CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN IX PRERNA

                                                 
   E LESSON PLANNING
  CIVICS
CLASS-IX
TOPIC- “COSTITUTIONAL DESIGN”
SUB TOPICS-1.Democratic Constitution in South Africa
                        2.Towards a new constitution
                        3.Why do we need a constitution?
                        4.Making of the Indian Constitution.
                        5.Guiding values of the Indian Constitution.
                        6.Philosophy of the constitution.
Duration:-8 Periods

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
-To make the students understand about the process of constitution making
-Evaluate about the need of a constitution
- Able to answer the question 'who designs the constitution and in what way?
- Come across with the values that shape the constitutions in democratic states
-Get a fair idea about the nature of Indian Constitution and how freedom struggle is related with the political set up of countries like South Africa  and India.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
-To develop a sense of respect for the struggle of the people for independence and the problems they faced while drafting the constitution.
-Realization the need and importance of the constitution
-To make them appreciate the political set up of our country
-They will get familiarized with the words like sovereign, socialist, secular, fraternity etc.
-To come across with the social evils and will work upon the ways to eradicate them
-To sensitize the importance peace,harmony,rules,regulations,rights and duties to be a responsible citizen of the nation.













TEACHING STRATEGY


SUB TOPIC TEACHERSTRATEGY/TECHNIQUE AIDS USED
1.Democratic Constitution in South Africa(intro of the chapter|)



2.Towards a new constitution



3.Why do we need a constitution?




4.Making of the Indian Constitution



5.Guiding Values of the Indian Constitution






6.Philosophy of the Indian constitution. the image of Nelson Mandela and
 PPT will be shown and skit on 'racial discrimination'




 A short movie 'Mandela: Long Walk'.



cartoon on 'constitution'of any country.




visit Teen Murti(Field Work)




Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi's speech will be shown through you tube clipping







group discussion( interpretations of constitution) Flash Card
PPT
Movie(www.imbd.com)

Field work(visit to Teen Murti)
www.mkgandhi.org

you tube channel 'pressbrief In'
'Indian Politics'.

Map(expansion of political set up in different countries through world map)
Chart
Textbook


TECHNIQUE
-Brain storming,questioning, group discussion,survey and inquiry, debate, picture representation, library resources etc.


VOCABULARY
-Apartheid
-Clause
-Constitution
-Constitutional amendment
-Draft
-Philosophy
-Preamble
-Treason
-Tryst.

VALUES INTENDED TO BE INCULCATED
- harmony and peace
-sense of sharing
-collective responsibility
-patriotism
- justice and liberty
-team work
-unity in diversity.


ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE
-ACTIVITY1
1. Draft a constitution of your own school including rules, regulations of the school, rights and duties of school staff and students and amendments to be done etc.

2. Write a short note on the visit of Gandhi Ji in South Africa and how did he get influenced to change social condition in India?(HISTORY)

3.Write down the meaning of the following words and make sentences out of them.
a)Fraternity    b)Sovereign    c)Secular    d)Fraternity(ENGLISH)

4.Write a short poem in Hindi indicating any guiding value of our constitution. Ex- Naari Shakti, Anekta Me Ekta etc etc. (HINDI)

ASSIGNMENT
-Slow Learners
1. Which of these was the most salient feature for the conflict in South africa?
a)between South Africa and its neighbours
b)between men and women.
c)between rich and poor.
d)between the coloured minority and the black majority.

2. Who was the chairman of drafting committee?
a)B.R.Ambedkar  b)Rajendra Prasad  c)Motilal Nehru  d) Sarojini Naidu

-General
1. What is Apartheid?
2.When was our constitution adopted by the Constituent Assembly?

-High Achievers
1.Describe the main features of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
2.Justify the statement “A constitution is not merely a statement of values and philosophy but a living document.”

RUBRICS
-Relevance of content                                                  2 Marks
-Presentation of information gathered                           1 Mark
-Awareness of information gathered                            1 Mark
-Creativity                                                                  1 Mark



FOLLOW UP/ REMEDIAL STRATEGIES
-Distribution of teacher prepared handouts prior to class lectures.
-extra classes
-special assingnments