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.3. F.4, F.6

Mr Mario Chan 

F.5

Ms Jessica Cheung

F.1, F.2, F.3

Ms Meaco Kwok

F.1

 

Last Updated: 2025-10-14 11:23

 

C. Assessment System

F.1-F.3 (First term)
Data-based questions              10%
Quizzes 20%
Mid-Year Examination 70%
 


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
Assignments
10%
Test(s)
20%
Mid-Year/ Final Examination
70%
 

 

Last Updated: 2025-06-19 11:43

 

D. Assessment Syllabus


F.1 History Second Common Test syllabus 2025-26

Textbook

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

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

Worksheet

·         The feudal society

·         The rise of Islam

DBQ

Term 2 Data-based questions assignment -- Islam

Format

Paper Total: 50 marks

·         Fill in the blanks (10 marks)

·         Multiple Choice questions (8 marks)

·         True or False (5 marks)

·         Data-based questions (15 marks)

·         Short questions (10 marks)

·         Effective communication (2 marks)

 

F.2 History Second Common Test syllabus 2025-26

Textbook

·         Industrial Revolution (Topic 5, p.33, 37-46, 55-57)

·         French Revolution p.61-68

Worksheets

·         Industrial Revolution (Whole set)

·         French Revolution (p.1-7)

DBQ

Data-based questions Exercise (3) -- Industrial Revolution

Format

Paper Total: 50 marks

·         Fill in the blanks (10 marks)

·         Multiple Choice questions (5 marks)

·         True or False (7 marks)

·         Short question (4 marks)

·         Data-based questions (22 marks)

·         Effective communication (2 marks)

 

F.3 History Second Common Test syllabus 2025-26

Textbook

·         The reasons for the outbreak of WWII p.52-59

·         Course of WWII p.61, p.64-67

Worksheets

·         Second World War 1939-1945 (p.9-17)

·         Second World War Couse and Impact p.1-5, and the photos and pictures on p.6-7

Format

Paper Total: 50 marks

·         Matching (8 marks)

·         Multiple Choice questions (10 marks)

·         Data-based questions (30 marks) + Effective Communication (2 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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E. Subject Resources

 

 

Last Updated: 2021-09-07 11:57