PRIMARY FIVE SST SCHEME OF WORK

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

The learners; To locate places, Drawing a Map showing Comprehensive

1 Location of
Uganda  Tell ways of locating
 The learner;
 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, and and position of Uganda world Bk 5 pg 1
map of East Africa  Drawing important features. of Uganda Fountain SST
 Draw a map showing the  Position Uganda is located bk 5 pg 1 – 2
position of Uganda  Pronounces and in E. Africa and
Living  Neighbours major cities writes East shares borders with
and current leaders Africa correctly Kenya, Tanzania,
together in DRC, South Sudan,
Uganda Rwanda

Elements of a  Defines terms like map,  Makes  Defines a map drawing Atlases Sharing our 
good map picture sentences and picture pictures and world Bk. 5 Pg.
 Differentiate between a  Map  Differentiating their maps. 2
map and a picture  Picture between a map Calculating Comprehensive
 Identifies the elements  Margin and a picture to find actual SST Bk. 5 Pg. 1
of a good map  Title  Elements of a distanc using -2
 Gives the use of each  Compass good map i.e. the given
element of a good map  Spells and scale, key, title, scales.
pronounces etc.
 Explains the  Use of each
importance of element and how
the different each is used.
elements
location of 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
Uganda using longitudes longitudes differences longitudes Uganda
latitudes and  Names the line of between  Naming major using
latitude marked 00 longitudes and longitudes and imaginary
longitutes lines.
 States the use of latitudes latitudes.
latitudes, longitudes  Spells and  State the use Listing
and equator. pronounces the of longitudes countries
 Uses the words in words latitudes, and latitudes crossed by
sentence making longitudes and  Locating the major
equator Uganda using liens
 Uses the words longitudes and
in sentence latitudes
making African countries

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major lines

Uganda a Defines  Spells, reads  Defining

and unites landlocked
land locked  A land locked country  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  Tensional forces  Examples of formations 9
formation process of  Compressional each type Sharing our
each 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  Explains the the rift valley showing the showing the pg 8 – 11
valley is. formation of rift  Arms of the rift rift valley rift valley
 Describes the valley valley formation formation
formation of the rift  Spells and  Features in the
valley. pronounces rift valley
 Draws the diagrams  Compressional  Activities in the
to show the rift  Tensional rift valley
valley formation  Faults  Effects of the
 Identify features  Faulting rift valley to
found in the rift  Escarpments  Problems
valley  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  Explains the  Examples of showing showing world pg 23 bk
FEATURES IN Uganda Uganda. formation of each type lakes and lakes and 5
UGANDA  Identifies the different lakes  Characteristics rivers of rivers in Fountain SST
characteristics of  Pronounces and of each type Uganda and Uganda bk 5 pg 9
each type of lake. spells like  Formation of their
 Describes the  Lava dammed each type formation
formation of each  Depressional  Uses of lakes
type  Crater to man
 Gives the types  Calderas  Major lakes in
methods of fishing  Freezing Uganda
and preservations  Fishing in
methods Uganda
 Mentions the effects  Dangers and
of rivers and lakes to solutions
man.
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 different river  Terms related showing the rivers in 23
flow courses to river flow formation of Uganda Fountain SST
 Gives the stages of a  Spells words like  Stages of a these bk 5 pg 6 – 10
river flow and  Ox – bow river flow features Comprehensive
characteristics of  Meandering  Characteristics SST bk 5 pg 11
each stage. of each stage - 14
 Identifies uses of  Uses of rivers
rivers to man to man
 Gives effects of rivers  Major rivers in
and lakes to man 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 biggest part of the cross Fountain SST
section of the plateau Uganda section of bk 5 pg 12
in Uganda  Cross section the Uganda
 Identifies activities on of the plateau plateau
the plateau in Uganda
 States the effects of  Effects of each
each to man feature on
man.
The climate of Review of A learner;  A learner spells  Define weather Writing a Chalk board
 Defines terms  Humidity  Factors of review
Uganda weather weather humidity  Temperature weather exercise Weather
temperature.  Weather  Types of instruments
 Identify the elements  Explains the weather drawn on
and types of weather. meanings of the  Weather charts
 State the effects of above words instruments
man on weather and  Effects of Real objects
weather on man 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  Climatic zone  Economic diagrams to – 25
of 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 of
climate affects man Uganda
or man affects  Types of
climate. rainfall
 Gives climatic  Influence of
disasters climate on
human
activities or
human
activities on
climate
 Disasters
caused by

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Farming A leaner  A learner  Farming Identify MK SST Bk 5

 Describes the  Spells and systems in different pg 23 – 39
systems different types of pronounces the Uganda farming
farming words correctly  Advantages systems
 Identifies merits and  Subsistence and
demerits of each  Plantational disadvantages
type  Aqua - culture of each type
 Gives factors  Ranching  Factors to
considered when  Dairy farming consider
setting up a farm  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  Nontraditional cotton,
growth of each type cash crops tobacco, tea
of crop  Conditions etc
 States the products required for the  Food crops
from each crop growth e.g. cassava,
 Gives the problems  Pesticides matooke
farmers face.  Cooperative  Nontraditional
 Mention solutions to societies cash crops
the above problems  Transport e.g. vanilla,
 Define cooperative  Marketing sunflower
societies and  Conditions for
functions they offer the growth of
to farmers each type
 Products got
from each type
 Problems
farmers face
 Solutions to
the above
problems

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 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  Conserved  Factors vegetation
vegetation regions affecting zones of
of Uganda vegetation Uganda
 Give the  Importance of
characteristics of vegetation
each zone  How man
 State the factors destroys
that influence vegetation
vegetation  How
 Uses of vegetation vegetation can
 Mention ways of be conserved
conserving
vegetation
 Why man destroys
vegetation
TERM TWO
NATURAL Types of By the end of the  Learners should  Definition of a Observing Environment
1 lesson, learner should be able to 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  Pronounce  Types of Answering
oral
resource  Read all the natural
natural  Identify the types of words in this resources and questions
resources natural resources column  Example under Writing notes
and examples  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  Industrialization natural the uses of
why 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 of degrading
land degradation land
 State ways how land  Definition of Carrying
is misused land research
Using

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  Define land conservation dictionary
degradation  Ways how
 Identify ways of land can be
conserving land degraded
 Ways how
land can be
conserved
NATURAL Water bodies Should be able to  Springs  Examples of Discussing Text book
 State examples of  Streams water bodies the use of
RESOURCES water 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 different
misused  How can water ways of
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  Hyacinth  Types of fish Observing
fishing  Fishing rod caught in diagrams of
 Explain the method Uganda fish in the
of fishing  Methods of text books
 State the methods of fishing in
preserving fish Uganda
 State the importance  Methods of
of fish. preserving fish
 Explain the  Importance of
importance of the fish
fishing industry  Importance of
 Identify the fishing industry
problems affecting  Problems
the fishing industry facing the
and their solutions fishing industry
 Solutions to
the problems
facing the
fishing industry

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 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  Bush fallowing  How can groups
vegetation can be  Agro – forestry vegetation be
destroyed  Re-afforestation destroyed
 Identify ways of  Ways of
conserving conserving
vegetation vegetation
 State the reasons  Why does man
why man destroys destroy
vegetation vegetation
NATURAL Climate Should be able to  Refer to climate 
 Define the term  Check children
RESOURCES climate by asking them
 Answer all possible oral questions
questions related to about climate in
climate 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  How minerals
minerals can be can be
misused. misused
 Explain the methods  Methods of
of mining mining
 Identify minerals in  Major minerals
Uganda and where mined in
they are mined. Uganda
 Explain the  Mining regions
importance of  Importance of
mining mining
 Identify the  Problems
problems facing the facing the
mining industry mining industry
 State the problems  Problems
caused by the caused by the
mining industry mining industry

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 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  Uses of wildlife pictures
wildlife  How wildlife about wildlife
 Explain how wildlife can be
can be misused misused
 State ways how  How wildlife
wildlife can be can be
conserved conserved
NATURAL Game parks Should be able to  Game park  Definition of Draw a map Atlas
 Define Game Park  Game reserve game park and of Uganda Charts
RESOURCES and game and game reserve. game reserve showing Chalkboard
reserves in  State the game  Game parks game parks
parks and game and game and game
Uganda reserves in Uganda reserves in reserves
 Draw a map of Uganda
Uganda showing  Map of
game parks and Uganda
game reserves. showing game
parks and
game reserves
Tourism Should be able to  Tourism  Definition of Fountain SST
 Define tourism and a  Tourist tourism and a bk 5 pg 22 – 23
tourist tourist Comprehensive
 Identify the services  Services SST pg 19 – 24
provided to tourists provided to
 State the reasons tourists
why tourism is called  Why is tourism
an industry and an called an
invisible trade industry
 Identify the tourist  Tourist
attraction in Uganda attraction in
and tourism centres Uganda
 Explain the  Tourist centres
problems facing the in Uganda
tourism industry  Problems
 Identify the ways of facing tourism
promoting the  Solutions to
tourism industry. problems
facing tourism
 Ways of
promoting the

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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  Archaeology age period map of Text books 7
OF UGANDA period period  Stone age  Archaeology Uganda 58 – 67
 Mention stages of period fossils showing
early man  Fossils  Give stone age stone age
 Archaeology periods sites
 Identify tools used  Give stone age Drawing
by early man sites tools early
 Major discoveries  Give man used
 Stone age sites 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  Cameroon ethnic group Uganda
Uganda ethnic groups and highlands  Identify major showing
their origins  Migration ethnic groups migration of
 State reasons for  Rural urban  State the origin ethnic
their migration migration of ethnic group groups
 Give problems  Pubungu  State the
faced during their  Meroe organization of
migration ethnic group
 Identify the results  Identify the
of early migration effects of
 Identify areas ethnic group
where they settled
 Mention their
economic 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
 Sultan  Give groups of
foreignes who
Uganda
showing
 Explorer
to Uganda  Missionary came to routes of
 Mention individual  Colonialists Uganda explorers
European  Ripon falls  Give reasons
explorers ,  Gondokoro for their

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 missionaries,  Martyr coming
traders and their  Circumnavigate  Effects of
contributions foreign gropus
 State the steps  Why many
used to colonise people took
Uganda long to join
 To identify the Islam
methods of colonial  Problems
administration foreign groups
 State the faced
importance of
agreements in
Uganda
 Define the term  Missionary  MK pg 69 – 89
missionary  IBEACO
 Give reasons why  Trade
missionaries came to
Uganda
 Identify missionary
groups in Uganda
 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 agreements 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 ,
 Rebellion Ugandans
collaborated
8 staged in Uganda  Give systems
 Systems of of

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 administration administration
colonialists used colonialists
 Identify Ugandans who used
collaborated

 By the end of the  Legislative  Reasons why MK SST bk 5

9 The road to
lesson pupils will be council the Legco was pg 100 – 116
independence
& able to’
 Mention the colonial
 Kabaka Crisis formed
 Roles of the
10 policies Legco
 Write Legco in full  First Africans
 Identify the roles of on the Legco
Legco  Kabaka crisis
 Identify the first  Buganda
Africans to the Legco
TERM THREE
Writing and Text book Fountain Bk 5
1 The Arms of the  Learners should be
able 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

Answering Text book

2 Legislative  Should be able to
 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  Mace clerk to parliament
 State the roles of parliament. (a) Speaker of
legislature parliament
 Compare Legco to (b) Deputy
legislature speaker of
parliament
(c) Sergeant at
Arms

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 Text book 113 – 114
3 Judiciary 

Should be able to
Identify the different
 Judges,
magistrates,
 Groups of
people under
groups of the lawyers, chief the judiciary
judiciary justice, courts of  Roles of the
 Identify the level of law, magistrates judiciary
courts of law  Level of courts
 Identify the head in Uganda
Groups of people Text books Fountain bk 5
5 The Executive 

Should be able to
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 Duties of the
presidents
the executive
 State the roles of the Different
executive government
 State the duties of the ministries
president
 Identify the different
governmental
ministries
  Budget Definition of a 122 – 127
7 Budgeting

Should be able to
Define a budget  National budget budget
&  Define a national
budget
 Parts of the
budget
Parts of the budget
Definition of the
8  State the reasons  Taxes national budget
Reasons for
why the government  Loans
makes a budget  Grants budgeting
 Identify the parts of  Donations Sources of
the budget government
 Customs duty
 Identify the sources of revenue
 Exercise duty
government revenue Types of taxes
 Identify the different Ways how the
types of taxes government spends
its revenue
 Identify how the
Problems faced
government spends
during collection of
its revenue
taxes
Dangers of
smuggling

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 Population Terms related  By the end of all  Population Writing Chalkboard MK bk 5 pg 148
lessons the children  Population Reading Atlas
size and to population should be 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 people during
census census
 State the problem Problems the
faced during census government faces
 Identify the ministry during census
responsible for Ministry
census responsible for
conducting
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 Reasons why some
attract people in an
area areas are densely

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  State reasons why populated
some areas are Reasons why some
sparsely populated areas are sparsely
 State reasons why populated
some areas are
densely 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 Causes of high
population growth birth rate
 State the causes of Ways of controlling
high birth rate high birth rate
 Ways of controlling Ways of controlling
high birth rate high population
 Way of controlling growth rate
high 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 population oral
disadvantages large population Disadvantages of a questions
 Identify the large population
of a large Advantages of a
disadvantages of
population large population small population
Advantages  State the advantages Disadvantages of a
of a small population small population
and  Identify the
disadvantages disadvantages of a
of small small population
population
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 population growth
distribution population on population Manmade hazards
growth that check on
growth population growth
 Identify the
manmade disaster
that check on
population growth

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Effects of HIV  Mentions the social  Discusses the Economic and
and economic effects of HIV / social effects of
/ AIDS on the effects of HIV / AIDS in society. HIV / AIDS.
population AIDS on the people.

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