Today, a wide variety of academic disciplines are taught in public schools - biology, physics, chemistry, algebra, literature, foreign languages, etc. - which should contribute to the formation of a harmonious and educated personality. But some scientists are confident that the list of compulsory school subjects should be completely different.
1. The Basics of Writing Fantasy Novels
If you ask any elementary school student, they will tell you that making up your own stories is fun. Many scientists argue that for better development of imaginative thinking, children should not only learn classical literature, but also learn to write books themselves.
2. Applied mechanics (invention)
In schools, as a rule, they teach abstract algebra and geometry, which few people will need in life. Most children find these subjects boring, since the course of study provides only bare theory. Surely, more people would begin to get involved in the exact sciences if they taught them through practical examples, while inventing various devices. Maybe there would be a new Leonardo da Vinci in the world.
3. Filmmaking
Some public schools have drama clubs, the attendance of which is optional and not compulsory. But in such circles they usually teach performing skills. Considering the pace at which the film industry is developing in the world, it would be worth teaching children how to make films or TV series. For example, one can only imagine how much more brilliant films Steven Spielberg would have made if he had received the appropriate education while still in school.
4. Latin
In the modern world, it is very important to know not only your native language. Latin is the basis of any Romance language. If you get at least basic knowledge of Latin at school, then it will be much easier to learn Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French.
5. Multi-confessional theology
Upon graduating from public school or college, most young people have no idea about the intricacies of most of the world's major religions. In order not to prejudge the beliefs of other nationalities, it would be worthwhile to familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of each of them.
6. History of philosophy
Of course, we should be realistic and not rely on children being able to fully comprehend the complexity and abstraction of philosophical science. But the foundations of philosophy could be useful in everyday life: people would stop thinking too one-sidedly. All famous politicians were often guided in their work and decision-making by the works of such geniuses as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Gautama, Sun Tzu and many others.
7. Sports
All schools have physical education classes designed to maintain children's overall physical fitness. It would be much more practical for children, in addition to running and jumping, to also learn the basics and rules of popular sports such as football or basketball.
8. Chess
Most people have a very vague idea of how different pieces move in chess. There are only 1000 international grandmasters worldwide. At the same time, absolutely all scientists admit that chess is an excellent tool for developing the mind. Professional chess players almost always perform better in the sciences, and are also much more diligent and have a more analytical mindset.
9. Music
There are music lessons in almost every school, but the knowledge that children receive is very fragmentary. For example, only a paragraph in a textbook may be devoted to Beethoven, and most high school students know nothing at all about Rachmaninoff. Classical music would clearly not be out of place in the school curriculum.
10. Martial arts
It would be a good idea to include the basics of teaching martial arts in physical education lessons so that children can protect themselves from bullies. Children could also gain greater self-confidence, which would help them later in life.
As soon as a person becomes an adult, he realizes that what he was taught at school was not at all what can be used in real life. In our previous review.
Or you send it to school, lyceum or gymnasium; educational assistants are never superfluous. We have selected 35 sites with which studying the school curriculum will become a real holiday for both the child and the parents.
1. interneturok.ru is a real treasure trove, there are video lessons, simulators and tests on all school subjects from grades 1 to 11.
2. stellarium.org - a stunningly beautiful program that simulates a planetarium. Indispensable for anyone interested in astronomy, given that this subject will soon appear in the school curriculum.
You can spend hours searching for nebulae and galaxies on this site.
3. slovo.ws - the site has ready-made homework assignments on various subjects and textbooks, but the sections with online versions of school textbooks and biographies of Russian writers are more valuable here.
4. study.ru - “high-speed” English lessons for entry-level.
5. briefly.ru - this is 2000 works of the school curriculum in a brief summary.
6. lingualeo.com - an interactive service for learning English. There is free and extended paid access (the cost for a year is comparable to 2-3 lessons with a tutor).
7. gostei.ru is a large online children's library that contains texts of program works on literature from grades 1 to 11.
You can read software works online on the portal
8. gramota.ru - a huge reference and information portal on the rules and complexities of the Russian language.
9. nashol.com - a portal that contains links to useful resources, books and texts on all subjects of the school curriculum.
On the site you can find textbooks and assignments on many school subjects.
10. learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org - an interesting service for learning English for students of varying levels of preparation.
11. litra.ru - a site with a huge number of biographies of writers, summaries and full texts of literary works and hundreds of critical articles.
12. math-prosto.ru - a program in mathematics from grades 1 to 11, preparation for exams in the subject and ready-made homework.
13. loviotvet.ru - online solver and calculator with solutions to examples and equations in mathematics of varying complexity.
14. fizika.ru - textbooks, problem books, laboratory work and tests in physics for students in grades 7-9 and physics teachers.
15. nuclphys.sinp.msu.ru - project of the Department of General Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University. Lectures on physics and a separate section for schoolchildren “Popular about science”.
16. chem.msu.su/rus/elibrary/ - a collection of publications on chemistry, contains textbooks and workshops on the subject, developed including at Moscow State University. Lomonosov.
17. orgchem.ru - interactive multimedia textbook on organic chemistry for schoolchildren.
18. ebio.ru - electronic training course “Open Biology” divided into the areas of “Botany”, “Zoology”, “Human”, “General Biology” and “Ecology”.
19. zooclub.ru - mega-encyclopedia about animals inhabiting the planet.
20.nsportal.ru is a national project that contains the author’s developments and presentations of teachers in all subjects.
21. do.gendocs.ru - an educational portal with a huge number of lectures, reports and reference books on various subjects.
22. krugosvet.ru - universal popular science online encyclopedia.
23. dic.academic.ru - universal dictionary and interdisciplinary encyclopedia.
24. bibliotekar.ru - electronic library of non-fiction literature
25. uchi.ru is an online platform where students learn school subjects in an interactive and fun way. In addition, subject Olympiads are held here and archives of already held Olympiads are stored.
26. reshi-pishi.ru - interesting quests and tasks in mathematics, logic, reading and English for children 5-10 years old.
Pixelmania is one of the most interesting tasks on the site; children can complete them for a long time.
27. nachalka.info - a collection of elementary school lessons from grades 1 to 4 on mathematics, the Russian language, the environment and literacy. Access is paid, but the cost for a year does not exceed a thousand rubles.
28. kvantik.com - a magazine dedicated to entertaining questions and tasks in mathematics, linguistics, physics and other sciences.
29. childrenscience.ru - online courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, technology, architecture, art history, linguistics.
30. getaclass.ru - free educational videos and lessons in physics and mathematics.
31. foxford.ru - online school from 5th to 11th grade. The resource provides preparation for the Unified State Exam, Unified State Exam and Olympiads.
32. metaschool.ru - online clubs and olympiads in foreign languages, chess, mathematics and natural science subjects for students in grades 1-9. Access is paid.
33. native-english.ru - a convenient and simple service for learning English.
34. math24.biz - mathematics service for students in grades 5-11. Detailed analysis of topics and step-by-step solutions to problems.
35. translate.ru - online translator from a dozen languages, as well as a grammar of English, German and French.
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In chapter:In our country, primary school lasts 4 years. All this time, the students are taught by one teacher. However, after finishing the 4th grade, the student will meet other teachers and new subjects. What subjects will the student begin to study in the 5th grade?
Of course, finishing primary school and moving on to secondary school means more responsibility and gaining new knowledge. But, at the same time, the student will become acquainted with those subjects that may determine his future profession. Also, instead of just one familiar teacher, the student will meet with different teachers, and each has their own requirements.
List of subjects in 5th grade
Parents are also interested in the list of subjects in 5th grade so that they can better prepare their child for the new school year. So, what subjects will your child begin to study in 5th grade? In Russian schools teaching according to the generally accepted curriculum, the list of subjects in grade 5 is as follows:
- Russian language
- Literature;
- Mathematics;
- Foreign language (or maybe two);
- Ancient world history;
- Natural history;
- Computer science;
- Social science;
- Geography;
- Music;
- ODNKNR;
- Technology (labor);
- Life Safety (Basics of Life Safety);
- Fine Arts (drawing);
- Physical training.
According to the new rules, schools can add subjects approved by the Ministry to the program. Thus, in many schools they study local history and civics in addition to the main subjects. Local history is the history of the region where the student lives, the study of its geography, region, and minerals. And civics provides the student with basic knowledge of Russian legislation, which is very useful in the modern world.
What are the subjects in 5th grade about?
The 5th grade program includes 15 core subjects. In addition to the main classes, the student will also have elective classes. The student and his parents choose the list of elective classes themselves. Such activities include:
- Rhetoric;
- Local history;
- Jurisprudence;
- Chess;
- Philosophy;
- Fundamentals of religious culture and secular ethics.
By the way, each school may have its own elective classes. An elective also includes a class hour, during which students, together with the class teacher, discuss pressing problems.
Many parents (and students) want to know what the new subjects taught in 5th grade are about.
ODNKNR and social studies in 5th grade
Unfamiliar names of objects always frighten both students and their parents. Thus, ODNKNR was introduced into the school curriculum quite recently and its name raises a lot of questions.
ODNKNR (fundamentals of the spiritual and moral culture of the peoples of Russia) is a discipline that studies the culture of different peoples of Russia. The subject provides basic knowledge about the history and characteristics of the religions and culture of these peoples, and is also intended to instill respect for these peoples. During lessons, children read fairy tales of the peoples of the North and study the ethnic characteristics of our country.
Social science studies man as a part of society. During the lessons, schoolchildren will learn the basics of the legal system of our country, get acquainted with economics and politics. The knowledge gained in social studies lessons will help the student in the future form his own civic position and make him a legally competent citizen of the country.
Literature
Although literature in the 5th grade is not much different from elementary school, it still has its own characteristics. In literature lessons, schoolchildren will get acquainted with fairy tales of the peoples of the world, with the works of Russian and Soviet writers. In addition to the works themselves, students will also study the biography of famous writers, memorize and understand the meaning of the works.
Literature lessons are allocated 3 hours a week.
In literature, as a rule, the assignment given is not summer - a list of works for the summer that must be read for the new school year.
Music
Some time ago this subject was called “Singing”, and in the form in which children study it now, it entered the school curriculum quite recently. If previously everything came down to learning and singing songs, now students spend more time studying musical history and culture, listen to the sound of various musical instruments, get acquainted with the work and biography of composers and singers, and get acquainted with the features of opera and ballet.
Music lessons are allocated 1 hour per week.
Computer science
The program provides 1-2 hours per week for computer science lessons. Many schools introduce computer science classes as elective classes already in elementary school, but only in the 5th grade does computer science become a full-fledged lesson with the opportunity to master a computer and computer programs. Most often, the computer science program includes the study of programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Paint.
What can I say, many students, having arrived in the 5th grade, are already familiar with the basic programs, so computer science lessons seem quite simple and interesting for them.
Technology (labor)
Technology lessons are allocated 1 hour per week. Technology is one of the few subjects in the school curriculum in which boys study separately from girls.
Most often, girls study cooking, prepare various dishes (if there is a kitchen), learn to set the table, design and sew clothes, and learn to use a sewing machine and knitting needles.
During technology lessons, boys learn different tools, make crafts and household items.
In the new year, the government proposed studying robotics in technology lessons, during which students will become familiar with modern technologies, in particular 3D modeling.
ISO (drawing)
The number of hours per week allocated for fine arts is 1 hour. In fine arts lessons, schoolchildren learn not only to draw, but also various areas of painting and graphics, study the history of art, and get acquainted with the work of great domestic and world artists.
In addition, in art lessons, students draw in different techniques using different tools. This discipline is designed to develop the creative potential of the student, because it is precisely for creative activities that the modern schoolchild does not have enough time.
Russian language and mathematics
The main subjects in all modern schools are the Russian language and mathematics. They are given 5 hours a week.
Students improve the knowledge acquired in elementary school: they learn to solve more complex problems and examples, and become familiar with fractions, equations and inequalities, coordinates and the basics of geometry.
The Russian language will give the student more detailed knowledge about already known parts of speech, introduce new ones, and give the concept of phrases and their types.
In general, the school curriculum in 5th grade is not much more difficult than in 4th grade. It can be successfully called preparation for the next school tests.
Drawing lessons were canceled in schools 5-6 years ago. But elsewhere they teach this subject as an elective or in place of several hours of technology per week in high school.
Disputes about the necessity and uselessness of drawing do not subside even today, when this subject has already been excluded from the general school curriculum. Some people think that drawing is an absolutely useless subject. Others, on the contrary, argue that without the skills of “drawing” in high school, and even more so in a technical university, there is nowhere.
“I am a former drawing teacher. “Former” sounds very sad. I love my subject, but for the last three years I have been forced to teach it only as an elective course,” he writes on the social network of educators teacher Natalya Zaitseva. — Is it really possible to give complete material on this complex and, in my opinion, very interesting subject in 17 hours? And how the children who do not attend my course suffer, and then in the 10th grade are faced with stereometry and cannot construct an elementary geometric body. It is not clear why it was canceled? But the basics of marketing, the basics of business communication have been introduced... Apparently, the country really doesn’t need engineers. Sadly".
In the professional network, many teachers express regret about the cancellation of drawing and hope that the subject will eventually be returned to the general school curriculum.
Logics
Another subject from the Soviet past that does not fit into the concept of modern education is logic.
Logic was taught in schools as a compulsory subject in the 1950s. The Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, in its resolution “On the teaching of logic and psychology in secondary schools” dated December 3, 1946, declared it unacceptable that these subjects were not studied in secondary schools. At the same time, logic was in demand in secondary educational institutions before. Only after the events of the Great October Revolution was this subject banned from study not only in schools, but also in universities.
However, after the end of the war, on behalf of Stalin, discipline was returned to the curriculum. But as soon as the “leader” died, the subject was again excluded from the school curriculum. Under Khrushchev, logic was completely banned, citing concern for students, so as not to overload students.
Currently, logic is not a compulsory subject in school, so each educational institution decides independently whether to include it in the curriculum or not.
Astronomy
The study of the movement of celestial bodies for schoolchildren was canceled in 2008. Meanwhile, astronomy has been included in the compulsory school science course since the time Peter I. Before the revolution, over 40 different textbooks on this discipline were published in Russia. Its gradual erosion in the school curriculum began in 1993 - the astronomy course did not fit into the design of the main curriculum.
Today, astronomy is not formally prohibited in schools. It’s just that science officials cannot find a place for it in the structure of modern educational standards. What is there more in it - natural history, physics or chemistry? Or will the discipline be better perceived as a separate subject? Scientists and teachers are still arguing.
basic military training
Basic military training was not indicated as an academic subject in the matriculation certificate. As a rule, it was carried out under the leadership of WWII participants or armed forces officers sent to the reserve.
Students in grades 8-10 were taught drill, fire and tactical training, and were told about the nature and characteristics of the domestic armed forces. They taught how to disassemble and assemble a machine gun, use a hand grenade, a gas mask, dosimeters, taught the basics of first aid, etc.
Today, there is no such subject left even as an elective in Russian schools (with the exception of specialized educational institutions). Unlike some states of the former USSR, where pre-conscription training of youth in schools is still carried out.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a subject inherited by the Soviet educational school from Tsarist Russia. It was included in the schedule as “penmanship”. This discipline required perseverance and high concentration from primary school students. Schoolchildren were taught not only to write cleanly, but also to hold the pen correctly so that the letters were neat and beautiful.
Today, the role of calligraphy is given to numerous copybooks. At the same time, no one at school pays much attention to how primary schoolchildren hold a pen.
Ethics and psychology of family life
There was also such experience in the Russian general education program. Students studied the place of the family in different cultures, discussed the role of the family in the education of the individual, and the psychology of relationships. Sex education issues were not included in the content of this course.
The subject was informational and educational in nature - the final grade for it was not included in the certificate.
Today Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Russian Federation Pavel Astakhov considers it possible to return to teaching the discipline “Ethics and Psychology of Family Life” in schools. The Ombudsman even sent a corresponding letter to the Minister of Science and Education.
Constitution of the USSR
The Constitution of the USSR was studied in the 7th grade. Schoolchildren were told about the state structure of the country, the role of the leading party, as well as the basic rights and responsibilities of Soviet citizens. The subject was excluded from the general program in 1958. But physical education and labor were added to the schedule.
And, if there are still debates about other subjects about the possibility of returning them to the curriculum, then there is simply no need to study the Constitution of the USSR. Today Russia is a different state with a new Constitution and a different government structure. These issues are already being studied as part of the subject “Social Studies,” which is included in the compulsory school curriculum.
God's Law
Until 1917, there were Rules on parochial schools in Russia. They stipulated who should carry out the training and declared the “Orthodox teaching of the faith.”
On August 1, 1909, in St. Petersburg, at the All-Russian Congress of Teachers of the Law of God in secular educational institutions, it was decided to use a fresh teaching methodology. Namely, try to bring the discipline closer to the modern way of life. Only a few years later, in September 1917, the Local Council adopted a resolution “On the teaching of the Law of God in school,” which noted that in all public and private schools where there are Orthodox students, the Law of God should become a compulsory lesson. At the same time, the Law of God was considered not only as an educational subject, but primarily as an educational one. The students studied the history of the Old and New Testaments, the worship of the Christian Orthodox Church, and the catechism.
With the coming to power of the Bolsheviks, the Law of God disappeared from the school curriculum. Only in 1991, religious education and training in Sunday schools and Orthodox gymnasiums was officially revived in Russia. Today, its simplified version is taught optionally, without assessment of knowledge, in the 4th grade of a general education school when choosing the discipline “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture.”
Latin
In Russia, starting from the reign of Peter I and up to the October Revolution, Latin occupied one of the places of honor in the education program of classical gymnasiums. Only high school graduates were enrolled in higher education institutions.
Today, the Latin language is studied only in specialized lyceums or gymnasiums, but is not included in the general school curriculum. Unlike pre-revolutionary education, such Latin is of a purely “applied nature” for those who decide to connect their lives with medicine: specialized terminology, names of diseases and pathological conditions, and rules for writing prescriptions are studied.
At the same time, an interesting fact is that practice shows that those who speak and use Latin live to an advanced age and extremely rarely fall into insanity. The thing is that they exercise their memory all their lives and memorize large amounts of text.
Philosophical propaedeutics
This exotic item, perhaps with its name alone, can shock modern students and their parents. Meanwhile, philosophical propaedeutics as an educational discipline has a long history of development. It means nothing more than an introduction to philosophy (from the Greek propaidéuō - “pre-teach”). Philosophical propaedeutics was taught in high school in pre-revolutionary Russia. At the lectures, students were taught the basics of philosophy, as well as logic and pedagogy, thereby forming in future citizens the moral foundations of their thoughts and actions.
Propaedeutics was also preserved in the education system of the USSR, although only as courses and in the light of exclusively Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Natural history (natural history)
Natural history or science—the study of the natural world—was removed from the school curriculum in 1877. Only in 1901, a special commission on the organization of secondary school education in Russian schools adopted a provision according to which natural science and geography were to be studied in grades 1-3.
It was proposed to study nature in “dormitories”: forest, field, garden, meadow, park, river, and mainly on excursions. Over time, the course program underwent many changes - it was allocated both as a separate course “Natural History” and combined with lectures on other subjects. There is no science in the modern general school curriculum. It is present only as part of the curriculum “The World Around Us”, which is taught in primary school.
Shorthand
In an era when there was no talk of voice recorders, shorthand - the art of cursive writing - was quite widespread, so it was also offered to be studied in the royal gymnasiums. True, not as a compulsory course, but as an elective.
In 1906, due to the emergence of the first parliament in Russia, the demand for stenographers increased noticeably. High school students not only received useful skills, but also a chance to “fit into history.” One “minus” is that learning shorthand was a complex and long process, so it took at least six months to master the science at an acceptable level.
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