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Social Studies Curriculum: Weekly Lesson Plans, First Term: Step 3
Weekly Lesson Plans

Social Studies STEP 3 – 2021-22
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The academic year 2021-22 has been divided into two terms.
Term 1
• Total number of weeks: 14

Smart World Class-3
• Active teaching weeks: 11
• Revision week: 1
• Examination weeks: 2
• 3 lessons per week
This document has been developed to facilitate teachers with the week wise distribution of the content, learning objectives, teaching
strategies and resources and assessment strategies etc. Please note that
→ teachers have to consult the teaching guidelines document for the details of the teaching activities mentioned in the WLPs.
→ this document will provide with the PBL implementation instructions as well.
→ The exam paper pattern and marks distribution for exam and coursework has been given in the assessment document of the social
studies curriculum
Step 3: Social Studies

TERM I ,
Weeks Topics xz Page numbers
Week 1 PBL My locality, Local places, Country Fact File: Pakistan, Pakistan day 7, 6, 4 - 5
Week 2 Directions, Using a key map, Natural, managed and constructed features 8 - 11
Week 3 Map of Pakistan, Tourists map of Pakistan 66 - 69
Week 4 Conflict Zones, Crops of Pakistan, Rivers of Pakistan 30 – 31, 40 - 41
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Week 5 Lakes of Pakistan, Trees of Pakistan 18 – 19, 50 - 51

Week 6 Sporting hero, Autumn, Summer 104, 23, 76
Week 7 Spring, Our five senses, A sense of spring 62, 60-61
Week 8 Winter, Hibernation, Food in season 33, 32, 58
Week 9 What is soil made of?, Our school grounds, Materials in school grounds 12 – 14
Week 10 Parts of plants and animal, Do plants need light to grow? 48 – 49, 20
Week 11 Hatching from an egg, Parts of an egg 52 - 53
Week 12 What is a Habitat?, A Fox’s home Habitats of different plants and animals, A snow leopard’s habitat 82 – 83, 84 - 85
Week 1: 3 Lessons → My locality, Local places, Country Fact File: Pakistan, Pakistan day
Learning Objectives Content Teaching Resources Teaching strategies for AfL
and Classwork
1. Identify, explore and discuss Complete a fact file about → Exercise on pg. 7, 6, → Pair shared reading
aspects of some major natural the local area. → T- Chart
4&5
features in the local Record how they travel to → Make students do pair/group work for
environment. school and discuss their → Q & A pg. 4 pt. E as the atlas pages
2. Identify, explore and discuss favorite place in the local a T-chart → Feedback and consolidation sessions.
tourist attractions in the local area. → Teacher’s resource → Tic tac toe
area. Identify Pakistan on the book → Time machine
3. Record how s/he travels to world map → High-Five Hustle
school Learn about the colors of → Brainstorm
4. Become familiar with some the Pakistani flag. → Concept map
aspects of the lives of people and Learn about the most
→ Trip to local area or surroundings
especially children in Pakistan. important day in the
→ KWL
5. Learn about the Pakistani flag. history of Pakistan.
→ Atlas
6. Become familiar with the history
of Pakistan.
7. Learn about Pakistan day.
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Project Based Learning Process

1. Identify, explore and discuss • Collect information about Pakistan to create awareness about it.
aspects of some major natural • Use information in the fact file the English teacher gets made at the end of the PBL.
features in the local
environment.
2. Identify, explore and discuss
tourist attractions in the local
area.
Homework Notebook question: Compare facts about Pakistan and one other country.
Week 2: 3 → Directions, Using a key map, Natural, managed and constructed features
Lessons
Learning Content Teaching Teaching strategies for AfL
Objectives Resources and
cw
1. Become Learn about → Worksheet → Concept map
familiar with directions. → Adventure island game link:
in Teacher’s
directions. Learn that the http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/maps-
2. Identify the countries that resource tools-adventure-island/ar_a=1
equator, are located close book pg. 27 → Pair shared reading
longitude to the equator → Exercise on → Group/pair work to describe each type of map
and latitude. are hotter. pg. 8, 9 & 11 → Feedback and consolidation sessions.
3. Develop and The latitude and → Q & A on pg. → Peer checking
awareness of longitude help in → Brainstorm
11 pt. D
maps and locating a place.
keys. Introduce the → Play an
concept of a key. adventure
island game.
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4. Identify land Examine the key → Teacher’s

and sea on a and identify resource
map. what each book
symbol stands
for.
Analyze the key
on the map and
answer the
question.
Homework Notebook question: 1. Why do you think managed places need to be looked after? 2. Why is a swimming pool not a
natura feature?
Week 3: 3 Lessons → Map of Pakistan, Tourists map of Pakistan

Learning Objectives Content Teaching Resources and cw Teaching strategies for AfL
1. Identify, explore & discuss aspects of some Read maps of → Exercise pg. 67, 68 & 69. → Concept map
major natural features in the local Pakistan identify → Show the map and ask
→ Q & A pg. 67 pt. A
environment. land, seas, → Pair shared reading
2. Identify land, seas, mountains, cities and mountains, cities → Teacher’s resource book → Group/pair work
lakes on maps. and lakes on maps. → Brainstorm
3. Use maps to develop awareness of Ireland’s Looking at maps → Feedback and consolidation
major natural features. and answering sessions.
4. Become familiar with some aspects of the questions. → Pass the ball
lives of people and especially children of Identify in which → Two-dollar summary
Pakistan. countries are → Peer checking
5. Become familiar with tourist attraction in certain tourist
each country. attractions located.
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Homework Notebook question: 1. Write a few statements about your favorite tourist spot that you
have already visited. 2. Plan a trip to a tourist place which you would like to visit with your
family? 3. Name 5 tourist places.
Week 4: 3 Lessons → Conflict Zones, Crops of Pakistan, Rivers of Pakistan

1. Learn about different A basic understanding of conflicts among → Exercise pg. 30, 31 & 41 → Brainstorm
conflicts. the citizens of a country. → Concept map
→ Q & A pg. 31 pt. b
2. Know how to resolves them. Conflicts in Pakistan. → Pass the ball
3. Learn about food crops and Introduction to crops. → Teacher’s resource book → Group work
cash crops. Identify and differentiate between food → Pair shared reading
4. Differentiate between food and cash crops. → Two-dollar summary
crops and cash crops. Giving students a basic understanding of → Peer checking
5. Recognize different rivers of rivers. → Traffic signals
Pakistan. Five main rivers of Pakistan. → Think Pair & Share
Homework Notebook question: 1. What are cash crops? 2. What are staple crops? 3. What is an irrigation system?
Week 5: 3 Lessons → Lakes of Pakistan, Trees of Pakistan

1. Identify rivers, lakes, dams, barrages Learn about rivers, lakes, dams, → Exercise on pg. 19,50 & → Brainstorm
and canals. barrages and canals. → Concept map
51
2. Differentiate between rivers and lakes. Where Pakistani trees come from. → Pass the ball
→ Q & A pg. 19 pt. C, Pg. 51
3. Differentiate between dams, barrages Names of the trees. → Group work
& canals. pt.D → Pair shared reading
→ Teacher’s resource book → Two-dollar
summary
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4. Observe, identify, and explore a variety → Peer checking

of living things in local habitats & → Traffic signals
environments. → Think Pair & Share
5. Identify common trees and other
plants.
6. Recognize that trees are plants.
Homework Notebook question: Refer to pg. 19 pt. C, Pg. 51 pt. D for the list of questions of text book.
Week 6: 3 Lessons → Sporting hero, Autumn, Summer

1. Identify one or two sporting heroes from Learn about Jahangir khan. → Exercise pg. 104, 23 & 76 → Mind map
the past and why they are famous. Consider traits of a → Brainstorm
→ Q & A pg. 104 pt. A
2. List key events in the life of the sporting successful person. → Concept map
hero in chronological order. Discuss famous sport → Teacher’s resource book → Tic tac toe
3. Name sports that s/he and his/her peer’s people from the past that → Group work
play. the students like and why → Pair shared reading
4. Name common sports played over the they like them. → Time machine
years. Games in the past and → High-Five Hustle
5. Learn about the seasonal changes that present.
occur in living things & examine the Months in a single season.
changes in plant & animal life during Changes in daylight hours.
seasons. Observe the affects of
6. Use sense to learn about the tangible season, farmers, birds,
changes of the season on the environment. trees, fruit & animals in
changing seasons.
Project Based Learning Product Assessment
1. Identify, explore and discuss • Assess students on research skill and implementation rubric, when the product is displayed.
aspects of some major natural
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features in the local

environment.
2. Identify, explore and discuss
tourist attractions in the local
area.
Homework Notebook question: what are the modern Olympic games? Find out and write five
sentences about it in your notebooks.
Week 7: 3 Lessons → Spring, Our five senses, A sense of spring

1. Learn about the seasonal changes Months in a single season. → Exercise on pg. 62, 60 & 61. → Spring treasure hunt
that occur in living things & Changes in daylight hours. → Brainstorm
examine the changes in plant & Observe the effects of season, → Q & A → Pass the ball
animal life during seasons. farmers, birds, trees, fruit & → Teacher’s resource book → Group work
2. Use sense to learn about the animals in changing seasons. → Pair shared reading
tangible changes of the season on Name 5 senses. → Two-dollar summary
the environment. Using your senses. → Peer checking
3. Become aware of the role each Aligning information about the
sense plays to detect information sense with spring season.
about the environment.
4. Use senses.
Homework Notebook question: which sense do you think is the most important, and why?
Week 8: 3 Lessons → Winter, Hibernation, Food in season

Learning Objectives Content Teaching Resources and Teaching strategies for AfL
cw
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1. Learn about the seasonal changes Months in a single season. → Exercise pg. 33, 32, 58 → Brainstorm
that occur in living things & Changes in daylight hours. → Concept map
& 59
examine the changes in plant & Observe the effects of season, farmers, → Tic tac toe
animal life during seasons. birds, trees, fruit & animals in changing → Q & A → Group work
2. Use sense to learn about the seasons. → Teacher’s resource → Pair shared reading
tangible changes of the season on Observation of winter weather. book → Time machine
the environment. Weather changes animal behavior, → High-Five Hustle
3. Group and sort living things into they go into hibernation.
sets according to certain Complete a cloze
characteristics. activity/comprehension and about
4. Observe & develop an awareness fruits & vegetables.
of living things in a range of Identify stages and journey of an
habitats in local and wilder apple.
environments.
5. Identify stages of an apple.
Homework Notebook question: 1. What is your favorite season, state why? 2. What is your favorite fruit, state
why?
Week 9: 3 Lessons → What is soil made of?, Our school grounds, Materials in school grounds
1. Observe, collect & investigate variety of natural Conduct experiments → Exercise on pg. 12, 13 & → Brainstorm
materials in the local environment. to investigate soil. → Nature walks in the
14.
2. Collect, examine soil, mud, sand, pebbles, stones Record & discuss school
& rocks. results. → Mind map → Tic tac toe
3. Compare and contrast samples and group into Observe the habitats → Teacher’s resource book → Group work
sets. around them. → Pair shared reading
4. Investigate qualities of material. Increase awareness of → Time machine
objects and materials → High-Five Hustle
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5. Recognize that soils & rocks are habitats for living in the immediate
things. environment.
6. Observe local habitats.
7. Describe parts of living things.
8. Group materials according to their properties.
Homework Notebook question: Mind map a list of things you might find at a seashore.
Week 10: 3 Lessons → Parts of plants and animal, Do plants need light to grow?
1. Recognize and describe parts of Drawing the children’s attention to the → Exercise on pg. 48 → Nature walk
some living things. various parts that make up a plant or → Tic tac toe
→ Q&A
2. Investigate how plants respond animal. → Group work
to light. Developing the student’s attention to → Teacher’s resource → Pair shared reading
3. Recognize that the sun is a detail. book → Time machine
source of heat, light and Observing processes. → High-Five Hustle
growth.
Homework Notebook question: Go on a nature walk in your school, and draw the plants you saw around you.
Week 11: 3 Lessons → Hatching from an egg, Parts of an egg

1. Group & sort living things according to Brainstorm living → Exercise on pg. 52 & 53 → Experimentation with eggs
certain characteristics. things that hatch → Brainstorm
→ Q&A
2. Describe parts of living things. from an egg. → Concept map
3. Develop awareness of animals in local Discuss differences → Teacher’s resource book → Nature walks
habitats & those from further afield. between reptiles & → Tic tac toe
4. Identify and investigate an egg. amphibians. → Group work
Parts of an egg.
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5. Become familiar with the life cycle of an Predict outcome for → Pair shared reading
egg egg experiments → Time machine
6. Explore effect of heating and cooling on → High-Five Hustle
an egg.
Homework Notebook question: What was the most interesting part of the observation.
Week 12: 3 Lessons → What is a Habitat?, A Fox’s home Habitats of different plants and animals, A snow leopard’s habitat
1. Recognize interdependence Define a habitat. → Exercise on pg. 82, 83 & → Concept maps
of living things. Identify different habitats in → Brainstorm
84
2. Devise ideas for protection, the local environment. → Tic tac toe
→ Q & A Pg. 85
conservation and Find out what lives in the → Group work
enhancements of the environment. → Teacher’s resource book → Pair shared reading
environment. Habitat maintenance and → Time machine
3. Animal homes. conservation. → High-Five Hustle
4. Materials used for animal Materials used for animal
homes. homes.
Homework Notebook question: See questions on pg. 85 pt. A
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Social Studies Curriculum: Weekly Lesson Plans, First Term: Step 3

Weekly Lesson Plans

• Total number of weeks: 14

Step 3: Social Studies

Week 5 Lakes of Pakistan, Trees of Pakistan 18 – 19, 50 - 51

Project Based Learning Process

4. Identify land Examine the key → Teacher’s

Week 3: 3 Lessons → Map of Pakistan, Tourists map of Pakistan

Week 4: 3 Lessons → Conflict Zones, Crops of Pakistan, Rivers of Pakistan

Week 5: 3 Lessons → Lakes of Pakistan, Trees of Pakistan

4. Observe, identify, and explore a variety → Peer checking

Week 6: 3 Lessons → Sporting hero, Autumn, Summer

features in the local

Week 7: 3 Lessons → Spring, Our five senses, A sense of spring

Week 8: 3 Lessons → Winter, Hibernation, Food in season

Week 11: 3 Lessons → Hatching from an egg, Parts of an egg

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