Social Studies and Science Curriculum Guide – Upper Division

The Explorer Series Locator

The purpose of this guide is to assist teachers in meeting the Social Studies and Science
curriculum requirements by providing a list of the themes and the location of the corresponding
material in the Explorer Series books. Perhaps the best reason for using the Explorer Series is that
it allows for the teaching of Social Studies and Science to be integrated within the disciplines of
Language Arts, Math, Environmental Studies, and map skills.

When the books are used as Language Arts readers, they provide challenging material facilitating
the development of student’s comprehension skills while providing them with the concepts and
broad understanding of topics, which ensure that facts are taught and learnt within a relevant
context.

For example: By reading from the two chapters on African history and slavery in the History of
Belize, plus the information on the African continent in the Geography of Belize, while at the
same time using the World Map in the Atlas of Belize, students will gain an enhanced
understanding of the subject. This will help your students to gain a better understanding of the
specific information required by the curriculum by placing it within an already familiar
framework.

We wish you success in your undertaking and we hope that you will find this guide useful.

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Social Studies Upper Division Atlas of History of Geography Environment Map

Curriculum Belize Belize of Beliz e of Beliz e Work
The World World Map Chapter 6 Chapter 6-10 Blank
Physical Environment pp. 3-4 pp. 41-53 pp. 48-92 Physical
Landscape, water bodies, Physical Map Chapter 9 Map of
Belize in the world. pp. 10-13 pp. 60-66 Belize

Latitude and Longitude World Map Chapter 1

Grid references, equator, pp. 3-4 p. 15
tropics, meridians and the
international date line.
Earth Movement and Chapter 1
Structure pp. 13-14
Rotation and revolution, Chapter 2
global climate, plate pp. 17- 20
tectonics.

Weather/Climate/Water Climate Map Chapter 1 Blank

Wind and water currents, pp. 14-15 pp. 13-14 Chapter 4 Physical
Belizes’ climate, global Chapter 3 pp. 34-35 Map of
climatic conditions, climate pp. 28-29 Chapter 5 Belize
zones, natural disasters. Chapter 10 pp. 43
pp. 67-73
Natural Resources Physical Map Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 11 Blank
Distribution, conservation, pp. 12-13 pp. 49-55 pp. 54-59 pp. 103-119 Physical
human impact, economic Geology Map Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 12 and
role of resources, pp. 16-17 pp. 57-69 pp. 60-66 pp. 120-133 Political
environmental laws. Ecosystems (Historical Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Maps of
pp. 18-19 Perspective) pp. 74-79 pp. 134-149 Belize
Economy Map Chapter 14
pp. 18-19 pp. 94-103
Industry Economy Map Chapter 12 Chapter 14 Blank
Major industries and their pp. 26-27 pp. 89-93 pp. 104-109 Political
location, tourism and its Map of
impacts, transportation, Belize
communication.
Trade World Map Chapter 13 Chapter 15 Blank
Imports/exports, trading C.A./Caribbean pp. 99-106 pp. 113-117 Political
partners, preferential trading, Economy Map Chapter 16 Map of
international trading blocks. pp. 26-27 pp. 130 Belize
Comm. Map
pp. 24-25

Notes:

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Social Studies Upper Atlas of History of Geography Environment Map Work
Division Curriculum Belize Belize of Beliz e of Beliz e
Government &
Political Map Chapters Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Blank
Citizenship pp. 20-21 6 through11 pp. 89-93 pp 134-149 Political
The constitution, history of National pp. 45-87 Map of
Belize 1700s to Independence, Symbols Chapter 14 Belize
the three branches of pp. 30-31 pp 107-117
government, political parties, pp 120-121
government ministers and
public service, role of
opposition, civil society.

Rights & Ecosystems pg. Chapter 4 Chapter 11 – Right &

19; pp. 22 - 27 pp. 74 - 79 Responsibilities
Responsibilities* Political map Chapter 5 Chapter 13 – towards a
Individual rights and
responsibilities, politicians as pp 21; pp. 28 – 41 pp. 89 – 93 cleaner &
leaders, government Economy p. 26; Chapter 6 Chapter 14 – healthier
responsibility in protecting protected areas pp. 48 pp. 94 – 109 environment;
rights, international pp. 29; Chapter 7 Right to be
conventions, human rights and National pp. 49 – 55 informed
organizations that monitor symbols Chapter 8 Chapter 11
abuse, Belizean heroes. pp. 30 pp. 58; 61 Chapter12
Chapter 9 Chapter 13
* Note: the rights & responsibilities pp. 65
focused on in the Explorer Series Chapter 10
include: Consumer rights and right to
information; Right to land, “Reserves” pp. 73
and Ancestral land rights; Right to Chapter 11
education, health, good standard of pp. 81 – 87
living, freedom of expression, etc. ; Chapter 14
Workers’ Rights,
Right to just wages, equal treatment and
pp. 107 – 119
opportunities, collective bargaining;
Right to self-determination and
independence.

Teachers should make use of these in

expounding on individual rights and
responsibilities.

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Division Curriculum Belize Belize of Beliz e of Beliz e
Early Civilization
C.A./Caribbean. Chapter 1 Chapter 12 Blank
Maya History & pp. 6-9 pp. 7-12 pp. 127-129 Political
Civilization, Pop. Map Chapter 2 Map of
Spanish conquest, Maya pp. 20-23 pp. 13-15 Belize
resistance to Econ. Map Chapter 3
colonialism, The Caste pp. 26-27 pp. 17-21
War, the Maya today.

African Culture and

World Map Chapter 4 Chapter 2
Civilization pp. 2-5 pp. 22-27 p. 24
Ancient Africa, West Ch.5
African empires, Pp. 28-39
European expansion in
Africa, from conquest to
independence, slavery in
Belize.

Society & Culture

Contributions from World Map Chapter 8 Chapter 12 Blank
Belize’s diverse ethnic pp. 3-4 p. 61 pp. 80-88 Political
groups, the Belizean C.A./Caribbean Map of
culture, preservation of pp. 6-9 Belize
culture, cultural
interaction, regional and
worldwide comparisons,
cultures’ economic
contribution, cultural
change and its impact,
historical sites.

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Science Upper Division Curriculum Atlas of Geography Environment of Map Work

Belize of Beliz e Belize
The Universe
The Milky Way, the solar system, Satellite Chapter 1 Chapter 1
space travel, the nature of the images pp. 7-12 pp. 7-8
universe. pp. 10-11

The Earth
The atmosphere, weather and pp. 2, 6, 10, Chapter 4 Chapter 2
climate, the structure of the earth. 14, 16 pp. 33-36 pp. 16-18
Chapter 2
pp. 17-25

Effects of Forces on Matter

First law of motion, the second
law of motion, the third law of
motion, machines, simple
machines, compound machines.

Properties and Transformation Chapter 2

pp. 14-16, 19-20
of Energy Chapter 5
Transformation of energy, pp. 36-37
transfer of energy, radiation, Chapter.11
reflection, refraction, vibration. pp. 104-106

Living Things Chapter 2

Diversity of living things, pp. 14-20
the classification system. Chapter 4
pp. 28-35
Chapter 3
pp. 20-27
The Environment Ecosystems Chapter 5
Ecosystems of Belize Map pp. 36-45 Blank Physical
pp. 18-19 Part 2 Map of Belize
Ecosystems of
Belize
Chapters 6-10

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