Nigeria Lesson Plan

INQUIRY QUESTION:

How do your school rules compare to Nigerian school rules?

OBJECTIVES:

Acquaint students with their own school rules.
Acquaint students with the rules of St. Louis Grammar School (all girls school).
Students will be able to compare and contrast their school rules with Nigerian school rules using a Venn diagram.

STANDARDS:

Standard 10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES:

Verbal/Linguistic
Visual/Spatial
Mathematical/Logical

MATERIALS:

A copy of your school rules
A copy of the St. Louis Grammar School rules
Venn Diagram

ACTIVITY: Approximately one class period

1) Review and discuss your own school rules.

2) Review and discuss the Nigerian school rules.

The rules were taken from St. Louis Grammar School in Ibadan, Nigeria. St. Louis Grammar School is a junior secondary (middle school) and senior secondary (high school) school. St Louis Grammar School is an all girls Catholic school. Many of the same rules applied to other public and private schools in Nigeria.

3) Complete a Venn diagram that compares the two sets of rules.

4) Discuss as a class the similarities and differences between the two cultures in terms of school rules.

SOME BASIC SCHOOL RULES

1. School sandals must be brown. Slippers, covered shoes, and high heeled shoes are not allowed.

2. Only bottle-green cardigan is allowed.

3. Hair braids must not be less than ten. "Brush style is not allowed and only S-S-3 students are allowed to thread their hair.

4. Only green and golden earrings are allowed. Dangling earrings or excessively large ones are also not allowed.

5. Rings, necklaces, rubber bands, and bangles are not allowed. Rosary rings, bangles, and scapulas are not allowed.

6. No makeup is allowed (eyeliner, blusher, or mascara).

7. No mini skirts or slits are allowed.

8. Ruffles and rubber bands are not allowed for ones hair. Only black hair pins are allowed.

9. Stop whatever you are doing at 12 oclock and say the Angelus or your silent prayer.

10. Do not pass the middle stair case, it is for the teachers.

11. Do not cross the lawn. Visitors should not come upstairs to see anyone. They should stay in the visitors corridor and send for whoever they want to see.