DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE

ECONOMICS LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Ms. Kimerlee Soo Ting

DATE: 07th March, 2016
CLASS: Lower Six
TIME: 9 am

period(s):

minutes: 75mins

UNIT: Income Distribution

TOPIC: Poverty
PRE-KNOWLEDGE
- Definition of poverty
- Main causes of poverty
- Groups vulnerable to poverty
- Measures of poverty
OBJECTIVES
Pupils will be able to:
Classification
Identify government measures that can be used to alleviate
poverty
Evaluate government measures to alleviate poverty
Appreciate the effect of government measures to alleviate
poverty
SET INDUCTION Time allotted:

Understand, cognitive higher

order
Understanding, cognitive
higher order
Valuing, affective

5 mins

Video presentation showing the face of poverty in a household

SECTION 1- Time allotted:

1

10 mins

Content:

Teaching points:

Identify the causes of poverty in the respective case studies

METHOD

Teaching Strategy
Using Case studies of 4
different households living in
poverty, students are asked to
complete step 1 and 2 of PSI;
1. Identify the problem
2. Identify the causes of
the problem

Student Activity
Students will be put into
groups of 4 to identify the
main causes of poverty in the
case study under question.

Resources
Case studies
Power point
Bristol Board
Masking Tape

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback (formative assessment strategies) Time allotted: 5 mins

A member of each group will be required to insert the causes they have identified in a larger
concept map.

Content:

SECTION 2- Time allotted:

Teaching points:

10 mins

Identify measures that can be used by the government to alleviate poverty in the
respective household, in line with the problems they have identified in section 1.

METHOD

Teaching Strategy

Student Activity

Students will then complete

the 3rd step of PSI which is to
come up with solutions to the
problems they have identified
in Section 1

In the same groups students

will then identify measures
that can be used by the
government to alleviate the
poverty plight in the identified
household.

Resources
Power point
Paper
Stationary
Case Studies

SECTIONAL REVIEW and feedback (formative assessment strategies) Time allotted: 5 mins

Teacher will summarise the measures given by students to address the problem of poverty, clarify
and add where necessary.
SECTION 3- Time allotted:
2

20 mins

Content:

Teaching points:

Evaluate government measures to alleviate poverty in a known Caribbean country

Appreciate the effect of government measures to alleviate poverty in a known Caribbean

country

METHOD

Teaching Strategy

Student Activity

Students will simulate

implementation of the
problem solving strategy and
complete the final step of PSI,
which is to evaluate the
effectiveness of the solution
implemented.

Groups will present each

solution identified, defending
its use, while all other groups
will critique the technique
where possible in a debate
style.

CLOSURE Time allotted:

5 mins

Resources
Power point

Oral recap of all that was covered

FINAL EVALUATION
Time allotted: 15 mins

Reasonable level of
achievement:

Each group will be asked to present a summary of each case

study covering all 4 aspects of PSI

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

TEACHERS EVALUATION OF THE LESSON

Related Objective
1, 2, 3

TUTORS COMMENTS

Ms. Lystra Stephens-James

Business Curriculum Instructor
School of Education
The University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.