1. ACTION PLAN Mrs. Sameen Omer The City School Darakhshan Campus GEOGRAPHY Grade 6

2. Long - termgoals • To enhance geographical skills of pupil by inculcating 21st centuary teaching methodologies.

3. Short-term goals • To develop mapping skills • To create an awarness of changing world • To enhance observation skills • To implement computing skills in geography

4. Instructional strategies & tasks • Provide an opportunity for students to interpret maps • Inculcate group work – peer and self teaching opportunities. • Enhance their thinking skills as inquisitiveness leads to many investigations • Develop a skill of recognizing and describing patterns of both physical and human features • Encourage pupils to engage themselves in group discussions • Praise pupils on their achievements to maintain healthy attitude towards the subject

5. Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy

6. Expected challenges and their solution • Field work may not be possible due to syllabus constraints and political unrest in the country. • Unwillingness of pupils to participate in group discussion. • Non availibity of pictures and maps . • Less computing skills of students for presentions and research skills. • Arranging for trips within school vicinity. • Encourage and council pupils to participate in group work. • Search google for required photos and then use projectors to display the photograph related to the topic. • Communicate with ICT facilitator to help students in computing skills.

7. Time line Develop computing skills to enable students to carry out research work Practice Map reading and interpretation January March April February Work on improving observational skills Engaging pupils in practical activities to promote group work

8. Resources • Maps • Computers • Internet • Photographs • News paper articles

9. Geography requires thinking , investigation,observion and discussion