Lesson Plan 1

Subject: Life Orientation 

Human Rights are inclusive of LGBTI persons
Theme: LGBTI awareness 

Prior Knowledge:  

Teacher places one letter from the ACRONYM (LGBTI)  under each learner’s chair. 

Learners are asked to remove the letter from under their  chair. All learners with the same letter will group together  as a group.  

They will do a brainstorming activity by looking at what  the letter stands for and mention a few characteristics  of the identified gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. Feedback presented to class. 

Specific Aims/ Objectives: 

At the end of the lesson the learners should be able to: 

Knowledge: Distinguish and explain each letter of the acronym, LGBTI.  

Skills: Positively engage with LGBTI identifying people.  Apply tolerance in respect to real life situations pertaining  to LGBTI identities.  

Values: Establish and enhance tolerance and accept ance for how diverse persons identify with gender and  sexuality. 

What learners should learn? 

The definitions of each letter of the acronym, LGBTI. Have an understanding of the challenges LGBTI  learners have at school and to become more tolerant  and accepting of the LGBTI community.  

How learners will create evidence: 

Learners have to watch a short video of a person  who identifies as trans and gender diverse. 

They will have to identify the gender identity, gender  expression and/or sexual orientation of the person  and write a short essay.  

Based on the knowledge gained to justify their  choices. They should also make some suggestions  on what can be done at school to alleviate discrimi nation and bullying of LGBTI individuals.  

Design a poster depicting rules for the classroom.  

Assessment Strategy 

Base-line: Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) 

Informal: Throughout the lesson the teacher ask   questions as the lesson unfolds.  

Formal: Tools: Rubric / Check list  

Method: Teacher and peers 

Form: Short Essay or Design poster (can also be   given as homework activity should time   be an issue) 

Integration: Languages / Life Sciences  

Resources: 

Data projector / laptop/ news print / prepared cards  / koki’s / white/black board/ pictures

Gender Identity in South African Schools (Gender DynamiX) pages 9, 20, 21, 48, 49.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14fJ_MG-_aIugVu_TRvH1gPMyern-q5EY

Young and Transgender (Gender DynamiX)  pages 17 to 29.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pbnau_x1y6_tZcIxGzKInfhrvuYt81vJ

Video, text books any other reliable resource 

Teaching Method:  

Vygotsky’s theory as there is evidence of group work, interaction, participation, scaffolding, mediation, discussion, question and answer etc. 

Teacher Activity (Unpacking content) 

Teachers introduce 

Lesson topic/ aims/ objectives  

Shows Video 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts6pzbhfxe

Learner Activity  

Listen and respond to questions.

Watch/Answer/Questions 

Possible Questions for discussion of video

What is Jordan’s gender identity? 

Explain what it means

What were Jordan’s fears and concerns about? 

Sharing her secret? 

What would have been the consequences if Jordan did not speak to her teacher about her sexual orientation? 

Engage /Answer Questions

Concepts to be explained during lesson. 

Each of the letters LGBTQI.  

Lesbian

Gay

Bisexual

Transgender

Questioning 

Intersex 

Respond to question during lesson 

Perform activities set by teacher or pre-prepared worksheets 

Differentiation 

Adapt lesson, activities and assessment task to suit all learners in the classroom.  
(Learners with barriers, blind, deaf etc.). 

Conclusion:  

Bringing together the main points of the lesson . Things to remember. See if learners understood what  has been taught. Pose questions based on content shared. 

Reflection:  

Reflect on the process of the lesson from your personal experience and that of the learners.  

Discuss issues which surfaced in the video or during  the class discussion. See that everyone is content  and that you have not opened wounds that need to  be contained.  

Prior Knowledge:  

Teacher places one letter from the ACRONYM (LGBTI)  under each learner’s chair. 

Learners are asked to remove the letter from under their  chair. All learners with the same letter will group together  as a group.  

They will do a brainstorming activity by looking at what  the letter stands for and mention a few characteristics  of the identified gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. Feedback presented to class. 

Useful Websites 

http://www..stonewall.org.uk/our-work/education-resources

http://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/termonology-final.pdf