NATIONAL CURRICULUM STATEMENT
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LESSON PREPARATION
TERM 1
GRADE
7
SUBJECT
EMS
WEEK:
DATE STARTED:
1
HOURS:
30
MINUTES
PERIOD
DATE COMPLETED:
TOPIC:
THE ECONOMY
HISTORY OF MONEY
LINKS WITH PREVIOUS LESSON:
 None
CONTENT:
 Traditional societies
TEACHER ACTIVITIES
LINKS WITH NEXT LESSON(S):
 Activity 1: Traditional societies
KEY TERMS (VOCABULARY):
Traditional societies, self-sufficient, trade, raw materials
LEARNER ACTIVITIES
DURATION
BASELINE:
Ask the following questions to the learners:
 Learners need to answer
Q: Where does money come from?
questions posed by the teacher.
A: Answers will differ
Baseline: 5 min
Q: Why do we need money?
 Learners
ask
clarifying
A: Answers will differ
questions
Q: Can you imagine a world without money?
A: Answers will differ
Explain to the learners the following:
 Traditional societies are societies who did not have money
 Learners take their workbooks
 In traditional societies people were largely self-sufficient – they provided
out, listen and take down notes Lesson: 25 min
for all their own needs such as food, shelter and clothing.
given by the teacher.
 People lived much simpler lives then.
 Learners
ask
clarifying
questions.
 Usually men hunted and women collected wild fruits and nuts.
 Shelters were built from mud, reeds or other natural materials from the
area.
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 Clothes were made from animal skins or women from local plant fibres.
 There are still some small traditional societies in remote areas in the
world today
 For example, the San people of southern Africa, who are sometimes
referred to as hunter-gatherers (because they hunted animals and
gathered plants), have lived in traditional societies without money for
thousands of years.
 There are examples of these traditional societies in places like the
Amazon jungle in Brazil and in northern Canada where the Inuit people
live.
 The Inuit people built shelters from snow and ice, and hunted seals for
their furs and meat.
 Initially, they had no need for money, but gradually, like most other
traditional societies, they began to trade.
 At first they traded by exchanging things among themselves.
 Later they traded with other societies who had raw materials and goods
that they did not have, such as iron.
 They needed iron to make knives and steel tips for their spears, which
are called harpoons.
 They traded seal skins for the iron that they needed.
 Today there are very few Inuit who live traditionally and although they still
hunt, they sell seal skins for money to buy things that they need.
TEACHING STRATEGY/ METHODOLOGY

Co- operative learning
Discussion
Lecture / Direct instruction

Visual/ Practical Demonstration

Explanation
Observation
Simulation
Use of technology and instructional resources

Question and answer
Other :

Role playing
Other:
ASSESSMENT
FORM
TOOL
Memorandum
METHOD
 Baseline
Data Response
Poster
Project
Class work
Case Study
Homework
Checklist
Formal
Informal
Control Test
Assignment
Observation Sheet
Educator
Examinations
Class Test
Other:
Self
Drama
Other :

Rubric with criteria
Other :
RESOURCES: OHP/Whiteboard/ Chalkboard/Worksheets/Hand-outs, pencils, pens, Textbook(s), Charts, class notes.
TEACHER REFLECTION
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES/ ENRICHMENT
 Assist learners who are struggling with the concepts.
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