WOLMER’S BOYS’ SCHOOL

Department of the Humanities

(Carib. Studies; History; Law; Religious Ed.; Social Studies; Sociology; Tourism)

SUBJECT: Caribbean Studies

TEACHER/S: P. Wint, T. Jacas
FORM: 6th
Date: November 9-20, 2020
TERM: Christmas
Class: 6A Blocks 1&3
UNIT:
Attainment Target:  Examine diversity and commonality in the Caribbean;
 Identify and explain the way/s in which racial admixtures have impacted
on Caribbean social and cultural forms.
Theme: Week 7: Module 1: - Identity and Social Formation
Duration: Two week
Topic: Cultural diversity, Social Stratification, Creolisation & Hybridization
Objectives: Students should be able to:

a. Define & explain Cultural Diversity - Positive and Negative effects.

b. Explain Social Stratification - Plantation Society and its impact on
Caribbean Social Stratification.
c. Describe Creolisation and Hybridization:
 Process of Cultural change in the Caribbean;
 Racial admixture and colour in the Caribbean;
 Cultural erasure, retention and renewal in the Caribbean.

Resources:
Prior learning: Check that students can:
Students should be able to identify common social characteristics in the
Caribbean Context: Social stratification, race, ethnicities, religion, etc

Links to other
Subjects:
Cultural diversity, stratification, creolisation, hybridization, cultural change,
Key Vocabulary: cultural erasure, cultural retention, cultural renewal

Instructional Procedures

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 Teacher Instruction/Activities Student Activities/Behaviour
Engage: How can I get students interested in this? How do I elicit prior learning? How do I set the ground work for upcoming activities in the
lesson?

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 Teacher Instruction/Activities Student Activities/Behaviour
ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT
Teacher will: Students will:

Share screen displaying images for View pictures

students to indicate terms associated Identify the cultural symbols/practises in the Caribbean
with the images Participate in the activity

Explore: How do I get students involved in the topic? What tasks/activity/questions can I use to help students analyse and think while extracting
information?
EXPLORATION EXPLORATION
Teacher will: Students will:

Instruct students to research key Join respective break out “rooms”

terms for the lesson
Use the internet or previous lesson notes to define the key
Then task students with a research terms of the lesson as a group
task to complete in break out groups
Provide examples to aid in the definitions

Explain: What have the students learnt so far? How can I help students make sense of their observations? How will students communicate what
they have learnt so far? How do students correct misconceptions? How do I correct misconceptions?
EXPLANATION EXPLANATION
Teacher will: Students will:

Allow students to present as a group

(or through election of a group
leader), the findings from their
assigned research
Type done/finished in the chat to indicate that they have
completed the assignment
Share their responses to the questions
Share their screens (if possible) to present their responses to
the class

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 Teacher Instruction/Activities Student Activities/Behaviour

Extend/Elaborate: How can my students apply their new knowledge to other situations? How can students apply their knowledge to real world
situations?
ELABORATION ELABORATION

Students will be given information Students are expected to make their own notes and inferences
via google classrooms including the
definition of key terms along with
guided questions

Evaluate: How much learning has taken place? How can I help my students self-evaluate and reflect on the teaching and learning? How can I
evaluate the students learning of concepts and skills?
EVALUATION EVALUATION

Instruct students to complete a quiz in Complete a quiz in google forms

google forms.

INDEPENDENT LEARNING ACTIVITY: Students will be asked to read a few pages from their
set text

POST LESSON REFLECTION (EVALUATION 2):

CONTENT OUTLINE:

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REFERENCES:
1. Caribbean Studies CAPE Syllabus
2. Mohammed, J. (2nd ed.) Caribbean Studies for CAPE Examinations. Macmillan Publishers,
London.