Introduction
Good day grade 8's today's topic will be based on The economy but we will dual more on Government to be specific.
Tell me what goes to your mind when we talk about government?
The word government has a number of meanings,depending on how it is used. Mostly people see the government as a group of people who run the country.
In economics the word government is used to describe one of the three role players in the economy. The other two are business and households.Government is responsible for running the country by making policies and passing laws that affect how the country is managed.
Task
Let us do this quick questions so that i can see if you guys do understand the topic
Class activity -individual work
Total 15 marks
1.Identify what is the main responsibility is of the national government?
2.Describe how the president as the leader of the national government uses departments to run the country?
3.Compare the responsibility of the provincial governments with those of the national government?
4.Give two examples of local affairs that are run by the local government?
Process
Three different levels of government
National level
The top level of government is called the national government. Sometimes it is referred to as the central government because it makes laws that affect the whole country.
for example the president is the head of the state and leads the executive arm of government, which means that he or she is the country's leader
Provincial level
The second level of government is the provincial level.Each of South Africa's nine provinces has its own provincial government that looks after its own affairs,but it reports to the national government.
for example provincial government has its own structure like ministers and MEC
Local level
Local government run Local affairs according to the laws made by national and provincial government. These Local affairs includes services such as water supply, sanitation and maintenance Local roads.
for example Local government is called municipalities
Evaluation
The class activity will be marked as follow and this assignment is out of 15 marks
| Questions | mark allocation | |||
| 1.Identify what is the main responsibility is of the national government? | 2 marks | |||
| 2.Describe how the president as the leader of the national government uses departments to run the country? | 3 marks | |||
| 3.Compare the responsibility of the provincial governments with those of the national government? | 6 marks | |||
| 4.Give two examples of local affairs that are run by the local government? | 4 marks |
Conclusion
In conclusion the teacher will give a clear summary of the whole topic that we were doing as a class reason is because i want to see who understands the topic and who still need some clarity.
Summary of government
-In economics the word government is used to describe one of the three role players in the country.
-The three different levels of government in South Africa are national government ,provincial government and local government.Local governments are also called municipalities and there are three catergories of municipalities.
-Government at all levels is both a consumer and a producer in respect of households.Government supplies services to households and buys labour from households
Government at all levels is both a consumer and a producer in respect of business.They supply services to business and buy goods and services from business
learners can watch the following video to gain same information
Credits
Use the following links to gain more knowledge on how the government is responsible in this country
Teacher Page
I used the following sources to gather this information
1.Textbook-Economics and Management Sciences ,Headstart,Grade 8,Learners book written by W.Booysen,D.Duffett ,S. king in 2008
2.I use videos from youtube
As a teacher from this lesson my learners will know what is government and know the role that government is playing at large.