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Directorate: Curriculum GET: LESSON PLAN TERM 1 - 2021

SUBJECT and GRADE SOCIAL SCIENCE – GRADE 8 GEOGRAPHY


TERM 1 Week 1
LINK TO TEACHING AND Maps and atlases: Latitude and longitude – degrees and minutes, using the atlas index to find places
ASSESSMENT PLAN on a map, kinds of scale in an atlas (world, regional, local), scale: review line and word scales,
introduce ratio scales (number scales), calculate distances between settlements (global and South
Africa) using different scales, places in the news (ongoing throughout the year)

AIMS OF LESSON Using the atlas index to find places on a map, kinds of scale in an atlas (world, regional, local), scale:
review line and word scales, introduce ratio scales (number scales), calculate distances between
settlements (global and South Africa) using different scales, places in the news (ongoing throughout
the year)

INTRODUCTION

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SKILLS Using the atlas index to find places on a map, kinds of scale in an atlas (world, regional, local), scale:
review line and word scales, introduce ratio scales (number scales), calculate distances between
settlements (global and South Africa) using different scales, places in the news (ongoing throughout
the year)

ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT

CONSOLIDATION • Provide learners with summerised notes of world population growth.


• From increased food production they will look at scientific developments next.
RESOURCES Paper based resources Digital resources
(if necessary) • Newspapers Refer to the relevant digital resources e.g. links on the
• Books WCED ePortal
• textbooks https://www.thelearningtrust.org/asp-treasure-box

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NOTES
SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY TERM 1
GRADE 8 DATE 01 – 11 February 2021
Skills Teaching Methodologies/ Approach Resources / LTSM
(WHAT I am going to use to
(WHAT I am going to teach/guide/support…) (HOW I am going to teach/guide/support…)
teach/guide/support…)
-Define concepts like (latitude, > Use IT to make the lesson more fun and enjoying Worksheet and Notes.
longitude, etc.) (You Tube etc) IT, You Tube
-Ask the learners to copy them in their > Use globe to show the learners world population Textbooks
books. growth areas Maps, Atlases, Globe
TEACHER’S - Use atlases and globes to explain > Define all new concepts (Learners must make Dictionaries
ACTIVITIES these concepts and show position. use of dictionaries)
> Make use of resources such as maps.
Similar to what teachers would teach, Could include tips to parents, e.g. Help your child Please indicate resources
etc. as indicated above – this could be search for a map to use with the weather report that can be found at
a repeat of the teacher’s info – just so home: magazines,
that parents are aware of content. ➢ Children must make use of the dictionaries newspapers, dictionary,
Keep it simple. more often when dealing with Social etc.
graph Science concepts as well as Atlas
➢ Make time to listen to your child ➢ Make them to write more often of what
or children reads and help them they read
with their reading
➢ Children be able to tell what
he/she has read.
Learner activities:

As above.

LEARNER’S
ACTIVITIES

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