Lesson plan

Discussion Teaching Manual

Name of the teacher- Akanksha Hutton                                                                                     Class- VII
Name of the school-                                                                                                                       Division-
Name of the subject- Social science                                                                                            Strength- 35
Name of the unit- Early Human Life                                                                                            Duration- 40 min                                                   
Name of the subunit- Paleolithic Age                                                                                          Date- 20.02.19

Learning outcome:

• To understand the features of paleolithic age.
• Create awareness about paleolithic cave paintings and tools.
• Compare the present social life with the paleolithic age.

Idea/Concept:

• Cave paintings are a source of information about the early human life.
• Paleolithic age can be termed as the age of hunters.

Idea/Concept:

• Paleolithic age is the Old Stone Age.
• Paleolithic tools are evidence for the technological advancement of early humans.

Process skill:

• Comparison, categorisation, identification, inference.

Learning process:

• With the help of presentation, understand certain features of the paleolithic age.
• Video regarding paleolithic age.

Values and attitudes: 

• Creating a desirable attitude towards early human life.
• Developing interest towards social life.

Learning resources:

• Video used to make students understand the importance of paleolithic life.
• Presentation to represent features of paleolithic age.

Expected product:

• Discussion, comparison, categorisation, identification, inference.

Previous knowledge:

• Students are aware about some of the major features of early human life and by that can inculcate the features of paleolithic age.

Learning Process Assessment
 Teacher enters the class and wishes the students and creates a rapport with them.
Introduction:
 It is very important to know the lives of early humans in order to effectively understand the present human life. So today we can study about the early life of human beings and its features.
Activity 1:
 Observe the video keenly and find out the important cave paintings and its peculiarities.

Consolidation:
• Most pictures were animals.
• Different colours were used.
Different colours were used in cave paintings. Most pictures were the animals like horse, deer, lion, leopard, bear etc.
Activity 2:
• Now let us move to the major fields in which paleolithic man attained progress.
Powerpoint
Consolidation:
• Sculpture
• Paintings
Stone statuettes were made; Human figure made from clay shows the progress in sculpture. Pictures were drawn on the bones and horns of animals, caves and rocs show the progress in painting. Ornaments made by ivory, bones, stones and shells, flute like wind instrument of bones were the progress in handicraft.
Activity 3:
• With the help of the map identify the present states where these paleolithic sites are situated.

Consolidation:
• Narmada valley
• Nagarjunakonda
• Bhimbedka
Bhimbedka situated in Madhya Pradesh, Narmada valley in Gujarat, Nagarjunakonda in Karnataka.
Conclusion:
This part of the chapter emphasises about paleolithic age and its features and sites. Paleolithic age is considered as old stone age.
Follow up activity:
Compare the early human life and present human life.