Farming in Jamaica
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can name some crops grown in Jamaica and the UK and can think of questions I could ask a farmer in Jamaica.
Key learning points
- Different crops are suited to different climates.
- Questions are a useful way to learn more about farming in Jamaica.
- We are connected to different countries by the food we eat.
- Bananas, sugar, yams, peppers, tomatoes and peas all grow in Jamaica.
Keywords
Crops - A crop is a plant that is grown in large quantities.
Climate - Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).
Equator - The Equator is an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
Plantation - A plantation is an area of land on which one kind of crop is grown, e.g. trees for wood.
Common misconception
We grow all the food we eat in the UK.
We import lots of the food we eat. Bananas, for example, can be imported from Jamaica.
Teacher tip
Pupils can research about farming in Jamaica to fill in their final practice task grid in more detail.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Where are crops grown?
Q2.A is a person who grows and harvests crops or rears animals for food or raw materials.
Q3.What is the imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole?
Q4.How many different crops are grown in one plantation?
Q5.Match the definitions
the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere
Climate is an average of weather conditions over more than 30 years
four times of year that have different weather
Q6.Which type of weather would you not experience in Jamaica?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which is a crop that grows well in Jamaica?
Q2.Bananas grow…
Q3.How long has sugar been grown in Jamaica?
Q4.What can we use to help write questions?
Q5.Where can people grow their own vegetables in Jamaica?
Q6.What is this vegetable, commonly grown in Jamaica?
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