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SHS 3 Social Studies 2nd Semester Week 7 Lesson Plan
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Create Lesson Plan| Weekly Learning Plan | |||
| Subject | Social Studies | Week | 7 |
| Duration | 60 minutes | Form | SHS 3 |
| Strand | Ethics and Human Development | Sub-Strand | Ethics and Human Values |
| Learning Outcome(s) | 3.5.2.LO.1 - Analyse the influence of the media on democracy and civic engagement in Ghana | ||
| Content Standard | 3.5.2.CS.1 | ||
| Learning Indicator(s) | 3.5.2.LI.2 - Analyse the influence of the media on democracy and civic engagement in Ghana | ||
| Lesson Focus | Analyse the influence of the media on democracy and civic engagement in Ghana | ||
| Previous Knowledge | Learners recall related ideas, vocabulary or experiences from earlier lessons and everyday contexts. | ||
| Lesson Objective(s) | Describe the key idea in: Analyse the influence of the media on democracy and civic engagement in Ghana Apply the idea through guided and independent learning activities. Demonstrate understanding through oral responses, written work or practical performance. | ||
| Essential Question(s) | What does the available evidence tell us about this social, historical, geographical, civic or economic issue? What different causes, consequences or perspectives should be considered? What conclusion or response is best supported by evidence and responsible citizenship? | ||
| Pedagogical Strategies | Inquiry-Based Learning Source/Case Analysis Discussion and Debate Map/Data Interpretation Collaborative Research Problem-Based Learning | ||
| Teaching & Learning Resources | Maps/atlases where appropriate Historical and contemporary source materials Charts/images/data sets Case studies/news extracts selected by teacher Board/markers ICT/research resources where available Learners' notebooks | ||
| Key Notes on Differentiation | |||
| Content | Provide vocabulary, visuals, models, source prompts, worked examples or task cards as appropriate. Extend ready learners with deeper research, design, evaluation, leadership or independent application. | ||
| Process | Move from modelling/source exploration to guided collaboration and independent application. Use inclusive mixed-ability groupings, equitable roles and appropriate scaffolds while retaining individual evidence of learning. | ||
| Product | Allow curriculum-appropriate evidence such as oral/written responses, dialogues, maps, source analyses, designs, programs, demonstrations, presentations, portfolios or reflections. Assess understanding, application, reasoning/communication, accuracy and reflection appropriate to the subject. | ||
| Success Criteria | Learners use correct subject vocabulary. Learners complete the main task with reasonable accuracy. Learners explain or demonstrate how the concept applies in a new situation. | ||
| Homework | Complete a short application task connected to the week's learning indicator. | ||
| Lesson Activities | |||
| Stage | Teacher Activity | Learner Activity | Assessment / DoK |
| Starter10 minutes | Present a short case, map, source, statistic or news-style scenario connected to ethics and human values and ask learners what issue it raises. | Share prior knowledge, listen to peers and record the lesson question in their notebooks. | Not provided. |
| Activity 115 minutes | Explain ethics and human values using evidence from the case, map, source, timeline, graph or community example. | Read or observe the source, share initial ideas and record key terms. | Ask learners to identify the issue, evidence, cause, effect or stakeholder. |
| Activity 220 minutes | Guide groups to analyse causes, effects, viewpoints, evidence or solutions related to ethics and human values. | Work in groups to analyse evidence, compare viewpoints and report findings. | Review group responses for accurate facts, evidence and reasoning. |
| Activity 310 minutes | Ask learners to apply ethics and human values to a new civic, historical, economic or geographical case. | Apply the concept to the new case and support the answer with evidence. | Use an exit response that asks learners to make and support a claim. |
| Lesson Closure | Summarise ethics and human values and correct one common misconception using learner examples. State one thing learned and complete the exit response. | ||
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