Lesson plan

As tourists in Awra Amba

During this lesson, you will meet people who live in the Ethiopian village of Awra Amba, as well as people who visit the village to understand this community's way of life. You will also learn about self-sufficiency and sustainability.

Teacher notes

**Lyfta core themes:** Professions and Entrepreneurship, Community and Citizenship. **Lyfta core skills and values:** Entrepreneurship, Perspective Taking, Adaptability and Flexibility, Collaboration and Teamwork, Environment and Sustainability, Practical Life Skills, Work Ethic. **SDGs:** 8,9,11. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 English to use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas, to be able to retrieve information from a non-fiction text. KS2 Geography to describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. KS3 Geography to extend locational knowledge and deepen their spatial awareness of the world’s countries using maps of the world to focus on Africa (Ethiopia), focusing on human characteristics of this particular community to understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of human and physical geography of a region within Africa (Ethiopia) to understand, through use of detailed place-based exemplars the key processes in human geography relating to: population and urbanisation; international development; and economic activity (in Awra Amba village, Ethiopia). KS2 PSHE L25. to recognise positive things about themselves and their achievements; set goals to help achieve personal outcomes. R32. about respecting the differences and similarities between people and recognising what they have in common with others e.g. physically, in personality or background, R33. to listen and respond respectfully to a wide range of people, including those whose traditions, beliefs and lifestyle are different to their own KS2 Citizenship: 2j. to understand that resources can be allocated in different ways and that these economic choices affect individuals, communities and the sustainability of the environment. 4b. to think about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs

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