Lesson Plans for the week beginning February 17, 2020

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 5
Duration: 1hr x 2
Focus Question: What are parish councils and how does this system of governance in Jamaica?

Attainment Target: Know and value the contribution of communities and institutions in
fostering, regional and international integration

Theme: Living together

Specific Objectives:

 Examine an organizational chart of a parish council describe and make deductions about
members and relationship within the corporation.
 Describe the functions/services of the municipal corporation and draw conclusions about
its importance to governing of the country.
 Gather information about how municipal corporation members are elected and discussed
the election process.

Key Skills: gather information, finding the meaning of words/ term, observing,
Describing, organising information

Key Vocabulary: mayor, council, regulations, maintenance, local government, parish council,
municipal, abattoirs/ slaughter houses, infrastructure
Day 1

Engage
 Conduct offline research on the structures of the Municipal Corporation (Parish Council)

Explore/Explain
 Work with a partner to look at the municipal corporation organisational charts, and
discuss and answer these questions:
1. Who is at the head of the Municipal Corporation (Parish Council)?
2. Who do all the department staff report to? Who is in charge of them?
3. What do you think is the relationship between the councillors and the Chief
Executive Officer?
4. Who do you think is the most important person in the chart after the mayor?

Elaborate
 Investigate the structure of your own municipal corporation and draw your own
organization structures chart to show this. Visit (www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm).

Evaluate
 Draw a diagram showing it structures. Diagram should include a simple description of the
role of each member of the council.
Activities (brought forward)

Engage/ Explore: Students will:

- Conduct online/offline research to find the meaning of the following terms/words:

mayor, councillor, regulations, local government, parish council, municipal parochial,
which they will compiled in a glossary. Pictures and examples will be added.

Explain: Students will:

- Work in a group. Find pictures of the mayors of all the parishes, if possible in their
ceremonial robes. On a blank map of Jamaica, place each mayor’s picture or name in his
or her parish.

Elaborate: Students will:

- Use the map of our parish to draw a map of your own parish. Draw in the divisions in
your parish. Place the name of each councillor in the correct division.

Evaluate: Students will:

View a picture of the mayor in official dress then describe in details the outfit.
Use the following words in sentences- Mayor, Local Government and Parish Council.