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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Geography
Lesson Topic: social and economic impacts of cholera
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe the main pathways through which cholera spreads and its social consequences.
  • Explain the direct and indirect economic costs associated with cholera outbreaks.
  • Analyse the Yemen case study to identify key social and economic impacts.
  • Evaluate mitigation and management strategies and their potential to reduce social disruption and economic loss.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen
  • Printed handouts: case‑study summary and cost‑table worksheet
  • World map showing cholera‑prone regions
  • Markers and whiteboard
  • Internet access for a short video on water‑borne disease
  • Calculators for data analysis
 Introduction:
Imagine a disease that can shut schools, halt markets and cost millions within weeks. Building on students’ prior knowledge of water‑borne diseases and basic economic concepts, the teacher will outline today’s success criteria: describe impacts, interpret cost data, and propose realistic mitigation measures.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Think‑pair‑share on recent disease outbreaks they have heard about.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10'): Transmission pathways and social impacts, using slides and the diagram suggestion.
  3. Data analysis activity (15'): In groups, examine the cost table, calculate total costs per 1,000 cases and complete the worksheet.
  4. Case‑study discussion (10'): Yemen outbreak – identify social and economic effects and record findings.
  5. Mitigation brainstorm (10'): Groups propose strategies and link them to the impacts identified.
  6. Synthesis (5'): Whole‑class creates a flowchart on the board showing the chain from contamination to economic loss and feedback loops.
Conclusion:
The teacher recaps the main social and economic impacts of cholera and checks understanding with an exit ticket: students write one social and one economic impact they can recall. For homework, pupils research a recent cholera outbreak and prepare a short paragraph describing its impacts and any mitigation measures applied.