SHS1 Geography · Semester 2 Week 12: Economic Activities

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.2.LI.1 - Discuss the characteristics of subsistence and commercial agriculture and their importance and challenges in Ghana

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Distinguish between subsistence and commercial agriculture by stating at least three defining characteristics of each system.
Explain the importance of both subsistence and commercial agriculture to households, communities, and the national economy of Ghana.
Identify and describe at least three challenges facing subsistence farmers and three challenges facing commercial farmers in Ghana.
Propose practical remedies to address at least two challenges of each agricultural system.
Classify given farming scenarios from various Ghanaian localities as either subsistence or commercial, justifying their classification.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Human and Environment (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Economic Activities (3.2)
Content standard: 1.3.2.CS.1 - 1.3.2.CS.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the various primary economic activities in Ghana and beyond 1.3.2.LO.1 Examine the methods, importance and problems of agriculture, lumbering and mining in Ghana
Indicator: 1.3.2.LI.1 - Discuss the characteristics of subsistence and commercial agriculture and their importance and challenges in Ghana
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 12 (Week 32 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. 54

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Collaborative learning:
- In mixed groups from different localities, think-pair-share on the meaning of economic activities with emphasis on the primary economic activities and identify some of these activities in their various localities.
- Brainstorm learners on the definition of agriculture and the types of agriculture production systems (crops and livestock farming).
- Learners should help to expand others' emotional vocabulary and their abilities to identify physical sensations related to particular feelings.
Exploratory Learning: Visit local farms that practice subsistence and commercial farming, and discuss the characteristics, importance, problems and remedies of the various forms of agriculture (subsistence and commercial) in Ghana.

Assessment (1.3.2.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:
- Use pictures/videos and other sources of primary economic activities to explain the meaning of economic activities.
- Pictures/videos and other sources to show lumbering and mining activities and methods of extraction in Ghana.
- Pictures/videos and other sources to show problems of lumbering and mining activities in Ghana.
- Visit available local sites (farms, gardens, etc) to discuss the characteristics of subsistence and commercial farming.