Pelangi Primary Education Smart Plus Social Studies P5 TextBook samplebook

ISBN 978-616-541-345-9 First Published 2021

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Sasithorn Onlao

Main Features A-Z

Defines important terms appearing in the chapter.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 the class with the weather information they have searched.

Contents CHAPTER

Religion, Morality and Ethics

1

Unit 1 Importance of Religion

Importance of Religion

2

Components of Religion

4

Religions in Thailand

5

Unit 2 Important Doctrines and Buddhist Day

Important Doctrines in Buddhism

Important Buddhist Day

Unit 3 The Story of the Buddha’s Previous Lives

and the Exemplary Believer Jataka Tales

Exemplary Believer

Voluntary Spirit Role Play Test

2 CHAPTER

Citizenship, Culture and Social Life

Unit 1 Being A Good Citizen

A Good Democratic Citizen

Social Life

Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All Young Reporters

3

12

14 16

19

20 23

27 27 29

31 32

33 38

43 44

44

Unit 2 Children’s Rights

Children’s Rights

Child Abuse and Child Protection

Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All

45

46 50

55 55

Young Reporters

55

Unit 3 Local Administration

56

The Meaning and Importance of Local Administration

Structure and Duties of Local Administration

59

Roles of Local Administrators

70

Public Services Offered by

Local Administration Organizations

Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All

57

74

78 79

Young Reporters

79

Unit 4 Culture and Local Wisdom

Thai Culture

80

Local Wisdom

86

Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All Young Reporters

81

93 93

93

Test

95

CHAPTER

3 Economics

99

Unit 1 Goods and Services

100

Factors of Production

101

Factors that Influence the Production

of Goods and Services

103

Consumer Behaviour

105

Role of Technology in Production

107

Goods and Services in Community

110

Unit 2 Bank and Loan

Bank

113

Credit and Loan

121

Unit 3 Sufficiency Economy

114

125

Sufficiency Economy

Application of the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy

130

Cooperative

133

Track My Spending

140

Market Fair Young YouTubers Test

CHAPTER

4 History Unit 1 Methodology for Investigating History

of the Local Area

Investigation Methodology of the History

of the Local Area

Unit 2 Influence of Foreign Cultures

on Thai Culture

Influence of Indian and Chinese Civilisations

126

142 142

144

148

149 150

155

on Thai Culture

156

Influence of Foreign Culture on Thai Culture

161

Unit 3 Ayutthaya and Thon Buri Kingdoms

and Thai Wisdom

Factors Enhancing Political and Economic

164

Prosperity of the Ayutthaya Kingdom

165

Political Development of the Ayutthaya Kingdom

168

Economic and Trade Development of the

Ayutthaya Kingdom

172

Development of the Thon Buri Kingdom

King Taksin the Great’s Royal Duties after

Establishment of the Thon Buri Kingdom

174

Thai Wisdom of the Ayutthaya and Thon Buri Periods

175

Little Historians Little Gallery Little Guide

173

180

181 181

Test

183

CHAPTER

5 Geography

185

Unit 1 Geography of Thailand

Geographic Coordinate System

Geography, Culture, and Society in

Each Region of Thailand

Let’s Take a Tour Finding Hidden Treasure

186

187

190

210 211

Weather Reporters

211

Unit 2 Humans and the Environment

212

Influence of Natural Environment on

Creation of Human Culture

Influence of Physical Environment on

Human Migration and Settlement

217

Environmental Preservation and Degradation

221

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

213

226 227

227 229

CHAPTER

1

1

Religion, Morality and Ethics

How does your religion play a major role in your life?

UNIT

1

1

Importance of Re igion

Why do we have to study the doctrines of our religion?

A-Z

1. Analyse the importance of Buddhism or that of students’ own religions as cultural heritage and a pivot for developing the Thai nation.

2. Summarise the life of the Buddha from arrival at the town of Kapilavastu to his important deeds or the lives of the Masters of students’ own religions as prescribed.

3. Explain the components and the importance of the Tipitaka (the three divisions of the Buddhist Canon) or the scriptures of students’ own religions.

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1. Uplift (V.) to elevate or improve someone morally or spiritually 2. Doctrine (N.) a set of moral teachings or beliefs 3. Adhere (V.) to believe in and behave according to belief or rules 4. Disseminate (V.) to spread information widely 5. Laity, the (N.) people who are not priests or monks

Importance of Religion

The importance of religion in people’s way of life is as follows: • It is a source of morality that teaches people what is right and wrong, as well as teaching them to do good deeds and avoid evil deeds. The doctrine of each religion acts as moral guidelines for people in the society to live happily and peacefully.

• It forms good disciplines that people in the society must obey and follow and becomes the norms of society.

• It is the spiritual anchor of people.

• It helps uplift people’s spirits.

• It is a source of art and culture which finally becomes a country’s cultural heritage.

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Components of Religion Each religion mostly consists of the following five main components.

1. Master of religion

The Master of religion can be the founder

or the prophet of religion. For example, the Buddha is the founder of Buddhism.

2. Doctrine

Regarded

as

the

most

important

component of religion, the doctrine is

a set of moral teachings or beliefs. It is gathered and becomes a scripture or a sacred book.

3. Priest or monk

A priest or monk is person who strictly

adheres to the doctrines of religion and

disseminates sermons or teachings of the

Master of religion to the laity, as well as performing religious activities.

4. Religious place

A place for performing religious activities

5. Religious symbol

A symbol represents a religion, for instance

Dhammacakka or the Wheel of the Doctrine is the symbol of Buddhism.

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Religions in Thailand Buddhism has been the main religion in Thailand for a long time. The kings

have been the main patrons of Buddhism and also support other religions including Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.

According to the survey of the National Statistical Office carried out in 2018, Buddhism is the most widely practised religion in Thailand, followed

by Islam, Christianity, and other religions respectively.

Buddhism Buddhism was founded by the Buddha. After attaining enlightenment,

the Buddha spent 45 years teaching and disseminating his sermons to people.

Among the important teachings of the Buddha are the Four Noble Truths (อริยสัจ 4) which include: 1. Suffering (ทุกข์) 2. The cause of suffering (สมุทัย) 3. The cessation of suffering (นิโรธ) 4. The path leading to the cessation of suffering (มรรค)

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The Buddhist Canon is called the

Tripitaka or Tipitaka in Pali (พระไตรปิฎก) which gathers the sermons or teachings

of the Buddha and the disciplines of

monks. The Tipitaka means ‘the Three Baskets’ including three main divisions which are:

1. The Vinaya Pitaka (พระวินัยปิฎก) or the Basket of Discipline is the collection of rules and regulations for monks and nuns (ภิกษุและภิกษุณี).

2. The Sutta Pitaka (พระสุตตันตปิฎก) or the Basket of Discourses is the collection of discourses and teachings delivered by the Buddha to the monks and the laity on various occasions and places.

3. The Abhidhamma Pitaka (พระอภิธรรมปิฎก) or the Basket of Higher Doctrine is the collection of higher doctrines of the Buddha. There are no people, places or occasions in this division.

The Buddhist symbol is Dhammacakka or the

Wheel of the Doctrine.

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Importance of Buddhism in Thailand The importance of Buddhism in Thai society is as follows: 1. Foundation of the country’s development The ‘Dhamma’ or the sermons or teachings of the Buddha is the critical foundation

of Thailand’s development and prosperity in many ways:

• It helps promote unity among Thai people and compassion towards others which

leads to peaceful society.

• It acts as an approach of administration and a mechanism to manage the society apart from laws. The ‘Dhamma’ helps Thai people control their body and mind to behave appropriately.

• It is a spiritual anchor of Thai people and moral guidelines of living their lives.

2. A source of Thailand’s cultural heritage Many fields of Thai art, including architecture, painting, sculpture and literature, have been created to serve Buddhism. Among them are

meticulously built temples, mural

paintings,

Buddha

statues and many literary works about the lives of

the Buddha and the Three Worlds written based on the belief of Buddhism.

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Islam

The Prophet of Islam is Muhammad. The sacred scripture is the Quran – the compilation of God’s revelations given to the Prophet Muhammad.

As for the Muslim doctrine, Muslims believe in the Six Articles of Faith and follow the Five Pillars of Islam.

The Six Articles of Faith 1. Belief in the Oneness of God

4. Belief in the Prophets

2. Belief in the Angels of God

5. Belief in the Day of Judgment

3. Belief in the Books of God

6. Belief in the Divine Decree

The Five Pillars of Islam 1. Declaration of faith in God and belief in Muhammad

2. Praying five times a day 3. Almsgiving 4. Fasting during Ramadan 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca

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The Muslim symbol

is the Star and Crescent.

Christianity The Prophet of Christianity is Jesus

Christ. The sacred scripture is the

Bible consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

The Bible contains the Ten Commandments which is a set of ten principles of relationship with God and moral behaviour that all

Christians have to follow and practise. The contents of the Ten Commandments are as follows:

1. You shall have no other gods

5. Honor you father and your mother.

before Me.

6. You shall not murder.

3. You shall not take the name

8. You shall not steal.

2. You shall not make idols.

of the LORD your God in vain.

7. You shall not commit adultery.

9. You shall not bear false witness

4. Remember the Sabbath day, against your neighbor.

to keep it holy.

10. You shall not covet.

Source: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/10-commandments/the-ten-commanments/10-commandments-list/

Besides, the Sermon on the Mount delivered by Jesus Christ to a group of followers is a set of moral teachings on living with proper attitudes.

The Sermon on the Mount covers several topics, such as the Eight Beatitudes, Salt and Light, etc. The following are some examples of the Beatitudes:

• “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

• “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”

• “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

The symbol of Christianity is the Cross.

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Christianity is the world’s most widely practised religion.

What are the religious places of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam for performing religious activities?

Write down the correct answers in the table.

Buddhism

Master

of religion

Scripture

Important sermon

or doctrine

Religious symbol

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Islam

Christianity