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Interdisciplinary instruction is the conceptual integration of a concept across different disciplines. This integration allows students to learn topics in connection with different courses and in a meaningful manner. Interdisciplinary instruction is an approach which helps students combine and integrate pieces of information existing in different fields and enables students, through concepts, to focus on thoughts at the level of analysis and synthesis. The inclusion of interrelations in curriculum into course book is important to reaching achievements set forth in these programs. This research aimed to reveal that establishing relations between courses (Turkish Language, Mathematics and Science) referred to in social studies instruction program happened to be the case in the 5th grade social studies course book in what sense and through which elements. By using the criterion sampling, the 5th grade, the grade level at which the establishment of relationships between courses was the most common, and achievements for establishing relationships were selected in the study. In the study, qualitative research method was employed. Data were collected through document analysis and evaluated through content analysis. In the data analysis process, firstly, achievements which established relationships with other courses were identified. For the data analysis, a table of criteria was created, and the analysis process was launched in light of the categorization of images, written materials and questions which were presented on this table. Codes were created as to how achievements which established relationships with courses of Turkish language, mathematics and science were included in social studies course book, and codes considered to be related to each other were synthesized and categorized into themes. Also, a social studies teacher who was experienced in qualitative research was included into the analysis process, and it was checked if researchers and social studies teacher had consensus on the access to codes and themes. As per research results, in social studies curriculum for the 5th grade of primary schools, three achievements were proposed for establishing relationships with Turkish language course and relationships for all three achievements were included in the social studies course book, one achievement was proposed for establishing relationship with science course and this relationship was included in the social studies course book, five achievements were proposed for establishing relationships with mathematics course and all relationships for achievements, except one achievement, were included in social studies course book. Relationships between courses were established through questions, written materials or images in social studies course book. At the end of the research, recommendations were presented for specialists, practitioner teachers and researchers in charge of preparing course books.

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