San Marino Scuola Media Inferiore Curriculum - History, Sammarinese History, Civics and Geography

History and Sammarinese History

The history curriculum at the Scuola Media Inferiore aims to provide students with the necessary tools to understand their place in time and space. It emphasizes the connection between local and global history, fostering a sense of belonging and responsible citizenship. The curriculum covers a broad range of historical periods, from prehistory to the present day, with a focus on European, Italian, and Sammarinese history.

Key learning objectives include:

• Understanding historical events and processes, identifying key characteristics, and placing them in their spatial and temporal context.
• Comprehending transformations and innovations in political, economic, and cultural systems.
• Establishing relationships between historical facts, understanding cause and effect, succession, and contemporaneity.
• Recognizing similarities and differences between events across different eras and locations.
• Developing critical thinking skills to reflect on contemporary issues.
• Exploring the impact of national and supranational events on the local territory.
• Understanding the foundations of institutions and socio-political norms of different peoples and civilizations.
• Recognizing and analyzing elements of democratic systems, such as participation and representation.
• Comparing and contrasting contemporary institutions with those of the past.
• Distinguishing and selecting various types of historical sources.
• Using different sources to produce knowledge on defined topics.
• Reading and interpreting historical, geographical, and thematic maps.
• Using specific disciplinary language to discuss historical knowledge and concepts.
• Summarizing key data, re-elaborating diagrams and/or concept maps, and presenting them effectively.
• Understanding the main events and institutions of Sammarinese history and their functions.

Methodologies employed include:

• Analytical and selective reading of textbooks.
• Creating summaries using concept maps, tables, and diagrams.
• Lectures and discussions.
• Analysis of cartographic, iconographic, and various historical sources.
• Individual and group research activities.
• Use of guides, newspapers, specialized magazines, encyclopedias, atlases, films, dictionaries, and multimedia materials.
• Guided discussions.
• Field trips.
• Meetings with experts and witnesses of our time.

Civics and Geography

The civics and geography curriculum aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to navigate the complexities of the modern world, both locally and globally. It emphasizes active citizenship, intercultural understanding, and respect for diversity.

Key learning objectives include:

• Understanding the geographical, demographic, and economic identities of various non-European countries.
• Addressing issues related to landscape protection as natural and cultural heritage.
• Understanding the concepts of globalization, sustainable development, and climate change.
• Exploring the cultural identities of different countries, including traditions, languages, religions, and political systems.
• Using textbooks, atlases, and other information sources effectively.
• Reading and interpreting various types of maps, tables, graphs, and images.
• Identifying transformations in an environment over time.
• Understanding the relationship between physical and human aspects of an environment.
• Identifying cause-and-effect relationships within an environment.
• Using tables, graphs, maps, and images appropriately.
• Extracting information from diverse sources and interpreting it.
• Consolidating knowledge and use of specific geographical vocabulary.
• Understanding San Marino's role in international organizations.

Methodologies employed include:

• Analytical and selective reading of textbooks.
• Creating summaries using concept maps, tables, and diagrams.
• Lectures and discussions.
• Direct and indirect observation of environments and landscapes.
• Collective correction of exercises.
• Analysis of cartographic, iconographic, and documentary material.
• Individual and group research and/or in-depth study activities.
• Use of guides, tourist brochures, newspapers, specialized magazines, encyclopedias, atlases, films, and digital resources.
• Guided discussions to foster comparison, formulate hypotheses, identify similarities and differences, and reflect on cause-and-effect relationships.
• Field trips.

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