B5 Our World And Our People · Term 3 Week 2: Being a Citizen

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.4.1.3.1 - Demonstrate how diversity can promote national development

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain what diversity means using examples from Ghana’s ethnic groups.
Describe at least three ways ethnic diversity promotes national development, including tourism, sale of artefacts, and inter-ethnic marriage.
Role play a scenario depicting cultural diversity at a national gathering.
Discuss how respect, commitment, and togetherness support unity in diversity.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Our Nation Ghana (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Being a Citizen (4.1)
Content standard: B5.4.1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of unity in diversity
Indicator: B5.4.1.3.1 - Demonstrate how diversity can promote national development
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 37
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners describe how ethnic diversity can promote national development e.g. promotion of tourism, sale of artefacts, inter-ethnic marriage
Learners role play a scenario depicting cultural diversity e.g. display of various cultural activities at national gatherings