Lesson Plan – Creative Social Studies

Unit of Inquiry Planner

Grade: VIII Teacher: Sushil Silwal

Date: November 12^th, 2018

Theme Overview	Africa
Central Idea	Africa
Lines of Inquiry	· the physical structure, financial and social life of the people Africa · geographical facts of Africa on the map
Key Concepts	Form, Causation, Connection	Related Concepts integration, inclusiveness, inclusion, social inclusion, equity, equality
Subject Competencies	Students’ desired learning outcomes include finding out the advantages of the current constitution.
Skills	Thinking Skills: – Acquisition of knowledge Communication Skills: -Listening, Writing Research Skills		Content Connection to Language Arts
Content Connection to Social Studies			Content Connection to Science
Content Connection to Math			Content Connection to other subjects (Robotics)
Content Connection to Art, Music and PE			Content Connection to Computer
Learning Plan (Activities)	Day 1 Warm Up Activity The students will be given a reading material on Physical features of Africa. They will be asked to read it and underline the places of Africa given in the map Main Activity The students will be asked to locate all the places of the reading material in the map of Africa using the Atlas. Wrap Up Activity The students will be asked about the difficult places to locate. The will be clarifies about the problems. Their problem will be solved using google earth so that they learn how to use technology like google earth etc. Day 2 ( Physical Features) Warm Up Activity Please use different colour for each of the physical division and use a legend as well Physical Features 1. The Atlas Mountain: North western part 2. The central plateau: Atlantic Coast in the west to the Nile Valley in the east; Tibesti and the Ahaggar plateau; Sahara Desert 3. The high plateau: Ethiopian plateau, central lake plateau and south African plateau; Namib and Kahalari Desert; Kilimanjaro, snowcapped mountain 4. The Great Rift Valley: 5. The Nile and Zire Basins: Nile Basin borders river Nile and its tributaries in north-eastern Africa; Zire(Congo) Basin in the west central Africa Main Activity Activity 1 They will be shown a video based on Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUIs1gkR3tk&feature=youtu.be Activity 2 The students will be given atlas and asked to write about the climate and vegetation of Africa. They will be asked to write the different countries of the climate. Day 3 (Climate and Vegetation) Warm Up Activity The students will be given Atlas and asked to write about the types of climate found in Africa. They will read the map. Main Activity Activity 1 The teacher will help out with the first one. They will be asked to write in order. They will be asked to focus on the climate either from North to South or from highest to lowest. Activity 2 The students will be asked to give the names of few of the important countries having the particular type of climate using the Atlas. Activity 3 The students will be asked to read the map on Page 79 for population density, land use, mineral and relief , major industries . They will be asked to write what they understand about it in paragraph. Then the students will be given a reading material based on the economic activities of Africa.		Stand-alone subjects/objectives
Formative Assessments			Key Vocabulary	Coordinate Landlocked
Summative Assessment	Day 2 Homework Watch the video on physical features on https://socialstudies.sushilsilwal.com.np/grade-viii/our-earth/africa-2/africa/note/ and other additional on https://socialstudies.sushilsilwal.com.np/grade-viii/our-earth/africa-2/africa/videos/ Page 169 Very Short 1,2, Short 1 Day 3 The students will be asked to watch videos on the climate and vegetation of Africa Exercise Page 169 Very Short: 3,4,5 Short; – 2,3,4,5		Modifications / Extensions
Summative Assessment			Texts / Resources	Social Studies and Population Education – Read more Publication And Nepal Government, Education Ministry
Field Trips			Projects
Time line	3 days		Remarks