SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

GRADE 8
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Introduce Myanmar and its interesting facts about Myanmar through PowerPoint
presentation
B. Express adept appreciation about Myanmar in a form of sharing and evaluative
tool
C. Comprehend the remarkable life of Aung San Suu Kyi using a graphic organizer
II. SUBJECT MATTER
TOPIC: Introduction of Myanmar: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
REFERENCES: VOYAGES IN COMMUNICATION; ENGLISH LEARNERS
MODULE

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY
DAY 1

A. DAILY ROUTINE
 GREETINGS
 PRAYER
 ATTENDANCE
 REVIEW

B. MOTIVATION

An engaging activity will be introduced by the

teacher titled, ‘Puzzle Me Out!’ to condition
the mood of the learners before the discussion
of a topic.

TASK 1: PUZZLE ME OUT

 The teacher will flash a crossword
puzzle which contains countries from
South East Asia in a PowerPoint
presentation.

-Okay Ma’am!

- Now, before we proceed to our

discussion. I have here a small
puzzle -Yes Ma’am!
- I want you to list down different
countries that you will find inside
the puzzle.
- Finish?
- Can you give me one country
 you’ve found inside the puzzle.
- Yes! Another. -Ma’am Philippines
-Singapore
- Very Good! Class. -Myanmar etc.

- What specific continent these

countries belong?

- What part of Asia?

- Very Well Said! You have a great -Asia Ma’am!

memory of your lesson in Araling
Panlipunan. -South east Asia , Ma’am

C. DISCUSSION

The teacher starts the class by

presenting video clip about Myanmar
and facts about their culture.

- For the third quarter, we will study

two countries, Myanmar and
Singapore.
- Today, We will explore the beauty
of Burmese or Myanmar

- Before we proceed to a deeper

discussion with our topic. Let’s
-Yehey! Ma’am!
watch a short clip about Myanmar
*Process Questions
- What is the capital of Myanmar?
-Yangon (Rangoon) before but it was
-Great!
changed to Naypyidaw.
-Give me some facts about Myanmar that
you have watched from the video.
-Ma’am, They are one of the 3 countries
who are not using the metric system.
- Very Good!

- Are you familiar with the country

Myanmar? - No Ma’am!
- Now you will deeper know and
understand MYANMAR.

-Great! So for now we will proceed and see the

beauty of Myanmar.

MYANMAR, officially the Republic of the Union

of Myanmar, is the largest country in mainland
Southeast Asia.
 - It's located at the northeast edge of
Southeast Asia and borders
Thailand, Laos, China, Tibet, India,
and Bangladesh.
-
-The neighbour countries of Myanmar are
Thailand, Laos, China, Tibet, India and
Bangladesh
- So, when we go to Myanmar we can cross
countries, As you can see Myanmar is mainland

- * Burma's name was officially

changed to "The Republic of the
Union of Myanmar" by the ruling
military junta in 1989.

-Still, we can call Myanmar as Burma.

- * The change was rejected by many

world governments due to the
junta's messy history of civil war
and human rights violations.

- * Although diplomats and

governments once showed
disapproval by sticking to the old
name of Burma, that has changed.
The 2015 elections and the victory
of Aung San Suu Kyi's party
helped open up international
relations and tourism, making the
name "Myanmar" more acceptable.

- *People from Myanmar are still

referred to as "Burmese."

- The name Burma was derived from

the name of the majority ethnic
group in the country.

-People from Myanmar are still called as

Burmese, as the clip shows burman is one of the
ethnic groups in myanmar. Burman has the largest
ethnic group.

- Myanmar—a term that means “fast

and strong people”—is considered
to be a literary form of the same
name, while Burma is derived from
the colloquial form, bamar. It can
be pronounced as either “bama” or
“myamah” depending on the usage
or origin of the speaker.
-Now let us discover some interesting facts about
Myanmar especially about their culture.
-We will be amaze that some of our culture may
be different with them. So here are the 11
interesting fact about Myanmar.

*INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT

MYANMAR
1. Despite a landmass of 261,227
square miles, the 2014 census
found a population of only around
51 million.

- They have a large land area yet they only have

51 million population so that means it is not so
crowded there.

2. The capital of Burma was moved

from Yangon (formerly Rangoon)
to Naypyidaw in 2005. Yangon is
still the largest city.

- According to the video that we have watched.

There are theories why is it that the capital of
Myanmar was move to naypyidaw. May be
because yangon is very crowded

3. The mountains in Burma are

home to many precious stones.
Around 90 percent of the world's
rubies come from Burma.
Sapphires and jade are also
abundant. Some large Western
retailers balk at gems from Burma
due to labor conditions.

-They also have that Jade Pagoda, because almost

90% of the world’s rubies is found in Burma

4. Burma was one of only three

countries in the world (including
the United States and Liberia) who
had not yet adopted the metric
system of measurement. In October
2013, the Burmese government
announced that they were planning
to migrate to the metric system.
- They are still using the traditional metric system
of Myanmar “LAN” = 6 feet (1.8288m)
“Ngase Tha” = 1.8lbs (816.466g)
“La Myu” = 2.7 fl oz. (79.9ml)

5. Burma once had one of the

strictest internet censorship policies
in the world. Bloggers have been
jailed for posting photos that depict
problems in the country. Internet
cafes would once hold onto your
passport as they monitored your
 web usage.
-May be this is for the safety of their country.

6. Until 2013, Burma was one of

only three countries in the world
where you couldn't buy a Coca-
Cola; Cuba and North Korea were
the other two. Now that Cuba is
opening up, North Korea is the last
holdout.

- So if you go to Myanmar You can’t drink coca-

cola.
7. The 2013 Southeast Asian
Games — an Olympics-style
competition between the countries
in Southeast Asia — were hosted
by Burma. The last time the event
was hosted by Burma was in 1969.

8. Burma is the second largest

exporter of opium in the world
(Afghanistan is the first).

9. The Shwedagon Pagoda in

Yangon is one of the world's most
sacred Buddhist pagodas. The
beautiful site is thought to contain
relics belonging to four Buddhas,
including strands of hair from
Gautama Buddha.

10. Burma is much easier for

travelers to visit now than it was
just a short time ago. ATMs are
becoming widespread, and a tourist
infrastructure is beginning to
develop. Traveling off the "regular"
tourist circuit in Burma still proves
to be a challenge.

11. The trains in Burma bounce and

sway slowly along old colonial
tracks. They cautiously cross the
hair-raising Gorteik Viaduct. At
335 feet high, it is one of the
highest railway trestles in the
world.

D. POST ACTIVITY
- To culminate the learnings for this
day. I want you to make an
informative map.
- Bring out your bond paper, colors
and art materials

DIRECTIONS: Draw the map of

 Myanmar and then put important key
points about their culture inside the
map.

Good Morning Ma’am Sheena!

DAY 2
A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
 GREETINGS -We have discussed the country
- Good Morning/Afternoon Class! Myanmar
 PRAYER
 ATTENDANCE
 REVIEW -Myanmar is the largest country in
*What are the things we have Southeast Asia.
discussed yesterday?
-They are one of the three countries who
*What are the significant parts of are not using the metric system.
Myanmar’s culture?

*What else? The facts about

Myanmar?

*Very Good!

B. Motivation
- The teacher will show pictures and they will
guess those people.

-Class can you guess who, these people are?

-So I know only few of you knew these people so

now we will study the life of Aung San Suu Kyi.

C. Discussion -Cory Aquino, Aung San Suu Kyi,

Mother Theresa
The teacher starts the class by
presenting video clip about The Life of
Aung San Suu Kyi.

Early life
Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma,
on June 19, 1945, the youngest of three children of
Bogyoke (Generalissimo) Aung San and Daw
Khin Kyi. (In Burma all names are individual and
people do not have last names.) Her father is
known as the founder of independent Burma in
1948 and is beloved in that country. He played a
major role in helping Burma win independence
from the British, and he was able to win the
respect of different ethnic groups through the
force of his personality and the trust he inspired.
Her mother had been active in women's political
groups before marrying Aung San, and the couple
often hosted political gatherings in their home,
even after the births of their children. In July 1947
Aung San, along with most of his cabinet, was
assassinated by members of an opposing political
group. He never saw his country become
independent on January 4, 1948.
Aung San Suu Kyi spent her early years in Burma.
She later joined her mother, who was appointed as
Burmese ambassador (representative) to India in
1960. She was partly educated in secondary
school in India and then attended St. Hugh's
College, Oxford University, in England. While
there, she studied politics, economics (the
production, distribution, and use of goods and
services), and philosophy (the study of ideas) and
received her bachelor's and master's degrees. From
her father she developed a sense of duty to her
country, and from her mother, who never spoke of
hatred for her husband's killers, she learned
forgiveness. She also became influenced by the
teachings of Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi
(1869–1948), who was a believer in nonviolent
civil disobedience.
For two years Aung San Suu Kyi worked at the
United Nations (U.N.) in New York, New York.
In 1972 she married Michael Vaillancourt Aris, a
well-known scholar she had met while studying at
Oxford. They had two sons and settled in England.
Before they were married, Aung San Suu Kyi
warned her fiancé that the people of Burma might
need her one day and she would have to go back.
She served as a visiting scholar at the Center for
Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan,
from 1985 to 1986 and at the Indian Institute of
Advanced Studies in Simla, India, in 1987.
-Her life was somehow similar to the life of the
Late president Corazon Aquino because she is
fighting for the countries right and democracy

Government takeover and house arrest

After her mother suffered a stroke in 1988, Aung
San Suu Kyi returned to Rangoon, Myanmar, to
help take care of her. Later that year, there was a
revolt against the overly strict administration
associated with the militarily led Burma Socialist
Party. This revolt started as a student brawl with
no real political meaning. However, it was
handled badly by the military and spread,
becoming an expression of the unhappiness of the
people that dated back to the last takeover in 1962.
Unfortunately, the new group that took power,
called the State Law and Order Restoration
Council (SLORC), did not improve conditions in
the country. In August 1988 Aung San Suu Kyi
gained national recognition as the effective leader
of the National League for Democracy (NLD),
later opposed to the military-led SLORC. She
became the general secretary of the NLD and was
a popular and effective speaker in favor of
democracy throughout the country. As a result she
was placed under house arrest by the SLORC for
attempting to split the army, a charge she denied.
Although Aung San Suu Kyi was not allowed to
run for office in the May 1990 election, her party,
the NLD, much to the surprise of the military, won
80 percent of the legislative seats. However, the
winning candidates were never permitted to take
office. For the first years of her house arrest Aung
San Suu Kyi was not allowed to have any visitors,
but later her immediate family was allowed to see
her. In January 1994 the first visitor outside of her
family, U.S. Congressman Bill Richardson, a
Democrat from New Mexico, was allowed to meet
with her. The United Nations called for her
release, as did a number of other national and
international groups, including Amnesty
International, the worldwide human rights
organization. She won many awards for
democracy and human rights, including the
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
(European Parliament, 1991), the Nobel Peace
Prize (1991), and the International Simon Bolívar
Prize (1992).
-Though she is in house arrest still she is
recognized by the international country for her
non-violent struggle for democracy and human
rights.

Post Activity
-To culminate the learnings for this day, I want
you to fill in the spaces with the questions asked.
This activity is called Like, Comment and Share!
A Facebook timeline Review.