JSS1 Third Term Civic Education Lesson Note – Objects of National Consciousness II

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WEEK 3                                                                                                        

SUBJECT: CIVIC EDUCATION

CLASS:          JS1

TOPIC:          OBJECTS OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

CONTENT:

• National consciousness and identity
• Purpose of establishment of national institutions

Sub–Topic 1: NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND IDENTITY

Meaning of National Consciousness

This is the feeling of love for one’s country. This is called National Consciousness or Nationalism. The love for one’s country is paramount in the mind of such individual. People in a Nation share the following:

(i)    Common territory,

(ii)   Economic life,

(iii)    Political system,

(iv)   Constitution,

National Identity

 Meaning of National identity

National identity refers to the characteristics by which a Nation can be recognized.

Identity is a situation in which things are the same or alike. In this wise, people from particular cultural group are different from another and can easily be known because of some common characteristics they possess. For instance, the Igbo’s are different from Yoruba’s.

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