1. Curriculum for primary level
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAMS for primary level include::
2. Me and My Family
The annual program proposed to the students of the 1st grade, develops the first concepts of personal economy and their integration in the family context. Through this annual program, pupils become familiar with the basic economic language, develop attitudes of involvement in decision-making and express personal opinions within the groups they belong to. The program offers pupils the opportunity to learn teamwork, responsibility for resources and saving as principles they need from childhood and throughout life, to ensure the personal well-being and the well-being of their families. The family is the first micro universe of children, and its understanding is essential for the relationships they will develop in the future, personally and professionally. Through this annual program pupils get to know their family members better in terms of the jobs they have, they come to understand that the family has to make difficult choices about the needs and desires of everyone and therefore can not always have everything they want, they begin to understand the decisions made by parents in managing the family's money. The annual program provides an opportunity for pupils to understand the concept of work in relation to the different skills they need, as well as how a positive attitude towards work can provide satisfaction. Through interactive stories and classroom activities, students will learn about the role of the family in the local economy, will experience situations in which they depend on each other for success, and understand the importance of persisting in school for their future profession.
RESURSE DIDACTICE:
- Teachers’ and Consultants’ Guide
- Study Guide for Students
- Digital/online materials
3. Our Community
The annual program proposed to the students of the 2nd grade, strengthens the concepts of personal and family economy and integrates them into the broader context of the local economy. The place where they live and study, becomes for children an important reference point for studying the annual program Our Community. Based on this, pupils develop their aspirations and prepare for adult life. School, parents' workplace, shops, parks are beginning to become important landmarks for their universe. This program brings to the pupils (girls and boys) the opportunity to know their own locality and how it works, from an economic perspective: trades, businesses, buildings. In the annual program, pupils discover the interdependencies between people, public and private institutions, as well as the active resources within them. The annual program facilitates the understanding of how people, families, private and public institutions make decisions that impact the safety, comfort and well-being of people in the community, facilitates the understanding of how jobs and skills of workers in key economic sectors are essential for determining the character and life of a city. Through practical and interactive classroom activities, as well as study visits, pupils learn what it means to work, save and be active in the community, they are challenged to think about their own experiences as consumers, but also as producers. In the annual program through simulations and debates, pupils become decision-makers and practice the voting process to determine what an active, sustainable and resilient community should look like, understanding the importance of paying taxes. Pupils (girls and boys) become aware of the characteristics and problems specific to communities and build as a team their ideal city / village.
RESURSE DIDACTICE:
- Teachers’ and Consultants’ Guide
- Study Guide for Students
- Digital/online materials
4. Our Country
The annual program proposed to the students of the 3rd grade, strengthens the concepts of personal, family and community economy and integrates them in the broader context of the country's economy. The mechanisms of a country's economy take on new meanings as children begin to relate to economic connections between communities. The annual program Our Country offers to the pupils (girls and boys) the opportunity to discover the Republic of Moldova from an economic perspective: people, resources, public institutions and infrastructure, the business world, local product brands, business partners, etc. This annual program creates contexts in which pupils can analyze the country in which they live from a new perspective, starting from the history of economic development, its resources, how it works and the country's administration, moving to different professions on the labor market and the skills needed to achieve them. The annual program provides simple planning of their own innovative business idea, through which students get to explore how our country can be more successfully connected to the global economy, focusing on local specific, green economy and economic security of the country. The annual program contributes to a better knowledge of the tourist value of the Republic of Moldova and the importance of its capitalization for its economic growth in the future, for the promotion of national values. Pupils, through a variety of interactive activities, become aware of the features and economic problems specific to the country, form an active and responsible social behavior, learn how to implement their ideas to succeed personally, but also to contribute to the economic growth and the well-being of the country.
RESURSE DIDACTICE:
- Teachers’ and Consultants’ Guide
- Study Guide for Students
- Digital/online materials
5. Our World
The annual program proposed to the students of the 4th grade, provides pupils (girls and boys) with basic knowledge of understanding how the international economy works and how a country can connect to the world economy. Through this annual program, pupils discover different areas of the world and their specific resources, how the diversity of resources and location marked their evolution in all aspects, how it had and have an impact on the decisions of individuals and companies, generating interdependence of countries and hence, understanding the need for cooperation between states for the most efficient use of limited resources. In this program, pupils explore how business contributes to the creation of the global economy, identify the role of traditions and culture in the world economy, discover how international trade works, its benefits globally and nationally, but also its impact in the life of each of us, every day. The annual program facilitates the identification, by pupils, of the role of trade barriers used by governments to control trade and defend the interests of the domestic producer. Through practical and interactive activities, the annual program develops skills needed to adapt to the global economy, and pupils are put in a position to do foreign exchange operations and understand how they facilitate trade. Pupils become more aware of how personalities, the technological process in communications and transportation improve productivity, the role and functioning of international economic bodies, they become more aware that nations use international agreements to facilitate trade and avoid wars. This program makes pupils (girls and boys) understand the importance of studies to increase employment opportunities in the international market.
RESURSE DIDACTICE:
- Teachers’ and Consultants’ Guide
- Study Guide for Students
- Digital/online materials
6. Urbanism
The annual program proposed to the students of the 4th grade, which aims to familiarize pupils (girls and boys) with various notions related to the urban environment and urban development, in which pupils will gain knowledge and skills related to the built environment and the processes that transform this environment, taking into account the natural environment. The program is an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, which is based on elements specific to several areas, which it combines in a unique and friendly way, for young people to understand. The annual program aims to stimulate the curiosity of young girls and boys towards the city and to develop their "urban look" - the ability to read the city from various perspectives and points of view (social, economic, political, cultural, anthropological, urban, historical) , so as to develop skills of active and responsible involvement to respond to the socio-economic needs of communities, in order to efficiently capitalize on community resources, conservation and promotion of economic and cultural heritage for future generations. Through practical and interactive activities, the program facilitates the perception by pupils of the city as a living and vibrant structure, in a continuous process of becoming; contributes to a better understanding of urban space, economic and social relations in a city, encourages participatory urbanism, in order to improve infrastructure - the blood system of economic activity, in order to protect and improve public spaces in the context of the concept of resistant city in a green economy.
RESURSE DIDACTICE:
- Teachers’ and Consultants’ Guide
- Study Guide for Students
- Digital/online materials
