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'209 English-Arabic School. Educational Activities.' [‎22v] (44/132)

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The record is made up of 1 file (66 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1919-9 Dec 1919. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Geometry.
NOTE.
Practical methods should be used as much as possible and
measurements applied in the early stages to objects in the room.
The boys should do as much as possible themselves. Neat and accu
rate work is essential.
SYLLABUS.
THIRD YEAR PRIMARY (Two Periods a Week).
Elementary definitions.
Measurement of the length, height, or breadth of the class-room
or objects in it, in metres and centimetres.
Measurements on paper of straight lines in centimetres and
millimetres by ruler and by eye.
Kinds of angles; estimation of angles and their measurement
applied to objects in the room and practised on paper with a pro
tractor.
Circles : Diameter, Radius, Circumference; Semi-circle; Arc;
construction of a circle of a given radius.
Triangles and their construction; kinds of triangles, according
to their sides and according to their angles; the angles of a triangle.
The Square. The area of a square and how to find it.
Rectangles. Area of a rectangle and how to find it.
FOURTH YEAR PRIMARY (Two Periods a Week).
Revision of the above. *
Bi-section of angles by compasses or by .folding.
Parallels; how proved.
Construction of a perpendicular to a straight line from a point
on or outside it.
Parallelograms : The opposite sides and opposite angles are
equal; construction of them, given two sides and the included angle.
Construction of a rectangle given two adjacent sides.
Construction of a square given the length of its sides.
Quadrilaterals and their construction.
Area of a triangle.
Area of a cube.
Pentagon, Hexagon and Octagon.
How to find the centre of a circle; the ratio between the dia
meter and the circumference. How to find the area.
Simple problems, e.q., how to find the height of a tree; how to
find the breadth of a river; accurate plan of the class-room or the
courtyard. - »
Description of survey instruments.
The use of the chain.

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The file comprises correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain and the Director of Education in Baghdad regarding the need for a primary school head teacher in Bahrain and enquiring as to the process of recruiting someone suitable.

The file also includes an Iraq Department of Education Syllabus for primary school teaching in Arabic and English, and copies of the forms used by primary schools in Iraq to record pupils' attendance.

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1 file (66 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 66; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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