Guangyang Secondary School

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7 Jan 2018

2018Semester 1 Plan for Secondary5N(A) Elective History

Please be informed of the following semester plan for matters pertaining to Secondary 5N(A)History for your child/ ward in semester 1.

1Topics covered for Semester 1*:

Weeks / Topic / TB pg / Homework/Assign
Test
Term 1/1 / Introduction of 5As and Introduction to O Level Syllabus and Format of the Exam Paper / Diagnostic Test
Term 1/2 / Ch 3 The Cuban Missile Crisis- How did tensions arising between Cuba and the USA become part of the Cold War?
  • Significance of Cuba to the USA
  • Cuba’s formal alliance with the Soviet Union
/
  • 72-85

Term 1/3 / Ch 3 The Cuban Missile Crisis-Why did the USA and the Soviet Union go to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?
  • Soviet installation of missiles in Cuba
/
  • 86-95
/
  • Class test

Term 1/4 / Ch 3 The Cuban Missile Crisis- Who was the victor of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
  • Course of the resolution of the crisis
/
  • 96-114
/
  • SBQ Assignment

Term 1/5 /
  • Revision :Ch 1 Reasons for Cold War–
  • Ideological Differences
  • WWII: A necessary alliance with continued distrust
  • Disagreements during negotiations for a post-war settlement
/
  • 3-5
/
  • SEQ Assignment

Term 1/6 / Revision for Common Test:
Ch 1 Reasons for Cold War- Distrust, Satellites States by Stalin
  • Establishment of Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe
  • Reasons for Cold War-Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan and Impact of economic recovery/Berlin Blockade
  • Revision of SBQ skills in preparation of Common Test
/
  • 6-15
/
  • Worksheets

Term 1/7 /
  • Revision of SBQ skills in preparation of Common Test
/
  • Teachers’ Resources
/
  • Common Test

Term 1/8 / Chapter 4 : The end of Cold War
  • American economic and military superiority
  • Declining confidence in communist ideology and failure of the Soviet economy
/
  • 117-125
/
  • Worksheet

Term 1/9 / Chapter 4 : The end of Cold War
  • Ascension of Gorbachev
  • Implementation of Perestroika and Glasnost
/
  • 126-127
/
  • SEQ

Term 1/10 / Chapter 4 : The end of Cold War
  • Implementation of Perestroika and Glasnost
/
  • 128-134
/
  • SEQ

Term 2/1 / Chapter 4 : The end of Cold War
  • End of Soviet Control over Eastern Europe
  • Disintegration of the Soviet Union
/
  • 135-141
/
  • SBQ Assignment (Holiday HW)
(To be included in PPR in Term 3)
Term 2/2 /
  • SBQ Skills : Political Cartoons
  • SBQ Skills: Reliability
  • Revision of Sec 3/4 topics: Treaty of Versailles
/
  • Teachers’ Resources
/
  • Class Test
(To be included in PPR in Term 3)
Term 2/3 /
  • Revision of Sec 3/4 topics: Rise of Stalin
  • SBQ Skill: “Are you surprised?”
/
  • Teachers’
Resources /
  • Worksheets

Term 2/4 /
  • Revision of Sec 3 topics and Sec 4 topics

Term 2/5 / Mid-Year Examination
Term 2/6 / Mid-Year Examination

*Please note that the topics might be subject to minor changes. Pupils will be updated accordingly.

2Assessment Plan

Semester 1 / SA1: 100% (MYE Examination) / Semester 2 / SA2: 100% (Prelim Examination)

3Details of CA1 Assessments

CA1 Assessment / Date / Topics/ Remarks / Marks
Assignment / T1W3 / SBQ Assignment / 12m
Assignment / T1 W4 / SEQ Assignment / 12m
Test 1 / T1W5 / Structured-Essay Questions : The Cuban Missile Crisis / 12m
Test 2 (common test) / T1W7 / Source-Based Case Study and Structured-Essay Questions: Factors that worsened Cold War-Marshall Plan and Berlin Blockade / 30m
SBQ Assignment / T2 W1 / SBQ Skills / 30m
Test 3 / T2W3 / Structured-Essay Questions: The Korean War / 20m

*Please note that the dates indicated for the CA1 components are subject to changes. Pupils will be updated accordingly.

SA1 Components / Date / Guidelines
Paper [1 hour 40 minutes] / To be advised
(Term 2 Week 6) /
  • All topics covered in semester 1.
  • For the paper , candidates are to write their answers on the writing paper Total marks for the paper is are 50m.

Section / Details / Marks
A / Source-Based Case Study / 30
B / Structured-Essay Questions / 20

4Absence from tests

a)A medical certificate must be produced if your child/ ward is absent for the test.

b)Parent’s letter is strongly discouraged and its validity will be approved based on a case-by-case basis.

c)Absence from any test without a valid reason will result in zero mark for the test.

d)Do note that your child/ ward will have to do a make-up test on the day he/she returns to school.