The classroom has 30 students, most of whom are female. There is cultural diversity and some students have disabilities. The school is located in a township outside of Johannesburg with issues like crime, unemployment and poor infrastructure. During the lesson, the teacher will address gender imbalances and place students with disabilities closer to help accommodate their needs. The lesson will cover the causes and effects of decolonization in Africa, focusing on the challenges independent African states faced. The teacher will use group work, videos and discussion to engage students on this topic.

1. WHO?
The classroom in which I will be teaching is made up of thirty learners, in which twenty one of those are females
and only nine are boys. There is a variety of cultures in the classroom of which compromises by Zulu, Sepedi,
Xitsonga, IsiNdebele, Sesotho and Venda speakers. There is a child with a hearing problem and one with a
vision problem and there is also a learner who is hyper active, therefore, during the lesson he just doesn’t seem
to be able to seat still. I will solve these problems firstly by moving the learners with hearing and vision difficulties
to the front, I will also use colourful chalks for the learner with visual problem, speak as louder as I can to carter
for the learner with hearing problems and the one learner with signs of ADHD as his hyper active I will ask him
to clean the board first then after tell him that he will be the one responsible in summarising the lesson for as a
method of concluding the lesson. The school is situated in a Town ship just outside Midrand in a place called
Ebony Park. The area is surrounded by drug taking teenagers, high unemployment rate, high crime rate and
poor infrastructure development. Furthermore, the school is located near a taxi rank and a busy main road, and
just a block away from the school there is a shopping complex. As a result this will disturb the quality of teaching
and learning as there is a certain noise coming from these land marks. Based on my analysis in our last
encounter with the learners I have noted that there are some prejudices amongst the learners, for example, the
power balance is not well proportioned as girls are being forced to do the cleaning of the classroom, while boys
do nothing to ensure that their learning environment is clean. As a result I shall be very cautious about the
gender issue and should at all times promote gender equality in the class room as it is also stipulated in the
SACE code of conduct that teachers should promote gender equality.
WHERE?
The school is situated between three townships namely Ivory Park, Kaalfontein and Ebony. There are
gangs’ tensions between boys from these townships and it really affects other students negatively.
Crime and violence is very high. The school is very clean with the classroom blocks designed to
accommodate learners with disability but it is old fashion school. There are plenty of green grass,
flowers and other trees. The lesson will take place in grade 12 classroom. The school has shortage of
desks, chairs and tables. The tables are movable and I will organise them in order to facilitate group
work and passing spaces for a teacher. The school as whole is under resourced but medias such as
chalkboard, chalks, photocopying machines, textbooks, globe, maps, charts and etc. are available.
Some of the classroom windows are broken.
WHEN?

2. The lesson will take place on the 08th May 2015 at 12h00, the first period after break. It is a single
period which consists of 30 minutes. The lesson will take approximately 25-30 minutes which means
it will end at 12h30.
WHAT FOR?
CONCEPTS/BIG IDEAS.
Cause and Effects: Causes of the constraints face by African states after gaining independence.
: The effects of decolonisation on Africa states.
What do you intend the students to learn about this idea?
 So that they can know and understand the problems caused by decolonization.
Why is it important for the students to know this?
 So that they can know and understand why Africa is still lacking behind in terms of technology
and development compared to other continents.
What else do you know about this idea that you do not intend students to know yet?
 The positive effects of decolonization.
What difficulties/limitations are connected with teaching this idea?
 Learners background about this topic because it is rarely discussed on media and at school.
What do you know about student thinking which influences teaching about this idea?
 The fact that learners are aware of the fact that Africa is still lacking behind from other continents
in terms of literacy and technological development.
Are there any other factors that influence your teaching of this idea?
I will use the following resources:
 I will show them a short video clip.
 Textbooks will be also used
What teaching procedures would you use, and why, for this idea?
 I will use teaching strategies such as classroom discussion,
 Debate,
 group work, and

3.  Question and answer methods so that learners may have chance to share ideas about their
understanding different ideologies.
What would you ascertain student understanding of, or confusion about, this idea?
 By giving them a formative assessment such as classwork and homework.
Specific aims: By deciding on the reliability of the information, By participating in debate about what
happened (and how and why it happened), and By using evidence to back up an argument in a
systematic way.
 Learners should be able to decide on the reliability of the information.
 Learners should be able to participate in debate about what happened (and how and why it
happened),
 And be able to use evidence to back up an argument in a systematic way.
Skills: being able to bring together information, for example, from text, visual material, songs, poems
and interviews with people; using more than one kind of written information. Being able to contrast
what information would be like if it was seen or used from another point of view. This requires being
able to compare two or more different points of view about the same person or event.
Lesson aims:
at the end of this lesson, learners should be able to do the following:
Knowledge- at the end of the lesson learners should know and be able to discuss the
problems/constraints faced by African states after independence and also be able to discuss the
results of lack of education in a country.
Skills- at the end of the lesson learners should be able to identify, analyse and discuss the outcomes
of the decolonisation of African states and also be able to debate and write about the problems faced
by African states during post-colonialism.
Values and attitudes- learners should appreciate the help of other countries especially those who are
developed in order to develop their own country, and be able to respect other ethnic groups and their
ideas in order to build a united nation.
WHAT? HOW?

4. INTRO. TEACHER
ACTIVITY
LEARNER
ACTIVITY
STRATEGY RESOURCES ASSESSMENT
First of all I will
great the learners
and remind them
what we did during
the previous
session. I will
therefore, ask them
what we mean by
the term
decolonisation. I
will also show them
a short video about
the challenges
faced by African
states after gaining
independence.
Then I will ask them
to reflect on the
video.
They will be
responding to
my questions
and I will give
them time to ask
questions. They
will also watch a
short video.
Question
and answer.
Textbook,
chalkboard,
laptop and
chalks.
Diagnostic and
baseline
assessment.
Actual
teaching
Teacher activity Learner activity strategy resources assessment
I will then connect
their answer to the
topic of the day
which are the
constraints faced
by African states
after gaining
independence. I will
ask them questions
They will be
responding to
the questions I
will be asking
about the
challenges
faced by African
states. They will
also have time
Question
and answer;
and
discussion
methods.
Textbook,
chalkboard
and chalk.
Formative
assessment-
teacher
assessment.

5. conclusion
such as what are
the political
constraints,
economic
constraints and
social constraints.
to ask questions
and mentioning
some of the
challenges.
Teacher activity Learner activity strategy resources Assessment.
I will summarize all
the important
aspects of the
challenges faced
by the African
states. I will then
give them a group
activity which they
must complete in
class in groups of
three. I will also
give them a
homework.
They will have
time to ask
questions
where they did
not understood.
They will also
write the group
activity in class.
Individual
activity,
Storytelling
and
discussion.
Exercise
book, pens,
and
textbooks.
Formative
assessment-
Teacher
assessment.