Lesson Plans

GTTP SA’s Commitment to Support, Guide and assist Tourism Teachers

In line with GTTP SA’s commitment to support, guide and assist tourism teachers in the classroom, these industry-sponsored classroom resources and lesson plans are available for teachers to use in planning their lessons. They can be downloaded freely from this website by clicking on the title.

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An Introduction to Tourism

Lesson Plans 1 This lesson plan, sponsored by American Express Travel, supports the delivery of Assessment Standard 10.1.1. It introduces learners to:

  • The concepts of ‘tourism’ and ‘tourist’
  • The reasons why people travel
  • The sections, sub-sectors and role players in the tourism industry.

The lesson plan contains teaching ideas and activities, teacher guidelines, answers to all learner activities, a lesson plan and assessment rubric

 

Understanding Time Zones

This teaching resource, sponsored by the National Business Initiative, will provide you, the educator, with information and tools to assist and enhance your teaching methods.  At the end of the lessons, the learner should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

  • Time Zones
  • Daylight Saving Time (DST)
  • Jet Lag
  • The impact the above have on travel planning and travelling

 

 Map Reading

This teaching resource, sponsored by the National Business Initiative, will provide you, the educator, with information and tools to assist and enhance your teaching methods.  At the end of the lessons, the learner should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

  • Maps in general and Maps in Tourism
  • Terms and Definitions
  • Types of Maps
  • Measuring Distance

 

Careers in the Tourism Industry

  This teaching resource, sponsored by the National Business Initiative, will provide you, the educator, with information and tools to assist and enhance your teaching methods.  At the end of the lessons, the learner should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

  • Employment in the Tourism Sector
  • Careers in Tourism and Travel
  • Careers in Hospitality
  • Where to study and what to study
  • The Global Employee

 

South African Tourism

  This teaching resource, sponsored by the South African Tourism, will provide you, the educator, with information and tools to assist and enhance your teaching methods.  At the end of the lessons, the learner should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

  • The SAT Organisation
  • SAT’s objectives
  • SAT’s strategies
  • SAT’s operationa

 

Foreign Exchange

foreign exchange Supporting the delivery of Assessment Standard 11.3.5, this lesson plan, sponsored by American Express Foreign Exchange, contains:

  • Information about foreign exchange
  • Case studies
  • Teaching ideas and activities
  • Teacher guidelines
  • Answers to all learner activities
  • A lesson plan
  • Assessment rubric

Learners are required to examine the buying power of the South African Rand in relation to other currencies and its effect on tourism

 

Heritage Tourism 

Heritage
Supporting the delivery of Assessment Standard 11.2.4, this lesson plan is sponsored by the National Department of Tourism and contains:

  • Information about local heritage sights and their significance
  • Case studies
  • Teaching ideas and activities
  • Teacher guidelines
  • Answers to all learner activities
  • Lesson plans
  • Assessment rubric

 

 

Customer Complaints

customer complaints This lesson plan, sponsored by KLM and Air France, supports the delivery of Assessment Standard 11.4.2.  It contains:

 
  • Information about the reasons for and types of customer complaints and how to handle them
  • Case studies
  • Role play ideas
  • Teaching ideas and activities
  • Teacher guidelines
  • Answers to all learner activities

 

Customer Service

   COMING SOON This teaching resource, sponsored by the National Business Initiative, will provide you, the educator, with information and tools to assist and enhance your teaching methods.  At the end of the lessons, the learner should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

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