History
“Anyone who does not remember his past is doomed to relive it.” Chances are you’ve heard this quote before, but it’s not out of date at all. Knowledge of history is essential to the development of critical thinking and historical consciousness. The development of historical thought is achieved by understanding historical events by linking causes and effects.
During lesson time at T.I.M.E., we see how man has behaved over the centuries and we find that some human behaviors in specific circumstances remain the same regardless of time.
Here students begin to realize that the modern world is a continuation of the distant past, but comprehends that history is directly connected to life.
Proper knowledge of history and its usefulness worldwide leads to the birth of conscientious and analytical citizens in the face of possible delusions.
Source: Ministry of Education
PURPOSES OF THE COURSE:
1. To make students aware of the value of history as a natural continuation and a living example for the days we live in.
2. Students develop a positive attitude towards the studying the past.
3. To realize the value of the past as a vehicle of culture and a factor of self-knowledge.
4. To acquaint students with the basic historical periods and to include in them facts and personas who have influenced certain time periods.
5.To approach historical events with a critical attitude and to identify the relations between them.
6. Understand the importance and value of the proper use of historical sources.
Για το Γυμνάσιο:
- To acquaint students with the historical course of Hellenism from antiquity until today, with references to wider world history.
- To gradually get acquainted with the distinctive vocabulary of historical science.
- To realize that the understanding of any society presupposes the study of all its aspects (political, economic, cultural, religious, etc.)..
- To understand the meaning of time and the ways of measuring it by referring to events in the historical periods.
- To identify, when studying historical events or phenomena, causes and results.
- Compare historical facts or phenomena and identify similarities and differences.
- Analyze an event or phenomenon and ascertain the relationships between the individual elements.
- Understand that the reliability of a historical narrative is based on the correct use of sources.
- To acquire the ability to distinguish, in historical testimonies, facts, causes, opinions, etc.
- To approach historical events without indiscriminate acceptance of historical interpretations, opinions, etc.
- To develop a positive attitude towards the study of the past as a factor in gaining self-knowledge and understanding of society.
- To realize the contribution of the Greek nation to world culture and to form a corresponding consciousness.
Για το Λύκειο:
- To acquaint students with Greek and world history from antiquity to the present day and to understand the degree of connection of the historical course of Hellenism with the developments that took place at European and world level.
- To understand, in particular, the complexity of the modern world with the systematic study of the 20th century.
- To recognize the dimensions of the historical becoming that were not presented or studied systematically in the previous levels of Education.
- To get to know different cultures, to become attached studying process that deals with the relations between nations, and to appreciate the contribution of these nations to the world culture.
- To get acquainted with the content of historical terms and concepts, necessary to deeper consolidated historical knowledge or understand various dimensions of historical reality that were not taught in the nine-year compulsory education..
- To delve into facts and to understand the diversity and entanglement of factors that affect people’s lives.
- To connect and correlate in a documented way events and ideas of different eras and places.
- To compose and present in a comprehensive and thorough way various historical issues.
- To analyze historical data and use them in a deeper understanding of the historical past.
- To understand that Historiography is a “reconstruction” of the past, that it is based on sources and that it is a selective process.
- To critically approach different types of historical sources depending on their type and the era to which they refer.
- To be introduced to the process of understanding, analysis and evaluation of different perspectives with which historical facts and phenomena are approached and interpreted by historians.
- To capture the historical past as a whole, in each examined period, as an articulation of the various fields of human activity.
- To realize the individual and collective responsibility of man in the democratic functioning of human society and the progress of civilization.
In our school, children have the opportunity to attend lessons individually or in small groups and prepare for the Pan-Cypriot exams as well as for GCSEs, IGCSE, A-Level, IELTS, TOEFL, SATs.
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