Curriculum — Units
Five Units, One per Strand
The official curriculum organized into mastery units. Each preserves the Ministry's outcomes and adds essential questions, performance tasks, and assessment plans.
Unit 1 · Our Bahamian Story (History)
Essential Questions: Who shaped The Bahamas, and how do their choices still affect us? Big Ideas: arrivals and encounters change a place; history explains the present.
Competency: Bahamian Historian (C1). Objectives: 1.H1–1.H4 (Columbus, Eleutheran Adventurers, Loyalists).
Success Criteria: sequence the arrivals and explain one effect of each with evidence. Vocabulary: settler, explorer, adventurer, Loyalist, impact, sequence.
Inquiry Questions: Why did people travel to The Bahamas? What changed when they arrived? Performance Task: "Heritage Reporter" timeline + cause/effect explanation.
Assessment Plan: timeline build · mastery quiz · transfer task on a rubric. Cross-curricular: ELA (sequencing, narrative). Technology: AI video, timeline activity. Time: ~6 weeks.
Unit 2 · Mapping Our Archipelago (Geography)
Essential Questions: How do maps help us understand The Bahamas? What makes our islands unique? Big Ideas: tools (compass, keys) make places readable; places can be compared.
Competency: Bahamian Geographer (C2). Objectives: 2.GE1–2.GE3 (compass & keys, the Banks, Southern islands).
Success Criteria: locate a place with the compass/key and compare two islands or banks. Vocabulary: legend, key, compass rose, bank, archipelago, settlement.
Inquiry Questions: How do I find a place on a map? How are the Banks different? Performance Task: "Map My Bahamas" with a working legend.
Assessment Plan: map activity · compare/contrast note · mastery quiz. Cross-curricular: Math (grids, directions). Technology: AI video, interactive map match. Time: ~5 weeks.
Unit 3 · Leading & Belonging (Government)
Essential Questions: How is The Bahamas led, and what does it mean to be a good citizen? Big Ideas: communities need leaders, rules, rights, and ways to resolve conflict.
Competency: Informed Citizen (C3). Objectives: 3.GOV1–3.GOV5.
Success Criteria: name key leaders; state a right and a responsibility; suggest a way to resolve conflict. Vocabulary: Governor General, Prime Minister, minister, rights, responsibilities, conflict.
Inquiry Questions: Who leads us and how? What are my rights and duties? Performance Task: "Classroom Constitution."
Assessment Plan: rights/responsibilities sort · debate contribution · mastery quiz. Cross-curricular: ELA (debate, persuasion). Technology: AI video, sorting activity. Time: ~6 weeks.
Unit 4 · Resources & Our Economy (Economics)
Essential Questions: How do our resources and tourism keep The Bahamas strong? Big Ideas: economies depend on resources, industries, and movement of people and goods.
Competency: Economic Thinker (C4). Objectives: 4.ER1–4.ER4 (local food, tourism & Sands, international transport, farming & migration).
Success Criteria: explain two ways tourism or local food helps the economy. Vocabulary: resource, produce, manufacture, tourism, transportation, migration.
Inquiry Questions: What do we make here? Why does tourism matter? Performance Task: "Made in The Bahamas" product pitch.
Assessment Plan: local-vs-imported sort · explanation · mastery quiz. Cross-curricular: Math (simple data). Technology: AI video, sorting activity. Time: ~5 weeks.
Unit 5 · Proudly Bahamian (Culture & Heritage)
Essential Questions: What makes us proudly Bahamian? Big Ideas: symbols, people, and festivals carry a nation's identity.
Competency: Culture & Heritage Champion (C5). Objectives: 5.CH1–5.CH5 (surnames/settlements, symbols, Coat of Arms, nation builders, Junkanoo).
Success Criteria: explain a national symbol and a Junkanoo tradition and why they matter. Vocabulary: symbol, Coat of Arms, pledge, anthem, nation builder, Junkanoo.
Inquiry Questions: What do our symbols mean? Where did Junkanoo come from? Performance Task: "Heritage Showcase."
Assessment Plan: symbol-meaning match · Junkanoo research note · mastery quiz. Cross-curricular: Music & Art (Junkanoo). Technology: AI video, matching & flashcards. Time: ~6 weeks.