S3 HISTORY: SCHEMES OF WORK 2015 ‐ 2016 Aims : The aims of the S.3 curriculum are: 1. to arouse and develop students’ interest in the past; 2. to help students understand the present in the context of the past; 3. to help students apprehend the distinctive skills employed in history learning; 4. to help students acquire the values and attitudes in: respecting local culture and heritage and those of other communities; developing a sense of national identity and to become responsible citizens. Reference books: International Conflicts and Threats to Peace in the 20th Century (with workbook) –World History Express Topic‐Based Series, Hong Kong: Ling Kee. Notes and Worksheets. Topics WWI: Objectives Students should be able to:  Factors and Events leading to Identify the factors and events leading to WWI, WWI; Tell the relations between powers before and  the Course of WWI, and during;  the Consequences of WWI Tell the major events during WWI;  Date of Completion: End of November 2014 Tell the warfare during WWI and impacts; and Identify and explain the consequences of WWI Teaching and Learning Strategies Studying and analysing Historical Sources and Materials; Using mind maps to enhance understanding of relations between powers before WWI; Discussion: special focus is given to the following issues  Compare and contrast the roles of different factors in bringing about WWI; 
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Was the outbreak of WWI inevitable? The Paris Peace Settlements: the Big Three: Demands and Reasons; The fairness of the Treaty of Versailles The Remap of Europe Impact of WWI on society, art, et cetera Interwar Period (1919‐1939) Students should be able to tell: The Rise of the US as a major economic power after WWI; The Relations between the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression, and its impact on the world Post‐WWI conditions after WWI Features of totalitarianism, e.g, Fascism in Italy and Nazism Factors and Events leading to the rise of Mussolini and Hitler to power Fascist and Nazi Regimes Definition of militarism and factors leading to the rise of militarism in Japan during the 1930s
Studying and analysing Historical Sources and Materials; Using mind maps to enhance understanding of the Wall Street Stock Crash and the Great Depression Discussion: special focus is given to the following issues Students should be able to tell: The League of Nations: organisation and weaknesses  Failure of Collective Security US’ isolationist foreign policies  Expansionist Policies of the Appeasement policies of Britain and France in Axis Powers the 1930s Expansionist policies of Japan, Italy, and  Major Events in WWII  Date of completion : End of Germany May 2015 Major events during the period of Outbreak of WWII – V‐J Day Studying and analysing Historical Sources and Materials; Using mind map to illustrate the Factors and Events leading to WWII; Documentary discussion: WW2 Propaganda Cartoon on Blitzkrieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV65XRN1lU0 Discussion: 70th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima Peace Site http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum http://nagasakipeace.jp/index_e.html  The Great Depression  Rise of Totalitarianism  Rise of Militarism in Japan  Date of completion : End of March 2015 WWII: Factors and Major Events  Features of totalitarianism  Compare and contrast Fascism and Nazism  Compare and contrast the features of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany Video Show: Education for Death (Walt Disney Cartoon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14WDZCnz‐w Website: Auschwitz Concentration Camp http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/  Militarism and Japan’s conditions in the 1930s Recalling of knowledge: S2 History “bushido”, “Rise of Japan as a world power in the early 20th century