Topic: The social wellbeing of youth.

Learning objective: To explore valves necessary for wellbeing and agencies concerned with the youth well-being.

Success criteria: I can say the agencies concerned with youth wellbeing.

This simply talks about the government and private (non-governmental) agencies which are concerned or in charge
of promoting the well-being of youth. This means they want young people to be happy and healthy in Nigeria.

Some of these agencies are

Boy scout: this agency is set up to develop young boys to be responsible.

The Girl Guides Association: develops young girls to become responsible leaders.

Drug free club: this agency discourages young people and children from using or getting involved with drugs.

National Sports Commission

Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.

Rotary club
Values necessary for well- being of the youth includes;
Discipline: this ensures that young people do what they are supposed to do at all time. They do their homework and
house chores before they play.
Honesty: honesty means not telling lies or taking things which do not belong to you.
Hard work: being hardworking will ensure your success in everything that you do. If you study hard, do your chores
well and read widely, when you become an adult, it will be easy to continue being hardworking.
Respect and concern for others: if you respect your elders, you will benefit from their good advice. Concern for
others means being considerate.
Obedience: this value is important because it keeps us out of trouble. If you obey your parents, you will stay out of
trouble, and if you obey the law will not get punished of fined.
Healthy living: the value of healthy living is that you will stay away from things which are not good for you, such as
too many sweets and chocolates which will rot your teeth.

The importance of values

Effective citizenship
Peaceful co-existence
Development and progress of society
Strong family community.
Topic: drugs abuse
Learning Objectives:
To understand the meaning and types of drugs.
To explore the health impact of using drugs.
Success criteria: I can explain the meaning of drug abuse and the health impact of using drugs.

Drug abuse is when a person uses drugs which have not been prescribed by a doctor and he or she gets addicted to
them. An addiction is when a person cannot do without something. Addiction is a type of illness. The drugs people
usually get addicted to are bad for them and sometimes make them commit crimes.

There are two ways people can come in contact with drugs, which are the proper and wrong way.

The proper way: is when someone gets drugs from a hospital or doctor to help them feel better when they are sick.
Some drugs that can be given to a sick person includes: pain killer or sleeping tablets to help them relax and relieve
pain. These tablets are some of the prescription drugs people can get addicted to.
The wrong way: this is when a person is not sick but gets drugs from a friend, brother or sister to make them feel
happy or feel good about themselves.
Health impact of using drugs

Every drug has it’s specific characteristics which affect people differently. Some of the harmful effects of taking
drugs or abusing substances include:

Addiction: addiction to any drugs or harmful substances makes it impossible for a person to function normally. It
gets worst when the person is deprived of the substance they are addicted to, this makes the sick, and have
symptoms like throwing up or shivering and unable to focus. This is called ‘withdrawal’. It is what makes it so hard
for addicts to give up their addiction.

Violence: drug addicts sometimes become violet because they have no control over their actions and because they
feel deprived of their drugs.
Death: this is when too much of the drug has been consumed and it causes the heart or major organs to stop which
leads to death.
TOPIC: DRUG ABUSE
Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able –
To explore the social and economic impact of using drugs.

Success criteria: I can explain the social and economic impact of using drugs.

Some of the social and economic impact of suing drugs includes:

Family Disintegration: the use of drug can cause the user to be anti-social and he or she may become erratic and
sometimes violet. This causes them to leave their homes and sometimes live on the streets or with other drug
users.

Poverty: once a person gets addicted to a drug his or her behaviour changes which may lead to lose of job and
after that the person tends to use all his or her savings on drugs or even begin to steal people’s money to support
his or her drug habit.

the social and economic impact of using drugs.

Inability to focus: due to the disorientation and hallucinations caused by the drugs the users find it difficult to
look after themselves. This means that they often look unclean and unkept.

Dropping out of school: due to lack of concentration, they cannot cope with school and they usually drop out of
school.
Disorientation and nausea: some drugs makes some users weak, unfocused and nauseous ( which is when a person
feels like vomiting). cannabis and hemp can cause disorientation.
Topic: Drug supply and trafficking.

Learning Objectives:
To explore local source of some drugs.
To explore drug trafficking, dangers and disadvantages of drug trafficking.
Success criteria: I can explain symptoms of drug abuse and how to prevent drug abuse.

Drugs are available in many places depending on the category of the drugs. Most hard drugs such as cocaine and
heroin are illegal and not sold openly.

Local sources of some drugs

 Commercial buses

 Traditional medicine

 Stores

 Pharmacies

 Beach

 Beer parlour

 Hotels

Clinics/ hospitals
dangers and disadvantage of drug trafficking.

Drugs which are usually available through these sources are usually prescribed drugs, such as Valium, codeine &
painkillers, alcohol, tobacco and Indian hemp. It is also possible to get hard drugs at these kind f places.

Drug trafficking is the act of carrying and smuggling drugs across boarders. It is a serious crime and punishable
by death in many countries. Drug traffickers hide the drugs they smuggle in food such as garri or put them in baby
food bottles and containers.

Dangers and disadvantages of drug trafficking

Damaging the lives and health of those who buy the drugs and become addicted them.
Corruption: people involved in drug trafficking often bribe enforcement agents to allow them smuggle their goods.
The penalties of being caught include life imprisonment or death.
Increase in crimes as drug users and traffickers struggle to maintain their addictions or control the places where
they sell drugs.
Topic pollution
Learning Objectives:
To understand the meaning of pollution and
To explore types of pollution and remedies to pollution.

Pollution is the contamination of a place or substance, thereby making it unsafe or harmful for living things, both
plants and animals.

Types of pollution

Air pollution

Water pollution

Land pollution

Noise pollution
Remedies to pollution

1. Air pollution can be remedied or reduced by doing the following:

A. finding an alternative source of energy which will not pollute the air.

B. Moving industries to the outskirts of cities and towns to reduce the constant release of smoke and gasses from
factories into the air,

C. Imposing heavy fines on oil producers who spill oil and insisting they clean up the polluted area.

2. Water pollution can be remedied or reduced by doing the following:

A. Governments providing waste disposal facilities so that people stop dumping into the water.

B. making it illegal to dump waste into water and enforcing this law by imposing strict punishments on offenders.
C. Recycling our water will also help in dealing with water pollution. As we recycle, we purify the water before
releasing it into the environment.

C. Fining those who refuse to obey the law regarding noise pollution.

3. Land pollution can be remedied or reduced by doing the following:

A. Governments providing waste disposal facilities so that people stop dumping onto land.

B. Fining tanker drivers who discharge used oil onto the ground and oil producers who destroy ecosystems with oil
spillages.

C. Imposing harsh punishments on those found guilty of breaking oil pipelines. Not only are these people stealing,
but they are also destroying the land because the oil leaks out of the pipes.
D. Planting more trees and flowers and protecting endangered species will help restore the land.

4. Noise pollution can be remedied or reduced by doing the following;

A. Educating people about the dangers of playing music too loud or disturbing the peace with loud sermons or
advertisement.

B. Making it part of traffic and road rules not to horn in certain areas, especially residential areas, or where
hospitals or schools are located.