Authority and Power · B4 Our World And Our People

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.4.2.1.1 - Show respect and obedience to those in authority

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five different people with authority and power in their home, school, community and state.
Explain in their own words at least three reasons why it is important to respect and obey people in authority.
Demonstrate respectful behaviour through role-play or class discussion, showing how they would greet, listen to, and respond to people in authority.
Write or dictate a short paragraph about a situation where obeying someone in authority brought peace or avoided trouble.
Show willingness to follow instructions from authority figures during class activities and group work.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Our Nation Ghana (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Authority and Power (4.2)
Content standard: B4.4.2.1 - Demonstrate respect for people with authority and power
Indicator: B4.4.2.1.1 - Show respect and obedience to those in authority
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 18
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners identify people (can use films and pictures) with authority and power in the community: parents, e.g.
Home: parents, grandparents uncles, aunties School: headteacher, teachers, prefects Community: chiefs, pastors, Imams, Assembly members, police State: President, Speaker of Parliament, Members of Parliament.
Learners talk about why they should respect and obey people in authority: e.g. to promote unity, peace and harmony, to avoid punishment.
In groups, learners talk and write about why they should obey authority.
Learners present their work for class discussion.