A collection of ESL x Civic & Citizenship Education lesson plans

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Keamanan sejagat Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to comprehend the main ideas and details of an article on the most serious terror threats in Malaysia and the Philippines. They will also develop critical reading skills and engage in visible thinking routines to analyze the text. Skills: Reading and writing Materials: The article "The most serious terror threats in Malaysia and the Philippines" and 'How to prevent terrorist attacks Copies of the article for each student Small squared pieces of paper Warm-up (5 min): Ask students what they know about terrorism in Southeast Asia. Have they heard of any terrorist groups in the region? What do they know about them? Write their answers on the board. Pre-Reading (10 min): Ask students to look at the title and the picture in the article. What do they think the article is about? What do they expect to learn from it? Introduce the close and critic...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Persahabatan Merentasi Sempadan This is a lesson plan aligned with Form 4 Chapter 1 : Let's Chat. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Define the term 'misinformation', 'disinformation' and 'malinformation'. 2. Write down their thoughts about the article. 2. Discuss about the pros and cons of government regulation on social media. Activities: 1.    Show a video on ‘Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation'. 2.  Ask students to choose the correct definition of the terms - ( download powerpoint slides ) 3.  Teacher distributes the newspaper article:   Teo Nie Ching: Communications Ministry to  focus on addressing misinformation on social media  (advanced classes), (low intermediate version) 4.  Students read the article for 5-10 minutes. 5.  Ask students ‘what’s going on?’ & ‘what do you see, hear or read?’ and write their answers on post-it notes and ...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Keamanan sejagat Learning standard: Reading 3.1.2  Understand specific details and information in extended texts on a wide range of familiar topics Reading 3.2.1  Read a variety of suitable print and digital texts to investigate and analyze national issues Objectives:   1. Students will be able to understand and analyze a text about social justice issues in Sabah. 2. Students will be able to identify the headline for the articles. 3. Students will be able to express their opinions on social justice issues based on the Visible Thinking Routine. Materials:  Articles about social justice in Sabah, big white paper, markers Warm-Up: 1. Review key vocabulary related to social justice (e.g. equality, fairness, rights). Ask students to provide their own examples of these concepts. 2. Ask students if they have heard of any current social justice issues or movements. If so, discuss briefly. If not, p...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Sistem Demokrasi Materials: Election manifesto slides , e lection manifestos for reading , big white paper, markers Learning standard:  Reading 3.1.2  Understand specific details and information in extended texts on a wide range of familiar topics Reading 3.2.1  Read a variety of suitable print and digital texts to investigate and analyze national issues Writing   4.1.4  Express and respond to opinions and common feelings such as amusement, anger, and regret Objectives:  1. Students will be able to learn about election manifestos. 2. Students will be able to answer comprehension questions regarding the manifestos. 3. Students will be able to state and justify the advantages and challenges of a particular offer from each coalition. Pre-lesson: 1. Teacher distributes small square papers to students (2 for each student). 2. Teacher writes 'election manifesto' on the board and instructs students to writ...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Memanfaatkan sumber asli Learning standard:  Reading 3.1.2 Understand specific details and information in extended texts on a wide range of familiar topics Reading 3.2.1 Read a variety of suitable print and digital texts to investigate and analyze national issues Writing   4.1.4 Express and respond to opinions and common feelings such as amusement, anger, and regret Materials: Article ( student's copy , teacher's copy ),  thinking routines 'compass points' handout , dictionary Objectives: 1. Students will be able to answer the comprehension questions based on the newspaper article 2. Students will be able to write down opinions based on visible thinking routine 'compass points'. Pre-lesson: 1. Teacher asks students what today's topic will be based on the keywords ( Khairy, cannabis, legalise )?  *Prior to this lesson, they were given a task to Google search these keywords and roughly read the ar...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Malaysia Harmoni Main skill: Reading 3.2.1 Read a variety of suitable print and digital texts to investigate and analyse national issues Complementary skill: Speaking 2.1.1 Explain simple content on familiar topics from what they read and hear Materials: Article , Mahjong paper, marker pen, dictionary Pre-lesson: 1. Teacher distributes the newspaper article. 2. Teacher instructs students to look at the picture on the article and asks students 'what do you think the picture is about'. 2. Teacher asks whether they know every child in Sabah has received the right to education. Lesson development: 1. Divide the students into groups. 2. Teacher instructs students to read the article and construct 5 questions based on 5W1H. 3. Students play a comprehension game. Each group will asks the other groups questions. Whichever group answers first and answers the questions correctly will get 5 points. But if the group could not answe...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Sistem Demokrasi Learning standards: Reading 3.1.2 Understand specific details and information in extended texts on a wide range of familiar topics Writing 4.1.1 Explain information from (i) diagrams, (ii) charts (iii) tables (iv) graphs or other visuals Objectives: 1. Students will be able to match the newspaper headlines with the branches of government. 2. Students will be able to note down the content of the newspaper article and label (who and what they do) which branch of government that it is related to.  Materials: Notes on branches of government , newspaper headlines , newspaper headlines  (teacher's copy) , newspaper articles , mahjong paper, marker pen, glue, handout Pre-lesson: 1. Ask students if they know about the branches of government 2. Explain to students that the government has three branches of government 3. Briefly tell the students that the Malaysian government has the executive, parlia...

  *Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Persahabatan Merentasi Sempadan Learning standard:  3.1.1 Understand the main points in extended texts on a wide range of familiar topics 3.2.1 Read a variety of suitable print and digital texts to investigate and analyse national issues 4.1.2 Explain causes and consequences of (i) actions (ii) events or (iii) simple processes 4.1.4 Express and respond to opinions and common feelings such as amusement, anger and regret Objective:  1) Students will be able to describe the articles to their classmates. 2) Students will be able to identify the levels of consequences in certain aspects if there is no internet connectivity. 2) Students will be able to write a short message to policymakers regarding the situation. Materials: Articles ( link to the articles ), mahjong paper, marker pens, dictionary Activity: Pre-reading: 1. Teacher asks the...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Sistem Demokrasi Learning standards: 3.1.3 Guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from clues provided by other words and by context on a wide range of familiar topics 3.2.1 Read a variety of suitable print and digital texts to investigate and analyse national issues 4.1.1 Explain information from (i) diagrams, (ii) charts (iii) tables (iv) graphs or other visuals   Materials : Federal, concurrent, state list , glue, cut-up of newspaper headlines , mahjong paper, marker pen, worksheet , dictionary, ( newspaper headlines teacher's copy with answers ) *For the newspaper headlines, for current issues under the state list, it is suggested for teachers from other states (this lesson is Sabah-centric) to look for newspaper headlines that are relevant to the current issues that are present in their state Lesson objectives: 1. Students will be able to matc...

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Sistem Demokrasi Main skill:  Reading - 3.1 Understand a variety of texts by using a range of appropriate reading strategies to construct meaning Complementary skill:  Writing - 4.1 Communicate information, ideas,  opinions and feelings intelligibly on familiar topics Teaching materials: Newspaper article , KWL chart, squared cut-up pieces of paper, dictionary, question handouts (cut into 7 parts) , stopwatch Objective: 1. Answer 7 questions based on the newspaper article. 2. Write what they learned about the 2022 Johor state election. Pre-lesson ·         Teacher writes the word ‘election’ on the board and asks students what they understand about the word.       Teacher asks students if they know that Johor just had an election.     Teacher distributes the cut-up pieces of paper and asks the students to write ‘what do they know about it and ‘what do they want ...