SHS3 Geography · Semester 1 Week 10: The Earth Atmosphere

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 3.1.3.LI.3 - Discuss adaptation strategies and remedies for climate change in Ghana

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain at least four adaptation strategies Ghana is using to respond to climate change, giving a specific example for each.
Categorise climate responses as either adaptation or mitigation strategies and justify their classification.
Assess the suitability of a given adaptation or mitigation strategy for a specific Ghanaian community or climatic zone.
Propose a locally appropriate remedy for a climate-related challenge in their own community and defend their choice with reasoning.
Create a poster or action plan communicating one adaptation or mitigation strategy to a target audience.

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Curriculum details

Strand: The Earth and Its Neighbourhoods (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: The Earth Atmosphere (1.3)
Content standard: 3.1.3.CS.1 - 3.1.3.CS.1 Demonstrate knowledge of climate change and its impacts on the environment and socio-economic development 3.1.3.LO.1 Discuss the causes and evidence of climate change, its impacts and the adaptation and mitigation strategies in Ghana
Indicator: 3.1.3.LI.3 - Discuss adaptation strategies and remedies for climate change in Ghana
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 10 (Week 10 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:

indicator text - the indicator code is printed 3.1.1.3LI3
exemplars - the assessment code is printed 3.1.1.3AS3
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 102

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Collaborative learning:
- In manageable GESI responsive and mixed ability groups of learners from different climatic regions, discuss the remedies to combat climate change.
- Create posters on how to combat climate change Learners in group discussions should not forget the emotions people attached to religious, political and ethnic issues.

Assessment (3.1.3.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Use pictures, videos, climate datasets and other sources for searching for information and evidence of climate change.