Subject: Agricultural Science
Topic: Livestock Production II
Duration: 40mins
Reference Material: Agricultural Science for Primary School, 5
Previous Knowledge: Pupils are familiar with general requirements for livestock production.
Objective: At the end of the lesson, pupils should:
- Define Poultry
- List the breeds of sheep and goats with their uses
Content:
Sheep
It is one of the animals commonly reared in West Africa. It is used for wool, meat (mutton). Breeds of sheep are Ouda, Yankassa, and the West Africa Dwarf.
Goat
It is closely related to the sheep, but the two differ in that the goat’s tail is shorter, also male goat has beards and it has a characteristic strong odour.
Male goat is called buck, female doe and young keel. The skin is used in leather production and the milk is medicine.
Breeds of goat in West Africa are: Sokoto Red, Borno Red, Kano Brown and West Africa Dwarf Goat.
Cattle
They are reared for their meat, leather and milk. Cattle reared for milk are called Diary cattle, while cattles reared for meat are called beaf cattle.
Poultry Keeping
Poultry birds refer to all species of birds that are kept by human being for economic benefits.
Poultry is a place where poultry birds are kept (housed) e.g. turkey, ducks, chicken etc.
Poultry birds are of two types: (i) Meat Type (ii) Egg Type.
The meat type are reared to produce meat only, while the egg type are reared to produce egg only.
Apart from the two, the “dual – purpose” are the types that produce, both meat and egg.
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:
- What is a Poultry?
- Mention the breeds of goats in West Africa
Conclusion: Teacher moves round for inspection, marking and correction of notes where necessary
Assignment: Page 70, ex 7, 5 – 10