SHS1 Agriculture · Semester 1 Week 4: Agriculture and Industry

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.1 - Explain the meaning and importance of industry in Agriculture

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define industry in the context of Agriculture in their own words.
Distinguish between primary agricultural production and secondary industrial processing using local examples.
Identify at least four types of agro-based industries and classify them according to the products they process.
Explain at least three ways in which industries are important to agricultural growth and development.
Construct a table showing agro-based industries in their community and the products they produce.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Concept of Agriculture and Industrializing Society (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Agriculture and Industry (1.2)
Content standard: 1.1.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the meaning, importance and interdependence of Agriculture and industry. 1.1.2.LO.1 Use the knowledge acquired on the meaning, importance and the interdependence of Agriculture and industry to help promote growth and development of the Agriculture sector.
Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.1 - Explain the meaning and importance of industry in Agriculture.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 4 (Week 4 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

content standard text - p.34: the document prints this content-standard code as "1.1.2.CS1", with no separator before the final digit
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 34

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Think-pair-share: The teacher asks learners to think about the meaning of industry in Agriculture and share their thoughts in pairs. The teacher provides clues to learners with difficulties to guide them to define the meaning of industry in Agriculture. Encourage other learners who are capable to delve deeper into bringing out further explanation of the meaning of industries in Agriculture.
Inquiry-based learning: Put learners in mixed-ability/gender-based groups (where applicable) for them to surf the internet to come up with the types of industries in Agriculture and their importance in promoting growth and development. Teacher should assist learners with website links to where, they can access information on the types of industries in Agriculture and their importance in promoting growth and development. Teacher should monitor learners not to veer into unapproved sites. Teacher should ensure that all learners fully participate in the activity to prevent a few learners from hijacking the activity. Learners who know how to surf the internet should be encouraged to assist those with difficulties.
Problem-based learning: In the same groups, learners prepare a table to show the Agro-Based Industries in their community and what they produce. All learners should be involved in the preparation of a table. Teacher should provide extra support to students who might need it.
Assessment (1.1.2.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Functional internet connectivity realia (example of final products of Agricultural products like tinned tomato paste, canned fish etc.)
- Flow chart showing raw Agricultural products and their final industrial products e.g., tomato fruit to tomato paste; groundnut seeds to groundnut oil
- Pictures of agro-based industries
- Computer
- Pens
- Notebooks