Social Studies
· It is defined as the integration of history, the social sciences, and the humanities to promote civic competence.
· It is an integration of experience and knowledge concerning human relations for the purpose of citizenship education.
· Primarily concerned with the study of those human relationships believed to be the most important in developing responsible citizenship.
· It explores relationships and interactions of people in selected cultures and areas, with attention to the past, the present, and the future.
· It fosters the intellectual, social, and personal development of students in order to develop competence in preparing in decision- making and other human activities.
· Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon disciplines as:
• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Economics
• Geography
• History
• Law
• Philosophy
• Political Science and
• Psychology
As well as appropriate content from the:
• Humanities
• Mathematics and
• Natural Sciences
Humanities
The humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that help us make sense of our lives and our world. The humanities introduce us to people we have never met, places we have never visited, and ideas that may have never crossed our minds. By showing how others have lived and thought about life, the humanities help us decide what is important in our own lives and what we can do to make them better. By connecting us with other people, they point the way to answers about what is right or wrong, or what is true to our heritage and our history. The humanities help us address the challenges we face together in our families, our communities, and as a nation
Mathematics
Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement. Math is all around us, in everything we do. It is the building block for everything in our daily lives, including mobile devices, architecture (ancient and modern), art, money, engineering, and even sports.
Natural Sciences
The natural sciences are the sciences that seek to explain the rules that govern the natural world through scientific methods, the cornerstone of which is measured by quantitative data (Ledoux, 2002, p. 34). They also attempt to provide mathematical (either deterministic or stochastic) models of natural processes. There are five branches of natural sciences (Barr, 2006, p. 1; Simhony, 2006, p. 49), including:
1. Astronomy
2. Biology
3. Chemistry
4. Earth sciences
5. Physics