SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE

LESSON PLAN : History

TOPIC: Learning from leaders 15 hours
DATE for term: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ___
Background information: The life stories of great leaders such as Mandela and Gandhi belong to all people all over the world. Their selection is based on their leadership qualities as human beings.
Focus: The qualities of good leaders, using the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi as examples. / GRADE / 4
TERM / 2
CONTENT / CONCEPTS: Ask and answer questions about the qualities of good leaders - 2 hours
A good leader:
*listens to people
*is a servant of the people
*works for the good of others
*works with a team
*has courage
*is brave
*is dedicated and is wholeheartedly committed to his or her beliefs
*is dedicated and is wholeheartedly committed to others
*is prepared to sacrifice or give up something for the sake of others
DATE: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ____
wordbank / ASSESSMENT
  • listens
  • servant
  • good of other
  • team
  • Courage
  • brave
  • dedicated
/ (Indicate with an x)
Formal assessment:
Test
Exam
Data - handling
Contextual – analysis / Map skills
Informal assessment:
Classroom activities
Homework
Worksheet
Test
  • wholeheartedly committed
  • Beliefs
  • sacrifice or give up
/ Investigation/Research
Case Study
Creative Response / Assessment Tools:
Memorandum Rubric
Teacher activities: (Attach copied pages out of sources)
AIMS / SKILLS
The History curriculum aims to develop learners who:
Finding a variety of kinds of information about the past.
Selecting relevant information.
Deciding about whether information can be trusted.
Seeing something that happened in the past from more than one point of view.
Explaining why events in the past are often interpreted differently.
Learner activities: (Attach worksheets/activities & memorandums) / Debating about what happened in the past on the basis of the available evidence.
Writing history in an organised way, with a logical line of argument.
Understanding the importance of heritage and conservation.
WHO ASSESSES?
Teacher
Self
Group
Peer
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENSIATION: / RESOURCES
Textbook
Maps/Atlas/Globe
Activity sheet
Pictures/photo’s/Illustrations
Newspapers& magazines
Others

SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE

LESSON PLAN : History

TOPIC: Learning from leaders 15 hours
DATE for term: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ___
Background information: The life stories of great leaders such as Mandela and Gandhi belong to all people all over the world. Their selection is based on their leadership qualities as human beings.
Focus: The qualities of good leaders, using the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi as examples. / GRADE / 4
TERM / 2
CONTENT / CONCEPTS: Nelson Mandela - 5 hours
Guiding questions:
1.Why is he an example of a good leader?
2.Is it always easy to be a good leader?
3.Are leaders always popular?
4.Are leaders always perfect?
5.How can ordinary people follow the example of good leaders?
DATE: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ____
wordbank / ASSESSMENT
(Indicate with an x)
Formal assessment:
Test
Exam
Data - handling
Contextual – analysis / Map skills
Informal assessment:
Classroom activities
Homework
Worksheet
Test
Investigation/Research
Case Study
Creative Response / Assessment Tools:
Memorandum Rubric
Teacher activities: (Attach copied pages out of sources)
AIMS / SKILLS
The History curriculum aims to develop learners who:
Finding a variety of kinds of information about the past.
Selecting relevant information.
Deciding about whether information can be trusted.
Seeing something that happened in the past from more than one point of view.
Explaining why events in the past are often interpreted differently.
Learner activities: (Attach worksheets/activities & memorandums) / Debating about what happened in the past on the basis of the available evidence.
Writing history in an organised way, with a logical line of argument.
Understanding the importance of heritage and conservation.
WHO ASSESSES?
Teacher
Self
Group
Peer
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENSIATION: / RESOURCES
Textbook
Maps/Atlas/Globe
Activity sheet
Pictures/photo’s/Illustrations
Newspapers& magazines
Others

SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE

LESSON PLAN : History

TOPIC: Learning from leaders 15 hours
DATE for term: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ___
Background information: The life stories of great leaders such as Mandela and Gandhi belong to all people all over the world. Their selection is based on their leadership qualities as human beings.
Focus: The qualities of good leaders, using the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi as examples. / GRADE / 4
TERM / 2
CONTENT / CONCEPTS: Mahatma Gandhi - 5 hours
Guiding questions:
1.Why is he an example of a good leader?
2.Is it always easy to be a good leader?
3.Are leaders always popular?
4.Are leaders always perfect?
5.How can ordinary people follow the example of good leaders?
DATE: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ____
wordbank / ASSESSMENT
(Indicate with an x)
Formal assessment:
Test
Exam
Data - handling
Contextual – analysis / Map skills
Informal assessment:
Classroom activities
Homework
Worksheet
Test
Investigation/Research
Case Study
Creative Response / Assessment Tools:
Memorandum Rubric
Teacher activities: (Attach copied pages out of sources)
AIMS / SKILLS
The History curriculum aims to develop learners who:
Finding a variety of kinds of information about the past.
Selecting relevant information.
Deciding about whether information can be trusted.
Seeing something that happened in the past from more than one point of view.
Explaining why events in the past are often interpreted differently.
Learner activities: (Attach worksheets/activities & memorandums) / Debating about what happened in the past on the basis of the available evidence.
Writing history in an organised way, with a logical line of argument.
Understanding the importance of heritage and conservation.
WHO ASSESSES?
Teacher
Self
Group
Peer
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENSIATION: / RESOURCES
Textbook
Maps/Atlas/Globe
Activity sheet
Pictures/photo’s/Illustrations
Newspapers& magazines
Others

SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE

LESSON PLAN : History

TOPIC: Learning from leaders 15 hours
DATE for term: FROM ______TO ______NR. OF periods: ___
Background information: The life stories of great leaders such as Mandela and Gandhi belong to all people all over the world. Their selection is based on their leadership qualities as human beings.
Focus: The qualities of good leaders, using the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi as examples. / GRADE / 4
TERM / 2
CONTENT / CONCEPTS:
Revision , formal assessment etc. - 3 hours
Teacher activities: (Attach copied pages out of sources) / ASSESSMENT
(Indicate with an x)
Formal assessment:
Test
Exam
Data - handling
Contextual - analysis
Investigation/Research
Case Study
Creative Response
Map Skills / Assessment Tools:
Memorandum
Rubric
Learner activities: (Attach worksheets/activities & memorandums)
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENSIATION:

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