World Links Curriculum and Technology
Integration E-Learning Project Lessons
ART AND
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN AFRICA
Introduction
Traditional medicine in
Ghana has been positively practiced for curative, preventive and negatively
for vengeful or mischievous purposes. It is called “traditional”
because unlike Western medicinal science, its methods have been characterized
by practices of “trial science” and rituals, which have been handed down
in certain families from generation to generation. In Ghana, traditional
medicine accept that we become physically ill when any part of the body,
be it the head, nose, finger becomes hurt or its state of being
disrupted.
Diagnosis for the application
of traditional medicine acknowledges psychic illness that is when a person’s
psychological balance is disturbed. Our traditional medical system accepts
that spiritual illness can result in injuries to parts or the whole of
our physical body. It acknowledges the existence of forces no seen but
which can have impact on us.
This aspect of diagnosis
and therapy in traditional medicine present perhaps the greatest challenge
to most medical science and practitioners in this country.
This project therefore seeks
to focus on sensitizing students on the need to familiar with traditional
medicine, its diagnosis, practices and rituals associated with its therapy.
This project again seeks
to create awareness among the citizens especially students on the necessarily
to study aspects of traditional medicine and the need to determine its
obnoxious rituals or otherwise in tradition medicine.
The topic will be a
newsletter written by students.
Art students will contribute
to short essay and model body parts in plaster to be used by resource persons
to teach practitioners of traditional medicine. Just as skeletons and human
models are used by orthodox science for studies.
The lesson will therefore
focus on empirical use of traditional medicine in our societies in Ghana
instead of the ”trial science” method.
Subject
and Grade level: SSS1-3
Lesson
Goals
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For students to use the Internet
to acquire more knowledge about art and traditional medicine.
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For students to present their
knowledge on art and traditional medicine in power point form.
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For students to use CD-Rom to
acquire more information on traditional medicine and orthodox medicine.
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For students to analyze the socio-cultural
implications
of these traditional Medical issues on national health delivery.
Content
Objectives
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Students will be sensitized on
how important medicine is to life.
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Students will be able to learn
about the vengeful and mischievous purposes and effects of “trial science”
on man’s health and body.
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Students will become more conscious
of the misuses of art objects and traditional medicine.
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Students will be able to learn
empirical ways of analyzing traditional medicine.
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Students will be better equipped
to deal with problems associated with art and traditional medicine.
Performance
Objectives
Students will present their short
essays on traditional medicine to power point form.
Technology
Objectives
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Students will be able to
find relevant information from the web on alternative and traditional medicine.
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Students will be able to interpret
information on the web.
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Students will be able to use
power point to present their acquired ideas on art and traditional medicine.
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Students will be able to use
CD-Rom to find information on how traditional or alternative medicine is
also practiced in other parts of Africa and Europe.
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To illustrate data on pie chart
using graphics.
Instructional
Activities (teacher component)
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Teachers will give lessons to
students on the positive and negative aspects of traditional medicine.
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Students will take lesson in
jotters; type in MS word and save their work on diskettes.
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Teachers will demonstrate to
students how to use CD-Rom for information.
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Teachers will assist students
to use search engines to find more information on websites on art and traditional
medicine.
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Teachers will help students on
how to use power point to present work by the use of a computer and a projector.
Learning
Activities (student component)
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Students
will use websites to find information on the topic.
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Students will practice their
typing skills and knowledge of word by typing and saving information in
word and copy onto diskettes.
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Students will also learn how
to use power point to make presentation.
Instructional
Strategies
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Teachers will instruct
the class on the importance of medicine and health and therefore the need
to conserve water especially in the home.
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Teacher will give clear instructions
to students on how to use search engines to find information on the Internet.
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Teacher will demonstrate the
use of CD-Rom to find information to students.
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Teachers will give concise instructions
to students on how to use power point for their presentations. The teacher
will do this using the computer and the projector.
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Students will then be given the
chance to practice all that the teacher has taught in class while the teacher
supervises them
Project
Assessment
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Students will be asked to present
their assignment to the class by using power point presentation.
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The teacher will provide suggestions
for students.
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Students will be assessed by
their own classmates (peers). The students with the help of the teacher
will have developed criteria and tools for assessment (rubics) both teachers
and students can use to assess their work.
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The students will be assessed
through oral questions, quizzes, class assignments and project work. Students
will be asked to submit a written report from their undertakings. This
will help students apply their knowledge to issues and develop solutions
to problems.
Project
Materials and Handouts
1. Power Point
2. MS Word
3. Project
4. Computer
5. Printer
6. CD Rom
7. Search Engines
Lesson
Resources
1.
Microsoft Power Point
2. Microsoft Word
3. Websites-Goggle, Yahoo
4. World links Curriculum
and Technology Integration (Activity Task)
5. CD Rom
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