Social
Studies
Perspective
Social
Studies is viewed as the study of people in relation to their
past, their environment and their society. Social Studies helps
students to develop their personal, family, ethnic and cultural
identities; to make informed and reasoned decisions about their
classroom, the school and the world; and to understand themselves
in relation to the past, the environment and society.
Social Studies
in the international school goes beyond respecting and valuing
people's right to be different. It is grounded in a strong and
unequivocal stand for universal human rights and so social studies
in the international school leads students to value the universal,
while respecting the perspective of the specific culture.
The pluralistic
nature of communities within and among nations and the relationships
between local and global concerns and issues are addressed through
the study of the host society, the students' own cultures and
the cultures of peoples not directly represented in the school's
community.
Social Studies
aims to do this through a questioning approach in which students
create their own knowledge and understanding. Students and teachers
exploring, investigating and searching for answers together, develop
historical, geographical and social concepts which are important
in understanding today's social world and as such is an integrated
area of inquiry.
Social Studies
Aims To:
* Develop an international dimension and a global perspective
on concepts
* Develop the student's awareness of the world as a set of systems
which undergo constant change
* Provide opportunities for the student to investigate cultural
heritages and to understand the importance of geographical and
historical influences upon social systems
* Provide opportunities for the student to investigate and appreciate
the local environment
* Develop moral principles and moral reasoning
* Foster an understanding of and respect for the ideas and beliefs
of others
* Investigate how social systems are shaped by the values of interacting
groups, the individual, the family and the community
* Foster an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of
individuals in communities
* Develop the ability to communicate with others through a variety
of mediums
* Prepare the individual to participate in solving local and global
problems
* Reinforce the process of acquiring knowledge and the development
of concepts and skills
* Foster an awareness of the consequences and implications of
all forms of injustice
Social
Studies Programme
The
topic choices within each yearly curriculum map follows a chronological,
historical order. Each topic study is organized around one or
several essential questions. The kinds of formative and summative
assessment tasks take into account the diversity of learners in
our classroom. Some of the final assessments are presented to
different classes in the primary school years.
Grade
6:
Archeology & Historiography: How we know about the past
The Disappearance of Roman Authority & Its Impact
Christendom and Unifying Europe's Identity
Feudalism & Manorialism:
Heros and Heroines of the Middle Ages
Chivalry
Crusades: West Meets East
Trade and the Growth of Cities
The Islamic Empire
The Black Plague & The Peasant Revolt
Grade
7:
Evidence of Change: Review of Medieval Life and Values
Commercial Revival in the Mediterranean
The Geography of the Mediterranean and Italian City-States
Renaissance Politics
Humanism
The Italian Renaissance and The Questioning Spirit
Italian and Northern Renaissance through Art
The Geography of Northern Europe
The Age of Exploration
The Protestant Reformation and The Salem Witchcraft Trials
The Enlightenment
Grade
8:
Early Modern Times/Entering the Global Age
World Food Day and Food Security
Agricultural & Industrial Revolutions
Imperialism in the 19th Century
First Global War & Propaganda Techniques
The Roaring Twenties & The Depressing Thirties
World War II: The Perfecting of Propaganda Techniques in Nazi
Germany
The Geopolitical Scene Post World War II
20th / 21st Century Social, Political and Economic Issues:
(Students formulate
a current issue to study and teach to the class)
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