Job bag: LS3_G4_PSW_Lessons_ 1-3 Week: 1-3 of 10

Subject: Life Skills Grade: 4 Term: 3

Study area: Personal and Social Duration: 4½ hours Date:

Wellbeing
Topic: Social responsibility
Sub-topic: Cultures and moral lessons. Content: Cultures and moral lessons.
Cultural groups in South - Cultural groups in South
Africa. Africa.
Menus from different cultures - Menus from different
in South Africa. Moral lesson cultures in South Africa.
selected from narratives of - Moral lesson selected from
cultural groups in SA. narratives of cultural groups
Weekly reading by learners: in South Africa.
reading for enjoyment. - Reading about moral
lessons found in narratives
of different cultures.
Link with prior Children’s rights. Concepts: Culture, moral, menu and
knowledge narratives.

Link with Knowledge of major religions Skills: To develop skills such as self-
future in South Africa. awareness, problem-solving,
knowledge interpersonal relations, decision-
making, and effective
communication with regards to
own different emotions and that of
others.
Lesson • To guide learners to achieve their full intellectual, personal, emotional and
objectives: social potential.
• To develop skills such as self-awareness, problem-solving, interpersonal
relations, leadership, decision-making, and effective communication.
• To develop creative, expressive, innovative individuals

Enrichment: Learners who complete will Inclusivity The teacher should incorporate the use
compare menus from cultures : of different learning styles and multiple
to modern restaurant menus. intelligences to accommodate all the
learners in class by having different
activities.

Teaching Steps: Learner activities

Lesson 1
Cultures and moral lessons. 1½ Learners will write the meaning of the
The teacher will explain and discuss with hrs concepts in their books.
learners what culture, morals, menus and
narratives are.

-Culture: Group of people with same beliefs,

language, ways of doing things, etc. The
ideas and customs of a particular group of
people.
-Tradition: A belief or way of doing something
that has been the same for many years.
-Moral lessons: the lessons one learns from a
story or way of living in a certain cultural group
/ people.
-Menu: A list of food( different types / kinds of
food)
-Narratives: fine arts representing stories or Learners will mention 7 cultural groups
events pictorially or sculpturally. in South Africa in their books.

The teacher will ask learners to mention 7 Learners in groups will discuss and write
cultural groups in South Africa. in their books stories from different
cultures and how they help them to
The teacher will discuss with learners that behave and respect others as well
different stories from different cultures teach listing moral lessons from them.
one lessons about how to behave and respect
others. All those things are moral lessons. Homework:
Learners will research / ask elders about
one story in their culture and what moral
Homework: lesson she / he can learn. Learners
The teacher will ask learners to go and should write it in their books and come
research / ask elders about one story in their and share with the rest of the class.
culture and what moral lesson she / he can
learn. Learners should write it in their books
and come and share with the rest of the class. The learners will discuss in pairs
different types of foods in South Africa
and what a balanced and healthy diet /
Lesson 2 menu is.
Menus from different cultures in South A menu from one restaurant (modern
Africa. one) will be discussed as well.
The teacher will discuss with learners different
types of foods in South Africa.
-What is a balanced and healthy diet / menu? The learners will design and make a
-A menu from one restaurant (modern one) will 1½ menu from one cultural group in South
be discussed to bring more understanding of hrs Africa using pictures / drawings as well.
what a menu is.
Learners will present the menus to the
The teacher will ask learners to design and rest of the class and display them.
make a menu from one cultural group in South
Africa using pictures / drawings as well. N.B.
School’s context should be considered.
Learners will present the menus to the rest of The learners will read a story from one
the class and display them. South African culture and identify 3
moral lessons from it.
Moral lesson selected from narratives of -They will explain the moral of the story
cultural groups in South Africa. 1hr in their own words/understanding in their
The teacher should give learners a story from books.
one South African culture and ask them to
identify 3 moral lessons from it.
- Teacher instructs learners to explain the
moral of the story in their own words /
understanding.
N.B. School context should be considered. The learners will read about
The teacher may ask learners to bring food Learners explain the moral of the story
from those different menus to school to in their own words / understanding.
celebrate cultural / heritage day ½
(suggestion for a project). hr

Reading about moral lessons found in

narratives of different cultures.
Moral lessons found in narratives of
different cultures
Assessment informal Form of Case study Assessment tool: Memo
strategy: assessment:
Recommende CAPS, NPPPPR, NPA, Textbook, life skills books, magazines and newspapers
d resources: http://www.kidspot.com.au/schoolzone/Friendships-Peer-pressure-at-
school+4056+394+article.htm
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/peer_pressure.html#
http://www.radicalparenting.com/2012/01/07/10-examples-of-peer-pressure/
Reflection:
HOD input:
Teacher HOD
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