LIFE SKILLS PSW: PLANNING & PREPARATION

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GRADE 4 5 x 6 1 2 X 3 4 WEEK 7 TIME ALLOCATION 1H 30
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Teaching Methodologies & Classroom
Topic / Content / Concepts / Skills Resources / LTSM
(WHAT I am going to teach/guide/support…) Management Skills (WHAT I am going to use to teach/guide/support…)
(HOW I am going to teach/guide/support…)
• Social Responsibility: Festivals and customs • Stating the learning outcomes. • Flip chart
from a variety of religions in South Africa: • Learners are introduced to the • Writing materials
• Christianity topic by the teacher showing a • Worksheets
• Buddhism video clip and/or pictures of • Gr 5 Text book
• Africa Traditional festivals and customs of the three • Data projector and laptop
• Festivals religions.
• Customs • Use this to generate curiosity and • Religious festivals in South Africa
stimulating interest about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Skills topic.
• Problem-solving • Ask open-ended questions about • The most popular religions in South
• Answering questions the topic and concepts to check Africa
• Dialogue skills on previous knowledge. https://www.businesstech.co.za
• Communicate through visual, symbols and • Ask learners to describe the nature
language skills of festivals and customs in their • Different Religions and Festivals in
TEACHERS • Make a summary respective religions. South Africa
• Critical and creative thinking • Ask learners to explain their role https://youtube.com
and responsibilities in the
Notes to Teacher/Parent/Learners from the celebration of the festivals. Notes to Teacher/Parent/Learners from
textbook: • Make use of the Think-Pair-Share the textbook:
• Christianity Festival: Easter method. • African Traditional: Rituals
• Worksheet 1: Learners will answer
Easter starts with Good Friday when Christians the following questions: Rituals is carried out different from one clan
remember that Jesus was crucified. On Easter to another. Ancestors play and important
Sunday they celebrate the resurrection-when
• Learners will compare the role in these rituals. Rituals are performed
Jesus came alive again. Many Christians go to characteristics of the three when a child is born, a boy is initiated into
special church services on these days. They religions and complete the manhood, at marriage ceremonies and at
give each other Easter eggs to remind each columns. funerals. Rituals are also held to ask the

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 other about the new life that Jesus brought. The • Worksheet 2: ancestors for help or for sending good
hollow egg also reminds them of the empty • Learners will choose and fortune. Either cattle or goats are
tomb. They eat hotcross buns baked with a slaughtered, and the people drink African
cross which remember the cross at the investigate a festival or custom or beer, which is made from grain. “Modimo”
crucifixion. ritual and answer specific is the name of their god. The sangoma is
questions. influential and help people with problems
• Buddhist Festival: Vesak and serves as a medium of communicating
with the deceased.
They have many festivals or holy days. An
important one is Buddha Day when Buddhists • Religious Festival
celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death A religious festival is a time of special
of the Buddha over 2500 years ago. On Vesak, importance marked by adherents to that
people go to the temple or monastery and religion.
offer food to the monks and listen to a talk
about beliefs(dharma). In the afternoon they • Religious Custom
distribute food to the poor. The day ends with A custom (also called a tradition) is a
the evening chanting of the Buddha’s specific way of doing things. It is something
teachings and meditation. Vesak is the name of that many people do and have done for a
the month in the Indian calendar. Buddhists long time according to their religion.
follow the teachings of Saddattha Gotama.

PARENTS • See the notes above to the teachers, parents and learners regarding Worksheet 1and 2 that need to be completed.
• Learners must answer all the questions.
• Learners must speak to parents, grandparents and the elderly about the three religions to gain more information.
• The websites mentioned above contain valuable and relevant information for teachers, parents and learners.

LEARNERS’ • Study the notes on the three religions.

ACTIVITIES • You must complete worksheet 1:
Look at the pictures and identify the religion.
Once you have identified he pictures, you can continue to answer the rest of the questions.
• You must complete worksheet 2:
You will do research on religious festivals and customs. Make use of the notes in this lesson plan to answer the questions.

Informal Assessment Do informal activities on worksheets 1 and 2.

Values taught Self- management, responsibility, goal orientated, independence, cooperation, communication, respect.

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 Activity 1

Look at the pictures

and identify the
religion at A, B and C.

A……………………………………… B………………………………………………. C……………………………………………………………...

Name a place of
worship.

What are the followers

called?

What is the name of

the holy book? Write
one fact about it.

Give the name of two

festivals/customs/rituals

Name of God

Give the name of one

symbol and explain
why it is a symbol?

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 Activity 2

Choose a festival or a custom or a ritual of each of the three religions, research the following headings and complete the information for each
religion.

Headings Christianity Buddhism African Traditional

Name of the festival or

custom or ritual

What the festival or

custom or ritual
celebrates or observes
Why it is observed?

How it is observed?

Who observes it?

When is it celebrated or
observed?
The length of time
involved

Special clothes needed or

worn

Special foods eaten

Any other interesting

information.

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