influence of man in the physical environment
(1) Construction activities: Some highlands have become landlords in the coves of constructing roads.
Man has been able to construct bridges on rivers for easy movement. Example of this is the third
mainland Bridge in Lagos
(2) Irrigation activities: Man has been able to make water available in the desert for forming purposes
(3) Reclamation of land: Technology has greatly helped man to torn reverie areas to housing estates. The
land used in building the popular Victoria Gorden city (VGC) in Ajah, Lagos was reclaimed from water
and it is the most beautiful estates in Nigeria
(4) Drainage: Water movements are been controlled through canals and drainage to prevent floods
particularly during raining seasons
(5) A forestation programmes: To prevent desert environment, man has engaged in tree planting
programmes
WEEK TEN
TOPIC: ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME AND IN SCHOOL; NEEDS FOR SAFETY
Accident is the sudden occurrence of an unpleasant event which causes lure on an individual or group of
people
For any individual or organization that value human lives there is always need for “Safety”
Safety is a situation which prevents any form of injury when carrying out a task
WEEK ELEVEN
TOPIC: ACCIDENT IN THE HOME AND SCHOOL MEASURES FOR SAFETY
There are different accidents that occur while carrying out a task at home or in the school environment that
needs necessary safety measures such includes;
i. Fire out breaks
ii. Pressing iron burns
iii. Hot water burns
iv. Sliding in the bathroom
v. Knife or razor blade cuts
vi. Electric shocks through electrical opplinces
vii. Bone fractures due to letting of leg on lord objects like stares
viii. Burning of skin due to smash of chemicals during experiments in the school laboratory
ix. Hitting of students eyes by teachers while caning/beating
x. Falling from the school staircase
xi. Drowning in the school staircase
xii. Drowning in the swimming pool
xiii. Fracture while running or playing grounds on the pitch etc.