Lesson Planning

                                                

                                                                                            Lesson Planning

                                                                                       


          

Direct Instruction Model:

Title of the book: Economics Level L

Subject: Economics

Grade: 10

Chapter two: Scarcity and The Allocation of Resources

Time Frame: Two weeks

Objectives: The student will be able to:

·       Define economic system

·       Identify the types of economic systems

·       Detect the advantages and disadvantages of each economic system

·       Describe resource allocation in each economic system

 

Prerequisite Knowledge: The student must have a previous understanding of:

·       Scarcity and its consequences

·       Factors of production

·       Standards of living

 

Problems and Examples: The teacher selects number of problems and examples addressing types of economic systems and economic sectors.

Materials needed: books, tablets, smartboard, flash cards, white board, and markers.


Phase one: Introduction and Review:

The teacher will conduct a quick revision exploring the prior knowledge of students using trivia game:

·       What is scarcity?

·       What are the consequences of scarcity?

·       What are the factors of production?

·       What do we mean by standard of living?

                  Then the teacher will introduce the topic to be explained which is Scarcity and

                  Allocation of Resources.

Phase Two: Presentation:

The teacher will explain the following points using power point presentation:

·       What are the types of economic system?

1.     Traditional

2.     Planned or command

3.     Market

4.     mixed

·       What are the advantages and disadvantages of traditional economy?

·       What are the advantages and disadvantages of planned economy?

·       What are the advantages and disadvantages of market economy?

·       What are the advantages and disadvantages of mixed economy?

·       How are resources allocated in each type of economy?

                    Class discussion will be carried to enrich the contents of the topic explained.

           

Phase Three: Guided practice:

·       Students will be asked checkpoint questions throughout the PowerPoint to insure good comprehension of the material.

·       The teacher will give examples about countries with different types of economic systems, such as Haiti, Hong Kong, France, and Cuba.

·       The teacher will provide a link for further understanding of the concepts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgwYRX19VU

·       The teacher will divide the class into groups to find the advantages and disadvantages of each economic systems.

 

Phase Four: Independent Practice:

·       Students will summarize their findings after watching the video.

·       Student will answer the following questions for homework:

1.     What are the key economic questions that any type of economy needs to answer?

2.     If you wanted to develop your utopic economic system, what its features would be?

 

 

Inductive Model:

Title of the book: Economics Level L

Subject: Economics

Grade: 10

Chapter two: Scarcity and The Allocation of Resources

Time Frame: Two weeks

Objectives: The student will be able to:

·       Define economic system

·       Identify the types of economic systems

·       Detect the advantages and disadvantages of each economic system

·       Describe resource allocation in each economic system

                                            

Identifying examples and non-examples: The teacher selects number of concrete and abstract examples addressing types of economic systems and economic sectors.


Materials needed: books, tablets, smartboard, white board, markers, copy books and pens.

                                                                                                           

Phase One: Introduction:

·       The teacher will start the lesson with asking the students about their favourite countries or about countries they visited and will ask them about things they liked or disliked in these countries.

 

·       The teacher will show the students, on the smart board, different photos of different countries with different types of economic systems such as Haiti, Hong Kong, France, and Cuba, and ask them if they know any feature of the economic system in these countries.

 

·       The teacher will give time for the students to write their insights and observations.

 

Phase Two: The Open-ended Phase:

·       Student will make their observations and write them.

·       Students will make further googling for further analysis.

·       Students will make comparison and write their findings.

 

Phase Three: The convergent phase:

·       Students will be asked to give the meaning of economic system

·       Students will be asked to list the types of economic systems. (Traditional, market, planned, and mixed).

·       Students will be asked to write the advantages and disadvantages of each economic system.

·       Students will be asked about how resources are allocated in each economic system.

 

Phase Four: Closure:

                      With the help of the teacher, students will be asked to:

·        summarize their understandings to make sure that their findings are well established, and the concepts are highly mastered.

·       link their new findings and understanding to the previous ones.


 

Phase Five: Application:

 


 

  

 

 

Inquiry Based Model:

Title of the book: Economics Level L

Subject: Economics

Grade: 10

Chapter two: Scarcity and The Allocation of Resources

Time Frame: Two weeks

Objectives: The student will be able to:

·       Define economic system

·       Identify the types of economic systems

·       Detect the advantages and disadvantages of each economic system

·       Describe resource allocation in each economic system

                                           

Identifying inquiry questions: The students with the help of the teacher will ask a set of questions that arouse the curiosity of the students and make them eager to find the answers.

Planning for data gathering: The teacher and the students will set a plan, including the immediate steps, to gather data that help them find answers to their inquiries.

Allocating time: The teacher will set a time frame for the inquiry process.

 

Materials needed: books, tablets, smartboard, white board, markers, copy books and pens.

 

 

Phase One: Identifying questions:

                   _Students will read the following paragraph written on the white board:

 

Lebanon has a competitive and free market regime and a strong laissez- faire commercial tradition. The Lebanese economy is service-oriented; main growth sectors include banking and tourism. There are no restrictions on foreign exchange or capital movement. The Lebanese economy has faced many crises especially high rates of inflation and unemployment, in addition to unfair allocation of resources.

 

                  _Students will be divided into groups and with the help of the teacher will try to   

                     pose and write some questions such as:

·       What is wrong with the Lebanese economic system?

·       What should you know about its features?

·       What factors affect its features?

·       What should I know more to find solutions for the current economic crises?

·       What other economic systems can we suggest as a substitute?

·       Which is the most efficient economic system in allocating resources?

 

Phase Two: Generate hypothesis:

                      Each group will formulate a hypothesis that answer their questions, such as:

·       The economic system in Lebanon is inefficient and weak.

·       The economic system in Lebanon is efficient, but the problem is in the application.

                   

Phase Three: Gather data:

                      Students will set a plan to gather information related to the hypothesis with the

                      help of search engines. The plan must be time bound and systematic.

                      The teacher will assist them by providing articles and videos.

                       https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/life-in-lebanon-under-hyperinflation/

 

Phase Four: Assess hypotheses:

                 After collecting the data about the Lebanese economy and other economies for

                 comparing and contrasting, the students will analyze their findings and

                 summarize the outcome, so they can assess their hypothesis. The student will

                 find that that there are four types of economic systems: traditional, market,

                 planned and mixed. They will recognize that the Lebanese economy with its

                 free market may be efficient or not (according to their findings).               

 

Phase Five: Generalizing:

                    The teacher will make sure that the knowledge of each group of students is

                    deepened and that their findings are valid, so that their hypothesis will be

                     generalized.

 


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