MSH4.2.7.Revision

PERIOD I

• SBQ Revision
• GCE O Level 2005 SBQ on Road to War in Europe.
• Review of Examiners' Report.
• SEQ Revision
• Random trigger of Prelim 2003-2006 databank.
  
• SEQ Prelim Databank can be downloaded here.

HSS4.2.7.Revision

PERIOD I

• SBQ Revision
• GCE O Level 2005 SBQ on Foreign Talent
• Review of Examiners' Report
• SEQ Revision
• Random trigger of Prelim 2003-2006 databank.
  
• SEQ Prelim Databank can be downloaded here.

REMINDERS

• 4J Supplementary class on 28 Apr 07 1030-1200.
• 4C Supplementary class on 5 May 07 1030-1200.
  

SEA3.2.7.Revision

SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY

• Reasons for Colonialism
• Why did colonial powers come to Southeast Asia?
• Exploration & evangelism
• Economic exploitation
• Empire expansion
  
• How did colonial powers establish their control in Southeast Asia?
• Trading posts
• policy of intervention
• gunboat diplomacy
  
• How did Southeast Asia respond to colonialism?
• collaboration
• adaptation
• resistance
  
• Impact of Colonialism
• How did colonial powers govern Southeast Asia?
• Direct rule/indirect rule
• Economic investments
• Divide and rule social policy
  
• What were the impact of colonial control on Southeast Asia?
• Political
• Economic
• Social
  
• Rise of Nationalism
• How did colonialism lead to the rise of nationalism?
• Awareness of identity
• Attempts at self-help
• Agitation for autonomy
• What was nationalism like in Southeast Asia?
• Collaboration
• Adaptation
• Resistance
  
• Why was nationalism limited in the period before the Japanese Occupation?
• Colonial policies
• Nationalism movements
• Local support

MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS

• SBQ (Answer ONE question)
  
• Inference
• SEQ (Answer BOTH questions)
• 60 mins
  

HSS3.2.7.Revision

SOCIAL STUDIES

Here are some essentials questions culled from each chapter to guide you in your revision focus. Think of some keywords/concepts to each of these questions and think of how an SEQ can be asked on each of these topics.

• Governance in Singapore
  
• What is the role of the government?
  
• What are the principles of governance in Singapore?
• How does the management of traffic flow in Singapore reflect good governance?
• How does the management of population in Singapore reflect good governance?
• Healthcare in Singapore & Britain
• How has healthcare evolved in Singapore & Britain?
• What are the features of a good healthcare system?
• Affordability
• Accessibility
• Quality
• What is the approach to manage healthcare in Singapore and Britain?
• Individual effort
• Community support
• Government assistance
• Have healthcare policies in Singapore & Britain met the needs of its people?

MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS

• SBQ (answer ALL questions)
  
• Inference
• Inference
• Comparison
• SEQ (choose ONE)
• 60 mins

MWH3.2.7.Revision

MODERN WORLD HISTORY

Here are some essentials questions culled from each chapter to guide you in your revision focus. Think of some keywords/concepts to each of these questions and think of how an SEQ can be asked on each of these topics.

• Stalinist Russia
• What was Russia like before Stalin came to power?
• Tsarist Russia & WWI
  
• 1917 Revolutions
• Russia under Lenin
  
• How did Stalin come to power?
• Strengthening state control
• Eliminating Trotsky
• Cult of Personality
  
• What was life like under Stalin?
• Collectivization
• Industrialization
• Propaganda & Purges
  
• Did the Soviet Union benefit from Stalin's leadership?
• Nazi Germany
• What was Germany like before Hitler came to power?
• Impact of Treaty of Versailles
• Weimar Republic under Stresseman
• Effects of the Great Depression
  
• How did Hitler come to power?
• Elections of 1932
• Role of Politicians
• Rise of Communists
• How did Hitler consolidate his power?
• Eliminate communists - Reichstag Fire
• Eliminate Social Democrats - Enabling Act
• Win over the military - Night of Long Knives
  
• What was life like under Hitler?
• Economic autarky
• Political dictatorship
• Social control
  
• Did Germany benefit from Hitler's leadership?
• Treaty of Versailles & the League of Nations
• What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
• Territorial Losses
  
• Military Limitations
• Reparation Payments
• Moral Responsibility
  
• How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany?
• Territorial Losses > Germans outside of Germany
  
• Military Limitations > defenseless
  
• Reparation Payments > bankruptcy & hyperinflation
  
• Moral Responsibility > Putsches
  
• Why was the League of Nations set-up?
• Collective Security
• Conflict Resolution
• Global Disarmament
  
• Why was the League of Nations limited in its success?
• Weak members
• Lack of military
• Lack of mandate
  

MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS

• SBQ (answer ALL questions)
  
• Inference
• Inference
• Comparison
• SEQ (choose ONE)
• 60 mins
  

SEA3.2.6.Rise of Nationalism

Topic: Rise of Nationalism

Essential Question: What brought about the rise of nationalism?

PERIOD I

• Review: What is the link between colonialism and nationalism

• What is nationalism?
• What is the link between colonialism and nationalism?
• What was nationalism like?
• Nationalism as acts of collaboration: colonial [+] commoners [-]
  
• Nationalism as attempts at adaptation: colonial [+] commoners [+]
  
• Nationalism as anti-colonial resistance: colonial [-] commoners [+]
• Performance:
• Using the above matrix, how similar is the rise of nationalism in French Indochina and British Malaya? Give examples from the 2 case studies.

PERIOD II

• Rise of Nationalism Revision
• Impact of Colonialism Revision
• Reasons for Colonialism Revision
  

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April 21, 2007
STINews: Insurance bill for global warming

By Andy Ho

IN LATE 2006, the British government released a 700-page report put together by its chief economist, Sir Nicholas Stern. The study was commissioned 'to understand more comprehensively the nature of the economic challenges (of climate change) and how they can be met in the UK and globally'.

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STINews: Mother Earth is sick

April 21, 2007
STINews: Mother Earth is sick

By Tommy Koh

APRIL 22 is celebrated by the peoples of the world as Earth Day. I hope that Singaporeans will take a few moments from their busy lives to think about the health of Mother Earth. Mother Earth is sick.

The Earth is the only planet with the conditions to sustain human life. The future of humanity depends upon the preservation of a healthy biosphere, with all its ecological systems, a rich variety of plants and animals, fertile soils, pure waters and clean air. As the Earth Charter notes, the protection of the Earth's vitality, diversity and beauty is our shared obligation.

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HSS3.2.6.Social Studies Revision

PERIOD I

• Healthcare in Singapore & Britain
• Comparison SBQ Skills
• Explanation SEQ Skills

• Ageing Population Case Study
• Inference SBQ Skills
• Explanation SEQ Skills

PERIOD II

• Transport Management Case Study
• Inference SBQ Skills
• Explanation SEQ Skills
• Governance in Singapore
• Review of Principles

PLEASE HAVE YOUR WORKBOOK WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.

MSH4.2.6.Separation

Topic: Road to "Separation" 1963-1965

Enquiry Question: Why did a "separation" take place between Singapore and Malaysia?

PERIOD I

• Review: Why was Singapore expelled from Malaysia
• Bad ideas: Merger
  
• Bad start: Malaysia Day 1963
• Bad moves: Singapore elections & Federal Elections
• Bad blood: common market & Race riots
• Bad mouths: Malaysian Solidarity Campaign
• Badman: who's the real "ultra"?
• Bad news: Singapore is out!
• Performance:
  
• Reading from "A History of Singapore"
  
• Which is the most important reason that led to "separation"?

PERIOD II

• Performance:
• Review of GCE O Level SBQ 2003 on Separation
• Review of VS 2003 Prelim & VS 2006 Prelim (SBQ will be printed for you)
  

HSS4.2.6.Sustainable Development

Topic: Looking Ahead - Sustainable Development
Enquiry Question: How can the growth and development of Singapore be sustained?

PERIOD I

• Review:
  
• Why does Singapore need to sustain our development
• Internal: Social Vulnerabilities & Physical Constraints
  
• External: Economic Slowdown, Socio-political Instabilities, Environmental Issues
  
• What are the economic strategies to promote sustainable development?
  
• Diversify the Economy
• Invest in People
• Build up the infrastructure
• Understanding Goals
• What are the environmental strategies to promote sustainable development?
• Individual/Community
• Corporate/Government
• Inter-governmental
• Performances:
• SBQ Practise: Foreign Talent

PERIOD II

• Revision:
• Review of SEQs on Sustainable Development
• Review of SEQs on SS Topics from past-year prelim & O Level databank 2003-2006.
• 

HSS4.2.5.Sustainable Development

Topic: Looking Ahead - Sustainable Development
Enquiry Question: How can the growth and development of Singapore be sustained?

PERIOD I

• Review: Growth of nation - industry, education, housing, healthcare, population
• CIA's World Factbook - Singapore
• UNDP Human Development Index - Singapore
• Happy Planet Index - Singapore
  
• Understanding goals:
  
• Why does Singapore need to sustain our development
• Internal constraints
• External vulnerabilities
  
• What are the economic and environmental strategies to promote sustainable development?
  
• Diversify the Economy
• Invest in People
• Build up the infrastructure
• Performances:
  
• Classify the economic strategies into these 3 categories
• Explain how these economic strategies promote sustainable development
• Preview: An Inconvenient Truth

MSH4.2.5.Separation

Topic: Road to "Separation" 1963-1965

Enquiry Question: Why did a "separation" take place between Singapore and Malaysia?

PERIOD I

• Review:
• Why did the PAP want merger with Malaya?
• Political reason: independence
  
• Security reason: communists "threats"
  
• Economic reason: decline of entrepot trade
• Party reason: electoral promise of 1959
  
• Why did Malaya NOT want "merger" after 1961?
  
• Security reasons
• Demographic reasons
  
• Economic reasons
  
• Why did Malaya want "merger" after 1961?
  
• Security reasons: instability of PAP government
  
• Territorial reasons: enlargement of Malaysia
  
• Demographic reasons: inclusion of non-chinese
  
• Why were there oppositions to the formation of Malaysia?
• Disputed territories: the Philippines
  
• Neo-colonialism: Indonesia
  
• Domestics politics: Barisan Socialis
  
• Understanding goals: Why was Singapore expelled from Malaysia
• Bad ideas: Merger
  
• Bad start: Malaysia Day 1963
• Bad moves: Singapore elections & Federal Elections
• Bad blood: common market & Race riots
• Bad mouths: Malaysian Solidarity Campaign
• Badman: who's the real "ultra"?
• Bad news: Singapore is out!

PERIOD II

• Performances:
• Explain & evaluate the factors that brought about "separation" with this Priority Chart:
• Is "separation" the best term to describe what happened on 8 August 1965?

HSS3.2.5.Healthcare in Britain

Health care in Britain
Essential Question: Have British healthcare policies met the needs of the people?

PERIOD I

• Review: What are the principles of healthcare management in Singapore
• Individual responsibility
• Community support
• Government structure

• Understanding goals: What is good healthcare?
• The criteria for management of healthcare:
  
• Quality?
• Afforability?
• Accessibility?
• The approach to managing healthcare in Britain:
• History of the NHS
  
• Managing the cost & effects of free healthcare
• Privatisation
• NHS Plans (2000, 2004)

PERIOD II

• Performances: Have British healthcare policies met the needs of the people?
• Read the views towards healthcare on pp. 90-91.
• Write a paragraph to state your stand on whether British healthcare policies have met the needs of the people.
• Share your views with the class.
  
• Review:
• Revise the key points.
  
• Take a quiz.
  

SEA3.2.5.Rise of Nationalism

Topic: Rise of Nationalism

Essential Question: What brought about the rise of nationalism?

PERIOD I

• Review: Why was Siam not colonized?
• Anglo-French rivalry
• British Burma/British Malaya
• French Indochina
  
• Domestic modernisation by enlightened Kings
• Reforms of Mongkut
• Reforms of Chulalongkorn
  
• Foreign relations concessions
• Northern Malay states
• Laos & Cambodia

• Performance:

• Which do you think is the most important reason why Siam was not colonized
• Use the 2 approaches we have discussed to make your decision
• The theory of enlightened kings
• The theory of the colonialism's timing

• Understanding goal: What is the link between colonialism and nationalism

• What is nationalism?
• Awareness of identity
• Attempts at improvement
• Agitation for autonomy
  
• What is the link between colonialism and nationalism?
• colonialism > western ideas & religions > threat to local traditions & cultures > awareness of indigenous identity
• colonialism > trade & industrialisation > immigration/migration > urbanisation > income inequality > awareness of labour exploitation
• colonialism > administration > education > intelligentsia/new elites > western ideas > awareness of rights, liberty, equality
• Performance: Students to explain the links between colonialism and nationalism

PERIOD II

• Understanding Goal: What was nationalism like?
• Nationalism as acts of collaboration: colonial [+] commoners [-]
  
• Nationalism as attempts at adaptation: colonial [+] commoners [+]
  
• Nationalism as anti-colonial resistance: colonial [-] commoners [+]
• Performance:
• Using the above matrix, how similar is the rise of nationalism in French Indochina and British Malaya? Give examples from the 2 case studies.

SEA3.2.4.Impact of Colonialism

Topic: Impact of Colonialism
Essential Question: Did Colonialism benefit Southeast Asia?

PERIOD I

• Review:
  
• Test your knowledge of European colonialism -
• Target Diagram: Impact of Colonialism
• Understanding goals: Why was Siam not colonized?
• Anglo-French rivalry
• British Burma/British Malaya
• French Indochina
  
• Domestic modernisation by enlightened Kings
• Reforms of Mongkut
• Reforms of Chulalongkorn
  
• Foreign relations concessions
• Northern Malay states
• Laos & Cambodia
• Performance:
• Explain how colonialism benefited Siam.

PERIOD II

• Understanding goal: What is the link between colonialism and nationalism
• What is nationalism?
• Awareness of identity
• Attempts at improvement
• Agitation for autonomy
  
• What was the nature of nationalism in SEA before 1942?
• Collaboration
• Adaptation
• Resistance
  
• Performances: Going by the characteristics of nationalism in SEA, when did nationalism begin? Justify with examples from British Malaya and French Indochina.
  

HSS3.2.4.Healthcare in Singapore

Health care in Singapore
Essential Question: How is good governance reflected in Singapore's health care policies?

PERIOD I

• Preview: Pls complete this preview activity to prepare for the next chapter on Health care in Singapore.
  
• Refer to United Nations' Human Development Index
• Which indicator(s) do you think most accurately reflect the state of health care in Singapore? Explain your answer.
• If you could put together a composite of indicators to foreign friends to show them the state of health care in Singapore , what would these indicators be?

• Understanding goals: To what extent is healthcare the responsibility of the government?
• The challenges of providing healthcare
• Quality?
• Afforability?
• Accessibility?
• The Changes to the approach of managing healthcare
• Healthcare in history
  
• Healthcare in the present: individual, community and government (in that order)
• Healthcare in the future: Meeting the needs of an Aging population

PERIOD II

• Performances:
• A list of approaches to managing healthcare appears on pg. 70-79.
• Reclassify them under the 3 categories of approaches (individual, community & government)
• From this exercise, what do you think is the approach of to managing healthcare in Singapore?
• Review:
• SBQ on ERP in Managing Traffic Flow
  
• Skills: Checking Reliability
  

MWH4.2.4.Mao's China

Topic: China under Mao
Essential Question: Did Mao's Leadership benefit China?

PERIOD I

• Understanding goals: Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution in 1967?
  
• Agriculture & industry normalcy after the Great Leap Forward: led to a fear of the return to capitalism in China
  
• Political leadership: led to a fear of embarrassment and the rise of the reformist clique in the Communist party
  
• Industrialisation & urbanisation: led to a fear of apolitical students and critical intellectuals
  
• Performances:
• How are the reasons given here similar/different from the answers in the textbook?
  
• Explain how each of the reasons given here led to the launch of the Cultural Revolution.

PERIOD II

• Understanding goal: Did Mao's leadership benefit China?
• The Land
• The Leaders
• The Livelihood
• Performances: Review SBQ on the Great Leap Forward
• Assessment: Try this quiz:
•