ST. MARY'S CANOSSIAN COLLEGE

History

A. Objectives

Students are expected to acquire knowledge and develop understanding of:
  • basic historical concepts, such as cause and effect, change and continuity, and similarities and differences;
  • diverse standpoints and perspectives inherent in different ways of representing and interpreting the past;
  • the beliefs, experiences and behaviours of their own nation as well as of other nations, and the ways in which they have shaped the development of the contemporary world;
  • the inter-relations of major events and movements that have occurred in the local community, the nation, Asia and the world in the 20th century; and
  • the major historical developments and trends that have shaped the contemporary world.

 

Last Updated: 2020-11-27 08:00

 

B. Subject Teachers

Name of Teachers

Levels

Ms Maggie Chan

F.2, F.4, F.5

Mr Mario Chan 

F.3, F.4

Ms Judy Tsui

F.3

Ms Meaco Kwok

F.1, F.2

 

Last Updated: 2023-09-15 09:09

 

C. Assessment System

F.1-F.3
Data-based questions assignment (s)
15%
Organized Test
20%
Mid-Year/ Final Examination
65%
 
F.4-6
Assignments
10%
Test(s)
20%
Mid-Year/ Final Examination
70%
 

 

Last Updated: 2022-09-19 08:42

 

D. Assessment Syllabus

F.1 History Final Examination syllabus 2023-24

Textbook

·      The feudal society (TB 1A, p.117-120)

·      The rise of Islam (TB 1B, p.160-163, 180-181, 183, 186-187)

·      Hong Kong history (TB 1B, p.208-211; 221-223; 231-234)

·   Morning reading materials from the Civic Education Team and History Department

Worksheets

·      The feudal society

·      The rise of Islam

·      Hong Kong history

DBQ

Data-based questions Exercise (2)

Format

Paper Total: 100 marks

·      Fill in the blanks (18 marks)

·      Multiple Choice questions (7 marks)

·      True or False (8 marks)

·      Short questions (30 marks)

·      Data-based questions (35 marks)

·      Effective communication (2 marks)

 

 

F.2 History Final Examination syllabus 2023-24

Textbook

·      Industrial Revolution (Topic 5, p.37-46, 55-57)

·      French Revolution (Topic 5: p.61-71)

·      European Colonial Expansion (Topic 6: p.6-18)

·      Hong Kong History (Topic 8: p. 6-8, 14-25, 28-29)

·   Morning reading materials from the Civic Education Team and History Department

Worksheets

·      Industrial Revolution

·      French Revolution

·      European Colonial Expansion

·      Hong Kong History

DBQ

Data-based questions Exercise (2)

Format

Paper Total: 100 marks

·      Fill in the blanks (18 marks)

·      Multiple Choice questions (10 marks)

·      True or False (8 marks)

·      Time Sense (10 marks)

·      Short questions (21 marks)

·      Data-based questions (30 marks)

·      Effective communication (3 mark)



F.3 History Final Examination syllabus 2023-24

Textbook

(Topic 12)

·      Hong Kong Between the two World Wars (p.6-15)

·      Japanese Occupation (p.16-24)

·      Housing, Education, Medical service, Social welfare, governance and political system (p.35-45)

·      Hong Kong’s return to motherland (p.49-52)

·   Morning reading materials from the Civic Education Team and History Department

History Concepts

·      Views and Attitudes (Refer to DBQ assignments for the skills)

·      Change and Continuity (Textbook p.15)

·      Turning point (Textbook p.38)

 

Format

Paper Total: 100 marks

 

·      Historical Proof Reading (20 marks)

·      MC (10 marks)

·      Time Sense (5 marks)

·      DBQ X 2 (42 marks)

·      Empathy questions X2 (20 marks)

·      + Effective communication for DBQ e.g. fluency, spelling, grammatical errors, organization, etc. (3 marks)

 

 

 F.4 History Final Examination syllabus 2023-24

Topics

All topics of Theme B

Format

·      Two compulsory Data-based Questions (30 marks)

·      Essay (Choose one out of two) (25 marks)

 

F.5 History Final Examination syllabus 2023-24

Topics

·      All topics of Theme B

·      Modernization and transformation of Hong Kong: Political and institutional changes

·      Modernization and transformation of Hong Kong: Development as an international city

·      Modernization and transformation of China: Early attempts at modernization – reforms and revolutions

·      Modernization and transformation of China: Socialist modernization in the Maoist period and the evolution of “socialism with Chinese characteristics” in the post-Mao period

Format

·      Paper One (three compulsory Data-based questions, 45 marks)

·      Paper Two (choose two essays out of four, 50 marks)

 

 

 

Last Updated: 2024-06-05 10:12

 

E. Subject Resources

 

 

Last Updated: 2021-09-07 11:57