1. Brain storming .

(planning a lesson)

LEARNING AREA: Life Orientation.

TOPIC

Social and enviromentenvironment issues facing South Africa

today

• Identifying and grouping them.

• Their effects in our lives (physical, psychological, spiritual

and emotional effects.)

• How to address and prevent them.

• Where to go for help?

• Assessment.

2. LESSON PLAN

Grade: 9

Year: 2010

Topic: Social and environmental issues that are facing South

Africa today.

LO’S:2-Citizenship education AS: 1 and 2

Intergration: Languages and Social Sciences

Teaching and learning support materials: Library, text books

and internet.
 LEARNEARS’ ACTIVITIES TEACHER’S
ACTIVITIES

Grouped –they will write The teacher will note all of

down any problems that we them and categories them
are facing in South Africa into social and environmental
today. Examples: lack of issues.
jobs, abuses, pollution, global
warming etc.
They try to tell and discuss She\He explains the terms,
which ones need an urgent social and environment and
attention and why. takes the learners through its
effects on us.
.The teacher together with Teach and highlight what
the learners, mention and might happen if these issues
discuss the effects of all are not addressed urgently
these issues. and what’s needed to be
done to minimize or stop
these problems and where to
go for help.
Notes written. Some notes given.
Activity written. An activity given.
Assessment method: informal assessment (not recorded)

Assessment tool: memorandum

2. DETAILED LESSON PLAN(NOTES ATTACHED)

SOCIAL ISSUES.

• High unemployment rate.

• Diseases.

• Abuse in all forms.

 • Lack of basic needs.

EFFECTS:

All of these can lead to death. The teacher will explain in

detail.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

• Global warming.

• Pollution.

• Deforestation.

EFFECTS:

• Changing in weather, soil erosion, lack of clean air and

eventually death.

4. THEORIES TO BE USED DURING MY LESSON. ( a blend of

all of them to be used)

a. Behaviorism learning theory

.Before the learning process the learning outcomes will be

discussed.

.Learners will be assessed after the lesson.

.The learning process will be observed.

b. Cognitive leaning theory will also be used in order to

stimulate, grasp the learners attention and use their level of
thinking.

c. Lastly, constructive learning theory for researching and

discussing the effects of these issues.
5. ANALYSING. (contentContent and prior knowledge)

What is it that the learners are going to learn and what is it

that they know already? Very often the learners hear and
experience social injustices but they don’t know what they
are causing to their well-being and where to go for help in
order to stop or prevent them.

The learners

The lesson is designed for the grade 9(14-16 years old) at

township school and they are coming from poverty stricken
community where there is high rate of unemployment (from
informal settlement).They know very little about
environmental problems and its effects.

Some of the social injustices that they are experiencing:

families abusing alcohol and drugs, witnessing crime and
post traumatic disorder, domestic violence, divorces, abuse
in all forms parents being unemployed, lack of shelter and
starvation etc.

Some of the institutions that can help the victims: Social

workers at the social services, local police stations, child
line-0800 55555, legal aid, growing own vegetable garden,
government assisting with feeding schemes, encouraging
people to start their own businesses etc.

Enviromental issues to be learnt: pollution especially air and

water pollution, global warming, deforestation and veld fire.
Their effects are-not breathing clean air will cause breathing
problems and eventually lung problems, not drinking clean
water will lead to diseases such as cholera, if trees are cut
unnecessarily we won’t have enough clean air to breath and
etc.
Encouraging families to plant trees, to stop polluting
water ,water, to discouraging people from cutting trees will
minimise the above mention environmental challenges. The
government should also encourage people to use common
transport.