The extent to which the Arabic language curricula in the basic stage (fourth grade to ninth grade) include religious and historical places in Quds city.

Abstract

The extent to which Arabic language curricula in the basic stage (grades 4 through 9) included religious and historical places in the city of Jerusalem.

The study aimed at identifying the extent to which Arabic language curricula) included the religious and historical places in the city of Jerusalem. The study was based on one of the methods of the analytical survey namely, the content analysis method. The study sample consisted of all the Arabic language textbooks from the fourth to the ninth grades. The researcher prepared the study tool, which consists of two main domains: the first covered religious places and the second covered the historical places in Jerusalem. The study concluded some significant results the most important of which are: mention of religious in the seventh grade ranked first followed by second in ninth grade The third was eighth grade and fourth was  fourth grade and fifth in fifth grade and lowest mention was in sixth grade.

 Mention of historical places was more in the fourth grade and ranked first, followed by seventh grade, followed by eighth grade,  followed by the ninth grade, sixth grade came fourth and lowest mention was in fifth grade.

The study recommended enriching the content of the curriculum in general and the Arabic language in particular with regard to the topics related to Jerusalem, historically, religiously and geographically, in order to fortify the students morally, culturally against believing the Israeli narrative, which aimed at falsifying facts and history through highlighting the religious and historical monuments in Jerusalem, which bear witness to its ancient Islamic character.