Building students’ perspectives by using the resource package How to build students’ global perspectives through junior secondary History curriculum (3): Ancient Egypt in the modern world (New) Mr TAI Kin-fai Curriculum Officer Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Logos Academy CDI

Our Good Old Days … Source : achment/en/curriculum- development/kla/pshe/CS S13HISE.pdf

40 periods for S1 3

PSHE Curriculum Integration since 2000 Impact ~ a technical problem for restoration of subject-based curriculum now 4 Contents: EPA + Geography + History – Repetition + new elements, e.g. Strand I = Richer Teaching Contents But, usually faced a reduction of periods (Teaching Time)

History Education in Junior Secondary Remain “status quo” of pre-2000 condition (independent subject, no reduction of time) Exist as an independent subject but face reduction of teaching time ( period per week) Not exist as an independent subject (element included in Integrated Humanities/Social Studies/Liberal Studies) Shorter Teaching Time ~ How Wide and How Deep should our junior form history education go? 5

History Education in HKCCCU Logos Academy AgeConventional SchoolsHKCCCU Logos Academy 7 Primary School P.1/ Campus I Foundation Stage 1/ 8P.2/Foundation Stage 2/ 9P.3/Development Stage 1/ 10P.4/Development Stage 2/ 11P.5/Development Stage 3 Social Studies [History Component] 12P.6/ Campus II Development Stage 4 13 Secondary School F.1 History / I.H./L.S. Development Stage 5 14F.2Mastery Stage 1 History as an elective 15F.3Mastery Stage 2 16F.4 HKDSE History Mastery Stage 3HKDSE / IB History 17F.5Mastery Stage 4HKDSE / IB History 18F.6 6

40 mins per lesson 8 period per term Total Teaching Time for History Elements in FS & DS = 6 terms X 8 periods X 40 mins = 1920 mins / 32 hours 7

Directions ~ given time limit and students’ stage of maturity Width as priority  to know more rather than to know deep Cultivation of interest in learning history Topics used in : 1. What is history? 3. Rise of civilizations 5. Greek city-states 14. The French Revolution

Looking Back and Planning Ahead  To arouse and cultivate students’ interest in studying history 1.What is history?[Task 2] History is all around us. Timeline 9

Looking Back and Planning Ahead  To arouse and cultivate students’ interest in studying history 3. Rise of Civilization [Task 2] To be an archaeologist

Looking Back and Planning Ahead 14. The French Revolution [Task 1] Textual Analysis was a momentous year in French (history) Why? Reasons of the Outbreak of Revolution?

Looking Back and Planning Ahead Summary Charts 3Cs Approach in learning History (Cause, Course and Consequence) 12

Looking Back and Planning Ahead 13 Summary Charts 3Cs Approach in learning History Underlying Causes vs Immediate Cause

Looking Back and Planning Ahead 14 Summary Charts 9. Renaissance 5. Greek city-states

Looking Back and Planning Ahead 13. The Enlightenment 15

Planning Ahead Theme Number of Terms assigned Rationale World in Ancient Times 2 Cover as much topics as possible to have a full vision on the historical development World in Medieval Times 2 World in Modern Times 2 Life in Middle Ages Reformation The Voyages of Discovery The Industrial Revolution And more … 16

Also considering topics like 11. Rise of Science [related to Theory of Knowledge in IB] 18. Popular use of steel and the arms race [armament / war history] 23. Modern life and the environment [related to Technological World in General Studies & Globalization in Liberal Studies] 17

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