The History-Geography curriculum in 5e
In 5e, history-geography takes up 3h of a student’s timetable, while mathematics takes 3h30, French and science & technology take 4h30 and modern languages take 5h30. Note that around thirty minutes within that time is also devoted to Civic Education.
History-geography in detail
In 5e, the history curriculum covers a broad period, from the great discoveries to the French monarchy:
- Christianity and Islam (Byzantium, Carolingian Europe, the birth of Islam)
- Society, the Church and political power in the feudal West, from the 11th to the 15th century: the seigniorial order, the emergence of urban society, the affirmation of the monarchic state (Capetians and Valois)
- The transformations of Europe and its opening onto the world in the 16th and 17th centuries: Charles V, Francis I, Henri IV and Louis XIV.
The geography curriculum, for its part, focuses on the world’s major regions, while introducing some economic concepts: beyond studying climate and terrain, students learn about the organisation of the world and its resources (economic, human…). Specifically, they will study:
- The demographic question and unequal development (growth, effects, distribution of wealth and poverty)
- Limited resources to manage and renew (water, food)
- Risk prevention and adapting to global change (changes and effects, prevention of industrial and technological risks).
Moral and Civic Education (EMC) in detail
In EMC, 5e students will explore sensitivity (recognising feelings, personal and legal identity, belonging to humanity’s shared destiny), law and rules (the legal status of children) and judgement (dimensions of equality and forms of discrimination)
