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Life skills
Grade 3
Travelling in our country
Module 2
Houses
Homes
The homes of the people in South Africa also differ a lot. Perhaps you have seen many different homes when you travel by car. Mum and Dad are looking for a home that will meet their needs. They would like the house to be close to a school and they must be able to afford it too.
- Describe to a friend what your house looks like.
- Draw a picture of your house.
- What makes your house special to you?
- Would you like to live in a different type of house?
- Why do you say so?
- Write a short paragraph about your dream house.
Here we have an example of a Ndebele home . Their houses are always decorated very beautifully. The Ndebele tribe are very proud of their houses. Note the many different patterns.
- Now draw a Ndebele home, decorating it with patterns of your own design.
- Remember that their houses are always very colourful.
- Find two more pictures of other traditional homes. Paste them below.
Patterns
- Fold an A4 paper in four parts.
- Draw patterns using a black koki (find examples in magazines and other books).
- Colour your patterns with pastels or wax crayons.
- Iron the back of the page with a hot iron.
- Have it laminated or cover it with cling wrap.
- It can now be used as a place mat.
Hints: use the paper landscape.
Building materials
- Have you seen that all the houses are not built from the same material?
- See if you can find the right building material for each house: clay, reeds (straw), stone, wood, bricks, corrugated sheets.
- Discuss in class why these houses differ.
- Cut out an advertisement of a house that is for sale from an old newspaper and paste it below:
- Answer the following questions:
- What is the price of the house?
- In what neighbourhood is the house situated?
- Is the house big enough for your family?
- Would you like to live in a house like that?
- What changes would you like to make to the house?
- Design a poster about one of these problems.
- Suggest some possible solutions.
- Now we have reached the end of our journey.
- I hope you enjoyed it thoroughly.
- Tick off, making a cross (no) or a tick (yes) to indicate how you feel about the journey.
Now I know exactly where I live. | ||
I enjoyed speaking a different language. | ||
I enjoyed listening to our guest speaker. | ||
All the different houses are pretty. | ||
It worries me that there are not enough homes for all the people in our country |
Assessment
Learning Outcomes(LO’s) |
LIFE ORIENTATIONLO 2 |
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of and responds to constitutional rights and social responsibilities, and to show an understanding of diverse cultures and religions. |
Assessment Standards(ASs) |
We know this when the learner: |
2.3 explains relationships with members of the family, extended family, school and broader community. |
ARTS AND CULTURELO 2 |
REFLECTING The learner will be able to reflect critically and creatively on artistic and cultural processes, products and styles in past and present contexts. |
Assessment Standards(ASs) |
We know this when the learner: |
2.1 ( dance ) – identifies how feelings and moods are expressed through the body and face, the use of energy and the choice of movement. |
LO 4 |
EXPRESSING AND COMMUNICATING The learner will be able to use enquiry skills to investigate the past and present. |
Assessment Standards(ASs) |
We know this when the learner: |
4.3 ( drama ) – uses the voice, gesture and body shape to express feelings and thoughts. |
Memorandum
- Learners can work together in groups to build different houses. (This is an enjoyable project where learners can build the houses in class and work together in groups.)
- Ask learners well in advance to collect advertisements of houses for sale.
- Art: Use an A4 folio on which learners can draw four rows of patterns (Ndebele patterns). Colour them in with pastel crayons. The outlines are drawn with a thick, black koki pen. It can also be laminated and used as a place mat.
Read also:
OpenStax, Life skills grade 3. OpenStax CNX. Sep 21, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11107/1.1
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