Citizenship Education I

The route

Lessons are in the order that makes each one easier than the last. Each unit ends with a short quiz.

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   Unit 1

   Citizenship: Meaning and Acquisition

   Two babies, one hospital, different futures. How citizenship is gained by birth, registration and naturalisation, and how it can be lost.
   1. Meaning of Citizenship and Citizenship EducationFree You carry it everywhere and rarely think about it. So what exactly is the thing called citizenship? 9 min
   3. Citizenship by Birth Being born in Nigeria is not what makes you Nigerian. Your family tree is. 8 min
   4. Citizenship by Registration and Naturalisation Not born Nigerian? Two other doors exist, and one of them takes fifteen years to walk through. 9 min
   5. Dual Citizenship, Renunciation and Deprivation Citizenship can be doubled, surrendered or taken away, but not for everyone and not in the same way. 9 min
   6. Unit 1 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 2 Full plan

   Pre-Colonial and Colonial History of Nigeria

   Clay heads, bronze, camel caravans and caravels. The civilisations, trade and conquest that came before 1914.
   1. Early Civilisations: Nok and Igbo-Ukwu Long before anyone drew Nigeria's borders, people here were smelting iron and casting bronze the world still marvels at. 9 min
   2. Pre-Colonial States: Kanem-Bornu, Hausa, Oyo and Benin Four great political systems grew up in the Nigerian area, and each one solved the problem of power in its own way. 10 min
   3. The Trans-Saharan (Arab) Trade and Its Influence The desert was not a wall but a sea, and the camel caravans that crossed it reshaped the north for a thousand years. 9 min
   4. Early European Contact with Nigeria Portuguese caravels, slave ships, explorers on the Niger and missionaries at Badagry. Four waves of Europeans came by sea. 9 min
   5. European Subjugation, Partition and Amalgamation How a coastline of trading posts became a single British colony called Nigeria, in about fifty years. 10 min
   6. Unit 2 quiz6 questions on this unit 8 min
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   Unit 3 Full plan

   The Nigerian Constitution

   What a constitution is, why Nigeria's is supreme and hard to change, how it evolved from 1922 to 1999, and why nobody is above the law.
   1. Meaning, Sources and Types of Constitution Every football match, every family meeting and every country runs on rules about who decides. The constitution is the master copy. 10 min
   2. Colonial Constitutions (1922–1954) Between 1922 and 1954 Nigeria's rulebook was rewritten four times, and each version taught Nigerians to want more. 10 min
   3. Post-Independence Constitutions (1960–1999) Five constitutions since independence, two of them born under military rule, and the one in force today. 10 min
   4. The Rule of Law A governor and a groundnut seller should meet the same law. That simple idea is called the rule of law. 9 min
   5. Unit 3 quiz7 questions on this unit 9 min
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   Unit 4 Full plan

   Arms of Government and Federalism

   Three arms that watch each other, three tiers that share one pot of money, and why Nigeria chose to be a federation.
   1. The Three Arms of Government Every government does three jobs. Nigeria's Constitution gives each job to a different set of hands, on purpose. 9 min
   2. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances Splitting power is only half the trick. The other half is letting each arm keep an eye on the other two. 9 min
   3. Federalism in Nigeria Why a country of hundreds of ethnic groups chose to share power between Abuja, the states and the local governments. 9 min
   4. Tiers of Government and Revenue Allocation Abuja, 36 state capitals and 774 council secretariats all wait for the same monthly meeting. Here is how the money is shared. 10 min
   5. Unit 4 quiz7 questions on this unit 9 min
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   Unit 5 Full plan

   Fundamental Rights, Duties and Directive Principles

   The shields in Chapter IV, where they stop, how to defend them in court, what citizens owe, and the promises in Chapter II.
   1. Fundamental Human Rights (Chapter IV) The Constitution hands every person in Nigeria a set of shields. You can't use a shield you don't know you're carrying. 10 min
   2. Limitation and Enforcement of Fundamental Rights Your freedom of movement ends at a quarantine line; your right to fair hearing never does. Knowing the difference matters. 9 min
   3. Duties of Citizens and Responsibilities of Government Every right you claim has a duty standing behind it, and the government owes duties too. 9 min
   4. Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy Chapter II promises food, shelter, education and a clean environment. So why can't you take government to court when it fails? 10 min
   5. Unit 5 quiz7 questions on this unit 9 min
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   Unit 6 Full plan

   National Symbols, Values and Democracy

   The flag, the coat of arms and the anthem that came back; the seven national ethics; democracy, parties and your vote.
   1. National Symbols A student in London, a competition and a design that beat thousands of others. Every national symbol has a story and a meaning. 10 min
   2. National Values and Ethics Discipline, integrity, dignity of labour and four more. The Constitution's short list of what a good Nigerian looks like. 9 min
   3. Democracy, Political Parties and Civic Participation Government of the people only works if the people turn up. Here is how democracy, parties and your vote fit together. 10 min
   4. Unit 6 quiz7 questions on this unit 9 min

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