Detailed Syllabus for Social Sciences, 2nd Year of the New Secondary
- Dated December 2010 and issued by the MENFP Direction de l'Enseignement Secondaire.
- Every theme is laid out by competency, content and suggested teaching and learning activities.
- National history runs from the revolutionary crisis of 1843 to 1844 to the end of the 1888 period, including the Soulouque and Geffrard governments.
- General history covers the English, American and French revolutions, China from before the 17th century, and Japan.
- Geography ends with globalization, its stakes for rich and poor countries, the food crisis and the social forum.
Issued by the MENFP Direction de l'Enseignement Secondaire, the syllabus is set out in tables with four columns: theme, competency, content, and suggested teaching and learning activities. The national history part (Secondaire II) covers the revolutionary crisis of 1843 to 1844, including the Pralin manifesto, the piquets and the Accaau revolt, the Soulouque dictatorship and the politique de doublure, the socioeconomic situation from 1859 to 1888 starting with Geffrard's modernization effort, political instability from 1843 to 1888, and foreign policy in the same period. General history covers the English, American and French revolutions and their ideas, China and Japan. Geography covers climate, natural hazards, deforestation and warming, population, development measures such as GDP and GNP, and globalization, its effects on poor countries and the alter-globalization movement. Suggested activities include group writing of 10 to 12 line texts, guided debates and internet research.
How to cite
Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), 2007, Detailed Syllabus for Social Sciences, 2nd Year of the New Secondary, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/menfp-nouveau-secondaire-sciences-sociales-s2