Social Studies Curriculum
MISSION STATEMENT
Social studies education aims to enable students to participate in a changing
society as informed, confident and responsible citizens.
KEY
GOALS
The broad goal for Social Studies at the Anglo-American School will be that
students will develop knowledge and understanding about human society as
they focus on the following:
- The organization of people in groups and the rights, roles, and responsibilities
of people as they interact within groups;
- The contribution of culture and heritage to identify and the nature and
consequences of cultural interaction of cultural interaction;
- The interaction of people with places and the environment and the ways
in which people represent and interpret place and environment;
- The relationships between people and events, through time, and interpretations
of these relationships;
- The allocation and management of resources by people and participation
by people in economic activities;
- The nature of society with respect to participating responsibly.
METHODOLOGY
The instruction of Social Studies is guided by three principles of learning:
- Learning requires the active participation of the student
- Learning takes place in a variety of ways and at different rates
- Learning is both an individual and a group process
When planning for instruction, teachers should begin by considering the
following:
- The needs and experiences of students
- The achievement objectives for the strands
- The achievement objectives for the processes
- The settings
- The perspectives
- The focus themes or topics
- The assessment of the learning
Programme planning may be organized in various ways. These include the following:
- Studies based on a single strand
- Integration across strands
- Studies based on issues, themes, or topics
Important considerations for teaching the social studies programmes include
the following:
- Using a variety of teaching approaches
- Using a comparative approach - Looking for similarities and difference
- Linking social studies with other curriculum areas
- Using a variety of resources
- Meeting the needs of all students and utilizing their prior experiences
- Employing a range of assessment methods
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