How to
Use guest speaker In Teaching Social Studies
Guest speaker
Guest speaker is an important
part of educational experience for the students. Guest speaker’s real life
experience will help the students to get more information about the lesson. One important
benefit that is derived from having a guest speaker is the enhancement of the
students’ educational experience. Another added benefit is the link that
students get to make between what they learn in their textbooks and what they
learn from the guest speaker. Guest speakers offer something that you can’t
offer your students; a guest speaker supports a topic that you may know
little about and can offer your students a different point of view. It gives
them the opportunity to learn something new, while it gives you a
break. There are many strands and sub strands in social studies which we
can give more information to the students if we use a guest speaker,
Here is a way we can use guest speaker in
social studies
Subject:- Social Studies Grade:-
2
Strand:- Time Continuity and
Change,
Investigation, communication and
planning.
Sub-strand:-Time and Change
- To start the lesson play the
video about the changes occurred to fishing industry. (e.g.: sail changed into
mechanized, use of lights to catch bait fishes, use of fish attracting devices,
etc.)
Developmental Activities:
·
Invite a guest speaker
from the community to the class and tell the students that a guest speaker is
going to give more information about changes that occurred to the fishing
industry.
·
Tell the students that he
will talk about advantages and disadvantages of the way fishing has been
carried out in different times.
·
Then the guest speaker
will give more information about the lesson.
·
-Tell students to ask
questions from the guest speaker and note down the important dates and points,
later they will be using these information.
·
Divide the class in to 4
groups.
·
Ask them to prepare a time
line how fishing industry has been carried out in different times.
·
The groups can present
their work when they finish.
·
Ask other groups to listen
when presenting.
·
Ask the groups to ask
question and give new ideas and information that could be added.
·
Listen to the students and
appreciate and applaud their effort.
·
Brainstorm with the
students about the advantages and the disadvantages of the fishing industry.
