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WK LSN STRAND SUB-STRAND LESSON LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING EXPERIENCES KEY INQUIRY QUESTIONS LEARNING RESOURCES ASSESSMENT METHODS REFLECTION
1

Opening assessment

2 1
PEOPLE, POPULATION AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION
Importance of African traditional education in promoting values
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss importance of African traditional education in promoting values.
Recite a poem on learners' book
Appreciate importance of African traditional education
Role play duties of administrative leaders in
school
Share with parents or guardians
on the duties
of school administrators.
What is the importance of African traditional education?
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Live Radio Broadcasts
Vetted digital resources, educational computer games
Approved textbooks and other printed resources
Resource persons Our lives today social studies page
60-61
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records checklist Portfolio
2 2
PEOPLE, POPULATION AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION
School administration
The administrative structure in school
Duties of administrative leaders in school
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss administrative leaders in the school
Write down the titles of administrative leaders.
Appreciate administrative leaders in school
Learners are guided to:
Work in groups to brainstorm on language
groups in Kenya
Identify the language groups in Kenya using
digital
resources
/Appropriate media
(Nilotic,
Cushitic, Bantu, Asians and Europeans)
and
share their findings in class
Find
out African stories on origin of various
language groups in Kenya and report back
to the class
Who is an administrative leader?
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Live Radio Broadcasts
Vetted digital resources, educational computer games
Approved textbooks and other printed resources
Resource persons
Our lives today social studies page
63-64
65
66-67
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records Checklist Portfolio
2 3
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities in Kenya
Economic activities in Kenya -Agriculture
Economic activities in Kenya -Agriculture- Subsistence farming
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify what economic activities are.
Write down and discuss economic activities in Kenya
Appreciate economic activities carried out in Kenya.
Learners are guided to identify what economic activities are
Learner to write down and discuss economic activities in Kenya such as agriculture, fishing, transport, communication, tourism, forestry etc.
Which economic activity is carried out in your home area?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 Grade 5 page 74
Local and extended environment
Real objects
pictures and paintings
flash cards and posters
Internet sources
Resource person
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 75
Map
posters
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 76-77
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Internet sources
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
3 1
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities in Kenya -Agriculture- Subsistence farming
Economic activities in Kenya - Agriculture- Subsistence farming
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Study the pictures and name the animals kept in subsistence farming.
Write down livestock kept at home and the products they provide.
Appreciate animals kept in subsistence farming
Learners are guided to study the pictures and name the animals kept in subsistence farming
Learner to write down livestock kept at home and the products they provide.
Which animals are kept in your home?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 76-77
Resource person
local and extended environment
Real objects
Maps
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 77
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
Internet sources
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
3 2
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain what small scale farming is.
Write down the kind of crops grown and animals kept in small scale farming.
Appreciate small scale farming.
Learners are guided to explain what small scale farming is.
Learner to write down the kind of crops grown and animals kept in small scale farming.
What is small scale farming?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 78
Local and extended environment
Real objects
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
Internet sources
Resource person
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 79-80
Internet sources
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page
81-83
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
3 3
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Economic activities in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the meaning of dairy farming.
Search for information on dairy farming in Kenya from the internet and share findings in class.
Appreciate dairy farming in Kenya
Learners are guided to explain the meaning of dairy farming.
In groups, Search for information on dairy farming in Kenya from the internet and share findings in class.
Do you practise dairy farming at home?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page
84
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards
and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Resource persons
85
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 86-87
Worksheets, Activity sheets
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
4 1
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
The benefits of dairy farming in Kenya
Challenges facing dairy farming in Kenya
Horticulture in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Find out information from the internet on the benefits of dairy farming in Kenya.
Discuss the benefits of dairy farming in Kenya.
Appreciate the benefits of dairy farming in Kenya.
Learners are guided to find out information from the internet on the benefits of dairy farming in Kenya.
In groups, discuss the benefits of dairy farming in Kenya.
What type of dairy farming do the people in your area practise?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page
87-88
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards
and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Resource persons
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 88-90
Live Radio Broadcasts
90-92
Radio Broadcasts
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
4 2
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Horticulture in Kenya
Mining in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Find out areas in Kenya where horticulture is practised from the internet or books
Write down the names of these areas and share the list in class.
Appreciate areas where horticulture is practised in Kenya.
Learner is guided to find out areas in Kenya where horticulture is practised from the internet or books.
Learner to write down the names of these areas and share the list in class.
Which areas is horticulture practised in Kenya?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 93
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Live Radio Broadcasts
Resource persons
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page
94-96

97
Live Radio Broadcasts
Resource persons
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records Checklist Portfolio
4 3
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Mining in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify where major minerals are located in Kenya from a map.
Draw a map of Kenya and mark where major minerals are found in Kenya
Appreciate the location of major minerals in Kenya.
In groups, Learner are guided to identify where major minerals are located in Kenya from a map such as soda ash, limestone, diatomite, salt. Soapstone, sand, titanium etc.
Learner to draw a map of Kenya and mark where major minerals are found in Kenya
Which minerals are found in Kenya?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 97-98
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards
Resource persons
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 99
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Live Radio Broadcasts
Resource persons
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 100-101
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records Checklist Portfolio
5 1
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Fishing in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify grounds for fishing.
Find out the different types of fish found in Kenya using digital devices.
Appreciate different types of fish in Kenya.
Learners re guided to identify grounds for fishing such as lakes, swamps, rivers, fish farms etc.
Learner to find out the different types of fish found in Kenya using digital devices.
Which type of fish is found in your locality?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 103
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
Resource persons
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 103-105
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records
5 2
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Fishing in Kenya
Wildlife and Tourism
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss the methods of inland fishing practised in Kenya
Draw or print pictures of the various methods of inland fishing
Appreciate methods of inland fishing in Kenya.
Learner is guided to;
Brainstorm on different methods of fishing in Kenya in groups.
Learner to draw or print pictures of the various methods of inland fishing
Which methods of inland fishing are carried out in Kenya?
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 105-107
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Our Lives Today Social Studies Grade 5 page 107-110
Resource persons
Our lives today social studies page
111-113
Real objects
Approved textbooks and other printed resources
Resource person
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation
5 3
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Wildlife and Tourism
Wildlife and Tourism
Wildlife and Tourism
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Discuss the importance of wildlife in Kenya.
Draw a map of Kenya, mark and write the names of the national parks and game reserves.
Appreciate the importance of wildlife in Kenya.
Learners are guided to discuss the importance of wildlife in Kenya.
Learner to draw a map of Kenya, mark and write the names of the national parks and game reserves.
Name national parks in kenya
Our lives today social studies page 114-115
Local and extended environment
Real objects
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
Internet sources
Approved textbooks and other printed resources
Resource person
Our lives today social studies page 115-117
Photographs
Our lives today social studies page
118-119
Internet sources
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation d)Project Work
6 1
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Wildlife and Tourism
Transport in Kenya
Transport in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
State ways of promoting tourism in Kenya.
Visit the nearest tourist attraction and take photographs of the things you observed.
Appreciate tourism in Kenya.
Learners are guided to state ways of promoting tourism in Kenya.
Learner to visit the nearest tourist attraction and take photographs of the things you observed.
What is the importance of museums?
Our lives today social studies page 120-121
Local and extended environment
Real objects
Maps
Flash cards and posters
Internet sources
Resource person
Our lives today social studies page 121-123
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Internet sources
Our lives today social studies page 123-125
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
6 2
RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Transport in Kenya
Leadership and Political change
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify road signs and discuss their meaning
Draw and colour the road signs.
Appreciate the importance of road signs.
Learners are guided to identify road signs and discuss their meaning
Learner to draw and colour the road signs.
What are road signs?
Our lives today social studies page 126-127
Local and extended environment
Real objects
Maps
Our lives today social studies page 128-130
objects
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
Internet sources
Resource person
Our lives today social studies page
137-138
Oral Questions Teacher made tests
6 3
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Leadership and Political change
Leadership and Political change
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify and name traditional leaders in your community.
Find out the roles of traditional leaders in the society and write them down.
Appreciate traditional leaders in the community.
Learner to identify and name traditional leaders in your community.
Find out the roles of traditional leaders in the society from relevant books or the internet and write them down.
Do you have leaders in your community?
Our lives today social studies page
137-138
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
nternet sources
139-140
Local and extended environment
Maps
Flash cards
and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Display boards
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
7 1
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Leadership and Political change
Leadership and Political change
Leadership and Political change
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Discuss the differences between Kivoi wa Mwendwa and Mekatilili wa Menza
Make a chart using the points discussed and display in class for reference.
Appreciate the differences between Kivoi wa Mwendwa and Mekatilili wa Menza
Learners are guided to discuss the differences between Kivoi wa Mwendwa and Mekatilili wa Menza
In groups, make a chart using the points discussed and display in class for reference.
Which qualities of good leadership did you learn from traditional leaders?
Our lives today social studies page 141
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards
and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Display boards
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
7 2
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Leadership and Political change
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Discuss early forms of government among the Maasai and Ameru.
Write short essays about forms of government among the Maasai and Ameru.
Appreciate the earl form of government among the Ameru and Maasai.
Learners are guided to:
Discuss early forms of government among the Maasai and Ameru.
Learner to write short essays about forms of government among the Maasai and Ameru.
Which early forms of government do you know?
Our lives today social studies page
143-145
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards
and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
146-148
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work
7 3
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Leadership and Political change
Citizenship- Good citizenship in Kenya
Citizenship- Good citizenship in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Discuss the form of government in our community that was there in the past.
Write down aspects of the early forms of government that can be borrowed by the government in Kenya today
Appreciate early forms of government in Kenya.
In groups, Discuss the form of government in our community that was there in the past.
Learner to write down aspects of the early forms of government that can be borrowed by the government in Kenya today
What aspects of early forms of government can be borrowed by the government of Kenya today?
Our lives today social studies page
146-148
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards
and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
149-151
Flash cards and posters
Our lives today social studies page 151-153
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records Checklist Portfolio
8 1
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Citizenship- Good citizenship in Kenya
Citizenship- national unity in Kenya
Citizenship- national unity in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Discuss ways in which one can lose Kenyan citizenship.
Write a poem about being a good citizen of Kenya.
Aspire to be a good Kenyan citizen
Learners are guided to discuss ways in which one can lose Kenyan citizenship.
Learner to write a poem about being a good citizen of Kenya.
What could happen if a person loses Kenyan citizenship?
Our lives today social studies page
153-156
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
156-160
Our lives today social studies page 160-162
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Anecdotal Records Checklist
8-9

Midterm break and assessment

9 3
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Human rights
Governance in Kenya-Democracy in society
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Identify and discuss basic human rights.
Write down basic human rights
Appreciate the importance of human rights.
Learners are guided to identify and discuss basic human rights.
Learner to find out the importance of human rights and write the points down.
What are human rights?
Our lives today social studies page 163-167
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Our lives today social studies page 168-171
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records
10 1
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Governance in Kenya- Electoral process in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Discuss reasons why voting is important in Kenya.
Search the internet for the elective political positions in Kenya and write them down.
Appreciate the importance of voting.
Learners are guided to discuss reasons why voting is important in Kenya.
Learners to search the internet for the elective political positions in Kenya.
What is voting?
Our lives today social studies page 172-174
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Our lives today social studies page 175-177
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records Checklist Portfolio
10 2
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Governance in Kenya- Composition of the three arms of government
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Discuss the composition of the legislature, executive and the judiciary.
Write down the composition of the legislature, executive and the judiciary.
Appreciate the composition of the legislature, executive and the judiciary.
Learner is guided to;
Discuss the composition of the legislature, executive and the judiciary.
Write down the composition of the legislature, executive and the judiciary
Mention the arms of government
Our lives today social studies page 180-183
Local and extended environment
Maps
Photographs, pictures and paintings
Flash cards and posters
TV/video/films/slides/ Internet sources
Our lives today social studies page 183-188
Oral Questions Teacher made tests Observation Project Work Anecdotal Records Checklist Portfolio
10 3
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Early forms of Govern ment in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Compare early forms of government of the Maasai and Ameru.
Use digital or print resources to describe early forms of government among the Maasai and Ameru
Appreciate the importance of early forms of governance in Kenya.
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
Compare early forms of government of the Maasai and Ameru.
Use digital or print resources to describe early forms of government among the Maasai and Ameru
How were communities ruled in the past?
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books and other printed resources
Oral questions Written tests Observation
11 1
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Citizenship in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

State how one becomes a citizen in Kenya.
Use digital resources to find out ways of becoming a Kenyan citizen
Appreciate being a good citizen in Kenya.
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
State how one becomes a citizen in Kenya.
Use digital resources to find out ways of becoming a Kenyan citizen
How does one becomes a citizen in Kenya?
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books and other printed resources
Oral questions Written tests Observation
11 2
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
National Unity in Kenya
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify national symbols in Kenya
Explain factors which promote national unity in Kenya
Embrace a sense of nationhood for harmonious living.
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
Identify national symbols in Kenya
Explain factors which promote national unity in Kenya
Can you name national symbols in Kenya?
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books and other printed resources
Oral questions Written tests Observation
11 3
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Human Rights
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain meaning of human rights
Identify the basic human rights in kenya
Appreciate basic human rights in Kenya
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
Explain meaning of human rights
Identify the basic human rights in kenya
What is meaning of Human Rights
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books
Approved text books and other printed resources
Oral questions Written tests Observation
12 1
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Human Rights
Democracy in Society
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Recite poems and sing songs on importance of human rights in society.
Apply assertiveness to protect human rights in society
Appreciate the importance of respecting human rights in society
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
Recite poems and sing songs on importance of human rights in society.
Apply assertiveness to protect human rights in society
How can we make the society aware of human rights?
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books and other printed resources

Approved text books
Oral questions Written tests Observation
12 2
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
Democracy in Society
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain benefits of democracy in society.
List the benefits of democracy in society.
Develop responsibility as they offers leadership to others as they discuss the benefits of democracy in society.
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
Explain benefits of democracy in society.
List the benefits of democracy in society.
What are the benefits of democracy in society?
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books and other printed resources
Oral questions Written tests Observation
12 3
POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
National Government
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain how the government works
Name the three arms of the National Government in Kenya
Appreciate the three arms of the National Government in Kenya
Learners are guided in pairs, individually to
Explain how the government works
Name the three arms of the National Government in Kenya
How does the government work?
Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies
Digital resources
Approved text books and other printed resources

Grade 5 Curriculum Design Social Studies Digital resources Approved text books and other printed resources
Oral questions Written tests Observation

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