Pelangi Primary Education Smart Plus Social Studies P2 TextBook samplebook

Studies

Chuleewan Mesine

ISBN 978-616-541-342-8 First Published 2021

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Chuleewan Mesine

Main Features A-Z

States the learning objectives of the chapter.

Provides practical activities to enhance students’ knowledge and skill.

Provides exercises to test students’ comprehension of the concepts learnt.

Evaluates students’ understanding of the entire chapter.

Defines important terms appearing in the chapter.

Presents extra information relevant to the concept being learnt.

Consists of questions that promote thinking skills.

Consists of various exercises covering this unit.

Special Features CHAPTER

Stimulates fun learning through role play activities which encourage students to understand relevant content they have learnt in the class and enjoy their performances.

Serves as an activity that teaches students to share things with others, learn to be generous and make contributions to community, society and the country.

CHAPTER 2

Raises social awareness of compliance with law and rules among students for living in peace.

Serves as an activity enabling students to learn sharing with others and volunteer spirit in order to live happily in the society.

Stimulates students’ confidence and boosts the speaking skills in public through the activity of being a news reporter.

CHAPTER 3 ฿ Presents a weekly budget planner that helps students know their expenses every day, enabling them to plan their spending carefully and understand the importance of saving money.

Allows students to practise how to plan and invest their money, run a business, and stimulate creativity, together with cost and profit estimation.

Stimulates students’ creativity and assertiveness through product review, as well as capability in analysing strengths and weaknesses of the products.

CHAPTER 4

Develops students’ creativity in presentation through the organisation of exhibition, together with disseminating information of what they have searched to others.

Encourages students to understand the historical methodology through the investigation of historical evidence and know how to work as a team.

Enables students to investigate, collect, analyse, and summarise data for better understanding, as well as boosting skills in presentation.

CHAPTER 5

Encourages students to learn how to draw a plan and read a map to enhance their comprehension of location and direction.

Develops students’ skills in observation and understanding of location, direction and symbols on a map.

Boosts students’ confidence through the fun activity of weather report by integrating what they have learnt in class with the weather information they have searched.

Contents CHAPTER

Religion, Morality and Ethics

Unit 1 The Masters of Religions

The Masters of Religions

Unit 2 Important Doctrines and Buddhist Day

1 2 3

7

Important Doctrines

8

Buddhist Day

11

Unit 3 Vanarindha Jataka and Exemplary Believer

16

Vanarindha Jataka

17

Exemplary Believer

19

Role Play

22

Voluntary Spirit

22

Test

CHAPTER 2

Citizenship, Culture and Social Life

Unit 1 Our Community

24

26 27

Community

28

School and Community Management

37

Rule of Thumb

42

Volunteer for All

43

Young Reporters

43

Unit 2 Thai Manners

Thai Manners

44 45

Rule of Thumb

50

Young Reporters

50

Volunteer for All

51

Unit 3 Living Together

52

Accepting Differences

53

Rights and Freedoms

57

Young Reporters

61

Rule of Thumb

62

Volunteer for All

62

Test

64

CHAPTER

3 Economics

66

Unit 1 Resources, Goods and Services

67

Productive Resources

68

Using Different Kinds of Materials

73

Unit 2 Buying, Selling and Exchanging

77

Exchange of Goods and Services

78

Trade

82

Unit 3 Income and Expenditure

Income and Expenditure

87 88

Statement of Incomes and Expenses

95

Savings

97

Track My Spending

100

Market Fair

101

Young YouTubers

101

Test

CHAPTER 4 History Unit 1 Terms for Times

103

105 106

Words Related to Times

107

The Important Days Shown on Calendar

109

How do we know ourselves?

110

Unit 2 The Change of the Way of Life

Changes in the Ways of Daily Life

Unit 3 Thai Culture and Wisdom

113 114

118

Benefactors to Communities

119

Thai Culture and Wisdom

120

Little Historians

126

Little Gallery

127

Little Guide

127

Test

129

CHAPTER 5

Life and the Environment

Unit 1 Environment

131 132

Meaning of Environment

133

Natural Resources

135

Importance of Environment

137

Changes in Natural Environment

140

Preservation and Restoration of Environment

142

Let’s Take a Tour Finding Hidden Treasure

147 148

Weather Reporters

148

Unit 2 Geography

149

Location

150

Geographic Tools

152

The Earth and Natural Phenomena

156

Let’s Take a Tour Weather Reporters Finding Hidden Treasure Test

163

164 165 167

CHAPTER

1

1

Religion, Morality and Ethics

y Do you have an friends who nt practise differe religions?

UNIT

1

1

The Masters of Re igions

• Who is the master of your religion?

• What is the scripture of your religion?

A-Z

1. Tell the importance of Buddhism or that of students’ own religions.

2. Summarise the life of the Buddha from birth to ordination or the lives of the Masters of students’ own religions as prescribed.

3. Tell the names of the religions, the Masters and importance of the scriptures of students’ own religions and those of other religions.

4. Appreciate and pray for the spreading of loving-kindness; have mindfulness as the basis for concentration in Buddhism or spiritual development in accordance with the guidelines of students’ own religions as prescribed.

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1. Sermon (N.) a talk on a religious or moral subject 2. Prophet (N.) a person who is believed to be chosen by God and teaches the words of God 3. Ascetic (N.) someone who lives a simple and strict life, often for religious beliefs

The master of religion and the scripture are regarded as the important components of each religion. Learning about the lives of the masters of each religion and the scripture will make us understand about the religions and live together happily.

The Masters of Religions Buddhism

Buddhism originated in India. The founder of Buddhism is the Buddha. He was a prince named Siddhartha Gautama which means a person who has

accomplished a goal. He was born in the district of Lumbini. He began to question about his sheltered and luxurious life in the palace. One day, he asked for permission to go out of the palace and saw four sights which

were a sick man, an old man, a dead man and a monk. These things caused him to decide to leave the palace, and he spent many years on seeking a way to end suffering. He was given the title of Buddha, which means Enlightened One.

Scripture The Tipitaka (พระไตรปิ​ิฎก) is the Buddhist scripture which gathers the sermons and teachings of the Buddha.

UNIT 11

The Masters of Religions

3

Islam Islam originated in Mecca, Saudi

Arabia. The prophet of Islam is Nabi Muhammad. He was Arabian

and was born in Mecca. One day, while he was meditating in a cave

on Mount Hira, God chose him as his messenger. Then Muhammad began to convey God’s revelations throughout his life.

Scripture The Quran (อั​ัลกุ​ุรอาน) is the Islamic scripture which is the compilation of God’s revelations bestowed upon Nabi Muhammad.

Christianity Christianity originated in Palestine.

The prophet of Christianity is Jesus Christ. He was Jewish and was born in Bethlehem. He was interested in

religion. He went on to preach the sermons to people throughout his

life until he passed away by getting

tortured and crucified at the age of 33.

Scripture The Bible is the Christian scripture which comprises the words of God.

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Buddhism is Thailand’s national religion which has been associated with Thai society for a long time and plays a major role in forming Thai identity in terms of architecture, art, characteristics of Thai people, society, education, traditions or even Thailand’s official holidays which are mostly involved with Buddhist days.

For example, Buddhism has an effect on the characteristics of Thai people, such as generosity, showing respect to adults, gratefulness, compassion and forgiveness.

Put the given words below in the correct blanks.

Tipitaka

Jesus Christ

1. The

Mecca

Bible

Quran

Buddha

is the Buddhist scripture which mostly comprises

the Buddha’s sermons and teachings.

2. Islam first originated in 3. The

, Saudi Arabia.

is the Islamic scripture.

4. The Christian scripture is the

which comprises

the words of God. 5. The prophet of Christianity is 6. The

. was born in the district of Lumbini.

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The Masters of Religions

5

Paste a picture that shows Thai identity in the

given space below. Then, write down how it relates to Buddhism.

Paste a picture here.

Standing meditation The practice of standing meditation can help to reduce stress and anxiety. Focusing on your body can bring you calmness and promote concentration.

• Stand tall with both your hands beside your body.

• Slowly put your left hand up to the front of your belly.

• Then slowly put your right hand up to hold your left hand.

• Look at your feet on the ground. Then, slowly trace your eyes up from your feet to your nose.

• Look straight at the front and slowly close your eyes.

• Visualise your standing body starting from head to toes. Then, slowly trace back from toes to head.

• Repeat this activity.

(The length of the activity is five minutes. The teacher will tell you when to open your eyes.)

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UNIT

2

Important Doctrines and Buddhist Day

What are the importance of the Five Precepts and the Five Ennobling Virtues?

A-Z

1. Tell the meaning, importance and respect the Triple Gem and observe the principles of the Three Admonitions of the Buddha in Buddhism, or the moral principles of students’ own religions as prescribed.

2. Conduct themselves appropriately and correctly towards the disciples of their religions as prescribed.

3. Conduct themselves correctly in religious rites and ceremonies as prescribed.

1. Virtue (N.) a quality of being morally good, or behaviour that shows moral goodness 2. Doctrine (N.) a belief or set of beliefs or teachings 3. Ordination (N.) the process or ceremony of making someone a priest

UNIT 2

Important Doctrines and Buddhist Day

7

Each religion is aimed at teaching people to be good persons and live by

moral principles. Buddhist doctrines also teach people to avoid all evil, do all good and purify their mind.

Buddhists usually go to a temple to listen to Buddhist doctrines or

Dhamma delivered by monks on Buddhist days which are the important

days when certain major events occurred in the Buddhist history. Other than listening to the doctrines, they make merit and offer food to monks.

Important Doctrines The Three Admonitions One of the most important doctrines given by the Buddha is the Three Admonitions (โอวาท 3) which include: 1. Not to do any evil.

The doctrine relating to the first Admonition is the Five Precepts.

The Five Precepts (เบญจศี​ีล) are the major part of the Buddhist practices that teach

people to be more self-disciplined and avoid bad actions and speaking. The Five Precepts consist of:

1. To abstain from killing.

2. To abstain from stealing.

3. To abstain from sexual misconduct.

4. To abstain from false speech.

5. To abstain from alcohols, drugs or harmful substances.

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2. To cultivate good.

The doctrine relating to the second Admonition is the Five Ennobling Virtues.

The Five Ennobling Virtues (เบญจธรรม) are the Buddhist practices that

teach people to become good and moral persons who are physically, verbally and mentally virtuous. The Five Ennobling Virtues consist of: 1. Loving-kindness and compassion 2. Right means of livelihood 3. Sexual restraint 4. Truthfulness or sincerity 5. Mindfulness and awareness

3. To purify the mind.

The ways to purify our mind include practising meditation and chanting.

All Buddhists should have faith and always observe the doctrines in order to live happily.

UNIT 2

Important Doctrines and Buddhist Day

9

Put a tick ( ) for a picture that shows the good

deed and put a cross ( ) for a picture that shows the evil deed.

State at least five things of your good deeds

that are relevant to the Five Precepts and the Five Ennobling Virtues in the boxes.

The Five Precepts

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The Five Ennobling Virtues

The Primary Education Smart Plus Series is written based on the Basic Education Curriculum B.E. 2551.

• Learn Traditional Thai as well as universal social norms and etiquette described in detail.

• Analyse Numerous situations given for analysis and decision-making regarding socially acceptable behaviour.

• Assess

Plenty of exercises provided to evaluate students’ understanding of social values learnt.

• Main Features

Learning about things around us to adapt ourselves to the environment for living in the society without disunity.

• Special Features Learning by doing the activities that encourage how to keep up with the changing situations.

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