MWH3.1.5 Rise of Authoritarianism - Stalin's USSR

Topic: Rise of Authoritarian Regimes - Stalin's USSR
Enquiry-question: Was the rise of Stalin inevitable?

• SEQ Assignment: for submission this week
• a) Why was the Paris Peace Conference convened in 1919? (12)
• b) The League of Nations was a failure. How far do you agree? (13)
• Preparation
  
• Notes for Unit 2.2 (Russia only) to be completed this week.
  

• Review:
• Treaty of Versailles:
  
• What was the impact on Germany?
  
• the League of Nations?
• How successful was the League of Nations?
• Understanding Goals:
• What was the Russian Empire like before WWI?
• Geopolitics
• Russia under the Tsar
• Bloody Sunday
  
• Why did revolutions break out in 1917?
• Effects of WWI
• Challenge from the Duma
• Influence of the Bolsheviks
• How did Stalin come to power?
• Lenin's Legacy
• Stalin's Strategies
• Trotsky's miseries
• Performances:
• Inferencing Skills
• Participants & Processes
• Contextual Knowledge
  

National Anthem of the USSR

HSS4.1.5 Transnational Terrorism

Throughline: Appreciating Singapore

Topic: Managing International Relations
Essential Question: What can Singapore learn from the First Gulf War?

• Review:
• Causes of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict
• Cumulative
• Contributory
• Critical
• Consequence of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict
• Political instability
  
• Social chaos & displacement
  
• Economic fall-out
• Environment catastrophe
• Understanding goals
• What are the reasons for transnational terrorism
• What is the link between this topic and the Iraq-Kuwait War?
• How has transnational terrorism affected the world & Singapore
• What has been done to manage the impact of transnational terrorism?
• Performances:
• Review SEQ:
  

  Following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, some actions were taken in
  an attempt to resolve the crisis:
    - mediation by neighbouring countries
    - deploying military forces from other countries
    - imposition of sanctions by United Nations
  
  Which of these was the most effective?  EYA? [13]
  

• To be completed for submission on 28 Jan 08
  

SEA4.1.5 Constitutional Development in Singapore

Throughline: The Emergence of Southeast Asia

Topic: Singapore's Constitutional Development 1945-1955
Essential Question: How did Singapore progress towards independence?

• Understanding Goals:
• Why was Singapore excluded from the Malayan Union?
• Strategic considerations
• Race demographics
• Why was the Rendel's Commission set up?
• Decolonisation
• results of 1948 & 1951 Legislative Assembly Elections
  
• Why did Singapore Labour Front government fail in its London Talks?
• Results of 1955 Elections
• Communism in Singapore
• Performance:
• Identify the stages of the political history of Singapore
• Draw a parallel timeline of the history of Malaya & Singapore
• Assessment:
• SBQ: David Marshall
  

MWH3.1.4 The League of Nations

Topic: Establishing Peace
Enquiry-question: Were the hopes of the world in preventing another world war fulfilled in the 1920s?

Pls complete this SEQ a) and b) to be submitted on Mon 28 so that I can return them to you graded before the CNY break and CA1 on week 8.

a) Why was the Paris Peace Conference convened in 1919? (12)
b) The League of Nations was a failure. How far do you agree? (13)

• Preparation
  
• Notes for Unit 2.1 to be completed this week.
  
• Review:
• Paris Peace Conference: the problems
• Idealism of the US
• The fears of France & Britain
• Exclusion of Germany
• Treaty of Versailles: The role of the US
• Territorial losses: what about self-determination for the Germans
• Military limitation: "stabbed in the back"
• Reparation: hyperinflation
• Guilt Clause: humiliation for starting the war
• Understanding Goals:
• What was the role of the League of Nations?
• Collective Security
• Conflict Resolution
• Disarmament
  
• How successful was the League of Nations?
• What were the limitations of the League?
• The role of the US
• The problems of France and Britain
• The organisational weaknesses
• The rise of authoritarian regimes
  
• Review of Assignment
• SEQ (a): Why was the Paris Peace Conference convened in 1919? (12)
  
• Para 1: POINT: To end WWI + ELABORATION-EVIDENCE-EXAMPLES-EXPLANATION
• Para 2: POINT: To determine the fate of Germany + ELABORATION-EVIDENCE-EXAMPLES-EXPLANATION
• Para 3: POINT: To prevent future wars + ELABORATION-EVIDENCE-EXAMPLES-EXPLANATION
• Attempt SEQ (a) in your notebook. For discussion and review in class.
  
• SEQ (b): How successful was the League of Nations? (13)
• Suggest how you would answer this question.
• What would your LORMS look like? Attempt a sample answer rubric in your notebook.

HSS4.1.4. Iraq-Kuwait Conflict

Throughline: Appreciating Singapore

Topic: Managing International Relations
Essential Question: What can Singapore learn from the First Gulf War?

• Review:
• What was the cause of conflict: US in Iraq
• No End in Sight
• Understanding Goals:
• Causes of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict
• Cumulative
• Contributory
• Critical
• Consequence of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict
• Political instability
  
• Social chaos & displacement
  
• Economic fall-out
• Environment catastrophe
• Performances:
• What lessons can we draw from the First Gulf War?
• Are causes of conflicts always so easily identifiable?
  
• Does diplomacy always work?
  
• Does deterrence always prevent conflicts?
• SBQ Puzzle:
• Construct questions & LORMS for sources on the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict in groups
  
• Assessment:
• GCE N Level: 2003 SBQ on UN Peacekeeping.

SEA4.1.4 Nationalist Responses

Throughline: The Emergence of Southeast Asia

Topic: Reassertion of Colonial Rule
Essential Question: How did Nationalists respond to reassert of colonial control of SEA?

• Admin:
• Review of 2007 SA2 SBQ (Bring your 2007 SEA SA2 Question paper)
  
• Review:
• How did nationalist activism react to colonial re-assertion?
• What were colonial strategies to re-assert control?
• Malaya: Experiments for Independence
  
• Spence Chapman's Force 136
  
• Harold MacMichael's BMA: Malayan Union & Federation of 1946
• Templer's 1952 Amendment Bill
  
• Vietnam: Exclusion of Independence
  
• Bao Dai's Empire of Vietnam vs. Ho Chi Minh's August Revolution
• Thierry d'Argenlieu's State of Vietnam under the French Union
• British disarmament in Cochin-china vs. Chinese disarmament in Tonkin
• Understanding Goals:
  
• How different were nationalist responses?
• Malaya: Who is the nationalist?
  
• MCP Emergency
• Militant (1948-1951): Terror campaign
  
• Moderate (1951-1955): Selective killing
  
• Marooned (1955-1960): Baling Talks
• UMNO Ascendancy
• Members System (1948-1951)
  
• Municipal Elections (1951-1955)
  
• Merdeka Talks (1955-1957)
• Vietnam: Who isn't a nationalist?
• Viet Minh in Hanoi
• Committee of the South
• Geneva Conference
• First Indochina War
• Performances:
• Present a timeline of the political development of post-WWII Malaya and Vietnam.
• Assessment:
• Political developments in post-war Southeast Asia were largely constitutional. How far do you agree? (13)
• Pls come prepare with information for a meaningful discussion.

3D Video Special

Make a Video Clip Contest

Rules
Choose a friend from class.
Choose a topic from the series of questions in Content Page iv. and v. in the textbook.
Book your topic with Weixiang.
Share your knowledge & perspectives in a short video from min 30 sec to 5 mins max.
Videos due the week after the topic you have chosen is covered in class.
Post your video on the class history blog.

Technical
Create your slides in powerpoint
Insert photos, text and animations
Save file as JPEG File Interchange Format
Open files in Windows Movie Maker
Edit storyboard, timing, music etc.
Save as Windows Movie Maker Projects
Upload on class history blog

Orientation
View at least 3 of the WWI videos embedded below.
Rate your favourite video.
From watching the videos, think about
1. how a theme helps in story-boarding a video?
2. how are graphics and images best used?
3. how can music be used appropriately?
4. how should factual information be introduced?

Schedule
Videos for Units 1.1, 2.1 & 2.2 are due on or before Term 1 Week 9 2007
Videos for Unit 3.1 are due Term 3 Week 4 2007
Videos for Units 3.2, 4.1 & 4.2 are due Term 4 Week 6 2007

MWH3.1.3 Paris Peace Conference

Topic: Establishing Peace
Enquiry-question: Were the hopes of the world in preventing another world war fulfilled in the 1920s?

• Review:
  
• WWI and its consequences - political, economic and social
  
• Understanding Goals:
• What was the significance of the Paris Peace Conference?
• Who was there? Who wasn't?
• What were their agenda?
• What were the outcomes?
• What impact did the Treaty of Versailles have on Germany?
  
• Participants: Big 3 vs. Germany
• problem: surrender vs. ceasefire
• its intents & terms
  
• German reactions
• Performances:
• Research on the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
• Explain it's impact on Germany
• Formulate a question to capture these impacts
  

• Assignment
• SEQ: ? [12]
  
• attempt a draft answer to this SEQ in your workbook.
• to be ready by the next lesson
  

SEA4.1.3 Independent SEA - Colonial Strategies

Throughline: The Emergence of Southeast Asia

Topic: Reassertion of Colonial Rule
Essential Question: How did Colonialist Reassert Control of SEA?

• Admin:
• Review of 2007 SA2 SEQ (Attempt both SEQs)
• Review of 2007 SA2 SBQ (Bring your 2007 SEA SA2 Question paper)
  
• Preview:
• Impact of Japanese Occupation
• On colonials: diminished in stature
  
• On nationalists: driven in resistance/reform
• On locals: politicised in awareness/actions
• Understanding goals:
• How did colonial attitudes react to nationalist activism?
• Performances:
• How similar were French & British colonial attitudes & actions towards SEA after WWII? Why were the attitudes and actions similar/different?
• Attitudes: Conservative vs. Liberal;
  
• Explanation:
• Experiences of WWII in Europe
  
• Administration during Japanese Occupation
• Disarmament after Pacific War
  
• What were colonial strategies to re-assert control?
• Malaya:
• Spence Chapman's Force 136
  
• Harold MacMichael's BMA: Malayan Union & Federation of 1946
• Member System: Municipal (1951) & Federal Elections (1954)
• Vietnam:
• Bao Dai's Empire of Vietnam vs. Ho Chi Minh's August Revolution
• Thierry d'Argenlieu's State of Vietnam under the French Union
• First Indochina War (1948-1954)
  

HSS4.1.3 Diplomacy & Deterrence

Throughline: Appreciating Singapore

Topic: Managing Peace and Security - Diplomacy & Deterrence
Essential Question: How does diplomacy and deterrence help us manage our national security?

• Understanding Goals:
• Why do conflicts occur among countries?
• territories
• resources
• ideology
• others?
• Performance:
• Ideology as a cause of conflict: Vietnam War SBQ
  
• Inference: How far did XYZ approve...?
• Comparison: How similar...?
• Inference: Why did XYZ draw this?
• Reliability: Does this source prove...?
• What is the cause of conflict: US in Iraq
• No End in Sight
  
• Assessment:
• Feedback of SBQ responses.
• Suggested answers HSS.VIETNAMWAR.SBQ.pdf

Sec 3 Course Orientation 2008

Dear 3B08, 3D08 & 3F08,

Welcome to Sec 3 in 2008. Pls go through these administration to get started on your orientation package:

• Sign up for file-sharing: Most of the files we will be working with are uploaded on a group. You need to be a member of this group to access the files. You can join this group by
• filling in your email address via the subscribe box below
• identifying yourself in your application (ie. state your name and class)
• Have a A4 Notebook & your textbook in all lessons. Eventually you will need to keep a file. You may recycle your lower sec (green) file for use. The quality of your notebook and file will qualify you for top-up bonus in CA2.
• Check this blog at the end of every week for lesson plans for the following week.

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Humanities Assessment 2011 [Updated 05/04/11]

Secondary Three Assessment Components

• CA1 (15%)
• CA1.1 (50%) History common test: Stalin SBQ, Establishing Peace SEQ
  
• CA1.2 (20%) Political cartoon analysis: Nazi Germany
• CA1.3 (30%) Social Studies class test: format as per Sec 3 SA1.
  
• SA1 (25%)
• SA1.1 (50%) Social Studies (60mins)
  
• Topics: Principles of Governance, Transport Policies, Population Policies, Healthcare in Singapore & Britain
• Types: SBQ a. inference b. inference c. comparison SEQ a. 1-given factor
  
• SA1.2 (50%) World History (60mins)
  
• Topics: Establishing Peace, USSR under Stalin, Germany under Hitler.
• Types: SBQ a. inference b. inference c. comparison SEQ a. 1-given factor

• CA2 (15%)
• CA2.1 (70%) Social Studies common test: Sri Lanka & Northern Ireland SEQ
• CA2.2 (20%) Social Studies E-learning
• CA2.3 (30%) History class test: War in Europe SEQ
  
• SA2 (45%)
• SA2.1 (50%) Social Studies (1hr 30mins)
  
• SA2.2 (50%) World History (1hr 30mins)

Secondary Four Assessment Components

• CA1 (30%)
• CA1.1 (50%) Social Studies common test: Diplomacy & Deterrence
• CA1.2 (50%) History SEQ class test: Cold War
• SA1 (70%)
• SA1.1 (50%) Social Studies (1hr 30mins)
  
• Topics: Up till Terrorism. No Globalisation. No Venice.
• Types: SBQ a. b. c. d. SEQ a. b.
• SA1.2 (50%) World History (1hr 30mins)
  
• Topics: All up till Cold War. No End of Communism
• Types: SBQ a. b. c. d. SEQ a. b.

• SA2 (100%)
• SA2.1 (50%) Social Studies (1hr 30mins)
  
• SA2.2 (50%) World History (1hr 30mins)

HSS4.1.2 Diplomacy & Deterrence

Throughline: Appreciating Singapore

Topic: Managing Peace and Security - Diplomacy & Deterrence
Essential Question: How does diplomacy and deterrence help us manage our national security?

• Revision
  
• HSS SA2 Revision of SEQ (both SEQs from SA2 to be completed)
• HSS SA2 Revision of SBQ (Bring 2007 HSS SA2 Question Paper)
  
• Preview:
• Bonding Singapore:
• Challenges: racial, religious, regional
  
• Channels: national identity, minority interests, social integration
• Understanding goals:
• Why do conflicts occur among countries?
• territories
• resources
• ideology
• How does Singapore manage international relations?
• Bilateral diplomacy
• FTAs
• Humanitarian
• Regional diplomacy
• ASEAN
• AFTA
• ARF
  
• International diplomacy
• UNCLOS
• SC & GA
• UNPK
• How does Singapore build up its deterrence

• Citizen Armed Forces

• National Service
• Reserves
• Total Defence
• Defence Industries
• Military Cooperation
• Bilateral
• Multi-lateral

• Performances:

• Take the NS Quiz
• ICJ Hears the Case of Pedra Branca: Detect SBQ Skills in Article
  

Consultation Room

Review 2007

• Review of SA2 2007
• Answering SBQ
• Scripts, suggested answers & AFI
  
• Answering SEQ (a)
  
• What is the subject/cause?
• What is the complement/consequence?
• What is the explanation?
• Answering SEQ (b)
• What is the given factor and the argument?
• What are the alternative factors and arguments?
• What is the judgement?
• Reviewing MWH SEQ SA2 2007

YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO COME WITH YOUR SEQ CORRECTIONS COMPLETED.

Calendar 2008

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