DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE
GEOGRAPHY LESSON PLAN
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TEACHER: Ms. Rampersad
SCHOOL: Iere High School
DATE: Friday 22nd January, 2016
CLASS: Form 3

TIME: 35 minutes

PERIOD: 4

THEME/TOPIC/UNIT: Population
LESSON: Introduction to Urbanization and Urban Growth
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:
Students know:
1. The meaning of the terms birth and death rates.
2. What is population density.
3. The factors influencing the distribution of population and population density in the
Caribbean.
4. The definition of migration.
5. The definition of natural increase.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
Objective

Classification
Cognitive

1. Differentiate between urbanization and urban

growth
2. Describe the causes of population growth in urban
areas.

Ms. Rampersad
Geography
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Affective

Psychomotor

SET INDUCTION (5 mins)

Students will be separated into two groups labelled: rural and urban. Tablets will be placed
before on the desks on the urban side. The teacher will send a video to the tablets and allow
students in the urban side to call their friends from the rural side or free movement from rural to
urban. The movement of students will be observed and then discussed.

SECTION ONE (8 mins)

Content:
What is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is defined as the process by which an increasing proportion of the population lives
in urban areas (towns or cities). This growth is often through migration from rural areas
(countryside) and natural increase.

PROCEDURAL/ACTIVITIES:

TEACHERS
ACTIVITIES
A short video will be
shown outlining the
history of the formation of
cities and the resultant
process of urbanization.

STUDENTS
ACTIVITIES
Listening, observing and
brainstorming- students
are required to listen
attentively

MATERIALS/AIDS/RESOURCES

Introduce students to the

topic of urbanisation.
Write the answers given by
students on the whiteboard
and lead discussion.

Analyzing and
formulating- students are
required to formulate a
definition of urbanisation.

Whiteboard, markers. PowerPoint

presentation

Smart Board, video, laptop,

speakers

Sectional Review: Students ideas are written on the board and a definition produced.

Ms. Rampersad
Geography
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SECTION TWO (8 mins)

Content:
What is urban growth?
is the actual increase in physical size and total population of urban areas.

PROCEDURAL/ACTIVITIES:

TEACHERS ACTIVITIES STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

Ask students what is meant
by urban growth

An interactive map of
Jamaica taken from
http://www.citypopulation.de
/Jamaica.html will be used
and manipulated showing
changes in urban population
over the years.

Brainstorming- students are

required to offer suggestions to
formulate a definition of urban
growth.
Interpretation, manipulation
and decision- students are
required to look at the map and
charts produced and assess and
justify if urban growth is taking
place.
.

Sectional Review: Students will define urban growth.

Ms. Rampersad
Geography
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MATERIALS/AIDS/
RESOURCES
PowerPoint, whiteboard,
whiteboard markers
Smartboard, internet,
tablets

SECTION THREE ( 7 mins )

Content:
What are the causes of an increase in population in urban areas?
* natural increase

* migration (internal, regional and international)

Internal migration is also called rural-urban migration with respect to urbanization. The factors
influencing this are known as push (forced) and pull (attracted) factors.

PROCEDURAL/ACTIVITIES:
TEACHERS ACTIVITIES STUDENTS ACTIVITIES
Students will be shown
pictures of cities and asked if
they are attracted to them and
will like to live there.

Brainstorming and analyzingstudents are required to imagine

living in the city and justify their
answers.

MATERIALS/AIDS/
RESOURCES
PowerPoint, whiteboard,
whiteboard markers

Students answers will be

written on the board and
sectioned into push and
pull factors.

Sectional Review:
Comments and suggestions noted on the whiteboard.

CONSOLIDATION (2 mins)
A recap of the meaning and causes of urbanization using a section of a video.

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Geography
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EVALUATION (5 mins)
TEACHERS ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

Gives the maps and Rally Coach

worksheets to students.
Explain instructions that the role of each
partner is to listen, observe and coach

Interpretation and recordingstudents are required to work in

pairs and write reasons
(individually) as to why land is
deforested by using the map. The
other student coaches
Discuss- students will discuss their
answer and justify why they were
constructed.

Discuss students answer from the

cooperative learning activity

MATERIALS/AIDS/
RESOURCES
Map of Trinidad and
Tobago, rally coach
worksheet, pens, pencil
Rally coach worksheets,
whiteboard markers,
whiteboard

Reasonable level of achievement

Related Objective

Students will be given a worksheet to complete three (3) causes and

consequences of deforestation.

1 and 2

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:
Determine at least three (3) challenges of urbanization.
ADDITIONAL READING: A hand out summarizing push and pull factors will be given to
students.
TEACHERS EVALUATION OF THE LESSON:

TUTORS COMMENTS:

Ms. Rampersad
Geography
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