Primary Social Studies Teachers' Guide (Grades K - 2)

HOW THE GUIDE IS ORGANIZED

The teachers’ guide is a stimulus to encourage teachers to make the learning of Social Studies meaningful, challenging, active, integrative and value -based. The guide is organized in such a way to provide teachers with relevant and useful suggestions on various aspects of Social Studies teaching and learning. The section on the purpose of the guide is to provide a general overview of the emphases and focus of the guide. The purpose is followed by the Social Studies learning outcomes. The goals of Social Studies are presented following the purpose. Teachers are encouraged to keep these goals in mind as they plan for instruction. The section on Values Education, which follows, reinforces the importance of incorporating personal and societial values in Social Studies lessons.