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Eg; Topic: Early Economic Activities
Tuning in: Watching a drama
Show the drama ‘tharaaganduge Kashigandu’ (an edited version, this drama is based in the past, and shows people engaged in economic activities of that time), after showing the drama, write the following questions on the board, then get them to make groups of 4’s and discuss, brainstorm and answer the questions, then get them to present their answers.
Question
What time period was the video based on? Give a reason for your answer?
What were the activities that the people were engaged in?
Do you still see people engaged in these types of activities, if so how often?
Preparing to find out;
Preparing a questionnaire
Discuss about the drama; the economic activities that the people were engaged in, the things they produced, and how important these activities were to the community at that …show more content…
Then get them to prepare a questionnaire. (The questionnaire should be structure in a way that it will gain information about the selected economic activity and its importance during that time). After making the questionnaires present it to the class. After the presentation, based on the comments they get, the groups can improve their questionnaires.
Finding out
Interviewing a resource person
Ask the children to be in their groups and concentrate and gain information about the economic activity that they had chosen so they can become specialized in that particular activity, then bring a resource person and get him to give information about the early economic activities, how important it was to the community during the early times, and why most of these activities are declining. During the lecture get the children to fill in their questionnaires and clear their doubts
Sorting …show more content…
Divide the class into two teams; one team will be against importing lacquer work and shells as this team is made up of local craftsmen while the other team is for importing these items as they are owners of the tourist shops and they generate a huge profit by importing these goods as the imported ones are cheaper. Tell them that the teacher is from the ministry of trade and she will decide whether to restrict imports of these goods after listening to the debate.(divide the class into 2 groups and give the debate question at least 2 days before conducting the debate so that the children can get ready for the debate)
Making connections
Drama
Divide the class into 5 groups, get the children to discuss and present a drama or a puppet show based on the information they have gained about the early economic activities. through the drama or puppet show they have to show the various economic activities people were engaged in during early times, how important these activities were to the community and why some of these activities started to decline
Taking action
Making clay models and posters (own
Tuning in: Watching a drama
Show the drama ‘tharaaganduge Kashigandu’ (an edited version, this drama is based in the past, and shows people engaged in economic activities of that time), after showing the drama, write the following questions on the board, then get them to make groups of 4’s and discuss, brainstorm and answer the questions, then get them to present their answers.
Question
What time period was the video based on? Give a reason for your answer?
What were the activities that the people were engaged in?
Do you still see people engaged in these types of activities, if so how often?
Preparing to find out;
Preparing a questionnaire
Discuss about the drama; the economic activities that the people were engaged in, the things they produced, and how important these activities were to the community at that …show more content…
Then get them to prepare a questionnaire. (The questionnaire should be structure in a way that it will gain information about the selected economic activity and its importance during that time). After making the questionnaires present it to the class. After the presentation, based on the comments they get, the groups can improve their questionnaires.
Finding out
Interviewing a resource person
Ask the children to be in their groups and concentrate and gain information about the economic activity that they had chosen so they can become specialized in that particular activity, then bring a resource person and get him to give information about the early economic activities, how important it was to the community during the early times, and why most of these activities are declining. During the lecture get the children to fill in their questionnaires and clear their doubts
Sorting …show more content…
Divide the class into two teams; one team will be against importing lacquer work and shells as this team is made up of local craftsmen while the other team is for importing these items as they are owners of the tourist shops and they generate a huge profit by importing these goods as the imported ones are cheaper. Tell them that the teacher is from the ministry of trade and she will decide whether to restrict imports of these goods after listening to the debate.(divide the class into 2 groups and give the debate question at least 2 days before conducting the debate so that the children can get ready for the debate)
Making connections
Drama
Divide the class into 5 groups, get the children to discuss and present a drama or a puppet show based on the information they have gained about the early economic activities. through the drama or puppet show they have to show the various economic activities people were engaged in during early times, how important these activities were to the community and why some of these activities started to decline
Taking action
Making clay models and posters (own