4th form ss government lesson plan 2010(2)

8/2/2019 4th Form SS Government Lesson Plan 2010(2)

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Teacher: Karen Campbell Subject: Social Studies Class 43

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Topic OBJECTIVES RESOURCES CONTENT ACTIVITIES CULMINATING ACT. EVAL

Types of

Government

1 Define terms like

government, Republic,

Democracy, Tyranny,

Oligarchy, Aristocracyetc.

2 Revise the purpose

and functions of

government.

3 Distinguish between

the types of

government.

4 Suppose they had

the opportunity to

select a system of

government which one

would they choose.

5 write relevant notes.

6. Consider the

benefits of having a

government.

Newspaper

clippings with

information

about types ofgovernment,

Text: Modules in

Social Studies,

whiteboard with

markers.

Government means an

agency or body with the

authority to control and

direct the affairs ofgovernment.

Some types of

government are:

Democracy, Autocracy,

Republic, Dictatorship,

Oligarchy, Tyranny,

Aristocracy and

Monarchy.

Types of government

systems in the Caribbean

to be studied are:

Constitutional Monarchy

or the Westminister

Model of government and

Republic.

Examples of countries

that practice

Westminister Model of

government are: Jamaica,

1 Students will write

definition of terms.

2 The teacher will ask the

students to say what they

think the functions of

government are. Other

functions that are not

mentioned by the students

will be told to the class by the

teacher. Students will make

relevant notes

3 The teacher will explain the

different types of

government, then students

will be asked to share with

their peers the differences

between each type of

government.

4 The teacher will share with

the class the characteristics of

a Republic and Constitutional

Monarchy. Short notes will be

written on the board and the

1 The teacher will

pass a bag around

the class which

contains strips ofpapers with the

types of

governments on

them. Music will be

played while this is

done. When the

music stops the

person holding the

bag will have to dip

in the bag. They will

have to explain the

term on the strip of

paper. This will

continue until all the

terms have been

explained by the

students.

2 The teacher will

assign an exercise

from the text which


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St Vincent, Barbados.

Example of a country that

is a republic is Guyana.

students will be permitted

time to copy notes in their

notebooks.

5 Students will write essay

entitled A government isessential to all societies.

student will

complete. The

activity contains

questions from the

functions and

components of

government.


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TOPIC OBJECTIVES RESOURCES CONTENT ACTIVITIES CULMINATING ACT. EVA

Structure of

Government

1 Differentiate between

the branches of

government.

2 Explain how a bill

becomes law.

3 Determine the members

of each branch of

government and their

departments.

4 Analyze the importance

of each branch of

government.

5 Report to the class what

they have learnt in group

discussions.

6 Ask relevant questions.

7 Appreciate the

opportunity to learn from

their peers by listening to

each others group

presentations.

News paper

clippings, Text:

Modules in Social

Studies andSocial Studies

Essentials,

whiteboard and

markers.

1 The powers of

government are

grouped as follows: a)

the Executive b)Legislative and c)

Judiciary.

2 The Executive arm of

government comprises

of the Prime Minister

and other ministers

who are chosen and

duly appointed to

various departments.

3 The Judiciary is that

branch of government

which deals with the

maintenance and

interpretation of law.

4 The members of the

legislature belong to

two houses The

Upper House (Senate)

and Lower House (The

INTRODUCTION: Brief

reference to the

previous lesson will be

done. The teacher willmention that in a

democracy there needs

to be separation of

powers to prevent one

man or group of

persons from having

absolute power.

1 The students will

meet in groups of five

to study the branch ofgovernment assigned to

the group. The teacher

will give each group

newspaper clippings.

with the relevant data.

2 The groups will do

presentations. Other

members of the class

who are not a part of

the group presenting

The teacher will engage

students in a discussion

on the group

presentations and ensurethat all relevant content

points are communicated.


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8 Show willingness to

work in groups.

House of

Representatives)

are expected to ask

questions of those

presenting. Group

presentations will be

graded.

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