Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 101 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment up. With your right hand, slap your partner’s left hand as you count. Each turn, you can count by 1 or 2 only. The objective is to be the first person to get to the number 21. Classwork: Teacher can refer to the activities from the handbook and ask the students to work on it. Teacher can then help wherever needed. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Homework: The teacher will ask the students to work on a poster and collect different photographs from different resources like magazines, newspaper, books etc. and paste it on a chart paper to make a poster representing all the types of land uses and label it as well. Bring the poster to the school next day.
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 102 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment Unit 5.3: Reasons for the Rising Demand for Land Brainstorming: The teacher will start the class by brainstorming. Teacher will ask the students a few questions: • How many students do we have in the class right now? • How many tables and chairs are there at the moment in the classroom? • Do you think we can place more tables and chairs for more students? Will this work? • What if we double the number of tables and chairs in the classroom and admit more students here? Will that be okay? • Will the students fit in this classroom along with the present number of students? If not, what should we do? • What could be the solution for this? The teacher will listen to what the students answer then add by herself that we will need some extra space to place more tables and chairs and to admit more students. This means we need some more area which is more piece of land hence, we demand for more piece of land with reference to the increase number of students. So, here the students represent the population of the world and the class represented the land. The more population rises, the more is the rising demand for the land. And with rising demand for the land everything else will also increase to meet the needs of the risen population. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Power Point Presentation-PPT: The teacher will share a power point presentation on a projector to explain the topic. The power point
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 103 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment includes the explanation for the rising demand for the land. The teacher will explain each slide to the students for deeper understanding. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Video Watch – What is Overgrazing: The teacher will play a video for the students to watch. This video will explain the concept of overgrazing of land. Teacher will ask the students to watch the video and later have a whole class discussion of what actually overgrazing is and why it happens etc. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Brain Break- Mingle-Mingle Group: In this game students mill about the classroom “mingle, mingle, mingle” in soft voices until the teacher says “groups of five” at which point the students must quickly group themselves into groups with the correct number of people. Students who are left over must do three jumping jacks before the next round starts. The teacher can call out any number for the group size. Group Assignment/Presentation: The teacher will explain what over cultivation is using different resources. Then will assign a task for the students. The teacher will divide the class into groups and ask them to prepare and assignment and presentation to explain the causes and effects of overcultivation. The students will take time to prepare the assignment and presentation. Once done, each group will come forward one by one to represent their presentation explaining the causes and effects of overcultivation. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Video Watch - Overgrazing, a growing problem: The teacher plays a
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 104 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment video related to the topic overglazing and asks the students to watch. The teacher will then have a question answer session with the students to know their understanding. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Reading: The teacher will read the text from the handbook and explain it. Will refer to the figures from the textbook and ask the students to explain what they can see in the photographs. After the students participate, the teacher will explain everything by herself. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. ICT Integration- Quizlet: The teacher will prepare a quiz covering the three topics: Overcultivation, irrigation and overgrazing and distribute the handouts among the students. Teacher will ask the students to attempt the quiz individually. Once done, the teacher will collect all the handouts and then have a class discussion on the quiz, also will share the correct answers. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Brain Break- Aw-So-Go: Any number of players can play in this activity. The players will have to form a circle. The pattern to be repeated is AwSo-Go. The first player must raise their arm to shoulder level, pointing to the right or to the left, while saying “Aw’. The next player which is determined by the direction the first player arm is pointed, must hold their arm at waist level. Pointing again to the right or to the left. Saying “So”. The next player which again is determined by the hand direction of the previous player, must point with a straight arm to another player. This time saying “Go”. The game continues at a quick pace repeating the “Aw-So-Go” pattern. When a player misses their turn or throws the
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 105 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment wrong signal must leave the circle. The last player standing wins the game. Classwork: Teacher can refer to the activities from the handbook and ask the students to work on it. Teacher can then help wherever needed. Teacher will encourage interaction and facilitate the process of learning throughout. Homework: The teacher will assign homework for the students. The homework would be to discuss the effects of irrigation on land. The students will have to discuss the effects of irrigation in their own words using different resources like internet etc. They will have to submit it the next day.
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 106 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment Unit 5.4: Ways to Increase Supply of Land Brainstorming: The teacher will brainstorm by play a silent video with no conversation, voice over or subtitles. The teacher will ask the students to watch the video and later explain their point of view or understanding of the video one by one. Teacher will note down the points on the board. Then let the students decide what actually the video is about. After all this the teacher can then explain what the video was about. Role-Play- Group Activity: The teacher will divide the class into groups and ask them to prepare an activity as a role play in which different groups are interested to develop the land. The land is a part of a forest. Each group in the class represents the following: • Government Officials • Entrepreneurs/industrialists • Farmers • Real estate developers • Environmentalists • Tour organizers In this activity a piece of land from the forest has to be developed. Each group will discuss and come up with an innovating idea or suggestion to use the piece of land and why they should be given the land. Each group will have a spokesperson or representative to present the case. They can discuss the idea by doodle art, drawing, maps or by speaking only. Reading: The teacher will read the text from the book and explain it. Teacher can ask the students as well to explain the text in their own
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 107 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment words. Teacher will refer to the photographs from the book and explain it to the students. Brain Break- Mirror Drill: In this activity, partners will face one another. Hold their palms up in front of chest, facing partner. The leader will move one hand at a time and the follower will mirror the movement. Switch hands every minute. Video Watch –Deforestation causes, effects and solutions: The teacher will play a video for the students to watch. The video is about the causes, effects and solutions of deforestation. The teacher can then explain the points from the video one by one. Group Activity: The teacher will prepare 3 chits with three topics in it and divide the class into six groups. Will ask the groups to choose one chit and go back to their place. Then each group will show their topic to everyone. The three topics would be: • Land Clearance • Land Reclamation • Irrigation The students will have to prepare a presentation on these topics. Also, will have to include the answers to the questions: • How effective in this? • Why is it necessary to do this? • The effects of it on our climate and environment? The students are free to use any resource they need to like books, internet etc. Video Watch – Land degradation documentary: The teacher will play a
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 108 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment short documentary on land degradation. The teacher will ask the students to watch the video and then answer the quiz. The teacher should prepare a short quiz before the class or playing the video. ICT Integration- Quizlet: The teacher will prepare a quiz collectively of all the topics that has been covered under this lesson. Then distribute the handouts and ask the students to attempt the quiz. This quiz should include all the concept checking questions so that the teacher can have an idea of the students understanding. Brain Break- Brain Toss Across: have students split into 1-3 groups depending on the size of the class. Students will stand in a circle and toss the ball back and forth to other members of the circle. Ask questions related to the content. The person receiving the ball must answer the question. You can add some fun questions as well. Classwork: Teacher can refer to the activities from the handbook and ask the students to work on it. Teacher can then help wherever needed. Homework- Assignment: the teacher will ask the students to prepare an assignment on irrigation. The effects of it on our environment. The assignment should include information about irrigation and a few pictures related to the topic.
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 109 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment Unit 5.5: Maximizing Available Land Brainstorming: The teacher will start the class by writing the topic on the board. Then ask the students to take their time and brainstorm about the topic written on the board. After few minutes the teacher will start the discussion. Teacher will ask each student one by one and write the points on the board using different markers to make it more presentable. Then will ask the students to read the points and think again. They can also use the knowledge from previous lessons and get an idea about it. Once all the students have participated then the teacher will explain the topic herself in details. Brain Break- Don’t fall: Point your arms towards the ceiling. Lift your right leg and put it to the side of you. Try to keep it straight. Point your body in the opposite direction. Try to make your body, arms and leg parallel with the ground. Hold for 15 seconds. Now try the same sequence with your left leg. Video Watch – Journey 2050 Land use: The teacher plays a video about land use for the students. Then have a whole class discussion about the points discussed in the video. Teacher will encourage students to ask questions If they have any. The teacher can then answer to the student’s queries. Reading: The teacher will read the text from the book and explain it to the students. Then can ask the students to have a quick review by sharing each point one by one by the students. The teacher can refer to the figures in the book and ask the students to explain them in their own words. ICT Integrated- Research Work: The teacher will assign the students a
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 110 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment task. They have to find out and learn how countries use various methods to create more land for the country. Then ask them to find out what the land created is used for and why there is a need for more land in the country. The students will work on this research task individually using the internet. Project- 3D Model: The teacher will divide the class into groups and then give instructions about the project activity they are going to work on. The teacher can watch the video prior the activity in the classroom and then explain it to the students or can also play the video as a guide for the students and they can follow the video while working on the project. Once done the students in groups will have to come up and present their project to the whole class. They will have to explain what they have built. They can make changes in the project while using their own ideas. Brain Break- Snowball: All students are assigned to write down a problem or question from a unit. All students will then crumple the paper and stand up. On the ‘GO’ from the teacher, students must throw at least 5 snowballs around the room. Direct students to find one snowball. Open it up and solve the problem/ answer the question. Classwork: Teacher can refer to the activities from the handbook and ask the students to work on it. Teacher can then help wherever needed. Homework: The teacher will ask the students to collect information about the topic “Soilless Cultivation”. What type of technology is this and how effective is this in today’s world? The students can use the internet for their research work. They will have to share their points the next day with the everyone in the class.
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 111 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment Recommendation- Virtual Learning Environment: Teachers shall share all student’s ICT Integrated students work on Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) platform to share it with parents. Parents to be invited in school to share students work. Whiteboard Capture – Using a smartphone, take photographs of the whiteboard at the end of the day and post them to VLE (labeled by date) for easy student/parent reference. Virtual Learning Environment Teaching resource/s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) https://classroom.google. com/ Resource for teachers Google Classroom video tutorials www.youtube.com/teach onlinepk
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 112 | T E A C H First Term Topic/Unit Reinforcement Duration 1 Week No of Lessons 2 Lessons Text Book Pages PBL Title (if any) Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment By the end of reinforcement week, students will be able to • Recall the concepts taught in the term Dart game: Teacher will present a picture collage of physical geographical features and divide students in groups then ask one student from each group to throw missiles on the dart and where they hit, they will make a short verbal presentation on that topic. ICT Integration – Infographics: Teacher will demonstrate how to use the online application to create infographics and will ask the students to copy the flow chart from the book page 8, and draw/paste the pictures as well. ICT Integration –Online Presentation Tool: Teacher will demonstrate how to use the application. Students will be asked to write about their learning from first term using ‘Online Presentation Tools’. Teacher will provide constant support to students. Students will present the final learning outcome from the application using the multimedia projector. Students will share their files on Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). ICT integration – Mind Map: Students will make a collaborative mind map of their learning from this term. Teacher will facilitate the process and save screenshot for students’ portfolio. Teaching resource/s Darts and Missiles ICT Integration –Online Presentation Tool https://prezi.com/ ICT Integration- Mind Map (Teacher needs to register) https://bubbl.us/ Random Selector http://www.abcya.com/ra ndom_name_picker.htm Students will be assessed through their ability to achieve objectives through • verbal response • Individual performances • Pair work • Group work • Whole class activity response. • Power point presentation. • ICT Work • Role play performances • Written responses.
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 113 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment Circle the question - Questioning: Teacher will use ‘Circle the question’ strategy to assess students learning outcome. Quiz: teams to be made and topic relevant questions to be raised for class quiz. Use ‘Random Selector’ to choose students for response. Pass the chalk - Questioning: Teacher will use ‘Pass the chalk’ strategy to assess students learning outcome. Ask the winner - Questioning: Teacher will use ‘Ask the winner’ strategy to assess students learning outcome. Task sheet/Worksheet: Teacher can design a task sheet or worksheet to be shared with students. Learning Log: Students will write a learning log to write their learning outcomes. We quiz”: Teacher to create ‘Quiz online’ with relevant question for the topic. Let’s draw -Kidpix: Students to share learning outcome in ‘Kidpix’. Quiz online https://www.typeform.co m/create/quizzes/ Kidpix https://kidpix.soft112.com/ Reading for Teachers Circle the question https://www.cultofpedag ogy.com/speakinglistening-techniques/ Pass the chalk https://www.usf.edu/atle /documents/handoutinteractive-techniques.pdf
Overview Sheet – Geography Class 7 – First Term ©This document is intellectual property of Aspire Grammar School and any unauthorized use is prohibited. Any amendments in this document shall be controlled with written permission from the Aspire Grammar School. Paramount guide has been incorporated for teachers support. 114 | T E A C H Learning Objective/s Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities Suggested Resources Assessment Recommendation- Virtual Learning Environment: Teachers shall share all student’s ICT Integrated students work on Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) platform to share it with parents. Parents to be invited in school to share students work. Whiteboard Capture – Using a smartphone, take photographs of the whiteboard at the end of the day and post them to VLE (labeled by date) for easy student/parent reference. Virtual Learning Environment Teaching resource/s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) https://classroom.google. com/ Resource for teachers Google Classroom video tutorials www.youtube.com/teach onlinepk