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Chapter Three - Major Global Issues:
1 - The United Nations: Its most important organizations and goals in brief.
2 - The International Court of Justice.
3 - Military blocs and alliances and Iraq's position towards them.
(Fourth and Fifth Secondary Grades)
Study of Society and its Problems
Teaching national and social education in the fourth and fifth secondary grades in the
form of units and problems where the student learns about the nature of these problems, their causes, and how to find
solutions for them.
«Proposed problems to be taught»
1 - The population problem in Iraq. Underpopulation, distribution, and migration from the countryside to
the cities.
2 - The problem of illiteracy and ignorance.
3 - Poverty widespread among the general public.
4 - The problem of the spread of diseases among citizens.
5 - The problem of living disparity and how to raise the income level.
6 - Agriculture: How to improve agricultural methods, the land problem - the Agrarian Reform
Law.
7 - How to industrialize the country: Establishing large factories. Local industry. Its importance and means of
encouraging it.
8 - Study of the Labor and Social Security Law.
9 - The problem of women: The veil, marriage, divorce.
10- The problem of blind partisan and intellectual fanaticism and intolerance: Its dangers and treatment.
11- Study of public opinion and how to enlighten and explain it. A - Sense of responsibility.
B - Its rights. C - Its duties.
12- The problem of national unity and its necessity for the Iraqi people.
13- Parties: The goals of the parties and the limits within which they practice their activities to reach
these goals.
14- The press: Its goals, the qualities of an honest press.
15- Unions and federations.
16- Arab nationalism, its origin. Its nature and liberation movements in the Arab world.
17- The problem of colonialism in the Arab world.
18- The Zionist problem: Its dangers, cooperation between it and colonialism.
19- The Palestinian problem: The role of colonialism and its agents in creating it.
20- The Arab League: Its establishment, goals, work, and the problems it faces.
21- The problem of fragmentation and unity in the Arab world.
22- The problem of conflict and competition between Arab governments: Its nature, causes, and treatment.
23- The difference between the Eastern and Western blocs: Its causes, the principle of peaceful coexistence.
24- The Bandung Conference and the policy of positive neutrality and non-alignment.
25- The United Nations: Its organizations, the problems it faces.
26- Democracy: Its origin, nature, factors that help its growth, its foundations:
Freedom and equality.
27- World peace: Its nature and importance for science and humanity.
28- Science and its impact on serving and making humanity happy.
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa Very Urgent Number
Personnel / Secondary Date
To -
Administrations of all official and private secondary and intermediate schools
Affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Social Science Curricula
For Intermediate and Secondary Education
Attached herewith is one copy of the social science curricula for the academic year 959 / 960
For intermediate and secondary education to act accordingly.
Jamil Nassif
On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to -
General Directorate of Education - Curricula and Books - Your letter 101112 on 9/11/959
General Inspectorate of Education for information
Secondary Personnel - with a copy of the curricula
Professor ⟦...⟧
Please inform the social studies teachers
School ⟦...⟧
15/11/1959
Nouri 12
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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Prescribed curricula for girls' schools and gardens for girls, first intermediate grade, for the academic year 1959 / 1960
Unit One - Water ⟦line⟧
Approval of the Ministry of Education
4544
25 / 10 / 1959
Professor Ahmed
Please keep this curriculum in the relevant file after the specialized teachers have reviewed it
1 - Water in our lives
The body's need for water
The importance of water for animal life
The importance of water for plants ⟦line⟧
The importance of water for irrigation
The water cycle in plants ⟦line⟧
2 - Drinking water ⟦line⟧
Water sources
Drinking water and health
Potable water
Drinking water filtration
Water filtration in villages and rural areas
Filtration and sterilization of water in cities
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Composition of sweat
The function of water in removing dirt
Cleaning clothes with water and soap
Removing stains from clothes
Changing water temperature
Cooling drinking water in summer
Ice making
4 - Heat: its benefits and how to measure it
Heat sources
Measuring temperature - the thermometer and its use
Using heat in cooking
Benefits of cooking
Types of cooking
Functions of water in cooking food
Cooking in pressure cookers
5 - Water resources
Fisheries wealth in Iraq
Fishing methods in Iraq
Development of fisheries wealth in Iraq
Unit Two - Air
1 - Components of atmospheric air
What is the active element in air
Preparation of oxygen
Properties of oxygen
Oxidation and combustion as a chemical union process
Composition of atmospheric air
Other substances that enter into the composition of air
Carbon dioxide
Water vapor
Inert gases in the air
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2 - The importance of air in respiration
Respiratory system diseases
(1) Common cold (2) Tonsillitis (3) Adenoiditis (4) Influenza (5) Bronchitis (6) Pneumonia.
Suffocation
1) Increase in the percentage of carbon dioxide and lack of oxygen in the air
2) Inhalation of toxic gases (3) Drowning (4) Being under rubble (5) Entry of a foreign body into the respiratory system.
3 - Atmospheric pressure and its impact on human life
Pressure
The atmosphere and its importance in our lives
Does air have weight?
Does atmospheric air have pressure?
Magdeburg experiment
Measuring atmospheric pressure
Torricelli's experiment
Barometers: Mercury barometer and aneroid barometer
Variation in atmospheric pressure and its significance
The relationship between the volume of a limited amount of gas and its pressure
Boyle's Law
Study of some machines based on atmospheric pressure
Syringe
Dropper
Siphon
Suction pump
Air vacuum.
4 - Air as a medium for transmission
Air carries dust and dirt
Air carries microbes
Air carries pollen and seeds
Movement of birds in the air
Air as a medium for sound transmission
How the ear perceives sound
Protecting the ear
Unit Three - Housing in our lives
Introduction
Establishing modern life
Establishing healthy housing
1) House area and location 2) Developing the engineering design for the house (3) Providing the house with fresh water (4) Sewage drainage.
The old method of sewage drainage
The modern method of sewage drainage
5) Lighting in the home: Oil lamp. Electric lamp.
6) Ventilation and heating - heating rooms - heating methods - methods used in heating - preparation of charcoal
How heating is done.
7) Cleanliness of the dwelling - daily cleaning - harmful insects and animals in the home - combating harmful insects and animals.
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Building Materials
1 - Stones (2) Bricks (3) Concrete (4) Binding Materials (or Mortar)
Binding materials that resist moisture - Lime. Cement mortar. Binding materials that do not resist moisture. Gypsum. Plaster. Clay.
5 - Damp-proofing
The Housing Problem in Iraq
Unit Four - First Aid and Home Nursing
First - First Aid - Importance of first aid and methods of performing it.
1 - Wounds. First aid for wounds. Bandaging the wound. 2 - Bleeding. Stopping the bleeding. Epistaxis. Nosebleed.
3 - Burns - First-degree burns - Second-degree burns - Third-degree burns.
Burns resulting from some chemical substances
Sunstroke
4 - Bone and joint injuries
Fractures
First aid for fractures
Dislocation of joints
Sprain.
5 - Transporting the injured person
6 - Insect stings and bites from some animals
Scorpion sting
Snake bite
Bee and wasp stings
Bites from some animals such as dogs and cats
7 - Drowning and artificial respiration
8 - Fainting
Second - Home Nursing
1 - Preparing the patient's room and caring for their bed
2 - Cleaning the patient
3 - Measuring the patient's temperature
4 - Counting the patient's pulse and respiration and the method of recording them.
5 - Compresses
6 - Poultice
7 - Enemas
8 - Giving medication to the patient
Syllabus vocabulary for the subject of General Science and Health
For the second intermediate grade for the year 1959 - 1960 -
Unit One: Machines in our lives
Development of machines, benefits of machines in human life in terms of saving effort, saving time, increasing production and improving
transportation, maintaining machines from damage, prevention of machine hazards.
Levers and lifters, types of levers, benefits of levers, the regular scale, the sensitive scale, the
steelyard scale, pulleys, gears.
The steam engine, the internal combustion engine, the electric generator (dynamo), its construction and making a simple model of it
The electric motor
Unit Two: Transportation and its importance in our lives
The importance of transportation in our lives, the development of means of transportation
Land transport: its importance and the development of its methods
How a bicycle moves
The bicycle, the train, the car
Water transport: the impact of water transport on human life, river navigation in Iraq, maritime navigation
in Iraq.
Floating of objects on water, determining the density of a liquid, determining the density of a solid object, the upward thrust of water on objects
placed in it, Archimedes' principle, the law of buoyancy.
How a ship determines its direction in the open sea, the marine compass, why magnetic objects take
a fixed direction.
Air transport: the balloon and modern balloons
The airplane: its shape, the engine, the tail, the wings, the jet plane, the helicopter -
Iraq's atmosphere and aviation, some wired means of communication: the telegraph, the transmitter and receiver, common
telegraph devices, the telephone. The transmitter and receiver.
Unit Three: Fuel and its impact on our lives
The meaning of fuel, fire and its impact on human life, the most important purposes for which fuel is used.
Types of fuel - First - Solid fuel.
A - Wood, its composition, its combustion in air, heating it in isolation from air
B - Charcoal: its properties and uses
C - Coal: its formation in nature, its extraction. Its uses, destructive distillation
of coal and its products: coke, retort carbon, tar and its distillation products
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Ammonia liquid, coal gas
( 2 ) Liquid fuel, its advantages, its types.
Petroleum: its formation in nature, its presence, its extraction, its refining, the most important petroleum refining products
B - Alcohol, its preparation and its uses.
( 3 ) Gaseous fuel
1 - Natural gas, B - Coal gas, C - Producer gas, D - Water gas, E - Acetylene
, preparation of each with mention of important properties and most important uses.
Heat of fuel combustion - the importance of heat in our lives, the sun is the source of heat on the Earth's surface,
The effect of heat on bodies, estimation of the amount of heat, the unit of heat, does temperature indicate the amount of
heat, specific heat, sea and land breezes, the calorific value of fuel, the calorific value of food
, choosing fuel in terms of.
1 - The purpose of its use, B - Low price, C - Quality of fuel, heating in homes, how
heat is transferred (conduction, convection, and radiation)
( 1 ) Heat transfer by conduction: Does heat transfer in metals by conduction to the same degree, and how
is heat transfer in conduction explained, poor materials, heat conduction, examples from daily
life in benefiting from conductive and insulating materials.
( 2 ) Heat transfer by convection: Analysis of heat transfer in water when the flame is at the bottom, what happens
when heating water at the top of the tube, observing convection currents in water when it is heated
Do convection currents occur in the air.
( 3 ) Heat transfer by radiation: Absorption of radiation heat, reflection of radiation heat, penetration of radiation
heat, heat emission, thermos flask.
Hot water heating, steam heating, hot air heating, use of fuel in
stoves.
Models of some stoves in which liquid and gas fuel are used.
1 - Alcohol stove 2 - Kerosene stove.
A - Kerosene stove with equipment (Primus)
B - Kerosene stove with a wick
3 - Gas stove A - Gasoline stove B - Gas cooking stoves in homes
Fires - necessary conditions for combustion to occur, causes of fires, how to prevent them - methods of extinguishing fires
Fire extinguishing device.
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Unit Four: The Importance of Food for the Body
You are what you eat, food is the basis of growth, food is necessary for work and production, heat for warming the body,
good food is necessary for activity and vitality, food is protection against disease.
The nutritional value of different food groups:
Dividing food into groups, examples of a complete daily diet include:
1- Food for a person with average income 2- Food for a poor worker 3- Food for a farmer 4- Food for a rich person
5- Food for a pregnant or breastfeeding woman 6- Food for a preschool child 7- Food for a school-age child
Popular meals: Bread, milk and its derivatives, is meat necessary in our diet, dates and their nutritional
importance. Rashi or Tahini.
Malnutrition diseases: Rickets, osteomalacia, night blindness, pellagra, anemia
, scurvy, the story of Vitamin C
The digestive system - the mouth, teeth, tongue, saliva and its importance, the pharynx, the esophagus, the stomach
, the small and large intestines, the liver, its structure, the gallbladder, bile and its functions.
The pancreas and its secretions with an explanation of their importance in digesting food.
Digestion and absorption of food:
1- Mechanical digestion process b- Chemical digestion process. Digestive system diseases: Constipation, diarrhea
Food spoilage and contamination
Signs of food spoilage 1- Meat 2- Fish 3- Eggs 4- Milk 5- Vegetables and fruits.
Food contamination, diseases resulting from food contamination, sources of food contamination, foods most exposed
to contamination and protecting food from contamination.
Methods of food preservation.
1- Preserving food by refrigeration
2- Using heat to preserve food
3- Preserving food by drying
4- Preserving food with vinegar and salt
5- Using sugar to preserve food
6- Preserving food in cans
Conditions for healthy food.
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
Number - 2285
Date - 20 / 10 / 1959
To the administrations of all official, private, and foreign primary, secondary, and intermediate schools
Subject / List of Prescribed Books
Based on the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Curricula and Books No.
89064 on 17 / 10 / 1959.
1- We attach herewith a copy of the list of names of prescribed textbooks for the three levels
for the academic year 959 / 960, requesting you to act accordingly.
2- We record for you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate referred to above for your information
and to act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Hamid ⟦Faisal⟧ Nassif
Acting Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education - Secondary
Primary Personnel - with a copy of the attachment
Secondary Personnel - with a copy of the attachment
Records - with a copy of the attachment
((( Copy of the Letter )))
We send you herewith a list of the names of the prescribed textbooks for the three levels for the academic
year 59 / 960, requesting their distribution to your schools and informing us. Noting that the book
Physical Geography for the Fourth Literary Grade was omitted by mistake from the list of textbooks during
printing, and that the following books have finished printing after the list was printed, which are:-
Religion and Ethics for the Second Intermediate Grade
Intermediate Algebra for the Third Intermediate Grade
Religion and Ethics for the Third Intermediate Grade
As for the books whose printing has not yet finished, old books shall be distributed
to the students on a loan basis until you receive the revised and newly authored books,
after which the old books are retrieved from the students and the new books are distributed instead.
As for the following books, they may not be distributed, and the teaching of their subjects shall rely on the
prescribed curricula until you receive the books that have been newly developed:-
Preparatory Reading Part 1 | First Intermediate
Clear Grammar Part 2 | Second Intermediate
Elementary Chemistry | Second Intermediate
Principles of Biology | Second Intermediate
Books on the Conditions of Iraq | For Secondary Study
Important Note: - When using old books, please observe the instructions mentioned that were distributed
last year, and the curricula shall be relied upon in teaching the academic subjects.
Signed .. General Director
Qaisar Ahmed 24
Irshad Ahmed
Please observe
not requesting
the inclusion of books
listed
beside it ⟦...⟧
Natural, economic and social aspects in the Arabian Peninsula
and the Arab Maghreb.
4 - Fourth Literary (Physical Geography)
The prescribed book is studied while noting the following:-
1 - The topic (Shape of the Earth - The Earth as part of the solar system) is deleted
and replaced by (Study of some astronomical phenomena: night and day - seasons
- lines of longitude and latitude).
2 - Scientific errors in the book are corrected and research that is more detailed than
necessary is shortened.
5 - Fifth Literary - (Economic Geography)
The prescribed book is used with the correction of errors and incorrect information.
(Moral and National Duties)
Second and Third grades:
The prescribed book is studied while taking the following notes into consideration:
1 - On page 116, after the word "its relations with them" on the seventh line, add
(without harming the legitimate interests of other countries which must
cooperate with them on an equal footing).
2 - Page 122, add to line 14 (and the United Arab Republic
and the Iraqi Republic).
3 - Page 123, fifth line, the clause "by way of inheritance (or conquest)" is added.
4 - Delete from page 135 (The Iraqi Constitution) to page 187.
5 - Delete (The Tribal Disputes System due to its cancellation) page 227 to the end of
page 230.
(Conditions of Iraq):
Fourth Literary, Fifth Literary, and Fourth Scientific grades:
Both continue studying the prescribed book for each of them.
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2 - A brief overview of the political units (Canada, the United States, and Mexico).
3 - Europe - its location - its importance, a general study of the continent's topography, and the teaching of its political units is limited to:-
A - The British Isles B - France C - Germany D - Italy E - Spain F - Czechoslovakia G - Russia.
4 - The continent of Asia - a general study of the continent's topography, and the study of its political units is limited to:-
A - India B - Pakistan C - Japan D - The Soviet Union E - Indonesia F - China.
Third Intermediate Grade:-
The curriculum for the third grade remains the same, taking into account complete brevity and reducing names and numbers, while taking into consideration the following notes - in the prescribed book:
1 - Page 7: The following sentence is placed after the last line, which is (Afterwards, the English established their foothold and influence in Iraq from the First World War in 1914 until just before the establishment of the Republic on July 14, 1958).
2 - Page 8: Replacing the name Syria with the United Arab Republic, and the Jordanian Kingdom with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
3 - Page 10: Adding linguistic, religious, and economic link factors to the subject of Iraq as an important part of the Arabian Peninsula.
4 - Page 11 - 13: Replacing the Gulf of Basra with the Arabian Gulf.
5 - Limiting the mention to the names of important mountains, their locations, and their importance without the need to memorize their names.
6 - Page 19: Adding the phrase "using mountainous areas as summer resorts" and replacing the word "likely" with (the availability of minerals in them) and utilizing its waterfalls for industrial purposes such as the Zalam waterfall in the village of (Zalam) in the Huraman mountains (Halabja), Bekhal (Rawanduz), and Sulav in (Amadiya).
7 - The introduction regarding climate and natural vegetation on page 21 is deleted.
8 - The introduction to the factors affecting climate on page 25 is deleted.
9 - The word Bahtan is corrected to (Bhutan) on page 30, while replacing the phrase (called
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this river as Sirwan in its upper course) with the following phrase (it is called
Ab Sirwan in its upper course in Iran and after its union with the Hulwan River (Al-Wand)
on which Khanaqin is located).
10- In the subject of marshes and swamps on p. 42, study only Al-Habbaniyah,
Abu Dibis, Al-Hammar, and Al-Hawizeh.
11- Delete the phrase on p. 47 after the word Kufa in the third line until
the phrase (passage of steamers) while emphasizing the agricultural and industrial
importance of this dam (generation of electric power).
12- Delete the entire introduction to agriculture (Chapter Six on p. 55)
and start with the title (Agriculture in Iraq and the factors for its establishment). Delete number (2)
which refers to the factors for the establishment of agriculture and write number (1) instead.
13- Delete the entire sentence (Iraq may need) on p. 59 from the tenth
line.
14- Delete the entire sentence starting from (Most of the farmers were) on p. 61.
15- Write the following phrase in the footnote at the bottom of p. 46 (A donum equals
2500 square meters).
16- Delete the phrase (after their crops) on p. 68, eighth line, until
(with all skill) and add immediately after it the following sentence (agricultural, especially
in rugged mountainous areas where mules are used for this purpose).
17- Delete the Industrial Revolution on p. 81 as it is studied by the student in
the subject of History.
18- Delete the introduction to Iraq's trade from p. 107 - p. 108 (to the importance
of Iraq's trade).
19- Social conditions and administrative formations are studied according to the latest
census of 1957, noting changes in administrative formations
and studying only the important districts among them.
20- Tribes in Iraq are studied in terms of their social, economic,
and cultural status as it is now and as it should be.
21- Geography of the Arab countries, Turkey, and Iran - study the United Arab
Republic in some detail and shorten the rest of the topics, especially those related
to some details in the geography of Turkey and Iran, and emphasize
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D - Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.
E - Marwan II (The collapse of the Umayyad state).
3 - The Abbasid State:
Its study is limited to its establishment and strength, and the following caliphs are studied:
A - Al-Saffah.
B - Al-Mansur.
C - Al-Rashid.
D - Al-Ma'mun.
E - Al-Mu'tasim.
F - Al-Mu'tadid.
G - Al-Nasir li-Din Allah.
4 - Emphasis on the landmarks of Arab and Islamic civilization - Administration - Sciences -
- Arts - Industry - Trade.
5 - Separatist movements as a result of personal ambitions and foreign influence.
(The Buyids and the Seljuks).
6 - External threats to the great Arab homeland.
A - The Crusaders.
B - The Mongols.
C - The Ottomans.
3 - Third Intermediate Grade:
The prescribed book is studied, and the subject of the establishment of national rule is deleted from it,
and Iraq's foreign relations with England are neglected, while Iraq's relations with
Arab countries are emphasized.
4 - Fourth Literary Grade:
The prescribed books are studied with the following notes:
1 - In teaching Islamic sects, it must be emphasized that the subject of sects
is a purely historical matter that must not play a role today in dividing the unity
of the people.
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2 - The chapter on religious sciences is shortened to an introduction of a few pages
concerning the importance of the Qur'an and Hadith in the emergence of sciences and the prosperity of Islamic
thought.
3 - The chapter on the sciences of the ancients is deleted.
4 - The subject of Sufism is deleted, and one or two pages are sufficient to be added to
the chapter on religious sciences to emphasize the emergence of Sufism as
a reaction to social differentiation as a passive means to overcome the problems that
faced the individual.
5 - The chapter on singing is deleted because it is merely a list of the names of male and female singers,
and this chapter is limited to the emergence of singing and its influence by Persian arts
and the innovations presented by Muslim singers and musicians.
5 - Fifth Literary Grade:
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1 - The national constitutional movement in France.
2 - The democratic movement in the United States.
3 - The national movement in the Near East (the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire).
4 - International relations since the year 1870 AD.
5 - General developments since the First World War.
6 - Scientific progress.
Geography
1 - First Grade:
The current geography book for the third intermediate grade is studied, taking into account
brevity in it. It emphasizes the necessity of teaching the countries neighboring Iraq in terms of
their natural, economic, and historical ties, and attention should not be paid to memorizing
many unnecessary names and numbers (schools will be provided with the prescribed book
"Geography of Iraq").
2 - Second Intermediate Grade:
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1 - North America - a general study of the continent's topography, climate, and its plant
regions.
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3 - Fifth Grade:
The curriculum is limited to the following topics:
The Arabian Peninsula - The United Arab Republic - Jordan - Lebanon -
Sudan - The Soviet Republics - The United States of America - People's
Republic of China - while replacing all words that have undergone change, such as the Arabian Gulf,
provided that Syria and Egypt are studied under the name of the United Arab Republic, and the Arab
countries are studied as a unit while highlighting the various links between them.
4 - Sixth Grade:
1 - Memorization is not required for administrative formations (especially sub-districts and names specific
to mountains, tribes, and non-main railway stations);
they are mentioned for knowledge and information only.
2 - The population of Iraq is corrected according to the last general registration for the year 1957.
3 - Old names are replaced with new ones, and everything referring to the defunct
era is deleted.
4 - The study of neighboring countries (Turkey - Iran - India) shall be in terms of
their natural, economic, cultural, and historical links to the Iraqi
Republic, and we alert the teacher to the necessity of not focusing on memorizing unnecessary
names and numbers.
Moral and National Duties
Fourth Grade:
1 - The King's picture is removed from p. (3).
2 - The phrase (our beloved King) is deleted and replaced with "our Republic" from p. (5),
tenth line.
3 - The word "their King" is replaced with the word "their Republic" from p. 8, seventh line.
4 - Delete from the eleventh line of p. 27 to the end of the page.
5 - Delete from the third line of p. 28 to the end of the paragraph, and also delete
the fourth question and delete the image on p. 29.
6 - Delete the sixth, seventh, and eighth lines from p. 85 up to the word
Iraqi.
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7 - The phrase on p. 61, which is (In the name of His Majesty), is replaced
with the phrase (In the name of the people).
Fifth Grade
1 - Delete from p. 3 (The King and his rights) until p. 13.
2 - Delete from p. 34 (Image of the King's statue).
3 - Delete from p. 35 the lines from the word "an example of that" to the word "Baghdad" (the
thirteenth and fifteenth lines).
4 - The subject of holidays is deleted from p. 53 - p. 55 and rewritten anew
according to the holiday law that was recently issued.
5 - The subject of the government and its duties is deleted from p. 56 to the end of p. 64
and will be rewritten anew. And the phrase (every democratic monarchical state
consists of the King) is replaced with the following phrase (every state consists of a President of the Republic or a King and
a ministerial body).
6 - The subjects from p. 78 to the end of the book are deleted and will be rewritten
anew.
Sixth Grade
The prescribed book for the sixth grade is cancelled. The following sections of the prescribed curriculum for the subject
are to be studied until the new prescribed book is distributed: (1 - Rights of the people
2 - Municipalities 3 - Public health).
Preparatory (Intermediate) and Secondary (Preparatory) Studies
History:
1 - First Intermediate Grade - The prescribed book is used.
2 - Second Intermediate Grade - The prescribed book is used with the following
modifications made to it:
1 - The subject of the Arabs before Islam is deleted from p. 5 to 34.
2 - The subject of the Umayyad state in the Levant is limited to its establishment, strength,
expansion, and collapse, and the following of its caliphs are studied:
a - Muawiyah I.
b - Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.
c - Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik.
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2 - Regarding Chapter Ten, the teacher shall suffice with finding
the square root by factoring into prime factors using the general method
and finding the cube root by factoring only.
3 - Regarding the mathematical tables included in this book, there is no harm
in keeping the solved examples, but the exercises that require the
student to perform them himself and which require the
use of tables should be deleted, because the study of these tables was introduced
for the purpose of familiarizing the student with mathematical tables and not for the purpose
of their use by him.
4 - The principles of algebra in the use of symbols, substitution,
and solving simple first-degree equations are given in the
first intermediate grade.
5 - Two comparison tables are given: one includes the measures used
in the Arab countries, and the other contains the currencies in circulation in
the Arab world.
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Social Sciences
Primary Education:
History:-
1 - Third Grade: The topics remain as they are and teaching of the
prescribed book continues.
2 - Fourth Grade: The topics remain as they are and teaching of the
prescribed book continues.
3 - Fifth Grade: Deleted from the prescribed book from p. 132 - p. 147
(The second period of the Abbasid Caliphate, and the topic will be rewritten again
in a summarized form, emphasizing the factors of the disintegration of the Abbasid state).
4 - Sixth Grade:
The last section of the book is deleted from p. 95 to the end of the book.
Geography:
1 - Third Grade:
The vocabulary of the geography curriculum for the third grade remains as it is, and we recommend
teachers to reduce the many names and summarize as much as possible.
2 - Fourth Grade:
The first section (A Tour in Baghdad) is deleted, and the curriculum shall be as follows:
a - It begins with the study of Iraq in terms of its administrative formations and the characteristics of
important cities in terms of production.
b - Study of the continents.
c - Emphasis on avoiding indoctrination and rote memorization.
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English Language
Primary Education:
Fifth and Sixth Grades:
1 - Continue using the English reading books:
OXFORD ENGLISH COURSE FOR IRAQ. 1 & 2.
2 - Cancel the Crossword books from the fifth and sixth grades
3 - Continue using the books and calligraphy workbooks:
Books for Learners of English, Books 1, 2, 3.
Progressive Writing
Preparatory Education (Intermediate) and Secondary Education (Preparatory):
First, Second, and Third Preparatory Grades (Intermediate):
1 - Continue using the prescribed reading books for the first, second
and third grades:
OXFORD ENGLISH COURSE FOR IRAQ BOOKS
3, 4, 5.
2 - Cancel the Crossword books from Preparatory Education (Intermediate)
3 - Delete the following topics:-
First - Lesson Eight from Oxf. Book 3 from page 70 to the end of
page 79.
Second - Lesson Three from Oxf. Book 4 from page 28 to the end of
page 37.
Third - Lesson Eight from Oxf. Book 5 from page 82 to the end of
page 95.
Fourth - Lesson Twelve from Oxf. Book 5 from page 128 to the
end of page 138.
Fourth and Fifth Secondary Grades:
Continue using the prescribed books for the fourth and fifth grades.
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Mathematics
Primary Education:
1 - The curricula and books for the first, second, and third grades remain unchanged.
2 - Fourth Grade:
The concept of measuring areas is deleted from this grade.
3 - Fifth Grade:
The topics of the circle, parallelogram, and complex numbers are deleted from the curriculum of
this grade. The topic of the arithmetic mean (and its application in
finding the student's average in the exam) is added to it.
4 - Sixth Grade:
The topic of cylinders is deleted, and the concept of distinguishing between geometric
solids such as the prism, pyramid, and cone is also deleted from the curriculum of this grade, and
the topics of the circle and complex numbers are added to it.
Note:
When teaching the topic of measures and money, reference should be made to their differences in Arab
countries and the importance of unifying them.
Preparatory Education (Intermediate):
1 - First Preparatory Grade.
A - The current geometry book is used.
B - The prescribed general arithmetic book is used, noting the following:-
1 - Deleting the following chapters from it (Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh) and the teacher gives a quick
review of decimal and common fractions for no more than
five lessons.
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A detailed study of Ibn al-Muqaffa' and al-Jahiz. Introduction to the most famous orators (Dawud
bin Ali. Abdullah bin Zahir).
The Second Abbasid Era:
A brief introduction to the life of the era (the political situation and its impact on the emergence of
regional literatures - social and cultural life).
Poetry: its purposes, introduction to the most famous poets (al-Sari al-Raffa'. Ibn Sukkara.
al-Sharif al-Radi. Mihyar. Ibn al-Habbariyah. al-Abiwardi. al-Tughra'i. Abu
Firas. al-Umari. al-Baha' Zuhair. Ibn al-Farid. Ibn Zaydun. Ibn Khafaja).
A detailed study of al-Mutanabbi and al-Umari - an overview of Muwashshahat.
Prose - introduction to prose in this era and the most famous writers (definition and example
overview of the Maqama) a detailed study of Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani.
The Dark Period Era:
Introduction to the period from a political, social, cultural, and literary perspective
with examples from Safi al-Din and Ibn Khaldun.
Fifth Grade - (The Pre-Islamic Era):
A brief introduction to the social, religious, and intellectual life of the Arabs.
Poetry. The importance of the poet in pre-Islamic society. Its purposes. Introduction
to the Mu'allaqat and its most famous poets. A detailed study of Zuhair bin Abi Sulma.
Types of pre-Islamic prose:
The Early Islamic Era:
Introduction to the emergence of Islam and its impact on Arabian life. The Holy Quran and its impact
on language and literature.
Examples from the Hadith:
Poetry. Its purposes. A detailed study. Hassan. Al-Khansa.
Prose - examples from the Prophet's (PBUH) letters and the speeches of the Prophet and the Rightly Guided Caliphs.
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The Umayyad Era:
Introduction to the changes that occurred in Islamic life.
Poetry. Its purposes. Examples of political and ghazal poetry. Definition
of the most famous poets (Al-Akhtal. Jarir. Al-Farazdaq. Abdullah bin Qais Al-Ruqayyat.
Jamil Buthayna. Kuthayyir.) A detailed study of Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah and Al-Kumayt.
Prose:
Notes on examples of writing (with a study of Abdul Hamid). Purposes of oratory
(with a definition of Ziyad, Al-Hajjaj, and Mus'ab and examples of their speeches).
1 - The student shall memorize about twenty verses for each poet they study in detail,
provided that they cover various purposes, and ten lines for each prose writer they study
in detail. It is sufficient here for the prose piece to be on a single
purpose.
2 - The definition is intended for the student to gain a brief overview useful for their culture.
3 - In the detailed study, the following shall be observed:
A - Knowledge of the important aspects of the poet's life.
B - Knowledge of their purposes and the characteristics that distinguish them.
C - Recitation of examples of that, explained thoroughly.
D - Linking their life to their literature and era.
Grammar and its application - (Literary and Scientific sections of the secondary stage)
Continue using the previously prescribed book until further notice.
Rhetoric: For the secondary stage - (Literary and Scientific sections) Continue
using the previously prescribed books until further notice.
Reading:
The prescribed reading books for the fourth and fifth grades remain as before
during the current academic year.
Diwan al-Adab:
The hour that was allocated for the (Diwan al-Adab) lesson in the
fourth and fifth grades of the literary section is added to the (History of Literature) hours, provided that
it is limited to studying the texts included in the curriculum syllabus.
As for the scientific section of this stage, both the fourth and fifth grades
study the part prescribed for them from the book (Diwan al-Adab).
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Literature in Egypt:
Poetry. Its purposes. A brief definition of dramatic poetry. Definition of the most famous
poets (Al-Baroudi - Hafiz Ibrahim - Ahmed Shawqi).
Writing - its purposes - a brief definition of the most famous writers (Muhammad Abduh.
Al-Manfaluti. Al-Rafi'i).
Oratory: A definition of the most famous orators and examples from the speeches of Jamal al-Din
al-Afghani. Mustafa Kamil. Sa'd Zaghloul.
Literature in Iraq - Poetry - A brief introduction to poetry before the declaration of
the Ottoman Constitution with a brief definition of Al-Omari. Al-Akhras and Al-Huboubi.
A brief study of Abdul Mohsen Al-Kazimi. And Jamil Al-Zahawi and Ma'ruf
Al-Rusafi.
Prose: A brief introduction to prose before the declaration of the Ottoman Constitution - modern
writers - Fahmi al-Mudarris and examples from the prose of Mahmoud Shukri al-Alusi.
Literature in the Levant: A summary of the states of poetry and prose and their purposes with
examples of poetry and prose by Ibrahim al-Yaziji, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq and Abdul Hamid
al-Rafi'i.
Literature in the Diaspora: Reasons for migration to the Americas. A summary of the states of
poetry and prose in the diaspora.
Examples from the poetry of Fawzi al-Ma'luf, Rashid Ayoub and Elia (Abu Madi)
and examples from the prose of Gibran.
Literature in the rest of the Arab countries:
A summary of the states of poetry and prose in them - Al-Shabbi - A brief overview of contemporary
literature in various Arab countries and a definition of its most famous figures.
Orientalism - its meaning and impact:
General notes regarding the deletion of some phrases from the prescribed book.
1 - The paragraphs dealing with Dar al-Ulum, Cairo University,
Alexandria University, Ain Shams University, Assiut University and Al-Azhar are deleted from p. 32.
The other paragraphs that talk about modern schools are sufficient.
2 - The phrase (Queen Alia College) on p. 35 is replaced by the phrase (Al-Tahrir
College for Girls).
3 - On pages 47 and 48, it is sufficient to name the most important libraries in Iraq. And delete
from page 48 the phrase (There is a public Royal Court library).
4 - On page 49, the title (Academies) is corrected to (Scientific Academies).
5 - The phrase (establishing a single Arab state) in the last line of page
136) is replaced with the phrase: (establishing an Arab empire).
6 - What Al-Rihani wrote in mourning King Faisal I on pages 229,
230, and 231 is deleted.
7 - The phrase (and His late Majesty King Faisal I ascended its throne) is deleted on
page 228.
8 - The chapter on the most famous Orientalists on pages (245, 246, 247, and 248) is to be left out.
Grammar:
The second and third grades continue studying the prescribed book until further
notice.
The fourth and fifth secondary (preparatory) grades.
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(History of Arabic Literature)
The prescribed book (Al-Asas) is studied in its two parts in light of the following topics:-
Fourth Grade:
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(The First Abbasid Era).
A brief introduction to the political, social, and cultural life of the era.
The impact of that on literature.
Poetry: A summary of its purposes linked to political, social,
and cultural life. An introduction to the most famous poets: Bashar, Abu al-Atahiya, al-Abbas bin
al-Ahnaf, Abu Tammam, Di'bil, Ali bin al-Jahm, Ibn al-Mu'tazz, Ibn al-Rumi.
A detailed study of Abu Nuwas and al-Buhturi.
Prose: An introduction to the most famous writers (al-Hasan bin Sahl, Ibrahim
al-Suli).
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Use of common prepositions.
The adjective or attribute - Conjunction with 'wa' (and) and 'thumma' (then).
Grammar in the sixth grade: one lesson per week.
Students study in their current book in light of the following vocabulary:-
(The indefinite and the definite) use of the definite article (al) - definition by addition:-
The style of calling with 'ya'.
The sound and weak verb - use of the sound verb with pronouns.
(The declinable and the indeclinable) examples of indeclinable nouns and verbs.
Use of the present tense verb in the nominative case - its use in the accusative case after 'an', 'lan', and the 'lam'
of reasoning - its use in the jussive case after ('lam', the prohibitive 'la', and the 'lam' of request) its use with
the famous jussive conditional tools.. 'in'. 'man'. 'mahma'.
Use of 'kana' and its sisters.
Use of 'inna' and its sisters.
Use of the circumstantial accusative (al-hal).
Use of the specification (al-tamyiz) - training on the specification of numbers - training on the use of
terms of weight and measure.
(The followers) training on emphasis (tawkid) with 'nafs', 'kila', and 'kilta'.
(Interrogation) training on the use of common interrogative tools:
(hal. mata. ayna. kayfa. kam).
Training on the use of common answer tools: (ay. na'am. bala).
Preparatory study (Intermediate): First Grade:
Reading: two lessons per week.
Students study in the book "Preparatory Reading" authored according to the curriculum of
the Arab Cultural Unit.
Expression: what was previously called (Composition) - one lesson per
week.
A lesson is allocated for written expression and a lesson for oral expression, and students write
no less than eight topics in the class.
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