Secondary School History

[Excel99]

Hi LOLMum,

Thanks and I have just pm you.

Excel

LOLMum:

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same cover same content and it goes topic by topic, comprehensive study notes, mind maps for all units, 5 challenging, practice exam papers and self test for practice and revision.

it is A-Star in history secondary 2 (spore from settlement to nation 1819-1971).
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Excel99:

Can someone pls share with me how the cover of the guide look like?Maybe a pic of the cover?

Thank you.

skyjuice:

[quote=\"prettycoolmom\"]Hi... Anyone used Sec2 history book \"Singapore: Settlement to Nation, Pre 1819 to 1971\"? Is there any guide book for this just like companion guide the Living Past? Thanks in advance.

There is one. You can find it in Popular. Front cover is the same as the text but longer book. It's a good guide.

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[zeemimi]

Does anyone want to let go of his conflict and Crisis history textbook? Pls pm me. Tks

[gumgumball]

My nephew who is in Sec 2 this year, said he did not learn History in Sec 1. Only Geog. Then this year in Sec 2, they learn History and no Geog. Weird isn’t it? How to complete 2 years’ of syllabus in 1 year?

[janet88]

gumgumball:

My nephew who is in Sec 2 this year, said he did not learn History in Sec 1. Only Geog. Then this year in Sec 2, they learn History and no Geog. Weird isn't it? How to complete 2 years' of syllabus in 1 year?

from my understanding, history and geog compulsory at sec 1/2...
for sec 1 history, it's on china, india and southeast asia.
however, son told me sec 1 history is going to change syllabus (according to his teacher who is attending course).

[sharonkhoo]

gumgumball:

My nephew who is in Sec 2 this year, said he did not learn History in Sec 1. Only Geog. Then this year in Sec 2, they learn History and no Geog. Weird isn't it? How to complete 2 years' of syllabus in 1 year?

They probably have the same no. of class hours overall, so I don't see this as an issue.

[Augmum]

gumgumball:

My nephew who is in Sec 2 this year, said he did not learn History in Sec 1. Only Geog. Then this year in Sec 2, they learn History and no Geog. Weird isn't it? How to complete 2 years' of syllabus in 1 year?

Some of the schs do 1st half yr Hist/ geog and 2nd half yr geog/ Hist...
So it works out to be the same....

[gumgumball]

You guys are right.

They probably have the same number of hours for the subject. It didn’t occur to me before

[eyktay]

It’s all about making inferences for History now…no longer memorising of dates like my time…

[wei2912]

The history syllabus has been changed from india, china and southeast asia to history of singapore. Here are the skills required for lower secondary:


Inference (What can you infer from Source A about the living conditions of early Singapore etc.)
Inference on Purpose (What is the message/purpose of Source A) - more complex than Inference
Reliability (How reliable is Source A?)
Comparison (To what extent is Source A and Source B similar?)

Geography and History essays are similar in format.

Speaking as a student studying in Sec 2 this year.

[janet88]

eyktay:

It's all about making inferences for History now....no longer memorising of dates like my time.....

history at sec 1 is about india/china and southeast asia. all those inference and evidence to support is really no joke...requires in-depth reading. I saw the marks allocation at the back of a title, in order to gain 4-5 marks is no joke but definitely better than 死背 dates.

next year sec 2 is on history of Singapore. quite interesting to read the text...of course not that fun as a student.