Fresno Adventist Academy

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Curriculum
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Rationale
 
“We need to study the working out of God’s purpose in the revelation of
things to come, that we may estimate at their true value things seen and things
unseen; that we may learn what is the true aim of life; that, viewing the things of
time in the light of eternity, we may put them to their truest and noblest use.
Thus, learning here the principles of His kingdom and becoming its subjects and
citizens, we may be prepared at His coming to enter with Him into its possession. .
. . Of no study is this true to a greater degree than of history. Let it be considered
from the divine point of view.” (Education, 238)
 
Seventh-day Adventist believe that “the Bible reveals the true philosophy
of history”. (Education, 173) God has always worked actively in the affairs of
man to reach His ultimate goal to restore the image of God in man.
 
This document presents a view of social studies which demonstrates God’s unique involvement in the history of mankind. Primary purposes for including social studies in the SDA curriculum are pointing students to God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, seeing the guiding hand of God in history, studying the unique Adventist perspective of the Great Controversy, and teaching the brotherhood of all mankind. It prepares students to think critically and make informed decisions as citizens in a multicultural society and interdependent world. It will prepare students for service in this world and citizenship in the world to come.
 
The social studies curriculum includes the teaching of values. The values of personal and corporate integrity, honesty, ethics, morality, and responsibility derive from individual belief systems which affect the way we behave both privately and publicly. Freedom, justice, respect, tolerance, and patriotism are values which affect the way in which individuals and groups interact.

This rationale statement is quoted from The North American Division Curriculum Guide for Social Studies Grades 9-12 which can be read in full at:

http://www.nadeducation.org/dynamic/files/1831.pdf

The Fresno Adventist Academy curriculum for History-Social Science correlates with the content standards established by the state of California. The state of California's History-Social Science Content Standards can be read in full at:

For World History: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/hstgrade10.asp

For United States History: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/hstgrade11.asp

For United States Government and Economics: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/hstgrade12.asp
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