Government lesson plans for SHS 1–3

NaCCA-aligned Government Learning Planners for every week of the new SHS curriculum. Pick a week below and SHSLessonPlan writes the full plan in about two minutes: essential questions, strategies, resources, differentiation, then each lesson with worked examples, an assessment and an exit ticket. You can also make Government assessments and a scheme of work. Download as Word or PDF.

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SHS 1 Government: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 1 Government teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Meaning and Importance of Government
Week 2State, Power, Authority and Legitimacy
Week 3Socialism, Capitalism, Democracy and Feminism
Week 4Rule of Law and Separation of Powers
Week 5Indigenous Government: Ewe and Ga-Dangme
Week 6Indigenous Government: Akan
Week 7Constitutions and Constitutionalism
Week 8The Executive and the Presidential System
Week 9The Parliamentary System
Week 10The Legislature
Week 11Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures
Week 12The Judiciary
Week 13Public Opinion
Week 14Public Opinion and Public Policy
Week 15The Mass Media
Week 16Media Censorship and Its Problems
Week 17Political Parties
Week 18Political Parties and Pressure Groups
Week 19Political Parties Project
Week 20Actors in the International System
Week 21ECOWAS
Week 22The African Union
Week 23The United Nations
Week 24Revision

SHS 2 Government: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 2 Government teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1Citizenship
Week 2Meaning and Types of Rights
Week 3Protecting Citizens' Rights
Week 4Restrictions on Rights
Week 5Responsibilities of Citizens and the State
Week 6Features of Democracy
Week 7Good Governance
Week 8Functions of the Executive
Week 9The Legislature in a Democracy
Week 10The Judiciary in a Democracy
Week 11The Media and Democracy
Week 12Types of Party Systems
Week 13Ghana's Party System and the Opposition
Week 14The Electoral Commission
Week 15Decentralisation
Week 16Ghana's Local Government System
Week 17The Civil and Public Service
Week 18E-Government and E-Governance
Week 19Determinants of Ghana's Foreign Policy
Week 20Actors in Ghana's Foreign Policy
Week 21Diplomacy
Week 22Meaning of Globalisation
Week 23Types of Globalisation
Week 24Revision

SHS 3 Government: weekly topics

20 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 3 Government teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

Week 1The Unitary System
Week 2The Federal System
Week 3Why Ghana Is a Unitary State
Week 4Democracy in Indigenous Governance
Week 5Chieftaincy Today
Week 6The 1992 Constitution
Week 7Separation of Powers and Checks
Week 8Relevance of Checks and Balances
Week 9Political Parties in a Democracy
Week 10Elections
Week 11Voting Systems
Week 12Effects of Decentralisation
Week 13Functions and Challenges of the Civil Service
Week 14E-Governance in Ghana
Week 15Good Neighbourliness Policy
Week 16Ghana's Foreign Policy: ECOWAS
Week 17Ghana's Foreign Policy: AU
Week 18Ghana's Foreign Policy: UN
Week 19Effects of Globalisation on Ghana
Week 20Mitigating Globalisation's Effects

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