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SHS 1 Business Management 2nd Semester Week 5 Lesson Plan

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Weekly Learning Plan
Subject	Business Management	Week	5
Duration	60 minutes	Form	SHS 1
Strand	Glocal Business	Sub-Strand	International Business and E-Business
Learning Outcome(s)	1.2.2.LO.1 - Explain the key ideas related to benefits and challenges of international business.
Learning Indicator(s)	1.2.2.LI.2 - Benefits and challenges of international business
Lesson Focus	Benefits and challenges of international business
Previous Knowledge	Learners recall the immediately preceding knowledge/skill needed to engage with Benefits and challenges of international business; the starter diagnoses this rather than assuming mastery.
Lesson Objective(s)	Identify or explain the key subject idea/procedure in Benefits and challenges of international business. Complete the concrete guided/practical task for Benefits and challenges of international business accurately. Apply Benefits and challenges of international business 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 Benefits and challenges of international business? What would a strong practical/application response to Benefits and challenges of international business look like? How would changing the context, data or constraints affect a decision about Benefits and challenges of international business?
Pedagogical Strategies	Diagnostic questioning Experiential/problem-based learning Collaborative analysis Guided modelling Independent application Peer/self assessment
Teaching & Learning Resources	Trade document samples Import/export process map Country/trade scenario cards Calculator
Key Notes on Differentiation
Content	Provide a partially completed example, labelled materials or vocabulary support for learners who need scaffolding in Benefits and challenges of international business. Extend the task by adding a new constraint, less familiar case or requirement to compare alternatives in Benefits and challenges of international business.
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 Benefits and challenges of international business; 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 Benefits and challenges of international business and ask learners to identify the commercial problem or opportunity.	Inspect the prompt/materials, record an initial response about Benefits and challenges of international business, and justify it briefly.	Not provided.
Activity 115 minutes	Use concrete business documents/data to unpack Benefits and challenges of international business and show how decisions are made in practice.	Sort trade-document cards (commercial invoice, bill of lading/airway bill, certificate of origin and letter of credit) by purpose and user.	Check classification/calculation against the evidence provided.
Activity 220 minutes	Have groups apply Benefits and challenges of international business to a Ghanaian/local-business scenario and produce a document, matrix, process map or recommendation.	Compare a domestic sale with an export transaction and map added parties, documents, currency/logistics risks and restrictions.	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 Benefits and challenges of international business.	Evaluate a proposed export of a Ghanaian product and recommend two actions to reduce identified trade risks.	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 Benefits and challenges of international business. Complete a one-minute exit response using a concrete example from the lesson on Benefits and challenges of international business.

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