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 Lesson Note - Our World and Our People
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Kokomlemle 1 basic
Weekly Lesson Plan
Basic 3 · Term 3
Our World and Our People
Lesson 1 of 1
Week Ending
Friday, 15 May 2026 Backdated
Week & Term
Week 4 · Term 3
Class Teacher
Christiana Gyimah
4. OUR NATION GHANA
4. Farming in Ghana

Content Standard & Indicator

B3.4.4.1.1
Show understanding of Ghana's agricultural products
Identify Ghanaian agricultural products
Identify at least five Ghanaian agricultural products and explain one reason why each product is important to Ghana.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (CP) Communication and Collaboration (CC)
agricultural products farming Ghana crops export cocoa cassava yam
Textbook Exercise book Chalkboard
Our World and Our People Curriculum Teachers Resource Pack
Lesson Activities by Day
Date Phase 1: Starter (7 mins)
Preparing the brain
Phase 2: Main (20 mins)
New learning + assessment
Resources Phase 3: Plenary (6 mins)
Reflection + exercise
Thu
14
May 2026
  • 1Recall five common Ghanaian crops and identify where they are grown
  • 2Display pictures of yam, cassava, cocoa, maize, and plantain on the chalkboard. Ask learners to name each crop and point to any they have seen at home or at Makola Market
  • IDENTIFYING GHANA'S MAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
  • 1Write the heading 'Ghana's Agricultural Products' on the chalkboard. List five products: cocoa, yam, cassava, maize, and plantain. Explain that cocoa is grown mainly in Ashanti and Western regions, yam in Volta, cassava in Central, maize in Northern, and plantain in Eastern. Read aloud from the textbook page on Ghanaian farming to confirm these facts
  • 2Learners copy the five products and their main growing regions into their exercise books using the chalkboard list as reference. Ask a learner who finished first to come to the board and underline the product they think is most important to Ghana's economy. Guide discussion: Why might cocoa be important? (It earns money for Ghana; many people work in cocoa farms.)
  • 3Struggling learners: work with a partner and copy only three products. Fast finishers: add one more local product they know (e.g. groundnuts, rice) and its region.
  • 1Textbook (Our World and Our People)
  • 2Exercise book
  • 3Chalkboard
  • 4Pictures of yam, cassava, cocoa, maize, plantain
  • 1Display three pictures from the textbook showing cocoa pods, yam harvest, and cassava plants. Learners raise their hands to name each product and say one use (food or money)
  • 2Pairs compare their exercise book lists and check if they spelled all five products correctly. Ask one representative from each pair to hold up their book to show the class
Exercise
  • 1Write the names of three Ghanaian agricultural products in your exercise book. Next to each, write one sentence explaining why that product is important to Ghana (e.g. food, money, jobs)
Fri
15
May 2026
  • 1Recall the names of at least four Ghanaian agricultural products learned in Day 1
  • 2Show learners pictures of cocoa, cassava, yam, and maize on the chalkboard. Ask: Which of these crops grow in Ghana? Learners raise their hands and call out the names they remember
  • GHANA'S MAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE
  • 1Write these five products on the chalkboard: cocoa, cassava, yam, maize, and plantain. Point to each one and ask learners to repeat the name. Then read aloud from the textbook one sentence about why each product matters to Ghana (e.g. cocoa earns money for government, cassava feeds families). Learners listen and follow along in their exercise books
  • 2Divide the class into five groups. Give each group one product from the list. Each group must draw their product in their exercise book and write one reason why it is important to Ghana using words from the chalkboard. A volunteer from one group draws their product on the board while others check their own drawings
  • 3Struggling learners: pair with a stronger peer to help write one sentence about their product's importance.
  • 1Textbook
  • 2Exercise book
  • 3Chalkboard
  • 1Ask learners to stand if their group's product is eaten in Ghana, and sit if it is sold to other countries. Invite a learner from the standing group and a sitting group to explain the difference to the class
  • 2Learners close their eyes and think of one Ghanaian farm product they will tell their family about today. Ask: Who will share? Three volunteers tell the class which product and why it matters
Exercise
  • 1Write or draw one Ghanaian agricultural product. Write one sentence explaining why Ghana needs this product. Use the word 'important' in your sentence in their exercise books.
Class Teacher
Christiana Gyimah
Head Teacher
Signature & Date
SISO / Circuit Supervisor
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