Subject: Social Studies

Topic: Employment

Duration: 40mins

Reference Material: Easyway to Social Studies for Primary School, 5

Previous Knowledge: Pupils are familiar with resource distribution.

Objective: At the end of the lesson, pupils should:

  • Define Employment
  • Mention causes of unemployment

Content:

Employment is work that one does to earn money. Some people work for other people e.g. teachers work for the owner of the school, while some people are self-employed e.g. mechanic, shopkeepers, hairdressers etc.

Unemployment is a situation when one does not have a job which brings income. Underemployment is when one does not have a job that fetches sufficient income, e.g. when a worker is only occupied for three hours instead of eight hours a day.

Causes of Unemployment

  1. Shortage of Money: Government and Companies sack people when they have little money to pay salaries.
  2. Laziness
  3. Inability to work e.g. handicapped (blind people or cripple)
  4. Overpopulation of these are too many people available for job
  5. Lack of necessary skills.
  6. Underemployment: Some countries are yet to develop so they have less industries.

Problems caused by unemployment

  1. It leads to increase in crime rate e.g. stealing, kidnapping.
  2. It leads to frustration.
  3. Unemployed people find it hard to cater for themselves and families.
  4. It can lead to decrease in standard of living.

Presentation:

Step 1: Teacher revises the previous lesson with the pupils.

Step 2: Teacher introduces and explains the new topic to the pupils.

Step 3: Pupils are allowed to ask questions.

Step 4: Teacher writes notes under content on the board for pupils to copy.

Evaluation:

  1. What is Capital?
  2. List reasons for uneven distribution of resources.

Conclusion: Teacher collects notes for correction and marking.

Assignment: Mention the causes of unemployment.