The Primary Social Studies Curriculum develops understandings, and concepts in five areas or Strands of knowledge. These strands draw upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion and sociology as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics and natural sciences. The strands are linked to each other and understandings, concepts, skills, attitudes and values will be learnt and applied across all the five strands.
Learners understand that places have features; people care for places they feel are important; livelihood processes affect both natural and built features of places. They value and appreciate the importance of places and the environment to people. They appreciate the…
Learners understand that people’s beliefs shape their cultural practices, ideas and symbols, as time passes. They know that there are degrees of cohesion and diversity amongst cultural groups; these give people a sense of community. Groups vary in the traditional…
Learners participate in and value community life and the political process. They respect legitimate and just structures of governance; understand and appreciate the role of laws in running society and community. They demonstrate active citizenship through their behaviours and practices…
Learners understand that people satisfy their needs and wants by using resources. They will come to understand that people cooperate in their use of resources because resources are limited. Also, decisions must be made about exploiting resources, as some are…
Learners recognize reasons why people did things in the past, why events took place and what happened as a result. They examine features of past periods and societies, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of women, men and children. Learners…