Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District
Secondary Personnel
Number /: ⟦illegible⟧
Date /: ⟦illegible⟧ / 11 / 1958
To /
Administrations of all Preparatory, Secondary, and Primary Schools
Subject / Curriculum Amendments
Attached herewith is the list of amendments decided to be implemented in the curricula and books
of science for the three educational stages: primary, preparatory, and secondary.
Please, after reviewing them, inform the male and female teachers
who are concerned with the subject to act accordingly.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education for the Baghdad District
A copy to /
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Curricula, Books, and Illustration Aids
Your letter 51735 on 20 / 11 / 958
Inspectors of the district (male and female) / in sufficient copies
Book warehouses belonging to this directorate
Primary Personnel Observation
" " Secondary
Ms. Saeeda and Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
Please notify the specialized professors of this letter
and request them to make the changes in the new curriculum
Abd Aoun
7 / 12 / 1958
1- Ms. Saeeda
2- Mr. Fouad Abbas
3- " Maurice Anni
4- " Alfred Nassi
5- " Mr. Yousef Younan
6- " Hazem Shash
Fursan Ahmed /
- 13 - Deletion of equations No. 1 and 2 from p. 326 and the problems related to them.
- 14 - Adding practical information to item 20 p. 341 including the travel of sound waves against
the wind and their speed during the night and day.
- 15 - Deletion of the explanation of Figure 42 p. 345.
- 16 - Deletion of Figure 43 p. 347.
- 17 - Simplifying item 25 p. 355 and adding some acoustic properties of buildings (reverberation and black
sound-absorbing materials) and describing some common musical instruments such as the drum, trumpet, violin, oud
and piano.
Part Two
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- 1 - Deletion of item 17 p. 23.
- 2 - In item 23, the weight thermometer is replaced by the density bottle to find the coefficient of apparent
volumetric expansion of liquids.
- 3 - In item 71, the subject of comparison between lenses and spherical mirrors in terms of focal length
and center of curvature is added.
- 4 - Chapter (11) regarding the nature of light is deleted.
- 5 - Deletion of the seventh item p. 324.
- 6 - In Chapter Six, after item 109, the relationship between the electromotive force
of the battery and the potential difference across its terminals is added.
- 7 - Chapter Five is limited to the study of the diode and triode electronic valves
and the photoelectric cell only.
General Chemistry Curriculum for the Fourth Scientific Grade
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The prescribed book is studied starting from the first chapter to the end of the eighteenth chapter, taking into account the following:
- 1 - The following is omitted from Chapter Three:
a - Reasons for the non-precipitation of solute particles in a colloidal solution.
b - Some colloidal and related phenomena.
c - The solvent effect of water.
d - Osmosis and osmotic pressure.
- 2 - The following is observed in Chapter Four: - (It is sufficient to teach the topics listed below):
a - It is sufficient to define the laws of chemical union while giving an illustrative example for each of them.
b - Dalton's atomic theory.
c - Avogadro's law.
d - Gay-Lussac's law of combining gas volumes, and the rest of the chapter's contents are omitted.
- 3 - Cannizzaro's method for volatile compounds is deleted from Chapter Seven.
To be continued
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4- In Chapter Nineteen, the following shall be observed:
Problems related to explosive gases are solved according to the usual chemical calculation methods, considering them as
normal combustion.
5- The following is deleted from Chapter Eleven:
a- Heat of reaction and Hess's Law
b- Law of Mass Action
6- The decay of radioactive elements is deleted from Chapter Twelve.
7- Chemical equivalents for oxidizing and reducing agents are deleted from Chapter Fourteen, and no
mathematical problems shall be given on them.
8- The following is deleted from Chapter Fifteen:
a- Classification of chemical substances b- Döbereiner's triads c- Newlands' classification
9- The following is deleted from Chapter Sixteen:
a- Volumetric and gravimetric composition of water
10- Ozone is deleted from Chapter Seventeen (it is sufficient to mention it as an allotrope of oxygen).
11- Air analysis is deleted from Chapter Eighteen.
General Chemistry Curriculum for the Fifth Scientific Grade
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The prescribed textbook is studied starting from Chapter Nineteen to the end of the book, taking into account the following:-
1- Fluorine is deleted from Chapter Nineteen (its preparation, existence, properties, and chlorine and oxygen acids
(Hypochlorous, Chloric, Perchloric).
2- The following is deleted from Chapter Twenty-One:-
a- Phosphine
3- The entire Twenty-Second Chapter is deleted except for arsenic poisoning and its detection.
4- The following is deleted from Chapter Twenty-Three:-
a- Producer gas b- Cyanogen gas c- Hydrocyanic acid d- Water gas
5- (Rubber. Turpentine) are deleted from Chapter Twenty-Six.
6- The entire Thirty-First Chapter is deleted.
7- The following is deleted from Chapter Thirty-Three:-
a- Potassium (its ores, locations, extraction, benefits, properties, comparison with sodium,
its hydroxide, due to its similarity to sodium).
8- Everything related to gold in Chapter Thirty-Four is deleted.
9- The following is deleted from Chapter Thirty-Six:-
a- Everything present about magnesium b- Zinc carbonate
10- Aluminum alloys are deleted from Chapter Thirty-Seven.
11- In Chapter Thirty-Nine, it is sufficient to teach the reactions of potassium dichromate and potassium
permanganate, and the rest of the chapter's contents are omitted.
12- Nickel is deleted from Chapter Forty.
To be continued
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Elementary Chemistry Curriculum for the Second Intermediate Grade
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The prescribed textbook (Elementary Chemistry) is studied while taking the following into account: -
1- The kinetic theory of gases is deleted from Chapter Two, item 29
2- Chapter Six is deleted except for the general properties of salts, item 49
3- The method of preparing hydrogen from the reaction of water vapor with heated iron is deleted from Chapter Seven.
4- The following is deleted from Chapter Eight.
A- The specific equation for the reaction of alum with water B- Item (66) Compound water - Cavendish experiment -
In Chapter Ten, it is sufficient to study the hydrochloric acid lesson in terms of its preparation, properties, benefits, and detection of chlorides. The rest of the chapter's contents are deleted.
6- The following is deleted from Chapter Eleven: -
A- Preparation of nitrogen from its compounds
B- Nitrogen oxides
C- Ammonium compounds (and its sulfates)
D- Nitrogenous compounds in the explosives industry
7- The following is deleted from Chapter Fourteen: -
A- Preparation of phosphorus (phosphorus pentoxide, phosphorus trisulfide, phosphoric acid)
B- Phosphorus compounds
8- From Chapter Fifteen, only carbonates and <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> / and bicarbonates, item (122), are deleted.
9- From Chapter Eighteen, only the following matters are studied.
A- Petroleum (how it is formed, its extraction, its refining.)
B- Gaseous fuel (natural gas, coal gas). As for the rest of the contents of this chapter, they are omitted.
10- Chapter Twenty-Three is deleted in its entirety
11- The following is deleted from Chapter Twenty-Four.
A- Detection of iron salts B- Detection of copper salts
12- The following is deleted from Chapter Twenty-Five: -
A- Detection of zinc compounds B- Detection of lead compounds in pigments and dyes
D- Detection of aluminum salts
13- Chapter Twenty-Six is deleted in its entirety
14- Chapter Twenty-Seven is deleted in its entirety
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Accounts
Number /: 42512
Date /: 12/8/1960
To all Intermediate and Secondary School Administrations
Subject / Adjustment of a book price
The Ministry of Education decided in its letter 61979 on 11/1/1960 to adjust the price of the book
Intermediate Algebra Part 2, Sixth Edition, for the third intermediate grade, making it 159 one hundred and fifty-nine
fils instead of 159 fifty-nine fils, please act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Khalil Fayyad al-Jubouri
For the Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Administration / Ministry of Education - for information.
Secondary Accounts - Mr. Kadhim Mu'adalah.
K / 7
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Accounts
Number /: 42514
Date /: 12/8/1960
To all Intermediate and Secondary School Administrations
Subject / Pricing of books
The Ministry of Education decided in its letter 61980 on 11/1/1960 to price the books listed
below at the prices shown against each of them, please act accordingly.
Book Name | Edition | Grade Taught In | Price
Biology | Seventh | Second Intermediate | 118 one hundred and eighteen fils
Religion and Refinement | Sixth | Fifth Primary | 36 thirty-six fils
Intermediate Algebra Part 1 | Seventh | Second Intermediate | 106 one hundred and six fils
Moral Duties | Eighth | Fourth Primary | 45 forty-five fils
⟦signature⟧
Khalil Fayyad al-Jubouri
For the Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Administration at the Ministry of Education - for information.
Secondary Accounts / for circulation on your part to primary schools.
Secondary / Mr. Kadhim Mu'adalah.
K / 7
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
Number /: 40245
Date /: 20 / 10 / 1960
To: Administrations of secondary and preparatory schools affiliated with this
Directorate.
We list for you below the curriculum for (Literature and Texts) for the fifth grade
Literary Branch. Please act accordingly.
For filing
No harm in notifying
2 / 11 / 60
Arabic teachers were informed of the curriculum even though it differs from the ministerial curriculum
Badr Faris Al-Saad
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to:
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Curricula, Books and Means of
Illustration, its letter 58326 on 22 / 10 / 60
General Inspectorate of Education
Assistant of Personnel
Secondary Personnel
Secondary Book Store
Literature and Texts for the Fifth Grade - Literary Branch
(1) Introduction to the literary life of the Abbasid eras, explaining them and the characteristics
of literature in them. With a clear reference to the emergence of regions and environments.
(2) Texts of poetry showing the mixing of civilizations and texts showing various purposes
explained and commented on critically. Biography of a poet (such as Abu Tammam and Abu Firas) and introduction
to others.
(3) Prose texts showing the mixing of civilizations and texts showing various types of prose such as oratory,
will, letter, tale, and Maqama. Biography of a writer (Al-Jahiz) and introduction to others.
(4) Introduction to Andalusian literature, explained poetic texts, lost. Muwashshah.
And a biography of a poet (Ibn Zaydun), introduction to others, a word on prose.
Note: Students study no less than (300) verses and (150) lines and memorize
(150) verses and (50) lines distributed over the studied texts with
consideration for citation and representation.
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