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PEPPS MOTHEONG ONLINE LESSON PLAN

Grade: 5

Subject: Social Science

Term: 2

Week: 5

Lesson Number: 3

Topic: The first African farmers

Duration: ± 2 hours (1-hour research and reading and 1.5 hours homework)

Success Criteria: I will be successful if I:

o Understand different cultures meeting in southern Africa.

o Learn about when, why and where the first African farmers settled.

o Understand how the homesteads and villages worked.

Teacher input into the lesson:

Starter: See the starter page.

Learner Activity: Complete the following activities in your History book. Remember your date and your heading

before you start your work.

First farmers in southern Africa – Complete the activity.

When, why and where the first African farmers settled in southern Africa – complete the activity.

Homesteads and villages – Complete the activity.

PLEASE NOTE

There are resources available for each of these activities. Please go through these resource materials with your

child and assist them with the work.

Plenary Activity:

Have a discussion with your child on the given work. Ask them questions about it. They must give you a THUMBS

UP/THUMBS DOWN on your questions. If they give a thumbs down, ask them what part they don’t understand or

finds confusing. Go through that part again.

Homework:

Make sure to complete all the activities.

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