Primary Five SST Scheme of Work Term I -III

WK PD TOPIC SUB-TOPIC Subject competences Language Content Suggested T / L AIDS REF REM
competences activities
Maps and pictures 

Location of The learners;  The learner; To locate places, Drawing a Map showing Comprehensive
Uganda  Tell ways of locating  Makes we can use map showing the shape SST Bk 5 Pg 1
places. sentences using. neighbours, the shape and position Sharing our
 Locate Uganda on the  Locating compass, important and position of Uganda world Bk 5 pg 1
1 map of East Africa  Drawing features.
Uganda is located
of Uganda Fountain SST
bk 5 pg 1 – 2
 Draw a map showing the  Position
position of Uganda  Pronounces and in E. Africa and
 Neighbours major cities writes East shares borders with
and current leaders Africa correctly Kenya, Tanzania,
Living DRC, South Sudan,
together in Rwanda
Uganda
Elements of a Defines terms like map,  Makes Define a map and Drawing Atlases Sharing our
picture. sentences using picture pictures and world bk 5 pg 2
good map Differentiates between a  Map Differentiating their maps. Comprehensive
map and a picture.  Picture between a map and Calculating SST bk 5 pg 1 –
Identifies the elements  Margin a picture. to find actual 2
of a good map.  Title Elements of a good distance
Gives the use of each  Compass map i.e. scale, key, using the
element of a good map  Spells and title etc given scales
pronounces Use of each
element and how
 Explains the
each is used.
importance of
the different
elements
PHYISICAL Latitudes and A learner;  A learner  To define Drawing a Atlases Fountain SST
Defines latitudes and  Explains the latitudes and map of Wall maps bk 5 pg 2
FEATURES IN longitudes longitudes differences longitudes Uganda
UGANDA Names the marked 00 between  Naming major using
States the use of longitudes and longitudes and imaginary
latitudes, longitudes and latitudes latitudes. lines.
equator.  Spells and  State the use Listing
Uses the words in pronounces the of longitudes countries
sentence making words latitudes, and latitudes crossed by
longitudes and  Locating the major
equator Uganda using liens
 Uses the words longitudes and

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 in sentence latitudes
making African countries
crossed by the
major lines

Uganda a Defines  Spells, reads  Defining

and unites landlocked
land locked A land locked city  Land locked country
country country  Problems
A non-land locked facing
country landlocked city
 Relationship
between
Uganda. And
her neighbours
Physical A learner  A learner  Defining terms Identifying Atlases Comprehensive
Defines the term  Defines the term  Identify major major Wall maps SST bk 5 pg 7
features physical feature physical features physical physical Sharing our
Gives examples of and relief features on the features on Major world Bk 5 pg
physical features  Gives examples map of the map of physical 10
Locates major physical of physical Uganda Uganda features
features of Uganda features  Locating major should be
 Locates major physical drawn
physical features features of separately on
of Uganda on Uganda individual
the map maps
Formation of A learner;  A learner;  Mountains in Drawing Chart Fountain SST
Gives the types of  Spells the words Uganda diagrams to showing bk 5 pg 10
physical mountains in Uganda  Faulting  Types of show mountain Comprehensive
features and their examples  Volcanicity mountains mountain formations SST bk 5 pg 8 –
Describes the formation  Tensional forces  Examples of formations 9
process of each  Compressional each type Sharing our
mountain type forces  Formation world Bk 5
Identify the effects of processes
mountains to man  Effects of each
mountain type
 Effects of
mountains to
man

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 The rift valley A learner;  A learner;  Formation of Diagrams Chart MK SST bk 5
Tells what a rift valley is.  Explains the the rift valley showing the showing the pg 8 – 11
Describes the formation formation of rift  Arms of the rift rift valley rift valley
of the rift valley. valley valley formation formation
Draws the diagrams to  Spells and  Features in the
show the rift valley pronounces rift valley
formation  Compressional  Activities in the
Identify features found in  Tensional rift valley
the rift valley  Faults  Effects of the
 Faulting rift valley to
 Escarpments  Problems
 Importance of faced in rift
physical features valleys
PHYSICAL Major lakes in A learner  A learner  Types of lakes Drawings A map Sharing our
Gives lakes in Uganda.  Explains the  Examples of showing showing world pg 23 bk
FEATURES IN Uganda Identifies the formation of each type lakes and lakes and 5
UGANDA characteristics of each different lakes  Characteristics rivers of rivers in Fountain SST
type of lake.  Pronounces and of each type Uganda and Uganda bk 5 pg 9
Describes the formation spells like  Formation of their
of each type  Lava dammed each type formation
Gives the types  Depressional  Uses of lakes
methods of fishing and  Crater to man
preservations methods  Calderas  Major lakes in
Mentions the effects of Uganda
 Freezing
man on lakes and lakes  Fishing in
to man Uganda
 Dangers and
solutions
Major rivers in A learner  A learner  Rivers in Drawing Map showing Sharing our
Defines terms  Explains the Uganda diagrams lakes and world bk 5 pg
Uganda connected to river flow different river  Terms related showing the rivers in 23
Gives the stages of a courses to river flow formation of Uganda Fountain SST
river flow and  Spells words like  Stages of a these bk 5 pg 6 – 10
characteristics of each  Ox – bow river flow features Comprehensive
stage.  Meandering  Characteristics SST bk 5 pg 11
Identifies uses of rivers of each stage - 14
to man  Uses of rivers
Gives effects of rivers to man
and lakes to man  Major rivers in
Uganda
 Transport on
R. Nile

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 Plateaus A learner  The plateau  The plateau Drawing a Atlases MK SST bk 5
Defines a plateau  Cross section  Covers the diagram of pg 8
Draws a cross section of biggest part of the cross Fountain SST
the plateau in Uganda Uganda section of bk 5 pg 12
Identifies activities on  Cross section the Uganda
the plateau of the plateau plateau
States the effects of in Uganda
each to man  Effects of each
feature on
man.
The climate of Review of A learner;  A learner spells  Define weather Writing a Chalk board
Defines terms weather  Humidity  Factors of review
Uganda weather humidity temperature.  Temperature weather exercise Weather
Identify the elements  Weather  Types of instruments
and types of weather.  Explains the weather drawn on
State the effects of man meanings of the  Weather charts
on weather and weather above words instruments
on man  Effects of Real objects
weather to
man or man to
weather
Types of A learner  A learner  Meaning of Describing Atlases Functional SST
Defines climate  Explains climate each type of bk 5 pg 40 – 46
climate in Identifies the climatic  Climate  Climatic zones climate Comprehensive
Uganda zones in Uganda  Climatology of Uganda Drawing SST bk 5 pg 18
Describes each type of  Climatic zone  Economic diagrams to – 25
climate  Explains factors activities in show the Fountain SST
Identifies activities in affecting climate each climatic formation of bk 5
each zone zone different
Gives the factors that  Factors that types of
affect climate influence the rainfall.
Describes how climate climate of
affects man or man Uganda
affects climate.  Types of
Gives climatic disasters rainfall
 Influence of
climate on
human
activities or
human
activities on
climate
 Disasters
caused by
climate

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 Farming A leaner  A learner  Farming Identify MK SST Bk 5
Describes the different  Spells and systems in different pg 23 – 39
systems types of farming pronounces the Uganda farming
Identifies merits and words correctly  Advantages systems
demerits of each type  Subsistence and
Gives factors  Plantation disadvantages
considered setting up a  Aqua - culture of each type
farm  Ranching  Factors to
 Dairy farming consider
 Api – culture before setting
up a farm
Major crops of A learner  Major crops of  Major cash Identifying Study to farm MK SST bk 5
Defines cash crops, Uganda to be crops of different institutes pg 32 – 39
Uganda food crops, written correctly Uganda farming
nontraditional crops  Cash crops  Cash crops systems
Identifies conditions  Food crops e.g. coffee,
required for the growth  Nontraditional cotton,
of each type of crop cash crops tobacco, tea
States the products from  Conditions etc
each crop required for the  Food crops
Gives the problems growth e.g. cassava,
farmers face.  Pesticides matooke
Mention solutions to the  Cooperative  Nontraditional
above problems societies cash crops
Define cooperative e.g. vanilla,
 Transport
societies and functions sunflower
 Marketing
they offer to farmers  Conditions for
the growth of
each type
 Products got
from each type
 Problems
farmers face
 Solutions to
the above
problems
Learners should be able Drawing the Charts MK SST bk 5
3 VEGETATION Types of
to


Vegetation
Savanna
 Types of
vegetation map of pg 41 – 50
& OF UGANDA vegetation in Define the term  Woodland  Characteristics Uganda Fountain Bk 5
4 Uganda vegetation  Miombo of each type showing pg 13 – 16
Identify the vegetation  Conserved  Factors vegetation
regions of Uganda affecting zones of
Give the characteristics vegetation Uganda
of each zone  Importance of
State the factors that vegetation

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 influence vegetation  How man
Uses of vegetation destroys
Mention ways of vegetation
conserving vegetation  How
Why man destroys vegetation can
vegetation be conserved
By the end of the Observing Environment
1 NATURAL Types of
lesson, learner should
 Learners should
be able to
 Definition of a
resource and resources in
RESOURCES natural
& OF UGANDA resources
be able to
Define a resource
 Write
 Spell
natural
resource
the
environment
2 Examples of Define natural resource
Identify the types of
 Pronounce  Types of Answering
oral
 Read all the natural
natural natural resources and words in this resources and questions
resources examples column  Example under Writing notes
 Resource each types
 Non renewable
 Renewable
 Natural resource
Land By the end of the lesson  Land gradation  Why is land Answering
children should be able  Land the most questions
to conservation important Discussing
Identify the reasons why  Industrialization natural the uses of
land is the most  Mining resource land in
important natural  Conservation  Uses of land groups
resource  Degradation  Definition of Telling ways
State the uses of land land of degrading
State ways how land is degradation land
misused  Definition of Carrying
Define land degradation land research
Identify ways of conservation Using
conserving land  Ways how dictionary
land can be
degraded
 Ways how
land can be
conserved
NATURAL Water bodies Should be able to  Springs  Examples of Discussing Text book
State examples of water  Streams water bodies the use
RESOURCES bodies  Uses of water water bodies
IN UGANDA Identify the uses of bodies with the
water bodies  How can water teacher
Explain how water bodies be Telling the
bodies can be misused misused different
 How can water ways of

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 bodies be misusing and
conserved conserving
water bodies

Fishing in Should be able to:  Fishing  Definition of Discussing in Atlases

Define fishing  Aquatic fishing groups Text books
Uganda Identify types of fishing  Hyacinth  Types of fish Observing
Explain the method of  Fishing rod caught in diagrams of
fishing Uganda fish in the
State the methods of  Methods of text books
preserving fish fishing in
State the importance of Uganda
fish.  Methods of
Explain the importance preserving fish
of the fishing industry  Importance of
Identify the problems fish
affecting the fishing  Importance of
industry and their fishing industry
solutions  Problems
facing the
fishing industry
 Solutions to
the problems
facing the
fishing industry
Vegetation Should be able to  Deforestation  Definition of Answering Chalk board
Define vegetation  Bush burning vegetation oral Atlas
State the uses of  Over grazing  Uses of questions
vegetation  Afforestation vegetation Discussing in
Explain how vegetation  Bush fallowing  How can groups
can be destroyed  Agro – forestry vegetation be
Identify ways of  Reafforestation destroyed
conserving vegetation  Ways of
State the reasons why conserving
man destroys vegetation vegetation
 Why does man
destroy
vegetation

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 NATURAL Climate Should be able to  Refer to climate 
Define the term climate  Check children
RESOURCES Answer all possible by asking them
questions related to oral questions
climate about climate in
topic 4
Minerals Should be able to  Mineral  Definition of Discuss with Chalk board
Define a mineral  Alluvial mineral the teacher Atlas
State the types of  Drilling  Types of about mining
minerals mineral Answering
Identify the uses of  Uses of oral
minerals minerals questions
Explain how minerals  How minerals
can be misused. can be
Explain the methods of misused
mining  Methods of
Identify minerals in mining
Uganda and where they  Major minerals
are mined. mined in
Explain the importance Uganda
of mining  Ming regions
Identify the problems
 Importance of
facing the mining
mining
industry
 Problems
State the problems
facing the
caused by the mining
mining industry
industry
 Problems
caused by the
mining industry
Wild life Should be able to  Wildlife  Definition of Discuss with Magazines
Define wildlife  Fauna wildlife the teacher Atlases
Identify the types of  Flora  Types of about wildlife
wildlife wildlife Observe
State the uses of wildlife  Uses of wildlife pictures
Explain how wildlife can  How wildlife about wildlife
be misused can be
State ways how wildlife misused
can be conserved  How wildlife
can be
conserved

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 NATURAL Game parks Should be able to  Game park  Definition of Draw a map Atlas
Define game park and  Game reserve game park and of Uganda Charts
RESOURCES and game game reserve. game reserve showing Chalkboard
reserves in State the game parks  Game parks game parks
and game reserves in and game and game
Uganda Uganda reserves in reserves
Draw a map of Uganda Uganda
showing game parks  Map of
and game reserves. Uganda
showing game
parks and
game reserves
Tourism Should be able to  Tourism  Definition of Fountain SST
Define tourism and  Tourist tourism and bk 5 pg 22 – 23
tourist tourist Comprehensive
Identify the services  Services SST pg 19 – 24
provided to tourists provided to
State the reasons why tourist
tourism is called an  Why is tourism
industry and an invisible called an
trade industry
Identify the tourist  Tourist
attraction in Uganda and attraction in
tourism centres Uganda
Explain the problems  Tourist centres
facing the tourism in Uganda
industry  Problems
Identify the ways of facing tourism
promoting the tourism  Solutions to
industry. problems
facing tourism
 Ways of
promoting the
tourism
industry
VEGETATION Refer to first work as  
scheme
OF UGANDA
THE PEOPLE Stone age The learners  Stone age site  Define stone Drawing a Charts MK bk 5 6, 5, -
Define stone age period  Archaeology age period map of Text books 7
OF UGANDA period Mention stages  Stone age  Archeology Uganda 58 – 67
Archeology period fossils showing
Identify tools of early  Fossils  Give stone age stone age
man periods sites
Major discoveries  Give stone age Drawing

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 Stone age sites sites tools early
 Give man used
importance of
stone age sites

Ethnic Children should be able  Cradle land  Define a tribe Drawing of a

to;  Bahr-el Ghazal  Define an map of
grouping in Identify major ethnic  Cameroon ethnic group Uganda
Uganda groups and their origins highlands  Identify major showing
State reasons for our  Migration ethnic groups migration of
migration  Rural urban  State the origin ethnic
Give problems faced migration of ethnic group groups
during migration  Pubungu  State the
Identify the results of  Meroe organization of
early migration ethnic group
Identify areas where  Identify the
they settled effects of
Mention their economic ethnic group
activities
Should be able to Drawing a Charts MK Bk 5 pg 69
5& Foreign Foreign
Define foreigner


Foreigner
Dhows
 Defining a
foreigner map of – 89
influence in groups in
6 Uganda Uganda
Mention the foreign
groups that came to
 Sultan  Give groups of
foreignes who
Uganda
showing
 Explorer
Uganda  Missionary came to routes of
Mention individual  Colonialists Uganda explorers
European explorers ,  Ripon falls  Give reasons
missionaries, traders for their
 Gondokoro
and their contributions coming
 Martyr
State the steps used to  Effects of
colonise Uganda  Circumnavigate
foreign gropus
To identify the methods  Why many
of colonial people took
administration long to join
State teh importance of Islam
agreements in Uganda  Problems
foreign groups
faced
Define the term  Missionary  MK pg 69 – 89
missionary  IBEACO
Give reasons why  Trade
missionaries came to
Uganda
Identify missionary
groups in Uganda

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 Identify problems
missionaries faced
Mention the effects of
missionaries
Define trade
Write IBEACO in full
Give reason why
IBEACO was formed
Reasons why it
collapsed
Foreign Colonialists Define the term colony  Agreement  Reason why Drawing the Atlases Mk bk 5 pg 89
Name the governor of  Colony Egypt wanted map of
influence in equatorial province  Protectorate to colonise Uganda
Uganda Why Egypt wanted to  Evolution Uganda showing
colonize Uganda  Give evolution of
Identify agreement agreement Uganda
signed in Uganda signed in boundaries
Uganda
Give reasons why some Chalkboard MK bk 5 pg 89
7 Reason to
(a) Collaborated
 Collaborate
 Resist
 State reasons
why some
colonial rule in
& Uganda
(b) Resisted
Identify rebellions, staged
 Rebellion Ugandans
collaborated
8 in Uganda
Systems of administration
 Give systems
of
colonialists used administration
Identify Ugandans who colonialists
collaborated used
By the end of the lesson MK SST bk 5
9 The road to
pupils will be able to’
 Legislative
council
 Reasons why
the Legco was pg 100 – 116
independence
& Mention the colonial
policies
 Kabaka Crisis formed
 Roles of the
10 Write Legco in full
Identify the roles of
Legco
 First Africans
Legco on the Legco
Identify the first Africans  Kabaka crisis
to the Legco  Buganda
Learners should be able Writing and Text book Fountain Bk 5
1 The Arms of the
to
 Government  Definition of
government answering pg 113 – 114
government government Define a government  Organs of the oral
Identify the organs of government questions
the government

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 Should be able to Answering Text book
2 Legislative
State the head of the
 Bill
 National
 Roles of the
legislature oral and atlases
legislature assembly  Special groups questions
Give the roles of the  Speaker of represented in and writing
legislature parliament the parliament
Identify special groups  Hansards  Roles of
represented in  Sergeant at different
parliament arms people in the
Define a bill  Messe parliament
State the roles of (a) Speaker of
legislature parliament
Compare Legco to (b) Deputy
legislature speaker of
parliament
(c) Sergeant at
Arms
Judiciary Should be able to  Judges,  Groups of Text book 113 – 114
3 Identify the different magistrates, people under
groups of the judiciary lawyers, chief the judiciary
Identify the level of justice, courts of  Roles of the
courts of law law, magistrates judiciary
Identify the head  Level of courts
in Uganda
Should be able to Groups of people Text books Fountain bk 5
5 The Executive
Identify the groups of
 Cabinet
 Permanent under the executive pg 122 – 127
government
& people under the
executive
secretary Roles of the
executive
6 Identify the head of the
executive
Duties of the
presidents
State the roles of the Different
executive government
State the duties of the ministries
president
Identify the different
governmental ministries
Should be able to Definition of a 122 – 127
7 Budgeting
Define a budget
 Budget
 National budget budget
& Define a national budget
State the reasons why
 Parts of the
budget
Parts of the budget
Definition of the
8 the government makes
a budge
 Taxes national budget
Reasons for
 Loans
Identify the parts of the  Grants budgeting
budget  Donations Sources of
Identify the sources of government
 Customs duty
government revenue revenue
 Exercise duty

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 Identify the different Types of taxes
types of taxes Ways how the
Identify how the government spends
government spends its its revenue
revenue Problems faced
during collection of
taxes
Dangers of
smuggling
Population Terms related By the end of all lessons  Population Writing Chalkboard MK bk 5 pg 148
the children should be  Population Reading Atlas
size and to population able to census Answering Text book
distribution in Define all the terms  National oral
related to population population questions
Uganda and
census
their  Enumerators
relationship  Population
to economic growth
 Population
planning and distribution
development  Population
explosion
 Sparse
population
 Dense
population
 Optimum
population
 Over population
 Census night
 Under
population
Population Population Should  Reasons why Answering 151
Identify reasons why census is oral
size and census population census is conducted questions
distribution conducted Information
Identify information collected from
collected during census people during
State the problem faced census
during census Problems the
Identify the ministry government faces
responsible for census during census
Ministry
responsible for
conducting

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 population census

Factors Should be able to  Sparse Factors affecting Text book Pg 141

Identify the factors  Dense population And atlas
affecting affecting population distribution
population distribution Factors that attract
Identify factors that people in an area
distribution attract people in an area Reasons why some
State reasons why some areas are densely
areas are sparsely populated
populated Reasons why some
State reasons why some areas are sparsely
areas are densely populated
populated
Population Should be able to  Birth rate Factors affecting Text book Pg 151
Identify the factors  Family planning population growth And
growth affecting population Factors that can Atlas
growth lead to high
State the factors that population growth
lead to high population Causes of high
growth birth rate
State the causes of high Ways of controlling
birth rate high birth rate
Ways of controlling high Ways of controlling
birth rate high population
Way of controlling high growth rate
population growth
Advantages Should be able to  Economic Writing Text books
Identify the economic advantages of a Answering and atlas
and advantages of a large large population oral
disadvantages population Disadvantages of a questions
Identify the large population
of a large disadvantages of large Advantages of a
population population small population
Advantages State the advantages of Disadvantages of a
a small population small population
and Identify the
disadvantages disadvantages of a
small population
of small
population

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Population Hazards that Should be able to  Hazards Natural hazards Text books
Identify the natural that check on
size and check on hazards that check on population growth
distribution population population growth Manmade hazards
Identify the manmade that check on
growth disaster that check on population growth
population growth
Effects of HIV Mentions the social and  Discusses the Economic and
economic effects of HIV effects of HIV / social effects of
/ AIDS on the / AIDS on the people. AIDS in society. HIV / AIDS.
population

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