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The study aims to analyze Social Studies books of the upper primary stage in Palestine according to the principles of "integrity ".To know the degree of its commitment to these criteria, The researcher has designed a"study tool" which includes a categorized list of several criteria that classify the main elements of integrity. The study tool includes: (subjects, interacting between subjects, using projects methods, other resources in addition to the book, and Consolidation). The researcher used the method of content analysis as a basic of tool for describing the quality and quantity of the curriculum content. Therefore, the researcher chose the following units for analysis: (the book units, basic titles and map, pictures and shapes, and the introductory activities. The researcher has examined the validity and the reliability of the tool by showing it to some specialists in the education field. The study reached a result that the curricula used as a sample had took into the principles of integration in most of the units of analysis in this study. (Published Abstract)