DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

LESSON PLAN
NAME OF TEACHER: DATE:
SUBJECT: Civic education DURATION:80 MINUTES
TOPIC: Cultural studies CLASS:
SUBTOPIC: component of culture NO OF BOYS…GIRLS…
REFERENCES: civic education book 10 and other resources
RATIONALE: This is lesson number one on culture, Teacher Exposition, Question and answer and
group or class discussion methods will be used .This lesson will develop learners understanding of
components of culture such as language, religion, technology, material etc. The skill of Identification and
value of Respect.
TEACHING LEARNING /AIDS: learners book 10,chalk board and charts
OBJECTIVES: L.S.B.A.T:
 Define culture
 Describe component of culture
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE: Learners have ideas about the topic being taught.
LESSON INTRODUCTION: Brainstorming questions about the topic being taught will be used to
introduce the topic and to revise through the previous lesson
LESSON INTRODUCTION:
CONTENT TEACHER’S PUPIL’S METHODS
ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

CULTURE

-Culture refers to the whole way of life of a Teacher define culture

given people which includes their food, and allows learners to
language, taboos, festivals, values, beliefs Ask questions Learners
listen and
and traditions.
Ask Teacher
-Culture can also be defined as the sum total questions exposition/
of behaviour which people have learned Question and
over a period of time and defines ways by Answer
which they do things.
-Culture is not something that one is born
with but it is learnt

components of culture
-A component is a unit or a part of
something.
-It is an element of the whole, for example,
two legs are a component of a human being
because they are part of the whole human
being.

COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
1.Language
-Language defines a cultural group even
though the same language can be used in
different countries. It is the vehicle through
which culture is transmitted. It differentiates
one culture from another.
-It reflects the nature and value of a culture.

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-Language is not only spoken, it can also be
unspoken. For example gestures are signs
used to express different things such as
showing a fist as a sign of strength or The teacher initiate class
discuss On components The class
violence
of culture listens
2.Religion attentively to
-Religious taboos, customs, ritual, dictate the
the behaviour of a given society. discussion
-Religion can also dictate the type of food/
drink people take. For example, Hindus do
not eat beef because they believe that when
a person dies some of them will be born in
an animal. Devoted Catholics used not to eat
meat on Good Friday, while devoted
Muslims do not drink alcohol.
3Values and attitude
-They are at the core of culture and do not GROUP/CLASS
change anyhow. DISCUSSION
- Values and attitudes constitute the value
systems of any given society.
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𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠+𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠=𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑎
𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦
-A society value system guides people in
what is considered right or wrong.
-It is the basis of society‟s way of life.
-Most value systems are based on a society
central religion.
4.Education
-Education is an important part of culture.
Since culture is learned behaviour.
-There are three types of learning that take
place in a society
-Informal learning
-This is a type of learning in which a child
learns by imitating the behaviour of its
family members/friends or by watching
characters portrayed in the movies/films

1.Formal learning
-This is a type of learning in
-which adults teach young family members
on how to behave in certain situations. For
example, Namwangas, Luvales, Lungus and
other cultures teach a child to kneel down
when he/she is greeting/giving elders
something as a form of respect.

2.Technical learning
-This is a type of learning in which teachers

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instruct a child in an educational
environment about what should be done,
how it should be done and why it should be
done. It takes place in a classroom.

5.Social organisations
-This is the way society organizes itself.
-It relates to how society defines
relationships, social institutions such as
marriage and status system such as the role
of a woman and children. The extended
family system is a common social institution
in African societies for it provides mutual
protection and social support on a daily
basis.

6.Technology and material culture Learners

listen
-These refer to society‟s ability to create,
Teacher consolidates attentively
design and use things. Learner ’responses from
-Technology and material culture relates to the discussion
the way society organizes its economic
activities.
-Terms like this industrialized nations and
developing nations like Zambia refer to Teacher
different technologies and cultures. Exposition
-Thus, we speak of being in the Stone Age
when society used stone tools, Iron Age
when iron tools were used, but now we talk
of computer age culture since computers are
the means of story of organising, calculating
etc.
-Developed countries have reached Space
Age culture by designing the most modern
technology such as E-mail information.

7. Aesthetics
-This is a society‟s perception of what is
considered beauty in art and in persons.
-It dictates what is considered good taste,
might be considered bad taste in another
culture, e g dressing in mini-skirts, tight
trousers are acceptable in towns but
condemned in villages in Zambia.
8. Law and politics
-These are the rules and structures that
regulate the behaviour of individuals.
-Legal rules attract punishment when
broken.
-Laws protect members of the society to live

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peace and free from in-human treatment.
-The political system of a society defines the
structure of government and who occupies
position in the structures.
-It also defines the roles and responsibilities
of the leaders and the people led

Lesson conclusion: Tr to conclude lesson by revising through the lesson with leaners to help
remedial learners
HOMEWORK/CLASS EXERCISE
Q1.WHAT IS CULTURE
Q2.STATE THREE COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
Q3. BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THREE COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

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