CONCEPT AND SCOPE OF CURRICULUM

Curriculum should be conceived as an epitome of the rounded whole of the knowledge and experience of the human race

CHARACTERISTICS OF CURRICULUM

* Totality of experiences * Totality of activities * Total school environment * Achievement of goals

MEANING OF SOCIAL STUDIES

Social study is a study of relations and interrelations,historical,geographical and social.

SCOPE OF SOCIAL STUDIES

Study of human relationships Study of man in his surroundings Study of society Study of current affairs Study of human relationship with environment

NATURE OF SOCIAL STUDIES

Integrated and unified Dynamic subject Study of communities Study of web of relationship Creation of responsible citizens

SOCIAL STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Common content Common center of focus No hard and fast line Adaptation of social sciences

RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL STUDIES WITH ART

Interdependence
Art and social studies are deeply interrelated and one without referring to the other remain meaningless. One helps in making the teaching of the other meaningful concrete.

CHARACTERSTICS OF SOCIAL SCEINCES

Cultural knowledge Advanced studies Findings new tooths Disciplined knowlege

AIMS OF TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

To direct effort To avoid wastage To evaluate our selves To select reading material

VALUES OF TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

Informative value Intellectual value Social value Cultural value Ethical value