Gr 8 Social Sciences Geography Lesson Plan PDF

Directorate: Curriculum GET: LESSON PLAN TERM 3 SUBJECT and GRADE SOCIAL SCIENCES – GRADE 8 GEOGRAPHY TERM 3 Week 1 – Lesson 1 LINK TO TEACHING TOPIC: SETTLEMENTS - Focus: South Africa AND ASSESSMENT PLAN Subtopic: Concepts – Urban settlements and land use AIMS OF L...

Directorate: Curriculum GET: LESSON PLAN TERM 3 SUBJECT and GRADE SOCIAL SCIENCES – GRADE 8 GEOGRAPHY TERM 3 Week 1 – Lesson 1 LINK TO TEACHING TOPIC: SETTLEMENTS - Focus: South Africa AND ASSESSMENT PLAN Subtopic: Concepts – Urban settlements and land use AIMS OF LESSON You must know: the difference between urban settlements and rural settlement. what a settlement is. how land is used in a settlement. what the CBD, industrial zone, different residential areas (high, middle and low income), services, shopping centres and recreation areas are. INTRODUCTION You should know from previous grades*/current grade**/previous lessons***: Where people live from grade 4. The different types of shops, sport fields and houses in an urban settlement. The services provided in urban settlements. SKILLS You must be able to: identify the different land use in urban settlements. distinguish between light and heavy industrial areas in an urban settlements. distinguish and recognize high, middle and low-income housing types. ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT Complete the activity to this lesson on page 4 additional activities in your textbook CONSOLIDATION Identify land use on a street map of urban settlement. RESOURCES Paper based resources Digital resources (if necessary) Lesson on page 3 Video Activity on page 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOjNAa2djSA Textbook*: Urban Settlement Urban settlements – Grade 8 https://www.thelearningtrust.org/asp-treasure-box 1  DETAILS OF LESSON 8 SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCES: GEOGRAPHY TERM 3 GRADE 8 DATE Week 1 Skills Teaching Methodologies/ Resources / LTSM (WHAT I am going to Approach (WHAT I am going to use to teach/guide/support…) teach/guide/support…) (HOW I am going to teach/guide/support…) the difference between urban Consolidate the concepts Lesson 1 on page 3 by following the settlements and rural settlements, urban settlement and geography enquiry route settlements. rural settlement what a settlement is. Discuss how a settlement function as a Textbook*: Settlements unit how land is used in a Demonstrate some land uses in Learner task on page 5 settlement settlements TEACHER’S Learners complete an activity and ACTIVITIES Different residential areas feedback is given on the progress. (high, middle and low income), services, shopping centres and recreation areas. Refer to the above points Parents must encourage the following: Atlas regarding the content of the Make learners aware of different Newspapers services and addresses of lesson. shops and land use in an urban different land use areas. settlement. Google Maps - Services PARENT’S ACTIVITIES 1. First read through the learner activity on page 4 to see what content and skills will be required to answer the questions. 2. Work through the lesson on page 3 by asking the questions geographers ask. 3. Start answering the tasks without referring to the lesson. 4. Check your answers by referring to the content in the lesson and rectify wrong answers.,. LEARNER’S ACTIVITIES 2  SETTLEMENTS AND LAND USE: Urban settlements What is an A settlement: It is a place or an area of land in a country where a community urban settle. settlement? People always settle in a place for a reason e.g. Fertile soil, valuable mineral or near the coast Most settlements begin as small rural settlements, often established because of agriculture, mining or fishing. A rural settlement has only one function, which is primary economic activity. Over time some of these settlements develop and more functions and services are added, e.g. schools, hospitals, and banks. This causes the settlement to grow further and become an urban settlement. What is the This is an area, in an urban settlement where one function or activity is dominant. land use in The land uses that we are going to investigate are the central business district, different industrial zones, an urban different residential areas, shopping centres, services and recreation. settlement? Land use What is it What does it look like Where is it? Why is it there What is the impact Central This is the focus This is normally in This is the place The land Business of business the middle of in a city where value is very District activity e.g. city where all the businesses high because (CBD) banking, major routes join are found and most people shops, or intersect. where people want to have 1 entertainment, conduct their their business administration business. This is here. (All images from Google.com) and has good the financial All types of accessibility to heart of the transport transport. urban area. converge in this area. 3 Land use What is it What does it look like Where is it? Why is it there What is the impact Industrial This is the area It is far away These factories These Zone where items from the CBD need large factories Heavy are and high- cheap areas of produce manufactured. income land. Heavy products 2 residential area. industries cause which bring It is close to noise, pollution income for CONSOL Glass Bellville railway lines and and smoke. the settlement major roads. but may cause environmental problems. Industrial It has small to It is situated These factories Provide Zone medium close to provide services services and Light industries e.g. industrial parks and products to work for printing, and close to the inhabitants nearby 3 electronics, major transport of the settlement residential panel beating routes. e.g. bakery and area because and furniture it is close to the there is not manufacturing. main road (N2) too much noise or Gants Centre – Somerset West pollution. High- It is where It covers a small There are This is an area income people with an area of the city. beautiful views where the Residential above The houses in this in a tranquil home owners areas average area have large setting away can relax in a income live. plots with from roads, noise pleasant 4 beautiful or unpleasant atmosphere. surroundings. fumes. Middle- It is where This residential It is close to These homes income people with an area covers transport routes provide a Residential average more than 50% and stations for place of areas income live. of the total people to go to residence for work. 4 Land use What is it What does it look like Where is it? Why is it there What is the impact residential area most 5 of the city. residents. Low- This is where This residential The purpose is to It provides income people with a area is close to provide housing suitable place Residential below average the place of as close to work of residence areas income live. work, roads or as possible to for low industrial area. make it income 6 Low cost housing affordable. earners as well as access to basic services. Informal Informal low cost housing. housing has very limited access to basic services. Shopping A large It is close to main The important It provides a centres building where supply routes for fact is that large many shops easy access. It is customers can selection of 7 does their normally at the stop at one different types business. We edge of the place and of refer to it as Cape Gate urban settlement complete the stores/shops the mall. where a large shopping and has easy area is available experience access which for parking. where enough attract Canal Walk -Cape Town parking is people. available. Services The provision of It is distributed It is to ensure This makes service across the that the whole services 8 stations, settlement. community available for banking, receive the the libraries and commodities convenience they need. 5  Land use What is it What does it look like Where is it? Why is it there What is the impact educational of the services. residents. Recreation It is the land It is distributed The parks and Keep the use used for across the sports fields or people of the 9 recreation e.g. settlement and tracks are for the settlement sport fields, sometimes close community to healthy and School sport fields sport centres or to schools. use for this is a well- parks and recreation. balanced open spaces. way to relax. Please refer to the map on the next page as an illustration of the different land use in an urban settlement 6  Map provided by Breede Valley Municipality (Mr Adam Steer) 7  Consolidation Activity: Grade 8 Term 3 Week 1 1. Study the diagram below and answer the questions. Adapted from learnmindset-iafrica Grade 12 1.1 Explain the acronym CBD. 1.2 Describe the possible economic activities that will take place in the CBD. 1.3 Which industrial zone will be located at C? 1.4 Which industrial zone will you develop at B? 1.5 What type of residential area occurs at F? 1.6 Give a reason for your answer in Question 1.4. 1.7 What type of residential area occurs at D? 1.8 Give a possible reason why only one area is indicated as high income residential area. 1.9 Name two services indicated on the map. 1.10 No recreation is indicated on the map. Suggest two types of recreation facilities for the residents of this settlement. 1.11 The town has received an application for the erection of a shopping centre. Which location will be the best for the shopping centre, at W or at Z? 1.12 Give reasons for your answer in Question 1.11 Compiled by: Mr. M. Eksteen Acknowledgements: Mr. W. Maree, Mr. F. Malan, Ms. W.E. McPherson 8