Week 5 and 6 – Jss 3 First Term Social Studies Lesson Notes

WEEK FIVE
MEDIA EXPRESSION
Mass media are means of communicating with the general public. These can be achieved through television, radio, telephone, internal facilities etc.
TYPES OF MASS MEDIA

1. Electronic Media: these include television, radio, internet, movies etc.
2. Print media: These include billboard, newspaper, magazine, postal, calendars etc.
3. Traditional Media: These are gong, drum, town criers, gunshot, fire lighting etc.

MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF GENDER
The mass media usually send messages about gender that are beneficial and educational.
EXAMPLES OF SOME MEDIA PORTRAYAL

1. Women in transparent clothing suggest that women need to wear this in order to attract men.
2. Men have more strength than women
3. Women enjoy being beaten

INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA ON VALUES AND ATTITUDE
This can be considered in two ways

1. Positive
2. Negative

POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA

1. They help in reducing gender bias in the society
2. Educate young ones about danger of pre-marital relationship
3. Create more awareness about HIV/AIDS and STD
4. Promote unity and tolerance
5. Provide right teaching on sexuality values

NEGATIVE VALUE

1. Promote indecent dressing
2. It promotes pornography, which increase immorality in the society
3. It promotes use of vulgar expression
4. It increases violence in the society
5. It promotes women as immoral object

QUALITIES OF GOOD MEDIA PROGRAMMES

1. They enhance good decision making skills
2. They encourages one to be good
3. They discourage gender bias
4. They teach appropriate moral values
5. They portray value of commitment and relationship in marriage

POSITIVE MEDIA PORTRAYAL

1. The families work together as one
2. The children being educated and cared for
3. Male and female are treated with respected

NEGATIVE MORAL PORTRAYAL

1. They encourage pornography
2. They encourage indecent dressing
3. They encourage vulgar expression in image, painting, and music.

    WEEK SIX
DECISION MAKING
Decision making is the act of making up one’s mind to undertake a particular, cause, project or idea and backing it up with action
It could be defined as choice made between alternatives.
TYEPS OF DECISION
There are two types of decision

1. Minor decision
2. Major decision

MINOR DECISION
These are decisions that have little or effects on our lives/future.

1. Choice of cloth to wear
2. Choice of food to eat
3. Choice to school club to join
4. Choice to play game
5. Choice to watch television

MAJOR DECISION
These are important decision that have great impacts and effects on the future of an individuals.
EXAMPLES

1. Choice of career
2. Choice of friends
3. Choice of life partners
4. Choice of school to go
5. Decision of whether to take drug or not
6. Choice on whether to engage in pre-marital relationship
7. Economic decision

SITUATION THAT REQUIRE DECISION MAKING

1. Choice of career
2. Choice of school
3. Choice of friends
4. Marriage decision
5. Economic decision
6. Decision on whether to take drug or not
7. Decision on whether young people need on any relationship or not

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DECISION MAKING

1. Personal goal
2. Value
3. Friends and peer groups
4. Religious belief
5. Peer pressure
6. Parents/family expectations
7. Society norms

PEOPLE THAT INFLUENCE OUR DECISION

1. Parent or guardians
2. Friends/peer groups
3. Siblings (our brothers and sisters)
4. Our teachers
5. Religious leader
6. Other adults

HOW TO MAKE RIGHT DECISION
These are the steps in making right decision

1. Define the problem
2. Collect information that would help you to solve the problems
3. Weight the possible consequences of the decision
4. Decide on an option
5. Act on the decision
6. Evaluate the outcome
7. Considering family and personal values
8. Consider the impact on other people.

IMPORTANCE OF DECISION MAKING

1. It gives purpose/direction to our lives
2. It assists us to identify our values
3. It builds self esteem
4. It helps in minimizing our values
5. It helps to resists pressure to conform to other peoples opinion

It assists us in proper goal setting

1. It enables us to make best choice out of available options
2. Helps us in learning more about ourselves