SOCIAL SCIENCES – GRADE 6

TERM 1- LESSON PLANS:

GEOGRAPHY

TOPIC: MAP SKILLS

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 SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN : GEOGRAPHY
TOPIC: MAPSKILLS GRADE 6
TERM 1
DATE FROM _______________ TO _______________ DURATION : 4 HOURS Week 1-2

ASSESSMENT
CONTENT: ATLASES, GLOBALSTATISTICS AND CURRENT EVENTS Indicate with an x)  Map skills
Formal assessment: Informal assessment:
CONCEPTS:  Test  Classroom activities
 Exam  Homework
 Kinds of information provided in an atlas (2 HOURS)  Data - handling  Worksheet
 How the content page of an atlas is organised? (2 HOURS)  Contextual - analysis
 Investigation/Research Assessment Tools:
 Case Study Memorandum Rubric
WORDBANK:  Creative Response
Atlas, Content page, etc

The Geography curriculum aims to develop learners who:

AIMS SKILLS
Are curious about the world they live in.
1.X
Have a sound general knowledge of places and the natural forces at work on earth.
2.
3. Understand the interaction between society and the natural environment.

4. Think independently and support their ideas with sound knowledge.

5. Care about their planet and the well-being of all who live on it.

6.X Understand and work with a range of source – including maps, data and photographs.

7. Observe and engage with phenomena in their own environment.

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8. Find out about places, people, events and issues using different sources.

9. Communicate ideas and information.

10 Make informed decisions and take appropriate action

RESOURCES REQUIRED: Atlases, Globe, World map, Newspapers/Magazines with current events, ruler, internet

KEY QUESTIONS:
1. What is an atlas?
2. What are the latest current events in South Africa/ around your settlements?

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: ……. / ……. / 20……... (1 HOUR)

-Kinds of information provided in an atlas
 Explain new terminology to the learners, ie. Atlas.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Explain to them that an atlas is a collection of maps that show us a lot of useful  Answer questions being asked.
information.  Write summary of notes.
 Show them a copy of an atlas.  Write the given class activity
 Give them an activity.

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: ……. / …….. / 20……. (1 HOUR)

-How the content page of an atlas is organised

 Explain new terminology to the learners, ie. content page  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Show them how the contents of an atlas page are organised- this is a list of all  Answer questions being asked.
the maps and information that it includes, and is always at the front of the atlas.  Write summary of notes.
 Give them an activity.  Write the given class activity

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES (class or home activity):

Refer to the worksheets given for Term 1.

Refer to the name of the textbook and page number, etc
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EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENTIATION TEACHER REFLECTION:
 To be determined by the type of learners you have in the classroom

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SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN : GEOGRAPHY
GRADE 6
TOPIC: MAP SKILLS TERM 1
Week 3-4
DATE FROM ________________ TO _________________ DURATION : 4 HOURS

ASSESSMENT
CONTENT : LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE (degrees) Indicate with an x)  Map skills
Formal assessment: Informal assessment:
CONCEPTS:  Test  Classroom activities
 Latitude and longitude on a globe (degrees) (1 hour)  Exam  Homework
 Concept of hemispheres (1 hour)  Data - handling  Worksheet
 Contextual - analysis
 Northern and southern hemisphere- divided by the equator  Investigation/Research Assessment Tools:
 Eastern and southern hemisphere- divided by the Greenwich Meridian  Case Study Memorandum Rubric
 Any place on a globe is in two hemispheres- north or south and east or  Creative Response
west
 Location of South Africa in southern and eastern hemispheres
 Latitude and longitude on a map (degrees) from a globe to a flat
map (1 hour)
 Locate selected countries and cities in degrees of latitude and
longitude (1 hour)
 Locate major current events or places in the news on a map. NB:
(ongoing throughout the year) (1 HOUR)
WORDBANK:
Parallel, Equator, Meridian, Hemi, Hemisphere, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinates

The Geography curriculum aims to develop learners who:

AIMS SKILLS
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 Are curious about the world they live in.
1.X
Have a sound general knowledge of places and the natural forces at work on earth.
2.
3.X Understand the interaction between society and the natural environment.

4. Think independently and support their ideas with sound knowledge.

5. Care about their planet and the well-being of all who live on it.

6. Understand and work with a range of source – including maps, data and photographs.

7. Observe and engage with phenomena in their own environment.

8. Find out about places, people, events and issues using different sources.

9. Communicate ideas and information.

10 Make informed decisions and take appropriate action

RESOURCES REQUIRED: Globe, Map of the world, Ruler, Protractor

KEY QUESTIONS:
1. What is the difference between the lines of latitude and the lines of longitude?
2. What is an equator?

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: …… / …….. / 20……. (1 HOUR)

Latitude and longitude on a globe (degrees)
 Explain new terminology to the learners, ie. Lines of latitude and langitude.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Display a globe to show the lines of latitude and the lines of longitude. Lines  Answer questions being asked.
of latitude are parallel lines AND lines of longitude are meridian lines.  Write summary of notes.
 Also indicate the equator-the main line of latitude that divides the earth into  Write the given class activity
northern and southern hemispheres. The Greenwich Meridian line runs from
the north pole to the south pole.
 Inform them that a globe is divided into hemispheres.
 Give them activity.
TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES
(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: …… / ……. / 20……. (1 HOUR)

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Concept of hemispheres
 Northern and southern hemisphere- divided by the equator
 Eastern and southern hemisphere- divided by the Greenwich Meridian
 Any place on a globe is in two hemispheres- north or south and east or west
 Location of South Africa in southern and eastern hemispheres

 Explain new terminology to the learners.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Explain to them the word sphere means a round shape like a ball.  Answer questions being asked.
 Inform them that the N and S hemispheres are divided by the Equator (0-  Write summary of notes.
degree latitude)  Write the given class activity
 Explain in detail about the two spheres.
 Continue to inform them about the E and W hemispheres, being divided by
the Greenwich Meridian (0◦- longitude)
 Explain in detail about the other two spheres.
 Inform them that any place on the globe is in 2 hemispheres, these are called
co-ordinates.
 Inform them that South Africa is located in the southern and eastern
hemispheres.
 Display the world map to answer questions based on the above details.
 Give them an activity.

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: ……. / …… / 20…… (1 HOUR)

Latitude and longitude on a map (degrees) from a globe to a flat map
 Explain new terminology to the learners.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Use a flat map to identify the lines of latitude and longitude.  Answer questions being asked.
 These lines create an imaginary grid called co-ordinates. Co-ordinates are in  Write summary of notes.
degrees (◦).  Write the given class activity
 Display a map of the world to locate different co-ordinates (grid references)
 Give them an activity.

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: …… / ……. / 20……… (1 HOUR)

Locate selected countries and cities in degrees of latitude and longitude
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  Explain new terminology to the learners.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Display a world map to them to locate some selected countries and cities in  Answer questions being asked.
degrees of latitude and longitude.  Write summary of notes.
 Give them an activity.  Write the given class activity

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: ……. / …….. / 20……. (1 HOUR)

Locate major current events or places in the news on a map (ongoing
throughout the year)
 Explain new terminology to the learners, ie. Current events  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Inform them that events happen on a daily basis, eg. earthquake, public  Answer questions being asked.
protests, etc.  Write summary of notes.
 Instruct learners to collect and gather information about current events  Write the given class activity
throughout the year in different places.
 Give them an activity.

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES (class or home activity):

Refer to the worksheets given for Term 1.

Refer to the name of the textbook and page number, etc

EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENTIATION TEACHER REFLECTION:

 To be determined by the type of learners you have in the classroom

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 SOCIAL SCIENCES – INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN : GEOGRAPHY
GRADE 6
TOPIC: MAP SKILLS TERM 1
Week 5-6
DATE FROM _____________ TO _______________ DURATION : 4 hours

ASSESSMENT
CONTENT: SCALE Indicate with an x)  Map skills
Formal assessment: Informal assessment:
CONCEPTS:  Test  Classroom activities
 Concept of scale (2 HOURS)  Exam  Homework
 Small-and large scale maps: different scales for different maps  Data - handling  Worksheet
 Contextual - analysis
 Line scales  Investigation/Research Assessment Tools:
 Word scales  Case Study Memorandum Rubric
 Measuring straight-line distances between cities on a South African  Creative Response
and world map (2 HOURS)
WORDBANK:
Scale, Line scale, Word scale

The Geography curriculum aims to develop learners who:

AIMS SKILLS
Are curious about the world they live in.
1.X
Have a sound general knowledge of places and the natural forces at work on earth.
2.
3. Understand the interaction between society and the natural environment.

4. Think independently and support their ideas with sound knowledge.

5. Care about their planet and the well-being of all who live on it.

6. Understand and work with a range of source – including maps, data and photographs.

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7. Observe and engage with phenomena in their own environment.

8.X Find out about places, people, events and issues using different sources.

9. Communicate ideas and information.

10 Make informed decisions and take appropriate action

RESOURCES REQUIRED: Textbook, Flat map, Ruler

KEY QUESTION:
1. What is a map?

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: ……/……/20…... TO ……/….../20…... (2 HOURS)

Concept of scale
 Small-and large scale maps: different scales for different maps
 Line scales
 Word scales

 Explain new terminology to the learners, ie. Scale.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
 Differentiate the small and the large scale maps to them- a map that shows a  Answer questions being asked.
large area such as an entire country is called a small-scale map AND a map  Write summary of notes.
that shows a small area in great detail is called a large-scale map.  Write the given class activity
 Display to them the two differences of the scale maps.
 Differentiate again the line scale- will be represented by a line that is divided
in blocks and a word scale-will be represented by a written description of a
distance on a map.
 Give them an activity.

TEACHER ACTIVITIES LEARNER ACTIVITIES

(The teacher gives a detailed explanation of what will be done in class)

Date: …... /….../20…... TO ….../…. /20…... (2 HOURS)

Measuring straight-line distances between cities on a South African and world
map
 Explain new terminology to the learners.  Listen attentively to the teacher and write notes.
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  Do a practical demonstration with the learners to measure and calculate  Answer questions being asked.
distances between cities on a South African and a world map.  Write summary of notes.
 Teach them to follow the steps to measure the straight-line distance between 2  Write the given class activity
points on a map.
 Give them an activity.

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES (class or home activity):

Refer to the worksheets given for Term 1.

Refer to the name of the textbook and page number, etc

EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES /DIFFERENTIATION TEACHER REFLECTION:

 To be determined by the type of learners you have in the classroom
 Revision and consolidation of the whole topic.

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