St. Mary's Canossian College

Teaching Plan 2016-17

Subject: History Form: Three Date: 19th September 2016

Subject Teachers: Ms Judy Tsui (3A, 3D, 3F), Mr Mario Chan (3B, 3C) and Miss Maggie Chan (3E)

Form Coordinator: Ms J. Tsui Panel Chair: Ms. Maggie Chan

Week

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Content Areas

/ Values & attitudes / Teaching Strategies / Learning Tasks / response to school themes
1 / Introduction -
What is History? / Empathy
Independence
Appreciation / Active Learning Strategy:
Q & A:
·  What have students learnt in junior form IH lessons?
·  What is History?
·  Why do we need to learn History?
·  What to learn in History?
·  How to learn History? / Active Learning – problem based learning (how to find out the true stories in the past?)
2-3 / Japanese Occupation -Life under Japanese Occupation / Empathy
Racial equality
Mutual respect
Cooperation
Harmony / Documentary movie – “3 years and 8 months” / Worksheet
Active Learning Activities:
Mind-mapping & video appreciation
4-6 / Japanese Occupation -Life under Japanese Occupation / Active Learning Strategy:
DI Task – news report, war plans and poster
On-line Research – search for relevant information for DI presentation in MMLC
Students’ presentation – students present their work during class time / Active learning Activities:
DI Group discussion and presentation (learning history via different sorts of information e.g. written, visual, audio-visual, etc. )
7-8 / Social developments after 1945 – Housing / Care for our society
Mutual support
Helping the poor
Harmony / Active learning strategy: jigsaw learning (students studying information on different type of houses and presentation)
Study skills:
How to tackle DBQ / DBQ Exercise (1)
Presentation
Worksheet
8-9 / Social developments after 1945 - Education / Care for our society
Participation
Equality / Active learning strategy: Group Discussion – changes in Housing and education of Hong Kong
Study skills: How to identify features / Worksheet
Self-learning tasks
10 / First Organized Test & Corrections
11 / Social developments after 1945- Pastime leisure / Treasure
Appreciation
Sharing / Active learning strategy:
Jigsaw activity – students will break into groups and play different kinds of old toys. They need to spot out the common features of these toys & compare their pastime leisure with those of the 60s & 70s
Study Skills:
Identify features and differences / Worksheet
Active Learning task:
Discussion and presentation
12-13 / Social developments after 1945 – popular culture / Care for our society
Appreciation of others
Sharing / Active learning strategy:
Song & Movie appreciation (group work) – students will listen to / watch old songs and old movies culture in HK + share their favourite pop songs and analyze the changes of popular culture
Study Skills: trace developments / Active Learning task: discovery learning (research on popular cultures of different periods)
14-16 / Social developments after 1945 – Hong Kong’ relation with China / Care for our nation
Empathy / Active learning strategy:
Role Play – each group of student will do a role play on an episode.
Study Skills:
Identify changes / Active Learning task:
Discussion and presentation
17-18 / Christmas Holidays
19-21 / Mid-Year Examination & Corrections
21-22 / The First World War – trend warfare / Empathy
Peace & harmony
Responsibility
Patriotism / Active learning strategy:
Experiencing World War – Film appreciation on “Merry Christmas” & discuss the characteristics of trench warfare
Study Skills:
Analyze characteristics
23 / The First World War – war propaganda / Empathy
Patriotism
Peace and harmony
Solidarity & unity / Active learning strategy:
Poster Design (group work) – select a WWI participating country and help it create a poster. Students need to present their ideas in class
Study Skill: how to analyze visual images in DBQ (poster) / Poster Analysis
24-25 / Lunar New Year Holidays
26-27 / The First World War – Paris Peace Conference / Cooperation
Respect
Fairness
Patriotism
Empathy
Value of life / Active learning strategy:
Mock Paris Peace Conference – different groups of students will represent different countries who took part in the conference & Presentation of their stances and opinions
Study skills:
How to write arguments for and against a view / DBQ Exercise (2)
28-29 / The First World War – Consequences / Humanitarianism
Women’s rights
Patriotism
Citizens’ rights & responsibility
Respect for life
Peace
Cooperation / Active learning strategy:
Discussion (pair work) – positive and negative impacts brought by WWI
Study skills:
cartoon interpretation / Revision Exercise
Active self-learning task: how to avoid a world war?
30 / Second Organized Test
30-31 / Easter Holiday
32-33 / Totalitarianism – rise of Hitler / Human rights
Freedom
Rule of law
Right & responsibilities of citizens
Democracy
Governance / Active learning strategy:
Mock election (group work) – student are given information about Post-war Germany and the possible candidate of German leaders. They need to elect the leader whom they think is best for Post-war Germany. / Group discussion and presentation
34-35 / Totalitarianism – Features of Nazism / Human rights
Freedom
Respect for life
Rule of law
Racial equality / Active learning strategy:
Writing letter to Hitler – students should think about what Germany needed the most and suggest policies to improve Germany’s conditions.
Study Skills:
Identify features / Writing letters to Hitler
Self-learning tasks – research on other totalitarian rulers
35-36 / Second World War – war fronts / Cooperation
Mutual respect
Acceptance of diversities
Humanitarianism
Peace / Active learning strategy:
Film appreciation & reflection:
1.  “Saving Private Ryan” (movie) – D Day
2.  “Hiroshima” (documentary) – atomic bombardment
3.  “Life is beautiful” (Movie) – concentration camp / Worksheet
37-38 / Second World War – consequences / Cooperation
Mutual respect
Acceptance of diversities
Humanitarianism
Peace / Active learning strategy:
Group discussion – lessons learnt from World War Two
Study Skills:
Comparison (WWI & WWII) / Group discussion and presentation
39 / Cold War / Cooperation
Mutual respect
Acceptance of diversities
Openness / Active learning strategy:
Mind-mapping – How did WWII lead to Cold War
Case study: North Korea
Study skills: cause-and-effect relationship / Worksheet
40 / Revision / Revision of study skills / Revision Exercises
41-43 / Final Examination & Corrections

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