Secondary School History
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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. -
skyjuice:
Thank you so much, skyjuice!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.
I have the same enquiry and I got the answer now. -
OngMum:
Thank you so much, skyjuice!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.
I have the same enquiry and I got the answer now.[/quote]Hi skyjuice and prettycoolmom,
I would like to know if you managed to get the said guidebook. No luck for me and I was told there's no guide book similar to the guidebook's cover.
Cheers! -
Hi skyjuice and prettycoolmom,
I would like to know if you managed to get the said guidebook. No luck for me and I was told there’s no guide book similar to the guidebook’s cover.
Cheers![/quote]
Got it last year from Popular. You may want to try Big Bookshop. The one at Clementi often have books not found in Popular.
Oh yeah, there were a couple of books that I could find in IMM and Bras Basah Populars that other outlets don’t have. -
Doing well in History is actually easy once students have a firm grasp of the mechanics behind how to approach the questions. However, unlike subjects like Maths or Science, this cannot be fixed by just doing practice on exam papers. Practice is pointless without relevant feedback, as students might not know that they are still making the same mistakes over and over again.
Being a former history teacher, I find that students face difficulty in dealing with History source-based questions because they are more concerned about giving the “right” answer without considering the process of deriving the answer. Unfortunately, the new assessment format students have to go through now differ greatly to when we were in school, and therefore, not many parents can provide the guidance needed as few are familiar with the requirements.
Over the next few years, more schools will move towards task-based or project-based assessments that are already widely used in several IP schools. These assessments although meant to test students in more a practical manner and move away from pen-and-paper assessments bring about new sets of challenges.
My main advice to parents is to forget what you went through for history when you were in school, and encourage your child to do 2 things:
1. Embrace the ambiguity of the subject. There are no “right” answers, although there are some answers that are preferred. What teachers want to be able to see is students being able to see relevant points based on informed inferences and providing the relevant evidence to support their points.
2. Think of source-based questions as comprehension of texts using historical knowledge. We are really looking at literacy competency, or ability to understand what the sources are saying in the context of history.
Of course knowing the content of what they are studying is important, but it is no longer the be-all and end-all. -
Is there a market out there for History/Social studies tuition?
I have taught Secondary sch history (but not pure history, only lowersec hist and upper sec elective) for the past 10 years. Looking to give tuition. -
There is a market but students don’t come easy. Would be much easier if you can cover both the additional syllabus in core history. If you had taught students in history for the past 10years, then you should be aware of it, shouldnt you?
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meinteel:
There is a market but students don't come easy. Would be much easier if you can cover both the additional syllabus in core history. If you had taught students in history for the past 10years, then you should be aware of it, shouldnt you?
true... the content of the core history is fine with me but knowing content is one thing, skill application is another... The skills used in elective and core is slightly different... -
OngMum:
Hi skyjuice and prettycoolmom,
Thank you so much, skyjuice!OngMum:
[quote=\"skyjuice\"]
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.
I have the same enquiry and I got the answer now.
I would like to know if you managed to get the said guidebook. No luck for me and I was told there's no guide book similar to the guidebook's cover.
Cheers![/quote]i got a copy of the history guide book last month. 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). cost is about 10.50 at popular bras basah. i was lucky that the stock just arrived on that very am.
i found a few 2nd hand copies at one of the second handbookshops in bras basah complex but the price is very close to a new book. -
Hi
Anyone used sec 1 History book, The Living Past: History of Ancient India, China and South East Asia (2nd Edit - Author - Andrew Major) or any guide book of this book or any exam tips or any assessment of the living past?
If you want to sell it as a secondhand price, please message me.
Thank you in advance.