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DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE

Subject: HISTORY

LESSON PLAN: #5 in Unit plan School visit/Field Day

TEACHER: Jerome Spence SCHOOL: St. Mary’s College DATE: 01/11/2019

CLASS/FORM: 1-34 No. in class: 35 TIME: 10:30am-11:10am No of period(s): 1

Duration: 40mins

Planning for the lesson

UNIT PLAN: The Maya

TOPIC: Achievements of the Maya

CONCEPT map /graphic organizer of knowledge required for lesson or Unit (to be attached separately):

CURRICULUM INTEGRATION AREAS across subjects and materials needed (where relevant):

Strategies for:
Planning for inclusiveness:

Planning for literacy improvement: Reading of history textbook/ assignments

Planning for Technology Integration: Use of Bluetooth speaker and phone

Planning for VAPA integration:

 Instructional strategies to be used and their rationale: Constructivism

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The lesson plan:

PRE-KNOWLEDGE: Students are aware of the political structure of the Maya, Religion, economic
organisation of the Maya

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson, pupils will be able to:

Objectives of the lesson Classification of objectives Domain

1. Knowledge Cognitive
Identify three achievements of the Maya (calendars,
number system, pyramids)
2. Knowledge Cognitive
Examine the number system of the Maya
3. Knowledge Affective
Demonstrate their knowledge of the Mayan number
system
4. Knowledge Cognitive
Examine the characteristics of the Mayan calendar
system

SET INDUCTION (YouTube Video on the Mayan achievements)– Time allotted: 5 mins

SECTION 1- Time allotted: 15 mins

Teaching points:
 Basis of the number system of the Maya
 Identify the various symbols used to represent
 How to count to twenty

METHOD
Teaching Strategy Student Activity Resources
Group work Students form into two groups Whiteboard
Questioning and test each other on Marker
Note Taking identifying numbers 1 through Textbook
Reading page 37 in the text 20 randomly.

Reading passages from the text.

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback: Worksheet #1 Time allotted: 3mins

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SECTION 2- Time allotted: 15mins

Teaching points:
 How many calendars did the Maya use?
 What were the characteristics of each calendar?
 What was the prupose of each calendar?

METHOD
Teaching Strategy Student Activity Resources
Questioning Students will read passages on Handout on the Mayan empire
Note Taking the Mayan calendar system and Whiteboard
extracted the salient points. Markers

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback (Oral questioning)

CLOSURE (Food for thought)– Time allotted: 5mins

FINAL EVALUATION – Time allotted: Reasonable level of achievement: Worksheet #2

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES/LESSON: Write a paragraph describing the calendar system of the

Maya.