Week 7 and 8 – Jss 3 First Term Social Studies Lesson Notes

WEEK SEVEN
HUMAN EMOTION (LOVE)

1. Love is a genuine feeling toward someone
2. Love is a strong feeling between two people
3. Love is a strong feeling or affection towards somebody or something
4. Love is the ability to express feelings emotion and affection towards someone or something
5. Love means having deep and warm feeling about and other love involves happiness and responsibilities.

TYPES OF LOVE

1. Self-love
2. Friendship love
3. Comfortable love
4. Complete love
5. Infatuation
6. Romantic love
7. Self-Love: This is the kind of love one has for himself. It involves accepting, believing and knowing oneself
8. Infatuation: This often referred to as love at first sight. It is based on physical beauty or handsome. It does not last long.
9. Friendship Love: This is the love that exists between two close friends. It involves deep intimacy, sharing, caring, closeness etc.
10. Comfortable Love: This type of love exists between parents and children. It is sincere and genuine love. It involves caring, showing concern with high level of loyalty, commitment and dependability
11. Complete Love: This type of love is deep and lasting. It takes time to develop
12. Romantic Love: It involves passion and intimacy

QUALITIES OF LOVE

1. Caring
2. Trust
3. Honesty
4. Acceptance
5. Commitment
6. Sincerely
7. Forgiveness
8. Respect
9. Companionship

BEHAVIOUS THAT ENHANCE LOVING RELATIONSHIP
These include:

1. Tolerance
2. Sharing
3. Mutual respect
4. Good communication
5. Thoughtfulness
6. Making future plan together
7. Journey making decision
8. Remembering important days

WAYS OF EXPRESSING LOVE
Love can be expressed through:

1. Sharing
2. Showing respect
3. Exchanging gift
4. Rendering assistance
5. Caring

    WEEK EIGHT
POPULATION
Population can be referred to as the number of people living in particular area over a period of time
This population of Nigeria as at 2006, according to population census was 14 million but today (2015) the population of Nigeria is over 180 million
BASIC UNITS OF POPULATION
Population is made up of

1. The family
2. The community
3. The family: a family is a group of people related by blood, marriage or adoption
4. The Community: A community is defined as a group of people who often live close to each other and work together to achieve a common goal e.g. town, cities, schools etc.

POPULATION CONCEPTS

1. Over population
2. Optimum population
3. Under population
4. Over Population: This refers to a situations where country is available resources are less than the population. This means that the population is too large for the available resources which may cause low standard of living.

BENEFITS OF OVERPOPULATION

1. Availability of sufficient labour/labour force
2. Available large market for goods and services
3. Easy dissemination of information
4. It is easy to get aids from international organization
5. It is easy to recruit large army for Defence

PROBLEMS OF OVER POPULATIONS

1. Increase in social vices and crimes
2. Pressure on social amenities
3. Overcrowding and congestion problems
4. High cost of living
5. Low standards of living
6. High rate of unemployment
7. Environmental pollution

CONTROL OF OVER POPULATION

1. Family planning
2. Monogamy should be encouraged
3. Late marriage
4. Public enlightment
5. Strict immigration
6. Sex education