L e s s o n P l a n

Teacher: Maia Teliashvili / Vale Public School No 1

Lesson Topic: Elections (Old people and their customs)

Class profile: Grade 6. The class consists of 13 students.

Overall Objective: students will develop awareness of voting and conduct a class vote

Language Objective: students will be able to discuss old customs of the Incas, the Sami, the Tibetan and the Bedouin people, use appropriate vocabulary and they will also learn and use basic vocabulary about voting

Civic Education Objective: students will participate in a class vote

Curriculum connection: B VI.6 , 8, 16

Class context and needs: Intermediate (B1) level, Secondary students

Sequencing: students have background knowledge about customs as they have just learnt “old customs in the modern world”, they can discuss these customs, express their opinions about them

Materials: ready-made material given in text book(English World-4, p 74-75), the images of the Incas, the Sami, the Tibetan and the Bedouin people in flashcards, the rules of voting process ( step by step) written on the poster, handouts and classroom that looks like a polling station, ballot box, voting booth

Assessment: group assessment

Reflection:

Overall Objective: students will develop to develop a campaign for a traditional culture and to present

arguments about why their tribal society was best prepared themselves for survival in the difficult conditions in which they live.

Language Objective: students will be able to discuss traditional customs of the Incas, the Sami, the Tibetan and the Bedouin people, use appropriate vocabulary and they will also learn and use basic vocabulary about voting

Civic Education Objective: students will develop and awareness of voting and participate in a class vote

Stages timing

Stage aim Teacher activity Student activity Resources

Warm up4 min

To revise custom vocabulary

Teacher distributes handouts 1 and asks students to speak in pairs, they discuss their favorite custom ( keeping animals, weaving cloth, making patterns, making jewels, hunting, making clothes from animals skin or fur and so on) and why

The custom of making clothes from fur and leather kept the warm in winter.

The custom of hunting helped them survive because…….

The custom of raising corn by the Incas helped them survive because…

Then pairs combine to form groups of four. Each group member introduces his or her partner and shares the interview. (he/she likes…. .. because….)

Students use the prompts and speak in pairs, then speak in the group of four and share their friend’s ideas to each other

Handout 1

You need to develop a list of skills that these tribal people developed….

Share the list with me.

4 min To introduce the students the basic vocabulary about voting and the rules of voting process

Teacher explains students how to vote step by step. She shows them the steps of voting on the poster and also introduces the basic vocabulary (election campaign, vote, voting booth, voter, ballot box, ballot). At the same time she acts out the voting process in front of the class and elicits the answers

Who am I? ( a voter) Where am I going? ( to the polling

station) What will they give me ( a ballot) Where should I enter to vote? ( the

voting booth) Where should I put my ballot? (in

Students listen to the teacher and try to remember each step of voting process. Then answer teacher’s questions

Poster, ballots, ballot box, voting booth

the ballot box)10 min

To prepare the presentations

Teacher divides the class into four groups. Then she gives opportunity to choose the cards with the names of the people on it ( the Incas, the Sami, the Tibetan). Each group represents that kind of people and their customs that they choose.Teacher distributes handouts 2 and asks to use them and describe these people and their customs, then make a list of supporting reasons which customs are the most beneficial and useful for society and which customs prepare these people for survival. Teacher reminds them that their support reasons will be their “campaign” and each group should convince other students that they are the best. Teacher also distributes handouts 3 where there is the structure and starter sentences and asks students use these plan while making the presentation

Each group chooses one kind of people (the Incas, the Sami, the Tibetan), then begins to make a presentation. They choose supporting reasons from handouts 2 and write all these information on handouts 3.

Handout 2Handout 3

12 min

Each group should present their “campaign” to the class

Teacher gives each group 3 minutes and asks them to make a presentation and introduce their “campaign”. She says them that they will be assessed according to the following requirements:

Each member of the group should take part in making the presentations

They should introduce correct and supporting arguments

Each group introduces its “campaign”, they stand in front of the class, bring handouts 3 where they have all supporting arguments and make a presentation, each member tries to take part in making a presentation, they speak clearly and try to convince other students that they are best.

Handouts 3

3 min To assess the groups

Teacher assesses each group according to the assessment scheme prepared beforehand

8 min To act out the voting process

Teacher handouts the ballots (handouts 4) and asks students to enter the voting booth, choose the best candidate , mark them and then put the ballots in the ballot box

Students take the ballots, go to the voting booth, mark their favorite candidate(people), fold the ballot and put it into the ballot box

Ballots, ballot box, voting booth

Assessment /3 min

To count the ballots and announce the winner candidate

Teacher appoints a ballot counters from each group to count ballots and announce the results.

One member from each group (a counter) comes to the ballot box , they count the votes and announce the winner

Ballot box, ballots

Handouts 1

Student A

Which custom do you like best of all (keeping animals, weaving cloth, making patterns, making jewels, hunting, making clothes from animals skin or fur, making baskets and so on) and why?

……(student b’s answer and then question) The Tibetans survived because…………….

Speak to other members of the group

She likes …….. because………

Student B

I like ……….. because………. Which custom do you like best of all (keeping animals, weaving cloth, making patterns, making

jewels, hunting, making clothes from animals skin or fur, making baskets and so on) and why?

Speak to other members of the group

She likes …….. because………

Handout 2

Read these sentences, choose them and fill in Handout 3

1. They live in Northern Europe: in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia

2. They live in Peru in South America

3. They live in Tibet Region , in China and India.

4. They speak Tibetic language

5. They speak Quechua language

6. They speak Sami language

7. They keep sheep and goats in the mountains and use them for making different

products. They eat these animals’ meat, make cheese, butter, drink milk.

8. They are very hardworking people. The farmers grow different fruit and vegetables.

They use yaks on their farms.

9. They are nomads and live in the tents. When they move their animals, they can take

tents with them

10. They are rich in medicine. They produce lots of useful medicine which is famous

throughout the world.

11. They spin the wool and weave it into cloth. Then they make different items from the

cloth. They make patterns in the cloth and each village has special pattern.

12. They have big herds of reindeer. They live in very cold climate. So they make warm

hats, coats and boots from reindeer fur, they also make tents, tools and boots from

reindeer skin.

13. They like music and dance. They are famous for their culture. The actors wear amazing

costumes and masks

14. Their traditional costumes are blue, red or green and they have colorful borders

15. They make patterns in the cloth and each village has special pattern.

16. Women carry babies or fruit or vegetables in this cloth. Men carry firewood and corn

Handout 3

. . . . . . . . . . . people and their customs are the best because

They live in . . . .

They speak . . . .

Their customs are useful because they prepare them for survival. They . . . . . .

Handout 4

BallotPut an X in the box next to your favorite candidate. Put only one X

The Incas people

The Sami people

The Tibetan people