JSS 1 LESSON PLAN

WEEK 1

TOPIC: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

Students should be able to

a. List early counting devices
b. State the problems in counting and calculating devices
c. Name mechanical counting and calculating devices
d. Name electro-mechanical counting devices
e. Identify electronic counting devices and modern computer
f. Identify the five generations of computers and
g. Describe the features of each generation

OUTLINE:

1. Early counting devices (fingers, stones, sticks, pebbles, cowries)

- Describes and shows different early counting devices.
 Mentions the problems of counting large numbers with those
early devices.
- Demonstrate the use of counting and calculating devices.
2. Mechanical counting and calculating devices: Abacus, Slide rule etc.
 Features/ use of each device
Show the pictures/videos of mechanical devices in use
 Discuss the problems in using those devices.
 State/Discuss the contributions of the various counting devices to the
modern computer.
3. Electro-mechanical counting devices:
- John Napier bone
- Blaire Pascal machine
- Gottfried Leibniz machine
- Joseph Jacquard loom
- Charles Babbage's analytical machine
- Philip Emeagwali
 Features/ use of each device
Show the pictures/videos of electro-mechanical devices in use
 Discuss the problems in using those devices.
 State/Discuss the contributions of the various counting devices to the
modern computer.
4. Electronic counting devices and modern computers:
i. Herman Hollerith punch cards
ii. John Von Neumann machine
iii. Modern machines.
 Features/ use of each device
Show the pictures/videos of electronic counting devices in use
 Discuss the problems in using those devices.
Guides students to compare and contrast the electronic counting devices with
modern computers.
 State/Discuss the contributions of the various counting devices to the
modern computer.
5. Generations of computers:
- First
- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
Describes each generation of computers with its characteristic features.
Discuss the Advantages/Limitations of each generation
Evaluation
1. Compare and contrast electronic counting devices with modern computers.

2. Discuss the contributions of the various counting devices to the modern

computer.

3. Match each generation with its characteristic features.

Note: Colour codes and meaning

Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
 LESSON NOTE
Early counting devices
Counting devices were the means of counting and calculation used in the early
ages, before the electronics age. They include the use of fingers, feet, toes,
pebbles, grains, cut sticks, cowries, and strokes with charcoal on the wall or
door, sand computer etc.
1. Fingers and toes: The act of counting along one's finger is known as
dactylonomy. The ten fingers and toes were used to give an account of the
days, trading and children. The early people also used feet to measure land.
Image- of fingers and toes early people used.
2. Pebbles and grains: These are small round stones that were used for
counting. Grains from the farm such as corn, beans and rice were also used for
counting.
3. Cowries: These are brightly coloured molluscs (explain molluscs) with a
central toothed opening. This device was used as money for calculations such
as; weekly and daily contributions, and for other counting needs. Xxxx
4. Sticks: These include canes, clubs and shaped woods that were used for
measuring needs.
5. Writing on the wall: In the early ages, man learned to use objects like
charcoal, mud, limestone and chalk to write strokes on the wall to count. This
practice led to the development of writing in figures and letters.

Problems of counting large numbers with those early

counting devices.
The early counting devices had a major limitation, which posed many
problems in calculation. They include:
- Waste of time and energy
- They occupied large space
- Lack of needed quantity of materials
- They cannot be used for counting large numbers efficiently

Before the invention of computer, from around the early century BC some
computing instruments and calculating devices were developed by scientists.
They are classified into the following categories:
 Mechanical counting and calculating devices
 Electro-mechanical counting devices
 Electronic

Mechanical counting and calculating devices

These are devices that involve the use of physical forces to operate them.
The most important early mechanical counting and calculating instruments
are listed as follows in the order they were invented.

1. Abacus: This is an instrument that is used for arithmetic calculations. It is

a device used for the addition, and related operations of multiplications and
division. It is well-known and widely used for more than 2000 years. It is
composed of beads strung on parallel wires in a rectangular frame. Abacus
was invented in china by xxx in the year 500BC.

- Image/Video
2. Astrolabe: This is a mechanical calculating instrument also came into use
2000 years ago for finding direction, and in astronomy. It was used as early as
the first century BC by the Greeks. It consists of two flat circular discs, usually
made of brass, and rangers from about 7.5cm to 25cm in diameter.
-Image/Video

3. Slide rule: this is a mechanical device invented by William Gunter in

1630. It was meant to be used for multiplication, division, algebraic and
trigonometric operations.
- Image/Video

Electro-mechanical counting devices:

Electronic counting devices and modern computers:
Generations of computers:

JSS 1 LESSON PLAN

WEEK 2

TOPIC: DATA PROCESSING

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

Students should be able to:

1. define data processing
2. state the stages of data processing;
3. describe what each stage entails;
4. State the features of a computer that make it an excellent tool for data processing.
OUTLINE:

1. Definition of data processing

- Leads students to define and identify data processing cycle/stages.

2. Data processing cycle:

i. Data Gathering
ii. Data Collation
iii. Input stage
iv. Processing stage
v. Storage Stage
vi. Output stage
- Discuss what each stage involves.
3. Importance of the computer as a tool for processing data:
i. increased accuracy
ii. Efficient storage facilities
iii. Fast access to information
iv. Handles repetitive tasks
- Demonstrates how computers can be used to achieve each of these things.
- Guides students to identify the benefits of the computer as a data processing tool
Note: Colour codes and meaning
Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
Evaluation

LESSON NOTE
What is data?-
What is Data processing?-

Data Processing Cycle/Stages:

i. Data Gathering
ii. Data Collation
iv. Input Stage
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WEEK 3

TOPIC: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

OUTLINE:

Note: Colour codes and meaning

Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
Evaluation

JSS 1 LESSON NOTE

WEEK 4

TOPIC: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

OUTLINE:

Note: Colour codes and meaning

Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
Evaluation
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WEEK 5

TOPIC: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

OUTLINE:

Note: Colour codes and meaning

Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
Evaluation

JSS 1 LESSON NOTE

WEEK 6

TOPIC: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

OUTLINE:

Note: Colour codes and meaning

Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
Evaluation
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WEEK 7

TOPIC: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:

OUTLINE:

Note: Colour codes and meaning

Red- is the teacher’s side note
Green- is questions for students
Blue- Examples
Evaluation