1. Curricular Statement :To get an awareness about mail order house through observation, lecture
method and general discussion.
Content Analysis
Terms
Mail order houses, value payable post
Facts
Mail order houses are retail outlets that sell their merchandise through mail.
Goods for mail order business should be standardized, graded and branded
Goods for mail order business should be light in weight
Goods should not be easily perishable
Goods should not be locally available
Post office is the important place in mail order business.
Concept
Mail order houses are kind of retail business which receive orders and delivers articles through
post. There is no directcontact between the buyers and the sellers
Instructional Objectives
General objectives Specifications
The learner
Remembering: Recalls the terms, facts, concepts, regarding mail order house
Recognizes the terms, facts, and concepts regarding mail order house.
Name of the teacher : Aswani Raj
Name of the school : Govt.H.S.S.Anchal East
Subject : Business Studies
Unit : INTERNAL TRADE
Topic : Mail Order Houses
Standard : XI
Division : A
Strength: 56
Duration : 40min
2. Understanding: Identifies mail order houses.
Applies: analyze mail order houses.
Skill: Draws a chart showing the features of mail order house.
Interest: reads extra books of Commerce.
Attitude: Wants to know more about mail order business.
Appreciation Develops desirable positive attitude towards the topic.
Create: Produce a project report on the topic mail order houses
Learning strategies: Lecture method, general discussion, group discussion.
Teaching learning
resources: usual classroom aids and a chart showing the features of mail order
houses. Paper cutting of mail orders
Pre-requisites
Cognitive: students have general idea about mail order houses
Affective: Students have an interest to studying mail order houses
Psychomotor: Students have the skill of drawing chart.
Class room interaction procedure Expected responses
Introduction
After usual classroom practice, the teacher introduces the
topic by asking the following questions.
1. Have you ever heard about Amazone, Flipcart,
Mintra etc…
2. Have you ever purchased goods through them?
3. Do you purchase things via internet?
Presentation
Even before the popularity of internet, we used to purchase
things by post. Have you ever heard about people
purchasing things by contacting the sellers through post for
the payment and collecting more details about the product?
Yes
Yes
Yes
3. Then the teacher shows a paper cutting of an advertisement
of a book detailing the quality of the product and the mode
of payment to own a book.
BB
Mail order is a kind of retail business which receives
orders and delivers the article through post. Post office
always plays an important role here. There is no direct
contact between the buyers and the sellers.
Development
Do you think that mail order house is a suitable way to buy
all kinds of goods?
To identify the suitability of goods for mail order business
teacher initiates a group discussion. Divides the class into
different groups and asks them to discuss on that.
Teacher classifies the doubt if any and ensures the
participation of each and every student in the discussion.
After the discussion the teacher asks the groups to present
their points. Teacher refines it and writes it on the black
board.
Suitability of goods for Mail Order
1. Goods should be standardized
2. Goods should be light in weight.
3. Goods should be relatively valuable in proportion to
their weight.
4. Goods should not be perishable.
5. Goods should not be damaged in transit
6. Goods should not be locally available.
Closure
Teacher concludes the class by asking students selected at
random to summarize the main points.
Review Questions
What do you mean by mail order?
What types of goods are normally used in mail
Yes
Observe it
Observe and write it on their note
book
No
Participate in group discussion
Students present their points
4. order business?
Follow up Activity
Collect advertisements of mail order business from
newspapers, magazine etc…and prepare a report on that. Give answer
.
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