Grade 8
Grade 8
Grade 8
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
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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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