# Lesson Plan: Revision/Introduction to Warehousing
**Subject:** Store Keeping
**Grade:** Senior Secondary 3
**Topic:** Revision/Introduction to Warehousing
**Duration:** 60 minutes
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### Lesson Objectives:
1. **Review**: Understand previously covered concepts in warehousing and their applications.
2. **Introduction**: Explain the basic components, functions, and importance of warehousing in store keeping.
3. **Practical Application**: Enable students to apply concepts learned to real-world scenarios.
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### Materials Needed:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Projector and computer
- PowerPoint slides
- Handouts summarizing key concepts of warehousing
- Case study materials
- Notebook and pens for each student
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### Lesson Breakdown:
#### Introduction (10 minutes)
1. **Greeting and Attendance**:
- Greet students and take attendance.
2. **Icebreaker/Review Session**:
- Ask students to briefly mention one key concept they remember from previous lessons about warehousing.
- Follow up with a quick review of these key concepts (inventory management, storage options, etc.).
#### Instruction (20 minutes)
1. **PowerPoint Presentation**:
- **Slide 1-2**: Introduction to Warehousing
- Definition of warehousing
- Historical background
- **Slide 3-4**: Types of Warehouses
- Public, private, bonded, government warehouses
- **Slide 5-6**: Functions of a Warehouse
- Storage, consolidation, break-bulking, safe-keeping
- **Slide 7-8**: Importance of Warehousing
- Supply chain management
- Reducing costs and improving efficiency
- Customer service benefits
#### Discussion (10 minutes)
1. **Interactive Q&A**:
- Engage the students with questions about how different types of warehouses serve different industries.
- Prompt students to ask questions to clarify any doubts.
#### Activity (15 minutes)
1. **Case Study**:
- Distribute a case study outlining a real-world warehousing scenario.
- Have students (in pairs or small groups) analyze the case and identify the type of warehouse and its functions.
- Each group will then present their findings briefly.
#### Conclusion (5 minutes)
1. **Recap and Review**:
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.
- Highlight the importance of warehousing in storekeeping and supply chain management.
2. **Homework Assignment**:
- Assign a short essay or a report on "The Role of Technology in Modern Warehousing".
- Ask them to read up on supply chain management for the next class.
3. **Closing Remarks**:
- Address any final questions.
- Thank the students for their participation and engagement.
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### Assessment:
- **Formative**: Participation in discussions and group activity.
- **Summative**: Evaluation of the case study analysis and the homework assignment.
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**Note to Teacher:** Monitor the students' engagement levels throughout the session and be prepared to adjust the pace accordingly. Make sure to facilitate and encourage participation from all students.