Course outline
Part I
- Introduction
- The developmental tasks of elementary years.
- Educating children for a different society.
- Changing our vision: developing a national and a global sense of citizenship.
- Global connections: one aim of social studies curriculum.
- Rationale for social studies global connections.
- The child’s ability to learn about others smear and far.
- Scope and objectives of social studies
- Social studies in search of definitions
- Goals of social studies education
- Characteristics of an effective social studies curriculum.
- Teaching social studies
- Objectives of teaching social studies in Pakistan
- Instruction of social studies in the light of National Curriculum Committee
- Important and repeated topics for Social Studies
- Problems in teaching Social Studies
- Lack of trained teachers
- Problems of course books and instructional material
- Problems of resources and opportunities
- Social problems
- Civic education
- Economic problems
- Problems of local resources
- Political problems
- Educational problems
Part-II
- History of Pakistan and Subcontinent
- Mehmud Ghaznavi, The Ghauries and the Slave-king dynasty
- The Mughals
- Europeans come to India
- India 1782—1856
- The War of Independence (1857)
- The road to independence, 1900—1947
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (The Quaid -e -Azam)
- Pakistan Today --- The road to prosperity
Part-III
- Geography of Pakistan
- Environment : Nature, types and components
- Population distribution in the world
- Components of the human environment : Agriculture , settlement and population
- Components of physical environment: Atmosphere , natural vegetation , landforms, rocks and water
- Mountains and Plateaus
- Review of the content of Geography and History for class 9th, 10th
- Review of the content of Geography and History for Inter Level
Part IV
- Different teaching methods as given below will be demonstrated practically in the class room using appropriate content: e g.
- Lecture method
- Project method
- Discussion method
- Activity method
- Problem solving
- Text book method
- Role playing
- Questioning- answering
- Illustration and Demonstration
- Programmed Instructions