The "National Archives" provides curricula to enhance patriotism

10 documentary films from "Memory of the Nation" for textbooks

  • Cooperation with "Education" allows the National Archives to play its role in developing student knowledge.

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The National Archives supplied social studies and national education curricula in state schools with short national historical documentaries that support the curriculum and explain its details, and enrich students' visual and mental memory with national principles, in a way that enhances loyalty and belonging, solidifies national identity, and creates a historical memory for them.

Within the framework of continuous cooperation and strategic partnership with the Ministry of Education, the National Archives made available 10 documentary films from the "Memory of the Nation" to the Ministry, which were included on the "Diwan" platform. The Ministry also included them in school books, and provided access to the historical documentary film through a code for the survey. For each movie, where the student can watch the movie through his mobile device.

The Ministry classified the films produced by the National Archives according to the lessons consistent with their subjects, as "Education" supported its national curricula with these films that were produced with national responsibility.

There are many documentary topics that enrich school curricula, some of which document aspects of the fragrant biography of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, and his brothers the founding fathers, and some of them are films that deal with the past of the Emirates and the civilizations that it witnessed. Supports the knowledge they receive in books according to an interesting visual vision and filmmaking.

Abdullah Majed Al Ali, Executive Director of the National Archives, believes that this cooperation between the National Archives and the Ministry of Education takes strategic dimensions that allow the National Archives to play its role in developing student knowledge, in order to build the personality that the nation needs in its present and future.

"My Future Archive"

The National Archives also launched its national educational program, "My National ... My Identity and My Belonging", which instills in the hearts of young generations the principles of good citizenship, which reinforces their keenness to preserve and preserve the capabilities of their homeland in the future. This program came in parallel with the student trips to the headquarters of the National Archives.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the National Archives annually holds a "Teachers Forum" which has become a cultural event, and aims to embody the UAE vision, through its keenness to consolidate the national identity in the souls of its children, and to promote belonging to the homeland and loyalty to the wise leadership.

Among the ongoing projects between the National Archives and "Education" is the Student Historians Club, which aims to develop students' awareness of their history, heritage and the achievements of their homeland, and to enhance and complement the educational process.

Among the joint initiatives between the two sides is the “My Archive My Future” campaign emanating from the national campaign for documenting personal records, “Trust”, which aimed to educate school students about the importance of documenting personal materials and records as the nation’s memory in the future, as well as the national educational initiative “Zayed 100 Stories”, which resulted in A large number of stories that have deepened in the memory of the nation, and, with relentless follow-up, they have been able to motivate students to prepare 100 story articles about the founding leader, in which they present the stories they reached in their in-depth readings of the fragrant biography of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul.

Our Inspirational Stories

The "Our Inspirational Stories" initiative contributed to directing students' energies to write about carefully studied and targeted national historical programs that contribute to the development of society, highlighting humanitarian and community projects and initiatives, spreading hope, consolidating the values ​​of goodness and giving, promoting positivity and optimism, and improving the quality of life in the Emirati society.

The initiatives of “Zayed 100 Stories”, “Our Inspirational Stories” and “The Fifty Kuttab” initiative constitute a golden triangle for student creativity. The “Kuttab Al Khams” initiative, in which the National Archives finished evaluating the works in which the participation has been evaluated, foresees the bright future for generations. Taking care of them and caring for them, developing their knowledge in the field of authorship and writing, and promoting knowledge values, leading to cultural distinction.

Perhaps the most prominent station in the cooperation between the two institutions is the series of "Reading in the Memory of the Nation" that was launched in conjunction with the "Year of Zayed", and included a number of initiatives that benefit all school students in the United Arab Emirates, and focused on the eternal legacy of the late Sheikh. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, his achievements and wisdom, his good endeavors for the sake of building people, and his visions that preceded his era within the framework of national sustainability.

Among the contents of this series: the initiative to enrich 100 school libraries with historical and national books, the enrichment of 100 other schools with the sayings of the wise Arab Sheikh Zayed, may God have mercy on him, and the initiative to print one million of the following educational booklets: “Khalifa… A Journey to the Future” and “Zayed from the Challenge” To the Union, ”and the book“ Qasr Al Hosn… History of Abu Dhabi Rulers ”.

Young Historian Award

The cooperation between the "National Archives" and "Education" began with school trips, which were received by the National Archives (the Center for Documentation and Research in the past) at its headquarters, and later developed into the "Young Historian Award" project, which, since its launch in 2009, aims to strengthen belonging and loyalty, And the national identity, and the development of historical awareness in the minds of students, and it had an impact in helping them develop their skills in terms of criticism and analysis, urging originality in thinking and expression, using innovative approaches in research, encouraging research in the history of the United Arab Emirates and protecting its heritage. The prize whose twelfth is close to fruition;

It attracted a large number of students to research the history of the UAE and sail through its time periods.

• The films document aspects of Sheikh Zayed's biography, and dealt with the Emirates' past and the civilizations it witnessed.

• The initiatives of "Zayed 100 Stories", "Our Inspirational Stories" and "The Fifty Book Initiative" ... form a golden triangle for student creativity.

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