SHS2 Agriculture · Semester 1 Week 17: Principles of Agriculture in Food Production

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.3.1.LI.1 - Explain the economic importance of selected crops.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define and classify crop types as vegetable crops, arable crops, cash crops, and ornamentals, giving at least two examples of each.
Explain at least three economic importance of each crop category (vegetable, arable, cash, and ornamental) in terms of food, income, employment, and industrial use.
Categorise specific Ghanaian crops (e.g., maize, cocoa, tomatoes, pineapples, kente-related cotton) under the correct crop classification and justify their placement.
Create a chart that clearly displays the economic importance of the four crop categories for presentation to the class.
Use digital resources to research and verify the economic importance of selected crops, citing at least one reliable source.

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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: 2.3.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills of the cultivation of selected crops. 2.3.1.LO.1 Use the knowledge and skills acquired in the management and production of the selected crops.
Indicator: 2.3.1.LI.1 - Explain the economic importance of selected crops.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 17 (Week 17 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: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 143

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Initiating talk for learning: In pairs, learners brainstorm the meaning of vegetable crops, arable crops, cash crops and ornamentals.
Think-pair-share: In pairs, learners surf the internet to come up with the economic importance of vegetable crops, arable crops, cash crops and ornamentals and discuss their findings.
Project-based learning: In mixed-ability groups, learners prepare a chart showing the economic importance of vegetable crops, arable crops, cash crops and ornamentals. Teacher should encourage all learners to actively participate in preparing the charts on the economic importance of the crops.
Assessment (2.3.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Functional internet connectivity to surf for information on the economic importance of vegetable crops, arable crops, cash crops and ornamentals.
- Charts and videos showing the economic importance of crops such as food for humans, feed for animals, raw materials for industry etc.