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SHS 1 Business Management 1st Semester Week 5 Lesson Plan

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Weekly Learning Plan
Subject	Business Management	Week	5
Duration	60 minutes	Form	SHS 1
Strand	Managing Businesses and the Legal Framework of Businesses	Sub-Strand	Forms of Business
Learning Outcome(s)	1.1.1.LO.1 - Explain the key ideas related to sources of business finance.
Learning Indicator(s)	1.1.1.LI.5 - Sources of business finance
Lesson Focus	Sources of business finance
Previous Knowledge	Learners recall the immediately preceding knowledge/skill needed to engage with Sources of business finance; the starter diagnoses this rather than assuming mastery.
Lesson Objective(s)	Identify or explain the key subject idea/procedure in Sources of business finance. Complete the concrete guided/practical task for Sources of business finance accurately. Apply Sources of business finance independently to a new case, data set, text, material or performance situation.
Essential Question(s)	What evidence or procedure is needed to work accurately with Sources of business finance? What would a strong practical/application response to Sources of business finance look like? How would changing the context, data or constraints affect a decision about Sources of business finance?
Pedagogical Strategies	Diagnostic questioning Experiential/problem-based learning Collaborative analysis Guided modelling Independent application Peer/self assessment
Teaching & Learning Resources	Finance source cards Start-up budget Calculator Decision matrix
Key Notes on Differentiation
Content	Provide a partially completed example, labelled materials or vocabulary support for learners who need scaffolding in Sources of business finance. Extend the task by adding a new constraint, less familiar case or requirement to compare alternatives in Sources of business finance.
Process	Use mixed-ability pairs for the first application, then require an individual transfer task. Allow oral/visual demonstration where appropriate while retaining the same subject accuracy criteria.
Product	Use a checklist/rubric tied to the concrete output for this week rather than participation alone. For advanced work, require justification with evidence, calculations, source reference or quality criteria.
Success Criteria	The learner uses correct subject terminology and evidence. The learner completes the week’s concrete product/calculation/performance with acceptable accuracy. The learner explains why the procedure/choice fits the stated context rather than giving a memorised general answer.
Homework	Find or invent a small-business example of Sources of business finance; submit the evidence or assumptions and a 100-word analysis.

Lesson Activities
Stage	Teacher Activity	Learner Activity	Assessment / DoK
Starter10 minutes	Display a local enterprise/product scenario linked to Sources of business finance and ask learners to identify the commercial problem or opportunity.	Inspect the prompt/materials, record an initial response about Sources of business finance, and justify it briefly.	Not provided.
Activity 115 minutes	Use concrete business documents/data to unpack Sources of business finance and show how decisions are made in practice.	Match finance sources to short-term/long-term business needs and ownership implications.	Check classification/calculation against the evidence provided.
Activity 220 minutes	Have groups apply Sources of business finance to a Ghanaian/local-business scenario and produce a document, matrix, process map or recommendation.	Calculate total financing need for a small venture and combine suitable sources subject to stated constraints.	Assess practicality, commercial reasoning and correct use of documents/data.
Activity 310 minutes	Give a fresh individual scenario that requires a justified business decision about Sources of business finance.	Defend one financing mix in writing, noting cost, control and repayment implications.	Check the recommendation for a clear choice and defensible reason.

Lesson Closure

Ask learners to state the one piece of evidence that most changed their decision about Sources of business finance. Complete a one-minute exit response using a concrete example from the lesson on Sources of business finance.

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