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WORLD STUDIES Overview
The 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 Social Studies program aims 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.
To fulfill these goals, the curriculum will comprise, but not be confined to, the
following, i.e. early history, Asia on the map, Europe, customs and tradition,
geography, and economy.
Main stands of the program offered are:
Topic: Geography
Finding locations, Locating Egypt (longitudes, latitudes, GPS)
How geography of the Middle East affects its climate.
Importance of the Nile River and locating major Egyptian landforms.
Learn how to use relative location.
Topic: History
How historians consider ancient Egyptian civilization as the leading
civilization in the world.
How did Ancient Greek civilizations affect the modern world.
Exploring using timelines and how they work.
How civilization started in the Middle East and the differences between
Sumerian and the Egyptian civilizations.
The 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 Social Studies program aims 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.
To fulfill these goals, the curriculum will comprise, but not be confined to, the
following, i.e. early history, Asia on the map, Europe, customs and tradition,
geography, and economy.
Main stands of the program offered are:
Topic: Geography
Finding locations, Locating Egypt (longitudes, latitudes, GPS)
How geography of the Middle East affects its climate.
Importance of the Nile River and locating major Egyptian landforms.
Learn how to use relative location.
Topic: History
How historians consider ancient Egyptian civilization as the leading
civilization in the world.
How did Ancient Greek civilizations affect the modern world.
Exploring using timelines and how they work.
How civilization started in the Middle East and the differences between
Sumerian and the Egyptian civilizations.
