St. Mary's Canossian College

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 20^th century; and
the major historical developments and trends that have shaped the contemporary world.

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F.1-F.3 (First term)

F.1-F.3 (Second term)

Assignments (Data-based questions, Project work, Essay writing (if any))	10%
Organized Test	20%
Final Examination.	70%

F.4-6

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F.1 History Mid-year Examination syllabus 2025-26

Textbook (Topic 1 Human needs: Past and Present)	· Stone Age (p.6-19) · Rise of Ancient Civilization (p.20-25) · Nile Valley Civilization (p.39-49) · European Civilization (p.80-85, 107-108)
Worksheet	· Stone Age · Rise of Ancient Civilization - Nile Valley Civilization · European Civilization
DBQ	· DBQ answering skills · Data-based questions Exercise (1) & (2)
Format	Paper Total: 100 marks · Fill in the Blanks (20 marks) · Multiple Choice Questions (10 marks) · True or False (10 marks) · Short Questions (20 marks) · Data-based Questions (30 marks) · Time Sense (8 marks) · Effective Communication (2 marks)

F.2 History Mid-year Examination syllabus 2025-26

Textbook (Topic 5 The rise of modern Europe)	· The Renaissance (p.6,7,10-15,17-18) · The Reformation (p.19-22) · The Scientific Revolution (p.23-27) · The Enlightenment (p.28-31)
Worksheets	· The Renaissance · The Reformation · The Scientific Revolution · The Enlightenment
DBQ	Data-based questions Exercises (1) and (2)
Format	Paper Total: 100 marks · Who am I? (10 marks) · Matching (6 marks) · Multiple Choice questions (10 marks) · True or False (10 marks) · Short questions (16 marks) · Data-based questions (45 marks) · Effective communication (3 marks)

F.3 History Mid-year Examination syllabus 2025-26

Textbook (International conflicts and crises in the 20^th century)	· Conflicts among the great powers and the outbreak of WWI in the early 20th century (p.6, 8-15, 21, 23) · Course and result of WWI (p. 24-25, 28-29, 31-32) · World situation between the two World Wars and the outbreak of WWII (p.33-34, 37-41, 43-45) Need to study the maps on p.38 · Rise of Totalitarianism (p.46-52)
Worksheet	· First World War · Second World War (p.1-9)
DBQ	Data-based questions Exercises (1) and (2)
Format	· Paper Total: 100 marks · Fill in the blanks (20 marks) · Multiple Choice Questions (13 marks) · Map Work (13 marks) · Time Line (7 marks) · Data-based Questions (44 marks) · Effective Communication (3 marks)

F.4 History Mid-year Examination syllabus 2025-26

Notes

· International Relations from 1900-1914, p.1-35

· The two world wars and the peace settlements, p.1-79

· Major conflicts after WWII and attempts to make peace p.1-7

Format

· Paper Total: 40 marks

· Data-based questions: three compulsory questions

F.5 History Mid-year Examination syllabus 2024-25

Notes

· All notes of Theme B

· Modernization and transformation of China (1900-1945)

Format

· Paper Total: 55 marks

· Data-based questions: two compulsory questions (30 marks)

· Essay: choose one out of two (25 marks)

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