SHS1 Agriculture · Semester 2 Week 1: Principles of Agriculture in Food Production

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.1 - Explain the meaning and objectives of the general management practices in animal production

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define general management practices in animal production in their own words.
List at least five general management practices carried out on farm animals.
Explain the objectives of general management practices in animal production, giving at least four reasons why these practices are carried out.
Distinguish between routine and periodic management practices with examples of each.
Discuss the benefits of proper management systems for keeping farm animals, using examples from their own community.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Food Production and Natural Resource Conservation (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Principles of Agriculture in Food Production (3.1)
Content standard: 1.3.1.CS.4 - Demonstrate knowledge, understanding of and skills involved in the general management practices of farm animals. 1.3.1.LO.4 Use the understanding of and the skills in the management practices of farm animals for rearing animals.
Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.1 - Explain the meaning and objectives of the general management practices in animal production
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 1 (Week 21 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:

exemplars - p.69: the document prints this assessment code as "1.1.AS1.1" - a shape with only two leading segments and the type token run into the digits. It heads the assessment cell beside 1.3.1.CS.4 and 1.3.1.LI.1 in the Year One, Strand 3, Sub-Strand 1 section, so it is filed as 1.3.1.AS.1
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 69

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Managing Talk for Learning: Learners in mixed-ability/ability groups (where applicable) discuss the meaning and objective of the general management practices involved in animal production. Slow learners should be assisted with probing questions that will help them list the meaning and objectives of general management practices in animal production. Challenge others to explain the meaning and objectives of general management practices in animal production. Let learners with the ability to delve deeper into discussing the benefits of the objectives of proper management systems for keeping farm animals to do so.
Managing Talk for Learning: Learners in mixed-ability/ability groups (where applicable) watch videos/pictures of managing farm animals and discuss the objectives of the general management practices involved in animal production. All learners should take part in watching the video/pictures and discussing the objectives of the general management practices involved in animal production). Confident and eloquent learners should be allowed to play lead roles in the discussion under the guidance of the teacher. All learners should be tolerant and respect each other's views. Learners should be appreciated for good submissions.
Assessment (1.3.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Videos/pictures of management systems of farm animals
- Functional internet connectivity
- Computer
- Projectors
- Pens
- Notebook
- Animal Production Textbooks
- Realia, tools and equipment used in carrying out the skills in the management practices in farm animals e.g., scissors, burdizzo, ear tags
- Video/pictures recording on the skills in the management practices of farm animals.