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GBS Lesson Plan Library

Ghana Beyond Subsistence promotes cooperative innovative teaching and learning strategies for educators and students. Our lesson plan library offers a wide range of resources developed especially for junior high teachers and students. The free teaching resources on this page are vetted by content area experts and peer educators.

Project Based Learning Lesson Plans

Adinkra Symbols as Common Heritage

Adinkra symbols are one of the traditional textile patterns of the Ghanaian culture. This lesson plan explores how cultural symbols bind their community together in a common heritage.

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​Contributed by Dr. D. Rose Elder

Traditional Narratives and Critical Thinking

Using traditional narratives, this lesson plan introduces students to how Èwè Dome communities from Ho to Hohoe in the Volta Region of eastern Ghana rely on a wide variety of oral traditions to unify their communities.

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Contributed by Dr. D. Rose Elder

Two Lessons in Global Citizenship

This lesson plan employs two case studies to to generate in-class learning and discussion about global citizenship. The first case study is about Kofi Atta Annan, the second is about Mama Dzakuia II of Adaklu Waya.

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Contributed by Dr. D. Rose Elder

Mao Tse-Tung and "Four Pests"

When Mao Tse-Tung came to power in 1949 identified "Four Pests" and instituted a campaign to enlist everyone from the children to the elderly to wipe out sparrows, rats, flies, and mosquitoes.

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Contributed by Dr. D. Rose Elder

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