SOCIAL SCIENCES LESSON PREP – GRADE: 8 (HISTORY LESSON PLAN)

CONTENT: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA FROM 1860 WEEK NO: _______________

DATES: FROM __________/__________/ 2020 TO: _________/__________/ 2020 HOURS/MINUTES: ______________________________

HISTORY AIMS HISTORY SKILLS (Basic common skills – read & write)
Finding a variety of kinds of information about the past. Gather info; record; read; investigate
Selecting relevant information. Summarise; decide on / choosing info; answer.
Deciding on whether information can be trusted. Evaluate/ interrogate/ questioning; compare/ contrast sources (Bias)
Seeing something that happened in the past from more than one point of Analyse; compare; evaluate; (i.e. detecting bias)
view.
Explain why events in the past are often interpreted differently. Justify (for different interpretations)
Debating about what happened in the past on the basis of the available Debate; Argue; discuss;
evidence
Writing History in an organised way, with a logical line of argument. Essay writing; logical reasoning; draw timeline;
Understanding the importance of heritage and conservation. Justify; explain (how and why events are remembered)
DATES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES LEARNER’S ACTIVITIES RESOURCES/LTSM TEACHING METHODS ASSESSMENT
CONCEPTS: THE INDUSTRIAL RVLTN Textbooks – pages Lecture / Narrative Written Class work
-Introduce the learners to - Identify the various sources of Maps
revolutions money used to fund the industrial Globes Discussion Data handling
- Introduce the issue of wealth resolution. Atlases
from slave trade. - Read and answer oral questions Satellite images Role Play Homework
- The Agricultural revolution, on the agricultural revolution. Worksheets
enclosure system, cottage - Defining important terms Photos Demonstration Project
industries. - Taking notes Projector
- Discuss the seed drill and - Working with sources DVD Group work / Informal short test
advantages of new inventions - Discussing in groups the different Models cooperative learning
- Other inventions inventions Statistics Question and answer Map reading and
Artefacts analysis
Pictures/Cartoons
DATES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES LEARNER’S ACTIVITIES RESOURCES/LTSM TEACHING METHODS ASSESSMENT
CONCEPTS: THE INDUSTRIAL RVLTN Textbooks – pages Lecture / Narrative Written Class work
-Introduce the topic of - Reading different sources on Maps
changes during the Industrial inventions Globes Discussion Data handling
Revolution - Writing notes summarizing Atlases
-Give brief notes to students the discussions. Satellite images Role Play Homework
on different inventions - Working with sources and Worksheets
- Prepare discussion questions answering sources-based Photos Demonstration Project
- Discuss with learners the questions. Projector
social changes that took place - Group discussions on various DVD Group work / Informal short test
during the industrial social changes during the Models cooperative learning
revolution in industries and Industrial revolution Statistics Question and answer Map reading and
farms Artefacts analysis
Pictures/Cartoons
DATES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES LEARNER’S ACTIVITIES RESOURCES/LTSM TEACHING METHODS ASSESSMENT
CONCEPTS: THE INDUSTRIAL RVLTN Textbooks – pages Lecture / Narrative Written Class work
-Discuss with class on labour - Working on constructing
Maps
resistance and the work of Timelines. Globes Discussion Data handling
trade unions. - Preparing for Essay writing
Atlases
- Discussing child labour and - Discussion in pairs on labour
Satellite images Role Play Homework
its consequences in the past resistance. Worksheets
and now. - Answering oral questions on
Photos Demonstration Project
- The Diamond mining in South indentured workers in farms of
Projector
Africa SA DVD Group work / Informal short test
- The different economic and - Writing brief notes Models cooperative learning
social changes brought by - Working with source-based
Statistics Question and answer Map reading and
industrial revolution in SA. questions. Artefacts analysis
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY (INCLUSIVITY): ____________________________________________________________________________________________

REFLECTION: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HOD/ PRINCIPAL / SUPERVISOR ‘S NAME: MKHWANAZI ME SIGNATURE: ______________________________