ISBN 978-616-541-345-9 First Published 2021
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Sasithorn Onlao
Main Features A-Z
Defines important terms appearing in the chapter. States the learning objectives of the chapter.
Provides practical activities to enhance students’ knowledge and skill.
Provides exercises to test students’ comprehension of the concepts learnt.
Evaluates students’ understanding of the entire chapter.
Presents extra information relevant to the concept being learnt.
Consists of questions that promote thinking skills.
Consists of various exercises covering this unit.
Special Features CHAPTER
Stimulates fun learning through role play activities which encourage students to understand relevant content they have learnt in the class and enjoy their performances.
Serves as an activity that teaches students to share things with others, learn to be generous and make contributions to community, society and the country.
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Raises social awareness of compliance with law and rules among students for living in peace.
Serves as an activity enabling students to learn sharing with others and volunteer spirit in order to live happily in the society.
Stimulates students’ confidence and boosts the speaking skills in public through the activity of being a news reporter.
CHAPTER 3 ฿ Presents a weekly budget planner that helps students know their expenses every day, enabling them to plan their spending carefully and understand the importance of saving money.
Allows students to practise how to plan and invest their money, run a business, and stimulate creativity, together with cost and profit estimation.
Stimulates students’ creativity and assertiveness through product review, as well as capability in analysing strengths and weaknesses of the products.
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Develops students’ creativity in presentation through the organisation of exhibition, together with disseminating information of what they have searched to others. Encourages students to understand the historical methodology through the investigation of historical evidence and know how to work as a team.
Enables students to investigate, collect, analyse, and summarise data for better understanding, as well as boosting skills in presentation.
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Encourages students to learn how to draw a plan and read a map to enhance their comprehension of location and direction. Develops students’ skills in observation and understanding of location, direction and symbols on a map.
Boosts students’ confidence through the fun activity of weather report by integrating what they have learnt in the class with the weather information they have searched.
Contents CHAPTER
Religion, Morality and Ethics
1
Unit 1 Importance of Religion
Importance of Religion
2
Components of Religion
4
Religions in Thailand
5
Unit 2 Important Doctrines and Buddhist Day
Important Doctrines in Buddhism
Important Buddhist Day
Unit 3 The Story of the Buddha’s Previous Lives
and the Exemplary Believer Jataka Tales
Exemplary Believer
Voluntary Spirit Role Play Test
2 CHAPTER
Citizenship, Culture and Social Life
Unit 1 Being A Good Citizen
A Good Democratic Citizen
Social Life
Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All Young Reporters
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12
14 16
19
20 23
27 27 29
31 32
33 38
43 44
44
Unit 2 Children’s Rights
Children’s Rights
Child Abuse and Child Protection
Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All
45
46 50
55 55
Young Reporters
55
Unit 3 Local Administration
56
The Meaning and Importance of Local Administration
Structure and Duties of Local Administration
59
Roles of Local Administrators
70
Public Services Offered by
Local Administration Organizations
Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All
57
74
78 79
Young Reporters
79
Unit 4 Culture and Local Wisdom
Thai Culture
80
Local Wisdom
86
Rule of Thumb Volunteer for All Young Reporters
81
93 93
93
Test
95
CHAPTER 3 Economics
99
Unit 1 Goods and Services
100
Factors of Production
101
Factors that Influence the Production
of Goods and Services
103
Consumer Behaviour
105
Role of Technology in Production
107
Goods and Services in Community
110
Unit 2 Bank and Loan
Bank
113
Credit and Loan
121
Unit 3 Sufficiency Economy
114
125
Sufficiency Economy
Application of the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy
130
Cooperative
133
Track My Spending
140
Market Fair Young YouTubers Test
CHAPTER 4 History Unit 1 Methodology for Investigating History
of the Local Area
Investigation Methodology of the History
of the Local Area
Unit 2 Influence of Foreign Cultures
on Thai Culture
Influence of Indian and Chinese Civilisations
126
142 142
144
148
149 150
155
on Thai Culture
156
Influence of Foreign Culture on Thai Culture
161
Unit 3 Ayutthaya and Thon Buri Kingdoms
and Thai Wisdom
Factors Enhancing Political and Economic
164
Prosperity of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
165
Political Development of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
168
Economic and Trade Development of the
Ayutthaya Kingdom
172
Development of the Thon Buri Kingdom
King Taksin the Great’s Royal Duties after
Establishment of the Thon Buri Kingdom
174
Thai Wisdom of the Ayutthaya and Thon Buri Periods
175
Little Historians Little Gallery Little Guide
173
180
181 181
Test
183
CHAPTER 5 Geography
185
Unit 1 Geography of Thailand
Geographic Coordinate System
Geography, Culture, and Society in
Each Region of Thailand
Let’s Take a Tour Finding Hidden Treasure
186
187
190
210 211
Weather Reporters
211
Unit 2 Humans and the Environment
212
Influence of Natural Environment on
Creation of Human Culture
Influence of Physical Environment on
Human Migration and Settlement
217
Environmental Preservation and Degradation
221
Finding Hidden Treasure Let’s Take a Tour Weather Reporters Test
213
226 227
227 229
CHAPTER
1
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Religion, Morality and Ethics
How does your religion play a major role in your life?
UNIT
1
1
Importance of Re igion
Why do we have to study the doctrines of our religion?
A-Z
1. Analyse the importance of Buddhism or that of students’ own religions as cultural heritage and a pivot for developing the Thai nation. 2. Summarise the life of the Buddha from arrival at the town of Kapilavastu to his important deeds or the lives of the Masters of students’ own religions as prescribed. 3. Explain the components and the importance of the Tipitaka (the three divisions of the Buddhist Canon) or the scriptures of students’ own religions.
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1. Uplift (V.) to elevate or improve someone morally or spiritually 2. Doctrine (N.) a set of moral teachings or beliefs 3. Adhere (V.) to believe in and behave according to belief or rules 4. Disseminate (V.) to spread information widely 5. Laity, the (N.) people who are not priests or monks
Importance of Religion
The importance of religion in people’s way of life is as follows: • It is a source of morality that teaches people what is right and wrong, as well as teaching them to do good deeds and avoid evil deeds. The doctrine of each religion acts as moral guidelines for people in the society to live happily and peacefully.
• It forms good disciplines that people in the society must obey and follow and becomes the norms of society.
• It is the spiritual anchor of people. • It helps uplift people’s spirits. • It is a source of art and culture which finally becomes a country’s cultural heritage.
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Components of Religion Each religion mostly consists of the following five main components. 1. Master of religion
The Master of religion can be the founder
or the prophet of religion. For example, the Buddha is the founder of Buddhism.
2. Doctrine
Regarded
as
the
most
important
component of religion, the doctrine is
a set of moral teachings or beliefs. It is gathered and becomes a scripture or a sacred book.
3. Priest or monk
A priest or monk is person who strictly
adheres to the doctrines of religion and
disseminates sermons or teachings of the
Master of religion to the laity, as well as performing religious activities. 4. Religious place
A place for performing religious activities
5. Religious symbol
A symbol represents a religion, for instance
Dhammacakka or the Wheel of the Doctrine is the symbol of Buddhism. 4
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Religions in Thailand Buddhism has been the main religion in Thailand for a long time. The kings
have been the main patrons of Buddhism and also support other religions including Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.
According to the survey of the National Statistical Office carried out in 2018, Buddhism is the most widely practised religion in Thailand, followed by Islam, Christianity, and other religions respectively.
Buddhism Buddhism was founded by the Buddha. After attaining enlightenment,
the Buddha spent 45 years teaching and disseminating his sermons to people.
Among the important teachings of the Buddha are the Four Noble Truths (อริยสัจ 4) which include: 1. Suffering (ทุกข์) 2. The cause of suffering (สมุทัย) 3. The cessation of suffering (นิโรธ) 4. The path leading to the cessation of suffering (มรรค)
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The Buddhist Canon is called the
Tripitaka or Tipitaka in Pali (พระไตรปิฎก) which gathers the sermons or teachings
of the Buddha and the disciplines of
monks. The Tipitaka means ‘the Three Baskets’ including three main divisions which are:
1. The Vinaya Pitaka (พระวินัยปิฎก) or the Basket of Discipline is the collection of rules and regulations for monks and nuns (ภิกษุและภิกษุณี).
2. The Sutta Pitaka (พระสุตตันตปิฎก) or the Basket of Discourses is the collection of discourses and teachings delivered by the Buddha to the monks and the laity on various occasions and places.
3. The Abhidhamma Pitaka (พระอภิธรรมปิฎก) or the Basket of Higher Doctrine is the collection of higher doctrines of the Buddha. There are no people, places or occasions in this division.
The Buddhist symbol is Dhammacakka or the
Wheel of the Doctrine.
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Importance of Buddhism in Thailand The importance of Buddhism in Thai society is as follows: 1. Foundation of the country’s development The ‘Dhamma’ or the sermons or teachings of the Buddha is the critical foundation
of Thailand’s development and prosperity in many ways:
• It helps promote unity among Thai people and compassion towards others which
leads to peaceful society.
• It acts as an approach of administration and a mechanism to manage the society apart from laws. The ‘Dhamma’ helps Thai people control their body and mind to behave appropriately.
• It is a spiritual anchor of Thai people and moral guidelines of living their lives.
2. A source of Thailand’s cultural heritage Many fields of Thai art, including architecture, painting, sculpture and literature, have been created to serve Buddhism. Among them are
meticulously built temples, mural
paintings,
Buddha
statues and many literary works about the lives of
the Buddha and the Three Worlds written based on the belief of Buddhism.
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Islam
The Prophet of Islam is Muhammad. The sacred scripture is the Quran – the compilation of God’s revelations given to the Prophet Muhammad. As for the Muslim doctrine, Muslims believe in the Six Articles of Faith and follow the Five Pillars of Islam.
The Six Articles of Faith 1. Belief in the Oneness of God
4. Belief in the Prophets
2. Belief in the Angels of God
5. Belief in the Day of Judgment
3. Belief in the Books of God
6. Belief in the Divine Decree
The Five Pillars of Islam 1. Declaration of faith in God and belief in Muhammad
2. Praying five times a day 3. Almsgiving 4. Fasting during Ramadan 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca
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The Muslim symbol
is the Star and Crescent.
Christianity The Prophet of Christianity is Jesus
Christ. The sacred scripture is the
Bible consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Bible contains the Ten Commandments which is a set of ten principles of relationship with God and moral behaviour that all
Christians have to follow and practise. The contents of the Ten Commandments are as follows:
1. You shall have no other gods
5. Honor you father and your mother.
before Me.
6. You shall not murder.
3. You shall not take the name
8. You shall not steal.
2. You shall not make idols.
of the LORD your God in vain.
7. You shall not commit adultery. 9. You shall not bear false witness
4. Remember the Sabbath day, against your neighbor.
to keep it holy.
10. You shall not covet.
Source: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/10-commandments/the-ten-commanments/10-commandments-list/
Besides, the Sermon on the Mount delivered by Jesus Christ to a group of followers is a set of moral teachings on living with proper attitudes.
The Sermon on the Mount covers several topics, such as the Eight Beatitudes, Salt and Light, etc. The following are some examples of the Beatitudes:
• “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
• “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
• “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
The symbol of Christianity is the Cross.
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Christianity is the world’s most widely practised religion.
What are the religious places of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam for performing religious activities?
Write down the correct answers in the table. Buddhism
Master
of religion
Scripture
Important sermon
or doctrine
Religious symbol
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Islam
Christianity