St. Bonaventure College & High School
F. 6 – 7 History Syllabus (2003-2004)
Aims & Objectives
1.To give students a clear concept regarding the nature of history:
a)It is contemplation based upon sources which really happened in the past.
b)It is a mode of thinking, an inquiry of happenings of human events and a problem-raising activity.
2. To help students develop a wide range of historical skills listed as follows:
a)understanding and using historical language and concepts.
b)gaining a sense of chronology and change.
c)strengthening the capacity for imagination.
d)finding and collecting information.
e)taking a preliminary look at information.
f)understanding and evaluating evidence.
g)analyzing and interpreting evidence.
h)synthesizing and communicating.
- To help students cope with the Advanced Level History Examination of the University of Hong Kong.
- To make use of IT to enhance the effectiveness of history teaching.
Methods & Evaluation
1.Students are advised to cultivate the habits of wide and intensive reading of primary and secondary sources so that they can analyze historical facts and perceive historical issues from different perspectives to cope with the DBQs.
2.They are also required to present the assigned topics in class, lead group discussions and write essays. Teacher-students interactions are essential and can be done through IT.
3.Tests will be given to ensure that students are in steady progress. A three-hour examination will be held at the end of each term.
- VCDs and guidelines or notes depending on the nature of the topics to be taught will be provided.
- Teachers should help students to use internet to search for relevant and helpful information/materials to widen their scope of knowledge and communication between teacher and students can be conducted outside classroom.
Syllabus
1.Paper I: The internal developments (including social, cultural, intellectual, economic and political aspects) and foreign relations of the Modern Western World, circa 1800-1939
2. Paper II: The internal developments (including social, cultural, intellectual, economic and political aspects) and foreign relations of the Modern China and Japan, circa 1800-1920
Time Allocation
10 periods per 6-day cycle for both papers I and II of F6 and F.7
Textbooks
Paper I: Europe since Napoleon (By D. Thompson, Penguin)
西洋現代史 上、下冊 （楊卓林、謝偉良編著 偉文）
Paper II:The Rise of Modern China (by C.Y. Hsu, O.U.R)
The Modern History of Japan (by W.B. Beasley, Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
中國近代史 上、下冊 徐中約 中大
References
European History
Europe since Waterloo (by R. Ergang, 940 Erg*)
European History, 1789-1970 (by G.M.D. Howat, 940 How)
A Practical Guide to Modern European History, 1789-1950 (by R.R Sellman, 940.2 Sel)
Modern European History (by H.L. Peacock, 940.27 Pea)
Europe 1815-1945 (by Anthony Wood, 940.28 Woo)
The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 (by E.~. Hobsbawn, 940.27 Hob)
Reaction and Revolution, 1814-1832 (by FB. Artz, 909.094081 Art)
Political and social Upheaval, 1832-1852 (by W.L. Langer 909.09481 Lan)
Realism and Nationalism, 1852-1871 (by R.C. Binkley, 909.094081 Bin)
Europe between Revolutions, 1815-1848 (by]. Droz, 940.28 Dro)
Europe Reshaped: 1848-1878 (by ].A.S. Granville, 940.284 Gre)
A History of Modern France: vol.1-3 (by A. Cobban, 944.03 Cob)
An Introduction to 19th century France (by). Lough, 944.046 Lou)
France, 1814-1940 (by ).P.T. Bury, 944.082 Bur)
The Course of German History (by A.].P. Taylor; 943 Tay)
Basic History of Modern Russia (by H. Rohu, 947.084 Roh)
Encyclopedia of World History (by W.L. Langer; 903 Lan)
The Young Historian (by N.H. Brasher; 907.202 Bra)
How to study History (by N. Cantor and R. Schneider)
The Penguin Dictionary of English and European History, 1485-1789 (by E.N. Williams, Penguin)
Dictionary of Modern History, 1789-1945 (by A.W. Palmer; Penguin)
The Longman Handbook of Modern European History, 1763-1985 (by C. Cook &]. Stevenson, Longman)
Aspects of European History, 1789-1970 (by S. Lee, Long man)
Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, 1789-1950 (by A. Grant & H. Temperley, Longman)
There are also available six audio learning tapes purchased from England and stored in the A VA room.
18th century France: the role of nobility, financiers, the bourgeoisie and the peasantry.
France from 1814 to 1848: internal development.
Metternich: his role in the early half of the 19th century.
The French Revolution: its origins and development.
The French Revolution: Peasants, Leaders and leadership.
Napoleon Bonaparte: internal and external rule.
*The number and code at the end of the brackets represent the call number of the book available in the School Library
Chinese sources:
西洋近代史, 1789-1914（王曾才、正中）
西洋現代史, 1914-1975（王曾才、東華）
西洋近世史（一）：十六至十八世紀（李邁先（譯）、幼獅）
西洋近世史（二）：十九世紀（李邁先（譯）、幼獅）
西洋近世史（三）：二十世紀（李邁先（譯）、幼獅）
漫畫大事記錄寶庫《五》社會主義淺介（A. Paczuska、博益）
漫畫大事記錄寶庫《八》馬克思淺介（Rius、博益）
名人館叢刊No.8革命之子拿破崙（羅亭、克寧）
名人館叢刊No.11赤色革命家列寧（高伊哥、克寧）
德國新史（邵建東、陳曉律、開明書店）
法國簡史（趙楓、開明書店）
蘇聯簡史（曾廷清、楊成竹等、開明書店）
1848年歐洲革命史（韓承文、河南大學）
法蘭西第三共和國興衰史（樓均信、人民出版社）
劍橋戰爭史（杰弗里‧帕克等著、傅景川譯、吉林人民出版社）
世界歷史詞典（靳文翰、郭聖銘、孫道天編、上海辭海）
霸權興衰史：1500至2000年的經濟變遷與軍事衝突（Paul Kennedy著、張春柏、陸乃聖譯、五南圖書）
戰後世界史（金重遠、復旦大學）
拿破崙傳（艾米爾‧路德維希著、梅沱等譯、大地）
Chinese History
A)General
The Far East (by RH. Clyde & B.F. Beers, Prentice Hall)
East Asia: the Modern transformation (by J.K. Fairbank et al, Houghton)
The Cambridge History of China (by J.K. Fairbank & K.C. Liu, Cambridge)
The Political History of China (by C.N. Li, Oxford)
China in crisis, vol 1: China's heritage and the Communist political system, (by P.T. Ho, Chicago)
A Map History of Modern China (by B. Catchople, Heinemann)
Advanced Level History China: A Handy Guide (by Hue, K.K., Golden Crown)
B) Introduction To China's Tradition
Imperial China (by F. Schurmann & 0. Schell, Pelican)
Chinese World Order (by J.K. Fairbank, Harvard)
Studies on the population of China (by P.T. Ho, Harvard)
The Chinese gentry (by C.L. Chang, Washington)
C)Canton System; Opium War; Treaty Port System
Mandarins and Merchants (by W.E. Cheong, Curzon)
Trade and Diplomacy on the China coast (by ].K. Fairbank, Stanford)
Commissioner Lin and the Opium War (by H.R Chang, Cambridge)
British Trade and the Opening of China (by M. Greenberg, Monthly Review Press)
D) Mid-l9th Century Rebellions
Strangers at the gate (by F Wakeman, California)
Chinese sources for the Taiping Rebellion (by ].C. Cheng, HKU)
The Taiping Ideology (by Y.C. Shih, Seattle)
The Taiping Rebellion (by F. Michael & C.L. Chang, Washington)
Christian Influence upon the Ideology of the Taiping Rebellion (by E. Boardman, Madison)
The Taiping Rebellion and the western powers (by S.Y. Teng, Oxford)
New Light on the History of the Taiping Rebellion (by S.Y. Teng, Harvard)
The Communists and Chinese Peasant Rebellions (by ].R Harrison, Atheneum)
Rebellion and its enemies in Late Imperial China (by R Kuhn, Cambridge)
The Nien Army and their guerrilla warfare (by S.Y. Teng, Paris)
The Nien Rebellion (by S.T. Chiang, Seattle)
The Moslem Rebellion in Northwest China (by W.D. Chu, Hague)
Peasant Revolts in China (by J. Chesneaus, Thames & Hudson)
Taiping T'ien-kuo shih-kao (by E.K. Lo, Poon Wen)
Li Hung-chang and the Huai Army (by S. Spector, Seattle)
Huai-chun chih (by E.M. Wang, Shanghai)
Rebellion and 19th century China (by A. Feuerwerker, Michigan)
E)Self-Strengthening Movement
The Last Stand of Chinese conservatism (by M.C. Wright, Stanford)
Yang-wu yun-tung(by A.S. Mou, Shanghai)
China's early industrialization (by A. Feuerwerker, Cambridge)
Western enterprise in late Qing China (by E. LeFevour, Cambridge)
F)Reform Movement of the Late 1890s
Western influence and the Chinese Reform Movement (by K.W. So, Wisconsin)
Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and the mind of Modern China (by ).R. Levenson, Cambridge)
China's response to the West (by S.Y. Teng & ).K. Fairbank, Cambridge)
The Reform Movement in China (by M.E. Cameron, Stanford)
Intellectual Trends in the Qing period (by C.C. Liang, Cambridge)
G)Boxer Uprising And 1911 Revolution
The Boxer Uprising (by V.C. Purcell, Cambridge)
Cultures in collision (by W.]. Duiker, Presidio)
China in Revolution (by M.C. Wright, Yale)
Revolutionary leaders of Modern China (by C.T. Hsueh, Oxford)
Republican China (by F. Schurmann & 0. Schell, Pelican)
Chinese intellectuals and the Revolution of 1911 (by M. Gasster; Seattle)
Primitive revolutionaries of China (by Davis Fei-ling, Heinemann)
The US and East Asia (by R.W. van Alstyne, Thames & Hudson)
Chinese sources:
中國近代史論叢（包遵彭、李定一、正中）
皇權與紳權（費考通、上海觀察社）
鴉片戰爭實錄（摩里斯‧考利斯、安樂文潮）
鴉片戰爭史論文集續篇（寧靖、人民）
林則徐傳（楊國楨、人民）
太平天國史稿（羅爾綱、中華）
太平天國革命運動論文集（華北大學、三聯）
捻軍史論叢（江地、人民）
清代回民起義（林幹、新知）
洋務運動（牟安世、波文）
晚清洋務運動研究（夏東元、四川人民）
中國近代經濟思想史（趙靖、易夢虹、中華）
李鴻章傳（李守孔、學生）
中國政治思想史（蕭公權、中國文化）
知識份子與自強運動（李恩涵、張朋園、食貨）
晚清變法思想論叢（汪榮祖、聯經）
康有為評傳（沈雲龍、傳記）
戊戌變法之原因及其影響（余偉雄、珠海）
未完成的革命：戊戌百年紀（龍應台、朱維錚、臺灣商務）
近代中國的變局（郭廷以、聯經）
義和團抵抗列強瓜分史（牟安世、經濟管理出版社）
義和團運動史（廖一中等、人民）
辛亥革命史論文選（辛亥革命研究會、三聯）
辛亥革命與列強態度（朱文原、正中）
中英外交史論集（王曾才、曉林）
近代中國不平等條約概述（閻中恆、江西人民）
帝國主義與中國政治（胡繩、人民）
中國外交史（傅啟學、商務）
劍橋中國史：第十冊 晚清篇（上）1800-1911（J.K. Fairbank編、張玉法譯、南天書局）
劍橋中國史：第十一冊 晚清篇（下）1800-1911（J.K. Fairbank編、張玉法譯、南天書局）
劍橋戰爭史（杰弗里‧帕克等著、傅景川譯、吉林人民出版社）
霸權興衰史：1500至2000年的經濟變遷與軍事衝突（Paul Kennedy著、張春柏、陸乃聖譯、五南圖書）
Japanese History
A History of Modern ]apan(by R. Storry, Pelican)
Imperial ]apan(by]. Livingston, et al, Pantheon Books)
A Dictionary of ]apanese History (by ].M. Goedertier; Walker)
The Economic Development of China and ]apan (by C.D. Cowan, O.U.P.)
The Agrarian Origins of Modern ]apan (by T.C. Smith, Stanford)
The Meiji Restoration (by W.B. Beasley, Stanford)
The Roots of Modern ]apan (by ]ean-Pierre Lehmann, Macmillan)
First Notes on ]apanese History, 1853-1952 (by H.K. Cheung, G & E)
]apan before Perry (by C. Totman, California)
Studies in the Institutional History of early Modern ]apan (by ].W. Hall, Princeton)
Politics in Tokugawa ]apan (by C. Totman, Harvard)
The Christian century in ]apan (by C.R. Boxer, California)
Choshu in the Meiji Restoration (by A.M. Craig, Harvard)
Rise of Modern Japan (by W.G. Beasley, Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Japan: Tradition and Transformation (by Craig R, Allen & Unwin)
Advanced Level History Japan: A Handy Guide (by Hue K.K, Golden Crown)
Chinese sources:
簡明日本近代史（呂萬和、天津人民）
日本史話－4近代篇（汪公紀、聯經）
日本史（林明德、三民）
日本簡史（張國仁、袁昌堯、開明書店）
日本通史（依田熹家、楊智文化）
現代日本的崛起 簡明日本現代史，1868-1989（W.G. Beasley、葉延燊譯、金禾）
日本政治史：第一至四冊（升味准之輔、商務）
明治維新：日本邁向現代化的歷程（呂里州、遠流）
日本近百年史綱（臧廣恩、華聯）
日本史（李永熾、水牛）
日本近代史（萬峰、中國社會科學出版社）
簡明日本古代史（王金林、天津人民出版社）
日本史話（汪公紀、聯經）
日本近代史（栗田元次、正中）
日本近代史（井上清、鈴木正四、商務）
日本近現代史（遠山茂樹、令井清一、商務）
日本史（一至五冊）（鄭學稼、黎明文化）
日本歷史人物（伊文成、黑龍江人民出版社）
簡明日本近代史（呂萬和、人民）
明治維新日本資本主義的起步與形成（米慶余、求實）
日本帝國主義的形成（井上清、人民）
日本政治論（許介鱗、聯經）
近代日本文化與思想（周佳榮、商務）
日本近代國家之形成（原口清、水牛）
西鄉隆盛傳（鄭學稼、黎明文化）
世界歷史詞典（靳文翰、郭聖銘、孫道天編、上海辭海）
Teaching Schedule
Form Six: Paper I (Western history, 1800-1939)
Cycle / Date / Topic / Remarks1-2 / 3/9-
19/9 /
Introduction to the Syllabus
- Scope of this course of study
- Textbooks and reference books
- Study methods and techniques
- Distinguishing primary and secondary sources
- An overview of the historical trends in the periodselected
3 / 22/9-
29/9 /
Development and Growth of Liberalism and Nationalism in Europe
- Liberalism – definition, origin and development
- Nationalism - definition, origin and development
Test (1)
4-5 / 30/9-
17/10 / TheFrench Revolution
- Characteristics of the Ancien Regime
- Causes leading to the Revolution
- Course/stages
- General effects of it on Europe and France
Close examination on theimpact of the French Revolutionon Europe
Test (2)
6-8 / 20/10-14/11 /
The Napoleonic Era
- The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Internal reorganization of Europe
- Establishment of the Napoleonic Empire
- Disintegration of the Napoleonic Empire
Discussion on Napoleon as the"heir" of the French Revolution
Test (3)
9-11 / 17/11-
8/1/04 /
Reconstruction of the Order of Europe
- The Congress ofVienna
- The Congress System
- Situation of Europe in 1815 -- struggle between the Old Forces and the New Forces
- The Metternich system
Debate: "The Congress of Vienna created more problems than it solved."
First Term Examination (3/12-10/12)
/ One DBQ or two essay questions to be answered12-14 / 9/1-
16/2 /
The Revolutionary Tide
- The Liberal Revolution of the early 1820s
- The Liberal and National Revolutions of 1830
- The 1848 Revolutions
Map showing the places where the revolutions occurred
Test (4)
Teaching Schedule
Form Six: Paper I (Western history, 1800-1939)
Cycle / Date / Topic / Remarks15-19 / 17/2-
13/4 /
The Unification Movements, 1848-70
- The Italian Unification
- Conditions for Italian unity (1815-49)
- Leadership: the role of Cavour, Mazzini and Garibaldi
- Process/stages
- Effects
2The German Unification
2.1Conditions for German unity (1815-52)2.2Leadership: the role of Bismarck
2.3Effects on Europe and Germany
3Significance of the two unification movements on Europe
/ Maps showing the steps of Italian and German unification movementsAssessment on the role of Cavour and Bismarck in the Italian and German unification respectively
Comparison of the two unification movements
Mid-Term Test (22/3-26/3)
/ Two Essay Questions to be answered20-22 / 14/4-
7/5 /
Eastern Question
1.Origin and nature
2.The Greek War of Independence (1821-32)
3.The Mehemet Ali Crisis (1831-40)
4.The Crimean War (1854-56)
/ Analysis on relationship between nationalism and imperialismDebate on the culprit of the Crimean War
Test (5)
23-26 / 10/5-
11/6 /
A Survey of the French History
- The Second Republic
- The Second Empire
- The Third Republic
Test (6)
27 / 15/6-
16/6 /
Revision of the F.6 Syllabus
/ Analysis of the past papersFinal Examination (17/6-29/6)
/ Four three hour questions to be answeredForm Six: Paper II (Modern Asian history, China, 1800-1920)
Cycle / Date / Topic / Remarks1-2 / 3/9 –
19/9 /
Introduction to the Syllabus
- Scope of this course of study
- Textbooks and reference books
- Study methods and techniques
Sample scripts provided to show the requirements of AL questions
3-6 / 22/9 –
27/10 / Introduction to the Qing History by the early 19th century
- Decline of the Qing Empire
- Chinese World Order: Sinocentrism and tribute system
- Early Anglo-Chinese confrontations
Introduction of the theory of dynastic cycle
Test (1)
Form Six: Paper II (Modern Asian history, China, 1800-1920)
Cycle / Date / Topic / Remarks7-9 / 28/10 –
28/11 /
The Two Opium Wars (1839-1860)
1. Nature of the First and Second Opium Wars2. Significance of the First and the Second Treaty Settlements / Group presentation on different theories of the First Opium War
Essay on the nature of the two wars
Document Study: The 1836 Court Debate
Test (2)
First Term Examination (3/12-10/12)
/ One DBQ or two essay questions to be answered10-13 / 1/12 –
6/2/04 /
The Mid-19th Century Rebellions
- Different interpretations of Chinese past peasant rebellions
- Nature of the Taiping movement:: leadership, ideology and socio-economic programmes
- Other mid-19th century rebellions: the Nian Rebellion, the Moslem Rebellions in Yunnan and the Northwest
Comparison between the Taipings and other mid-l9th century rebels
Projects on the study of rebellions
Mid-Term Test (22/3-2/4)
/ Two Essay Questions to be answered14-23 / 9/2 –
17/5 /
Chinese Efforts to Reform and Modernize
- Tongzhi Restoration (1862 - 74)
- Background: the Hsien-feng Crises
- Reform Programmes and their nature: “Last stand of Chinese conservatism”
3. An appraisal of the Late Qing Reform
4. Different interpretations on China's limited success in industrialization and modernization / Group report on different reforms of the Tongzhi Restoration
Group report on different reform ideas of the reformists of the late 19th century
Examination of the relationship between reform and traditions in China's modernization
Test (3)
Projects on the study of reform efforts
24 / 18/5 -
25/5 /
The Boxer Uprising
- Nature of the Boxer movement
- Causes of the outbreak of the movement
25-27 / 26/5 -
16/6 /
The 1911 Revolution and the May-Fourth Movement
- The Constitutional movement and the republican movement
- Role of Dr. Sun Yixian in the 1911 Revolution
- Nature of the May-Fourth
- Directions of New Youth after May-Fourth
Projects on the study of China’s road to modernisation
Final Examination (17/6-29/6)
/ Four three hour questions to be answeredForm Seven: Paper I (Western history, 1800-1939)
Cycle / Date / Topic / Remarks1-2 / 3/9-
19/9 / A Survey of the German History in the late 19thcentury
- Bismarckan Germany
- Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Rise of the hegemony of Germany
Test (1)
3-6 / 22/9-
27/10 / A Survey of the Russian History in the 19th century
- Situation in Russia (1815-1860)
- The Reign of Alexander 11(1860-1881)
- The Reign of Alexander 111(1881-1894)
- The Reign of Nicholas 11(1894-1917)
- Disintegration of the Russian Empire
Test (2)
7-10 / 28/10-
2/12 / Eastern Question II
- The renewal of the problem in1870s
- The Bulgarian Revolt (1876)
- The Congress of Berlin (1878)
- The Bulgarian Crisis (1885)
- The Bosnian Crisis (1908)
- The Balkan Wars (1912-13)
- The Sarajevo Crisis (1914)
Test (3)
Mid-Term Test (3/12-10/12)
/ Two 3-hour questions to be answered10-13 / 11/12-
6/2/04 /
The First World War
- Background leading to its outbreak
- Imperialism
- Alliance system
- Militarism
- Nationalism
- Crises preceding the war
- Sarajevo Assassination
- Consequences up to 1930s
Various historians' interpretations of Debate on the culprit of the First World War
Test (4)
14 / 9/2-
16/2 / The Rise of new ideologies in the 19th century
- Socialism and Marxism
- Romanticism
- Social Darwinism
Test (5)
15 / 17/2-
24/2 /
Turning Points in the 19th century
- 1848 as the turning point
- 1870 as the turning point
Revision of the whole syllabus / Analysis of the past AL exam papers
Mock Examination (25/2 - 5/3)
/ Four 3-hour questions (one DBQ included) to be answeredForm Seven: Paper II (Modern Asian history, Japan, 1800-1912)
Cycle / Date / Topic / Remarks1-2 / 3/9 –
19/9 /
Introduction to the Japanese History
- Understanding of some basic concepts
- Background study to the Tokugawa history
2.2What was the control mechanism?
2.3What was its foreign relationship with other countries? / Construction of a time line showing the political development of Japan up to 1912
Test (1)
3-7 / 22/9 –
4/11 /
Decline of the Tokugawa Bakufu
- Background: political, economic, social, and intellectual factors
- Interval vs External Factors
- Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu (1853-68): how and why?
Examine the consequences of the opening upon the Tokugawa
Test (2)
8-12 / 5/11 –
19/1/2004 /
The Meiji Reform (1868-1912)
- New government: slogans, leadership, reform efforts and problems
- Government's role in the Meiji Reforms
- The Meiji modernization
- Assessment:
- nature -- full westernization or piecemeal reforms
- objectives -- Charter Oath
Evaluate the achievements of the Meiji Reforms
Test (3)
Mid-Term Test (3/12-10/12)
/ Two 3-hour questions to be answered13-14 / 20/1 –
16/2 /
The Meiji Diplomacy
- Stages of Meiji's relations with other countries
- Features
- Relations with China (1870-1895)
- Relations with the West (1870-1912)
3.Achievements
3.1 Rise to a world-power status3.2 Rise of extreme nationalism to militarism / Account for the motives and success of the Japanese
Test (4)
15 / 17/2-24/2 /
Revision of the whole syllabus
/ Analysis of the past AL exam papersMock Examination (25/2 - 5/3)
/ Four 3-hour questions (one DBQ included) to be answeredDesigned by Miss Loo S.F. and Mr. Wong C.C.
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