1. Mahwish Abid Class Teacher The City School, Jr. Section, PAF Chapter
ACTION PLAN
Mahwish Abid
Class Teacher
The City School,
Jr. Section, PAF Chapter

2. “ Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he learns and the way he understands it.”
Soren Kierkegaard

3. Long - Term Goal student’s abilities to understand the concepts
To inculcate 21st century skills to enhance
student’s abilities to understand the concepts
of social studies.
To enable students to use IT to gain access to
additional information sources .

4. Short - Term Goal To enable students to:
discuss the importance of the major crops of Pakistan.
differentiate between the different environments, soils and the climate that each of the crops can sustain in.
identify the positive as well as negative aspects of canal system irrigation.
Write an autobiography by using Microsoft word.
complete the project work .

5. Subject: Social Studies
Grade :
Topic : Agriculture
Content : explanation, discussion, group activities,
project work.
Skills : labeling , drawing , tracing , map reading , locating , scaling up and down , devising rules, reading, comprehending and understanding.

6. Instructional Strategies and Tasks
The objectives will be listed on the board for the student’s knowledge so that they can understand what they will achieve by the end of the lesson.
Introduce the appropriate vocabulary related to the topic .
I will gauge their understanding by asking questions from the text.
I will provide an opportunity to the students to work in groups to do the activities that are planned . Later taking feedback from each group.
Students will be encouraged to use Microsoft word
for writing an autobiography
Will encourage them to make a project booklet on different types of crops grown in Pakistan and different kinds of farming .

7. Solutions to Anticipated Challenges
Not many computers in the ICT lab to complete the individual task on time.
Some students will refuse to work in a group for project work.
Solutions:
Will divide the group into subgroups and assign different task while working in the same group.
Will ask a group leader to give task to each group member ( things to be brought by each person in a group) to complete the project work.

8. Time Line ( January ) 1st week Agriculture Types of farming.
Activity 5A
2nd week
Agricultural products in Pakistan
Activity 5B
ICT activity (autobiography)
3rd week
Agriculture careers
Activity 5D and 5E.
4th week
Unit Summary
Assessment

9. Objectives To enable students to:
list the main crops of Pakistan.
differentiate between the different environments, soils
and the climate that each of the crops can sustain in.
understand that farmers not only grow crops but raise
animals on farms if they are a part of livestock farming.
know that farming is not the only career associated
with farming , there are also other careers associated
with agriculture.

10. Vocabulary irrigation fertilizers fertile domesticating harvesting
economy
production
agriculture
network

11. SAMPLE
WORKSHEET

12. ICT ACTIVITY

13. Project

14. Resources Social studies Curriculum. Social Studies book.
Microsoft word.
Internet.

15. "If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns" - Rita Dunn

16. "Learning is finding out what you already know
"Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know it just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers" - Richard Bach