SHS2 Agricultural Science · Semester 1, Week 1
Misconceptions and Prospects in Agriculture and Farming
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: 2.1.1.LI.1 - Discuss characteristics of successful startup packages of arable crop enterprises.
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Define what a startup package is in the context of an arable crop enterprise.
- List at least five key characteristics of a successful startup package for arable crop enterprises.
- Distinguish between the startup requirements of cereal, legume, and tuber crop enterprises.
- Discuss how both male and female farmers have successfully started arable crop enterprises in Ghana, citing specific examples or patterns observed from videos and pictures.
- Evaluate the importance of careful planning in a startup package for enterprise sustainability.
Sign in with your phone number to read the full note and download the GES plan - free.
Sign in with phone numberCurriculum details
- Strand
- New Dawn Agriculture (Strand 1)
- Sub-strand
- Misconceptions and Prospects in Agriculture and Farming (1.1)
- Content standard
- 2.1.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of factors and processes that influence successful arable crop enterprises (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) 2.1.1.LO.1 Analyse patterns in the start-up and growth of successful arable crop enterprises (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops)
- Indicator
- 2.1.1.LI.1 - Discuss characteristics of successful startup packages of arable crop enterprises.
- Suggested placement
-
Semester 1, Week 1
(Week 1 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. 53
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Experiential Learning: Watch videos or pictures of successful start-up patterns of both male and female farmers. Learners discuss or talk about their observations in class. Experiential Learning: In mixed-ability and mixed-gender groups, embark on educational visits to successful arable crop enterprises to observe, ask questions and take field notes on start-up patterns. Structuring Talk-for-Learning: Learners discuss or talk about their observations in class mixed ability groups. Teaching and Learning Resources: - Pictures - Projector - Computer - Smartphones - notebooks - Protective footwear * Arable crop enterprises (cereals, legumes, and tuber crops) Assessment (2.1.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning. in