Social Studies Teaching Package for District Pakpattan

 Author                    SAHE

 Published                SAHE

 Date                       2002

Abstract

This district based social studies pack aims to guide teachers to the streamlined teaching of the social studies of a particular region. By targeting the specific district of Pakpattan, it attempts to sensitize the children of that district to the relevance of their education to their surroundings and lives. The pack provides teachers with curriculum related to Pakpattan’s basic topography, cities and population. It seeks to make students aware of their heritage by including Harappa, the shrines of local saints and local folklore extensively in the teaching content, and also provides a timeline of Pakpattan’s history. The pack attempts to include aspects of social studies that would be useful for each child in every day life, and therefore incorporates games, task cards and projects that help in educating the child according to the particular needs of Pakpattan and also guides the teacher on how to use these exercises to test and educate their pupils. Consequently, the pack contains many exercises on farming and keeping the environment clean. It also introduces pupils to reading signs, newspapers and maps, and to the importance of the fire brigade, rescue 15 and hospitals in Pakpattan. It seeks to familiarize students to the notion of responsibility and making choices and further attempts to help students to look around them, and to link other people, the past and the present to their own lives. The social studies pack forms a complete guide to the teaching of social studies in and of Pakpattan by combining fun activities with education.