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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Geography
Lesson Topic: Detailed specific examples of two contrasting countries’ responses to one pandemic since 2000
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe the monitoring systems used by South Korea and Brazil during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
  • Compare the “Test‑Trace‑Treat” strategy of South Korea with Brazil’s decentralised response.
  • Analyse how differences in monitoring and policy affected health outcomes (cases, deaths, testing rates).
  • Evaluate the role of technology and political coordination in shaping pandemic outcomes.
  • Apply geographic concepts to propose lessons for future disease‑outbreak management.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen
  • Laptop with presentation slides
  • Printed handout summarising monitoring systems, policies, and outcomes
  • Interactive digital map of COVID‑19 case data
  • Whiteboard and markers
  • Sticky notes for group activity
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick poll: “What pandemic before COVID‑19 do you recall?” Connect this to the importance of monitoring and response. Explain that today’s lesson will compare South Korea’s and Brazil’s COVID‑19 strategies, and students will be able to identify why outcomes differed. Success criteria: students will describe each country’s system, compare policies, and justify which factors most influenced outcomes.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑Now (5’) – Students list known pandemics and share one key response; teacher records ideas.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10’) – Overview of the COVID‑19 timeline and rationale for choosing South Korea and Brazil; show basic statistics.
  3. Guided analysis (15’) – In pairs, students use the handout to fill a comparison chart of monitoring systems and policy actions.
  4. Whole‑class discussion (10’) – Groups present findings; teacher highlights technological versus political differences.
  5. Data interpretation activity (10’) – Using the interactive map, students link testing rates and isolation times to case/death rates and note observations.
  6. Formative check (5’) – Exit ticket: write one lesson for geographers about pandemic response.
Conclusion:
Summarise that rapid digital surveillance and coordinated communication helped South Korea achieve lower case and death rates, while Brazil’s fragmented approach led to higher impacts. Invite students to reflect on how geographic factors shape public‑health planning. Collect exit tickets and assign homework: research another country’s COVID‑19 response and prepare a brief briefing for the next lesson.