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

 

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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


 

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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%
 

 

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D. Assessment Syllabus

 

F.1 History Final Examination syllabus 2025-26

Textbook

Chapter 2 of Textbook 1A

·         The feudal society (p.117-120)

Chapter 3 of Textbook 1B

·         Origins and teaching of Islam (p.160-163)

·         Islamic achievements (p.180, 183,186)

Chapter 4 of Textbook 1B

·         Hong Kong history (p.208-211)

·         Intangible culture heritage (p.221-223)

·         Jiao Festival (p.231-234)

Worksheet

·         The feudal society

·         The rise of Islam

·         Hong Kong history

DBQ

·         Data-based questions Exercise (1 & 2)

Format

Paper Total: 100 marks

·         Fill in the blanks –  (20 marks)

·         MC (10 marks)

·         True or False (10 marks)

·         Short questions (20 marks)

·         Data-based questions (38 marks)

·         Effective communication (2 marks)

  

F.2 History Final Examination syllabus 2025-26

Textbook

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

·         The French Revolution (Topic 5: p.61-71)

·         European Colonial Expansion (Topic 6: p.6-18)

·         Hong Kong History (Topic 8: p. 6-8, 14-15, 17-18, 20-29)

Worksheets

·         The Industrial Revolution

·         The French Revolution

·         European Colonial Expansion

·         Hong Kong History

DBQ

·       Data-based questions Exercises (3) and (4)

Format

Paper Total: 100 marks

·         Fill in the blanks (16 marks)

·         Matching (8 marks)

·         Multiple Choice (6 marks)

·         True or False (7 marks)

·         Short questions (21 marks)

·         Data-based questions (39 marks)

·         Effective communication (3 marks)

 

F.3 History Final Exam syllabus 2025-26

Textbook

Topics 9 & 10 International conflicts and crises in the 20th century

·         The reasons for the outbreak of WWII p.52-58

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

·         Cold War p.114-115, p.117-121, p.132-134, p.137, p.140

Topic 12 The growth and transformation of Hong Kong in the 20th century

·         p.16-20, p.22-24, p.35-36, p.38-39

Assignments

DBQ (3) – Atomic Bombs, DBQ (4) -- Japanese Occupation

Worksheets

·         Second World War 1939-1945 (Student Version p.9 Manchurian Incident to p.17)

·         Second World War Course and Impact p.1-9, p.10-18 (M.C. & Matching only)

·         Cold War

·         Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong (self-learning)

·         Development of public housing in Hong Kong

·         Development of education in Hong Kong

Format

Paper Total: 100 marks

·         Matching (8 marks)

·         Multiple Choice questions (10 marks)

·         Time Sense (5 marks)

·         Fill in the blanks (20 marks)

·         Proof Reading (18 marks)

·         Data-based questions (36 marks) + Effective Communication (3 marks)

 

 

F.4 History Final Examination syllabus 2025-26

Notes

·         International Relations from 1900-1914

·         The two world wars and the peace settlements

·         Major conflicts after WWII and attempts to make peace

·         International economic cooperation

·         International social and cultural cooperation p.1-33

Format

·         Paper Total: 55 marks

·         Data-based questions: two compulsory questions

·         Essay writing: choose one question out of two

 

 

F.5 History Final Examination syllabus 2025-26

Notes

·         All notes of Theme B

·         Modernization and transformation of China: early attempts of modernization – reforms and revolutions

·         Modernization and transformation of China: Socialist modernization in the Maoist period and the evolution of “socialism with Chinese characteristics” -- in the post-Mao period

·         Modernization and transformation of Japan (1900-60s)

Format

·         Paper 1: Three compulsory Data-based questions (45 marks)

·         Paper 2: Essays: choose two out of three (50 marks)

 

 

 

 

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E. Subject Resources

 

 

Last Updated: 2021-09-07 11:57