Topic Covered
- The Emirate in Modern Times
Geography
- Ask and answer geographical questions (such as: What is this place like? What or who will I see in this place? What do people do in this place?).
- Identify the key features of a location in order to say whether it is a city, town, village, coastal or rural area.
- Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the Ras Al Khaimah.
- Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the school and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.
- Use aerial images and plan perspectives to recognize landmarks and basic physical features.
- Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of an area.
- Identify land use around an area.
- Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical and human features.
- Use compass directions (north, south, east and west) and locational language (e.g. near and far) to describe the location of features and routes on a map.
- Devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key.
- Use simple grid references (A1, B1).
History
- Observe or handle evidence to ask questions and find answers to questions about the past.
- Ask questions such as: What was it like for people? What happened? How long ago?
- Use artefacts, pictures, stories, online sources and databases to find out about the past.
- Identify some of the different ways the past has been represented.
- Describe historical events.
- Describe significant people from the past.
- Recognize that there are reasons why people in the past acted as they did.
- Place events and artefacts in order on a time line.
- Label time lines with words or phrases such as: past, present, older and newer.
- Recount changes that have occurred in their own lives.
- Use dates where appropriate.
- Use words and phrases such as: a long time ago, recently, when my parents/ careers were children, years, decades and centuries to describe the passing of time.
- Show an understanding of the concept of nation and a nation’s history.
Assessment
- Observations of children’s written and oral responses during each lesson.
- Use of the vocabulary associated with each lesson.
- Completion of work related to the topics covered.
Cross Curricular Links
- UAE SS/Moral Education – links to UAE culture and heritage and also to the wider world.
- Literacy skills developed – Speaking, listening, reading and writing.
- Art – creating crafts, posters and work related to the topics covered.
- Find a relevant source of information for specific topics from printed and non-printed material (e.g. technology, picture books)
- Gather information from listening to videos, guest speakers or reading texts with the help of the teacher.
- Recognise and interpret key symbols on a map and indicates the directions and information on it.
- Draw pictures and writes captions to describe a personal experience in relation to various topics.
- Participate in class discussions of past or present the topic.
https://history.visitrasalkhaimah.com/chapters/the-emirate-in-modern-times/
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