Emiratis fear being minority in their own country

MWH4.2.7 Revision - updated 11.40pm

• SBQ Answering/Marks Matrix can be downloaded here.
  
• War in Europe

• Reasons for outbreak of WWII
• Aggressive Nazi foreign policy
• Policy of Appeasement
• Nazi-Soviet Pact
  
• Reasons for aggressive Nazi foreign policy
  
• Search for living space
• Creation of German Reich
• Elimination of Jews & Communism
• Right the wrongs of Versailles
  
• Reasons for Appeasement Policy?
• Treaty of Versailles too harsh
• Self-determination is acceptable
• Avoid war at all cost
  
• Reasons for Germans moving closer to war?
• Domestic Policy: Rearmament & Remilitarization
• Foreign Policy: Saar, Anschluss & Sudeten
• Negotiations: Berschtesgaden, Bad Godesburg & Munich
• Reasons for the Nazi-Soviet Pact
• Avoidance of war between USSR & Germany
• Gains Poland/Polish Corridor (Germany) + Ukraine (USSR)
  
• Test for UK/France
• Reasons for defeat of Germany
• Allied strategic & tactical strength
• Nazi strategic & tactical errors
• Resistance against Hitler

• War in the Pacific
• Reasons Japan modernised in the period 1854-1893?
• Role of the West
• Rivalry between clans
• Meiji Restoration
• Reasons Japan become an imperial power from 1893?
  
• Age of imperialism
• Rise of militarism
• Search for economic security
• Effects of Russo-Japanese War
  
• effects of disarmament
  
• rise of militarism
  
• Reasons Japan started a Pacific war?
• weakness of LON/China
• alliance with Germany
  
• removal of US threat
• Reasons for Japan's defeat
• Extended empire/local resistance
• Defeat of Germany
• Use of atomic bomb

• Cold War
• Reasons for disagreements at Yalta & Potsdam
• economic plans for division of Germany
• political plans for elections in E. Europe
• military plans for ending the Pacific War
• Reasons for escalation of the Cold War
• Creation of West Germany
• Berlin Blockade
• Creation of NATO
• Creation of COMECON & Warsaw Pact
• Reasons for Communist victory in China
• Strength of CCP
• Mao's political leadership
• CCP social-economic policies
• PLA's strategic and tactical strengths
• Weakness of KMT
• Chiang KS's political leadership
• KMT's social-economic policies
• KMT's strategic & tactical errors
• Impact of Sino-Japanese War
• Reasons for Korean War
• Cold War tensions/communist victory in China
• North Korea's unification plans
• US/UN incursions into China
• Reasons for Cuban Missile Crisis
• Escalation of Cold War in Europe & Asia
• Cuban Revolution
• Soviet-US missile gap
  

HSS3.2.8 MYE Q&A

Social Studies
2 May 08
Book 3 Chapters 2 & 3
1 SBQ a. b. c. (compulsory)
2 SEQs a. (choose 1)
60mins

MWH3.2.7 Revision

• Revision
  
• For MWH topical revision, click here.
• Complete SS Workbook pages as assigned (3F & 3B only)
• Complete Stalin SBQ 1b) comparison (all)
• CA1.2 on Stalin
  
• Suggested answer can be downloaded here.

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Food price rises are ''mass murder'' - U.N. envoy

HSS 3.2.6 Revision

• Assessment
• Stalin SBQ Test (3D: Tue) & Review (3B: Thu & 3F: Fri )
  
• Inference
• Comparison
• HSS Revision
• BRING YOUR SS WORKBOOK
  
• Governance in Singapore
  
• What are the principles of governance in Singapore?
• Integrity "Leadership is key"
  
• Pragmatic & Forward-looking "Anticipate change; stay relevant"
  
• Water resource policies
• Meritocratic "work for reward; reward for work"
  
• Education
• Fair & Transparent "stake for everyone; opportunities for all"
  
• Feedback unit
  
• Transport policies
• ALS: managing city traffic
  
• VQS: managing car ownership
• ERP: managing road usage
  
• Population policies
• Impact of declining birthrates
• Increased labour cost > decreased competitiveness
  
• Decreased defence capability
• Smaller market
  
• Measures to increase population
  
• Encouraging larger families
• Pro-family measures
• Foreign Talent
• Impact of Aging Population
• Higher dependency
• Increased social costs
• Decreased competitiveness
• Measures to cope with aging population
• Government support
• Family-Community help
• Individual responsibility
  
• Healthcare in Singapore & Britain
• Aims of healthcare in Singapore
• meet basic needs,
  
• cater to specialization
• promote self-reliance
  
• Managing healthcare in Singapore
• Improving accessibility to healthcare through individual effort
• Medisave, Medishield, Healthy Lifestyle
  
• Improving quality of healthcare through community support
  
• Community hospitals
• Support services
• Voluntary Welfare Organisations
  
• improving affordability through government assistance
  
• Government subsidies
• Medifund
• Restructured Hospitals
• Means-testing
  
• Managing healthcare in Britain
• increasing government spending
• Increased National Insurance Tax
  
• increasing NHS efficiency
  
• privatisation: contracting out non-essential services
  
• positive discrimination: children, youths & expectant mothers
  
• Providing quality services
• NHS Plan (2000)
• NHS Improvement Plan (2004)
  

HSS4.2.6 Revision

• Performances

• Cuban Missile Crisis SBQ Review
• Complete SBQ 1a-d to be eligible for suggested answers
• Review SBQ via suggested answer features key (sample below)
• SBQ Practise: Has foreign talent benefited Singapore?

• HSS Revision
• Gulf War
• Reasons for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
• Effects of Iran-Iraq War
• Kuwait's oil & territorial policies
• Saddam Hussein's beliefs
  
• Measures taken to deal with Iraq
• Arab League negotiations
  
• UN sanctions
• Operation Dessert Storm
• Impact of Gulf War
• Political instability in Iraq
• Humanitarian crisis
  
• Environmental impact in the region
  
• Transnational Terrorism
• Reasons for growth of terrorism
• Ideology of hate
• Widening economic gap
• Impact of Terrorism
• Political, Social, Economic
  
• Measures to Counter Terrorism
• International, Regional, National
  
• Globalisation
• Reasons for globalisation
• Transnational Corporations
• Improvement in Communication
• Improvement in Transportation
• Impact of globalisation
• Economic impact
  
• Increased competition for investment, market & talent
  
• Widening income gap
• Improved standard of living for some
• Social Impact
• Increased awareness of foreign cultures
• Loss of local culture
  
• Environmental impact
• Deforestation
• Global Warming
• Environmental management
• Singapore strategies to maximise opportunities & overcome challenges
• Diversify the economy
• Nurture SMEs
• Venture abroad
• Economic cooperation
• Managing resources efficiently
• Developing people: Promoting local entrepreneurship
• Attracting foreign talent
• Managing the environment
• managing limited land resources
• regional cooperation
• public education
  

MWH4.2.5 Cuban Missile Crisis

Essential Question: How stable was the post-WWII World?

• Understanding Goals
  
• What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• Escalation of the Cold War
• 1959 Cuban Revolution
• Soviet-US Missile Gap
• What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis have on the Cold War?
• On the USA: War by Proxy
  
• On the USSR: Rise of Brezhnev
• On the world: Cold War Hot Spots
  
• Performances:
• Watch Cuban Missile Crisis video: Who blinked?
  
• Assessment:
• Cuban Missile Crisis SBQ Set 1 and Set 2
  

HSS3.2.5 Healthcare Services

Essential Question: How are the principles of governance reflected in Singapore's health care policies?

• Review: Suggested answers for lecture handouts week 4 can be downloaded here. (Look for .WKS.ANS file)
  

• 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)
• Performance:
  
• Pls remember to bring 2007HSS3SA1 (SBQ on ERP). We still have to work through
• 1c. Comparison (3D & 3F)
  
• 2a. Population SEQ
• 3a. Healthcare SEQ
  
• Suggested answers for can be downloaded here.
• Watch Sicko.
• What is the director's message about healthcare in the US, UK and Cuba?
• Why did he portray the healthcare systems in the way he did?
  
• Assessment
• Stalin SBQ test (CA1.2)
  

Bad luck and bad policies

Today is World Health Day

Let them eat cake

MWH4.2.4 Cuban Missile Crisis

Essential Question: How stable was the post-WWII World?

• Review:
• What led to the Korean War?
• Cold War tensions
• Division of Korea
• UN intervention/incursion
• Performances:
• Korean War SBQ review (LIVE LEAK)
• Understanding Goals
  
• What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• Escalation of the Cold War
• 1959 Cuban Revolution
• Soviet-US Missile Gap
• What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis have on the Cold War?
• On the USA: War by Proxy
  
• On the USSR: Rise of Brezhnev
• On the world: Cold War Hot Spots
  
• Performances:
• Watch Cuban Missile Crisis video: Who blinked?
  
• Assessment:
• Cuban Missile Crisis SBQ

HSS3.2.4 Healthcare Services in Britain

Essential Question: How are the principles of governance reflected in Singapore's health care policies?

• 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)
• Performances: Have British healthcare policies met the needs of the people?
• Revise the key points.
  
• Take a quiz.
• Assessment:
  
• Pls remember to bring 2007HSS3SA1 (SBQ on ERP). We still have to work through
• 1b. Inference of purpose
  
• 1c. Comparison
• 2a. Population SEQ
• 3a. Healthcare SEQ
  
• Suggested answers for can be downloaded here.
  

Notes Check

Sec 3s: Pls be reminded Week 4 is notes check for SS Chapter 3 (Healthcare)
3D: 8 Apr 08, 3F 11 Apr 08