Grade 4

Jamaica
location
physical features
Counties &
Parishes
45 minutes - each topic is 5
minutes

Jamacias counties and

parishes - 90 Minutes - each
topic uses 5 minutes

 Important people and

events in Jamaicas History - 2
hours - each topic uses 90
minutes

The Effects of weather and

climate - 2 hours - each topic
takes 10 munites

 The Effects of weather and

climate - 2 hours - each topic
takes 10 munites

The Composition of our

population

Total study time - 1 hour - each

topic covers 10 minutes

Grade 5
Reading a map
Locating places
Latitude & longitude
Jamaicas Highlands & Lowlands

Caribbean
Neighbours - 75
minutes Total
Study Time - Each
topic takes 15
minutes

How important are Jamaicas Highlands

How Jamaica uses its lowlands
Rivers where are the rivers
How Jamaica uses its rivers?
Why is Jamaica divided into counties and parishes
How is Jamaica divided?
History of different groups of settlers in Jamaica
Taino settlement;
Spanish settlement
English settlement
Counties & settlement
Physical features of parishes
What are the capitals of the parishes
How are the parish capitals alike

Services in capitals

The parish council

How are parishes different in shape
How are the populations different

Caribbean
History and Culture
- 60 minutes total
study time - each
topic takes 10
minutes

 Economic activities in parishes

Kingston as capital of Jamaica
Kingston as a special capital
Kingston as a parish capital
The Kinston Metropolitan area
Slavery
Emancipation

Caribbean
culture - Total
study time 2 hrs, 15
minutes per topic

The Morant Bay Rebellion

Labour Day
Formation of trade unions and political parties after 1938
What is universal adult suffrage
Jamaicas independence
Important persons who have helped to build Jamaica
National Heritage Week
National Heroes Day
Jamaicas National Heroes
National symbols
National flag
Jamaica Coat of arms
Jamaicas national motto
The National Bird
The National Fruit
The National Flower
The National Anthem
The National Pledge
What is weather

Caribbean
Nation Builders

What is climate
Who needs the weather reports and forecasts
Recording weather information
What are the climatic zone

Cooperation
among neighbours

 Jamaicas climate
The link between jamaicas climate and natural hazards

3 hours total
20 mins per topic

Drought and its effects

Some other effects of weather and climate
How do Jamaicans use certain elements of weather and climate
How does Jamaicas weather help the tourist industry.
What is the tourist industry
Where do tourists come from
Eco-tourism

What are the characteristics of the population

Why do we count a population
Population density
How are population data collected
Some other grouping of the population
What are the reasons for Jamaicas racial mix

What are the

agencies and
institutions of
regional cooperation

3hrs total
20 minutes per
topic

SOCIAL STUDIES
Grouping of Caribbean countries (Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles,
Mainland countries etc)
Locating countries in the Caribbean
Direction from one Caribbean country to the next
Caribbean neighbor capitals, languages
Flags of the Caribbean

Caribbean history different Amerindian groups and where they settled.

Incas, Mayas and Aztecs
Lesser Antilles Kalinagoes/ Kalinagos/ Caribs
The Europeans (Spanish, French, Dutch, English)
The Africans
Indentured labourers (Chinese, Indians, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrians,
Jews)

 The influence of various ethnic groups on Caribbean culture (the original

inhabitants, Europeans, Africans, Asians)
Caribbean food
Caribbean language
Caribbean food
Caribbean architecture
Caribbean festivals
Caribbean music
Caribbean dance
Caribbean Arts
Caribbean personalities
What is an independent nation
Slavery
Colonialism
Independence
What makes a country a nation

History of regional cooperation.

Political cooperation
Economic cooperation
Cooperation among neighbours
The history of regional cooperation

 Political cooperation
Economic cooperation
What is CARICOM
Why is CARICOM important to the Caribbean
What is the aim/ objective of CARICOM
Who are the associate members
Observer status
Symbol of CARICOM
What is observer status
What is the symbol of CARICOM (Flag standard) and it's meaning.
CSME Caricom Single Market Economy - what is it?
CCJ - Caribbean Court of Justice
Education - UWI, CXC
Finance - CDB Caribbean Development Bank
Culture - CARIFESTA

Media - CMC Caribbean mediacorporation, CAN and CBU

Tourism = Caribbean Tourism Organization

Caribbean Disaster Agency/ Response Agency (CDERA)

Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute.

West Indies Cricket Board WICB
Cooperation in action
What are some of the areas of integration in the region?
regional diplomats.
population movement.
transportation links
Air transport LIAT, CAL, BWIA AIR JAMAICA Sea transport

Caribbean Nation Builders

Contribution to nation building areas of politics, sports
education, culture
National honours
Jamaica has six national awards - highest award is National Heroes

Grade 6
Planet earth as part of the Solar
System

Characteristics of planet earth

* Earth's athmosphere
total study time - 1 hr
15 mins per each topic

Some important characteristics

of Planet earth
30 minutes total
5 minutes per unit

* Landmasses and water bodies

* Continents & oceans
* Other waterbodies

Types of landforms, mountains
Hills
What is inside earth?
(Earthquakes, volcanoes, etc)
How does the earth's movement affect life.
Hemispheres (Northern, Southern
Eastern, Western)
Lines of latitude and longitude

Characteristics

Why learn about lines of latutude

and longitude

Finding places using lines of longitude & latitude.

30 minutes total

Earth's rotation
Earth's Revolution

10 minutes per topic

Life in different climatic zones

* Climate location, size, physical features,

economic activities, culture
Religion, festivals, animals, vegetation, transport,
leisure
communication, capitals, art
* Tropical zone - West Africa - Ghana
* North Temperate zone - Japan
* South Temperate zone - New Zealand
Siberia - Polar Zone