Guidance Notes

Literacy/Numeracy

Glossary and title page

Pupils design a title page to illustrate this topic.

Pupils write a glossary of key words to be used in this topic.

Glossary at beginning of topic will familiarise the pupils with the keywords to be used, their meanings and spellings.

Keywords can be displayed around the classroom.

Wealth / poverty

What does Nairobi look like to newcomers?

Connections p. 106 Qu. 1 - 5 Summary

Extension work - activity sheet 6.5

Wealth and poverty in Nairobi.

Description of a shanty town.

Case study – Kibera, a shanty town.

Map and photo work.

What is the Maasai way of life? Connections p. 108

Qu. 1 - 4 Summary

Extension work - activity sheet 6.1

The Maasai – photos showing how daily life (housing, clothing, diet and jobs) is linked to landscape, weather and wealth.

Photo work and sketch work.

The Kikuyu and their environment Connections p. 110 Qu. 1 - 4 Summary

Extension work - activity sheet 6.2

The Kikuyu – the effect of the environment on their settlement, land use, farming (subsistence and commercial) and jobs.

Sketch and labelling work.

Can development in Kenya be sustainable? Connections p. 112

Qu. 1 - 4 Summary

The idea of sustainable development needs explained.

Thinking skills exercise – sequencing.

Case study – Baobab Farm.

What is a developing country? Connections p. 114 Qu. 1 & 2 Summary

Extension work – activity sheet 6.6 and 6.7

Characteristics of a developing country – GDP figures; trade; birth, death and infant mortality rates; doctors; literacy.

Compare back to Britain to give pupils something to gauge a developing country by.

Self assessment sheet and target setting

Assessment based on sheets 6.2a & 6.2b

Use of self-assessment sheets to highlight gaps in the pupils learning and set targets for the next topic.

Assessment sheet 6.2a and 6.2b.

Pupils to record their test scores against the class average.