ByME Social Science 5 UNIT 1 The Universe In this unit, your students will review and extend their knowledge of the Universe, Solar System, our own planet Earth and the Moon. They will begin to study the Universe Universe and elestial elestial bodies, bodies, fousing on the planet Earth, the Moon, and spae explorat exploration. ion. In partiular, they will start to learn about the e!ets of the Earth"s rotation and revolution, and the e!et of the Sun and the Moon on the Earth. #t this stage, students should en$oy learning about the Universe and in partiular about how the movements of elestial bodies are evident in the hange from night to day, in the hanges in season, and in the movements of the tide. Many students will have a natural uriosity about spae, and will be fasinated to learn about the stars, planets, and moons, and about man"s exploration of spae. This unit an open the students" eyes to some of the most important sienti% advanes in the &'th and &(st enturies. VALUES AND ATTITUDES In this unit, the students will learn about the uni)ueness of the Earth, and how important it is to safeguard the environment for our own and future generations. They will learn about man"s exploration of spae, and the fat that, so far, we are the only living beings known to exist in the Universe.
* The uni)ue role of humans on the planet. * The importane of not damaging the environment. Fragile worldStudents read about spae debris and will learn about the importane of disposing of rubbish responsibly and looking after the environment. #t this age, hildren should be taking more responsibility for looking after the environment, and they will learn about the damage that rubbish and litter an ause, whether in spae or on Earth.
UNIT !e"resen#ing #he Ear#h The students will will learn about about the four four di!erent di!erent omponents whih make make up the Earth+ the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. aving studied these four spheres, the students will then move on to study their representation in the form of maps, starting with geographi oordinates, and moving on to politial, physial and weather maps. Students will also learn how to put this information into a more pratial ontext by learning how to use maps, how to alulate distane, and the importane and use of digital maps. This unit not only only helps the students students learn learn about where where they live, but also how to interpret information in the form of various types of maps and apply it to their own lives. These are lifelong skills whih the students will en$oy learning and using.
VALUES AND ATTITUDES In this unit, the students will learn more about the omponents of the Earth and how they interat. They will also learn about how tehnology an help preserve the environment, partiularly about mapping and monitoring endangered animals.
* ow we interat with the natural world. * ow we an map and monitor the planet, and its inhabitants, to protet them and the environment. Fragile worldStudents will learn how ommuniation satellites an help us navigate using -S, and how in turn, this an be used to monitor and protet the environment.
UNIT $ %li&a#e and wea#her The students will learn about the importane of limate and weather. They will learn about the di!erent omponents whih a!et the limate, and how this shapes the lives of the people, animals and plants whih are found living there. The e!ets of weather are also explored as well as the ways in whih weather is measured and represented. /e all experiene limate and weather+ this unit will help the students understand and desribe these natural phenomena. The %nal part of the unit deals with the e!et of humans on the weather, and limate hange. The students will learn that we too a!et the environment, and what we an do to redue this impat. VALUES AND ATTITUDES In this unit the students will learn about the weather, and limate, two fators whih in0uene the way humans live all over the world. They will learn about gathering data, and how to interpret the results in a meaningful and relevant way. They will study how elements suh as relief and altitude a!et the limate, and how plants and animals adapt themselves to the limate 1ones. Fragile worldStudents learn about the theory of global warming and its impat on Earth. They will read about the auses of global warming through the aumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and they will hypothesise on the possible e!ets of a global rise in temperatures. They will also learn about the 2yoto rotool, and how we an help redue emissions and our arbon footprint.
UNIT ' S"ain(s "oli#ics and c)l#)re In this unit, the students will learn about the di!erent regions and autonomous ommunities in Spain. They will learn about the fators whih make eah region distint from eah other as well as those that they have in ommon. They will also learn about the governane of Spain, about demoray and how it funtions, the onstitution, the rights and obligations of both the government and the iti1ens of Spain, and the di!erent governing bodies. In addition, they will put their learning into pratie with demoray in the lassroom in the %nal setion of the unit.
VALUES AND ATTITUDES In this unit the students will learn about the politial and soial struture of Spain. They will study iti1en and government roles within the ountry and about the importane of the eletoral proess. The unit highlights the funtion of the di!erent bodies of the state, the role of regional government and most importantly, the role of the iti1en in governing a ountry.
The role of government. The role of the iti1en.
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Fragile worldStudents will learn about the role of demoray in Spain and why eletions and voting are of importane.
UNIT 5 S"anish "o")la#ion In this unit the students will learn about the hanging patterns of population aross Spain. 3irstly they will learn to identify the di!erent groups within a population, and whih fators a!et the inrease and derease of ertain groups, and how population patterns are di!erent from one ountry to another. They will learn about the fators whih a!et emigration, internal migration and immigration, and how this has hanged the population of Spain in the last entury. VALUES AND ATTITUDES In this unit the students will apply the knowledge they learn in a pratial way and will learn to view migration patterns as a historial proess.
* The students will learn about migration and integration. * They should study the e!ets of migration and the bene%ts it brings. Fragile world This area highlights the reasons for migratory movements and the bene%ts this an bring to soiety.
UNIT * E)ro"e This unit fouses on Europe as a physial and geographial entity and on the European Union as a politial and soial entity. The students will study the di!erent geographial features of Europe, and will also look at the population of Europe as a whole. This will revise the areas they studied in Unit & and Unit 4. They will then go on to study the European Union and its di!erent member states. ere they will onentrate on the di!erent aspets of the Union, inluding its di!erent symbols, and its institutions. The fous will be on the bene%ts whih being a member brings to the di!erent member states, enapsulated in the motto 5United in diversity". VALUES AND ATTITUDES The students will bene%t from learning about di!erent ountries, their people and their ulture. They will learn a tolerant and inlusive attitude towards others and will learn to respet and aept diversity.
#dditionally, the students will do a researh pro$et on their own, using traditional and more innovative methods to disover new information. They will gain on%dene by presenting their work to their peers and evaluating their knowledge. Fragile world In this setion the students will study their rights as EU iti1ens, and learn that that these ome with ertain responsibilities. They will ontras their rights within the EU with those of Spain whih they studied in Unit 6.
UNIT + The Middle Ages In this unit your students will review and extend their knowledge of the history of the Iberian eninsula during the Middle #ges and learn about the rise and fall of the ivilisations and religions that existed at that time. They will plae the Middle #ges in historial ontext and identify the de%ning harateristis of the preeding periods. Students will study the origins and development of the 7isigoth, Muslim and 8hristian ivilisations, their soial and eonomi organisation and politial development. They will learn about the most important partiipants and deisive moments in their existene, as well as their ultural legay. They will also learn about the oexistene and ollaboration of Muslims, 9ews and 8hristians in #l:#ndalus and the important role these played in Spain"s development ;for example, The Toledo Shool of Translators<. They will also explore the ultural in0uene of the =eon)uista ;for example, El 8id< and the origins and importane of the /ay of Saint 9ames.Students will learn about ities in #l:#ndalus and the 8hristian 2ingdoms, how they were designed and what people did there. Students will en$oy imagining what it would be like to live in a medieval ity.Students will also en$oy learning about the four arhitetural styles of the Middle #ges. They will use I8T to researh how this rih mixture of styles an still be seen in a modern Spanish ity ;Toledo<. VALUES AND ATTITUDESIn this unit the students will ooperate with eah other to reate presentations, assigning and taking responsibility for di!erent tasks.
Students will use I8T to searh for spei% information. They will analyse and interpret their %ndings to ful%l a given set of riteria. The importane of ritial thinking skills will be highlighted and students will be expeted to take responsibility for their learning. Fragile worldStudents will reognise the enrihing ultural and soio: eonomi e!ets of tolerant oexistene between people of di!erent faiths.
UNIT , S"ain in #he 15#h and 1* #h cen#)ries In this unit students will learn about Spain in the (4th and (>th enturies. They will identify the year (6?& as the beginning of the Modern #ge. They
will learn about the uni%ation of Spain under the 8atholi Monarhs Isabel I and 3ernando II, their on)uest of -ranada and the politial reforms they introdued, inluding the establishment of the In)uisition and the expulsion of the 9ews. Students will study the auses and onse)uenes of the disovery of #meria, for example the searh for spies and the importation of new foods, as well as some of the key explorers and navigators of the time, suh as 8olumbus, 8ort@s, Magellan and i1arro. They will reognise the on)uest of #meria and the subse)uent boom in trade of preious metals and exoti produts as key fators in the growing power of Spain. They will learn about the organisation, expansion and development of the Spanish empire under 8arlos I and 3ilipe II. They will identify 8arlos I of Spain ;8arlos 7 of -ermany< as the %rst king of the absburg dynasty and that he divided his empire between his brother, 3ernando, and son, 3ilipe. Students will learn about the further expansion of the Spanish empire under 3ilipe II, inluding the defeat of ortugal and the a)uisition of its #merian, #frian and #sian territories. They will learn about the deisive vitory against the Attoman empire at the Battle of Cepanto, as well as the failed attempt to invade England in (4DD. They will also learn about the worsening politial, eonomi and soial osts of leading and maintaining suh a large empire. Students will use I8T to researh the in0uene of the =enaissane on di!erent artists and artworks in Spain and Europe. Using their researh, they will produe written and oral presentations on their hosen =enaissane artwork. VALUES AND ATTITUDES Students will ooperate with eah other to reate written and oral presentations, assigning and taking responsibility for di!erent tasks.
Students will use I8T to searh for spei% information, analysing and interpreting their %ndings to ful%l a given set of riteria. The importane of ritial thinking skills will be highlighted and students will be expeted to take responsibility for their learning. Fragile world Students will reognise the importane of the =enaissane and its in0uene on European art.
UNIT - S"ain in #he 1+#h and 1, #h cen#)ries In this unit, students will learn about Spain in the Early Modern #ge. They will learn about the eonomi and politial deline of the (th entury, the rise of the validos during the reigns of 3elipe III, 3elipe I7 and 8arlos II, the replaement of the absburg by the Bourbon dynasty and the soial and politial reforms introdued by 3elipe 7 and his suessors during the (Dth entury. They will learn about the ost of the Thirty Fears" /ar and the
resulting loss of territory, inluding ortugal, as well as the auses and onse)uenes of other key events suh as the expulsion of the Morisos and the Spanish /ar of Suession. Students will study the two main artisti styles of the period, identifying the de%ning harateristis of =enaissane and Baro)ue art and lassifying famous examples, as well as exploring the ideas and in0uene of the Enlightenment. They will also onsider the soial ine)uality depited in, and the politial message behind, the works of artists and writers from the -olden #ge. They will use I8T to researh =enaissane and Baro)ue artists and writers in order to produe texts and oral presentations using aademi language on their hosen artwork. VALUES AND ATTITUDES Students will ooperate with eah other to reate lear, organised written texts and oral presentations, assigning and taking responsibility for di!erent tasks.
Students will use I8T to searh for spei% information, analysing and interpreting their %ndings to ful%l a given set of riteria. The importane of ritial thinking skills will be highlighted and students will be expeted to take responsibility for their learning. Fragile world In 3ragile world, students will explore the soial ine)uality of the Early Modern #ge in Spain through the works of Murillo and 8ervantes. They will think ritially about what it means to be privileged and unprivileged.
Apinions will be expeted of the students regarding soial $ustie. #lso, they will be re)uired to determine historial periods of greater or lesser e)uality, arguing their rationale.
