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WORLD STUDIES Subject Overview
A basic goal of the social studies program is to provide students with the
foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes they will need to continue to learn
effectively in secondary school. Thus, the goals of the curriculum are to enable
students to:
• understand the basic concepts of social studies, history, and geography;
• develop the skills, strategies, and habits of mind required for effective inquiry
and communication, and for the application of the basic concepts of social
studies, to a variety of learning tasks;
• relate and apply the knowledge acquired through social studies and to the
world outside the classroom.
These goals are equally important. They can be achieved simultaneously in a
concrete, practical context through learning activities that combine the
acquisition of knowledge with the application of various skills, including
inquiry/research, communication, and map, globe, and graphic representation
skills.
In Grade 3, the children will learn about:
TOPIC: World Geography
Objectives
What is a community? How can your community be located on a map?
What are the main physical features of Egypt?
How many continents and Oceans are in the world?
What are the major physical features of Africa and North Africa and South
America?
TOPIC: History
Objectives
How governments and communities change over time
How did civilizations start in Mexico and South America?
What can be learned about Ancient Egypt, pharos, hieroglyphs and pyramids
TOPIC: Civics
Objectives
How does a market operate in the community?
How do exchages take place in the market?
A basic goal of the social studies program is to provide students with the
foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes they will need to continue to learn
effectively in secondary school. Thus, the goals of the curriculum are to enable
students to:
• understand the basic concepts of social studies, history, and geography;
• develop the skills, strategies, and habits of mind required for effective inquiry
and communication, and for the application of the basic concepts of social
studies, to a variety of learning tasks;
• relate and apply the knowledge acquired through social studies and to the
world outside the classroom.
These goals are equally important. They can be achieved simultaneously in a
concrete, practical context through learning activities that combine the
acquisition of knowledge with the application of various skills, including
inquiry/research, communication, and map, globe, and graphic representation
skills.
In Grade 3, the children will learn about:
TOPIC: World Geography
Objectives
What is a community? How can your community be located on a map?
What are the main physical features of Egypt?
How many continents and Oceans are in the world?
What are the major physical features of Africa and North Africa and South
America?
TOPIC: History
Objectives
How governments and communities change over time
How did civilizations start in Mexico and South America?
What can be learned about Ancient Egypt, pharos, hieroglyphs and pyramids
TOPIC: Civics
Objectives
How does a market operate in the community?
How do exchages take place in the market?
