Daily life near Arusha
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify similarities and differences between the life of a child living in Arusha and my own life.
Key learning points
- Daily life in Arusha can be investigated using pictures and written sources of information.
- There are many ways in which our lives are the same as, but also different from, other people’s lives.
- There are similarities and differences between a child’s life in Arusha and my own life.
Keywords
City - A city is a settlement that is usually larger than a town and has local government.
Village - A village is a small group of houses where people live.
Similarities - Similarities are the things that are the same when compared with others.
Differences - Differences are the things that are not the same when compared with others.
Common misconception
Learners may think that the life of every child in Tanzania (and Africa) is like the life of Zahra.
Spend more time discussing the similarities and differences between people in the UK to help learners appreciate that there will be many similarities and differences in people's lives both within and between countries and places.
Teacher tip
Gapminder's Dollar Street is a useful resource for exploring the similarities and differences between people's lives in the same and different countries.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these photographs shows a city?
Q2.Put these settlement types in order, from smallest to largest.
Q3.What are similarities?
Q4.What are differences?
Q5.We all have some to others and some differences from others.
Q6.Match the following example places to the type of place they are.
a continent
a country
a city
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Where is Arusha located in Tanzania?
Q2.Who does Zahra live with?
Q3.Where does Zahra live?
Q4.How many children are in Zahra’s class at school?
Q5.The life of every child in Tanzania will be __________ Zahra’s life.
Q6.The life of every pupil in our school will be __________ Zahra’s life.
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