Chinese History
“Be a great thinker who is perceptive and discerning by studying the history of our nation.”
Stimulating and fun learning activities
To arouse junior secondary students’ learning interest, we have been sourcing various types of multimedia resources and designing teaching materials called “Learning Chinese History through Clips” in the junior secondary curriculum. These multi-media teaching materials are diversified. Movie clips and documentaries are used to let students learn the subject knowledge as they immerse themselves into the historical background and characters in the movies. We design some step-by-step questions for students to come up with answers so as to facilitate the scaffolding of their knowledge of Chinese History.
Theme-based projects
We have also designed individual and group project assignments. For the individual ones, we have “a letter to the historical figure” and 4-koma comics, etc. As for group assignments, we have “Guangzhou Revolution Study”, “History Radio Broadcast” and “History Mini-drama”, etc. These assignments not only encourage creativity, but also nurture their teamwork and solidarity to serve the purpose of education that values knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Visual thinking
To help students cope with difficult areas, we have developed sets of visual thinking framework within the curriculum for learning and teaching. Through the facilitation of the thinking framework, students have better understanding of the cause and effect relationship between historical events. Besides, we also ask students to draw their own concept map of historical development to deepen their subject knowledge and to give them a more comprehensive view.
Cross-curricular collaboration
To align with the school-based cross-curricular approach in junior secondary, we have been adopting project learning in S1 with Chinese Language and Life and Society. This gives students better understanding of the history and development of Kowloon City, where our school is located.
Self-directed learning
“Mr Yan’s Chinese History Class” is an online platform where students have access to a diversity of information, such as public examination skills, book recommendations, study skills and any history-related activities. Self-directed learning is facilitated through the platform.
Thematic Sharing
Teachers hold lunchtime sharing regularly, introducing interesting books and themes to encourage a reading habit.
Site Visits
To broaden students’ horizon and learning motivation, we arrange site visits to various museums. For example, we have been to the “Digital Dunhuang — Tales of Heaven and Earth exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
Besides, we have been to an exhibition entitled “Miles upon Miles: World Heritage along the Silk Road” at the Hong Kong Museum of History. This gives students better understanding of the cultural exchange between China and the West in ancient times.
S5 students of Chinese History elective visited the “Legend of Hong Kong Toys” exhibition to understand the history and development of toy industry of Hong Kong over the past half-century.
Field Trips
We deepen students’ understanding of historical heritages through field visits. Students visit Sung Wong Toi, a historical heritage in the Kowloon City district.
Workshops
We took part in “Hong Kong Heritage” History and Cultural Scheme, where students learnt about Hong Kong in the last century through photo exhibitions, historical theatres and seminars so as to encourage the learning of history.
The panel head led some S5 students to attend a seminar organized by Chung Wa Book Company. Dr. Joseph Sun Pao Ting and Prof. Chiu Yu Lok were the speakers of the seminar.
Various Achievements
We encourage students to take part in various off-campus activities and competitions to build up their self-confidence, broaden their horizons and facilitate their elite training.
Home Affairs Department Kowloon City Public Enquiry Service Center
Hong Kong Young Ambassador Scheme of Guided Historical Tour in Kowloon City
- Through the ambassador scheme, students could improve their expression skills, serve the community and have a better understanding of local history.
Jao Tsung-I Academy
History and Culture Learning Programmes for Students
- During the programme, our students learnt local history and were motivated to study History. Renowned Hong Kong Historian, Dr. Joseph Sun Pao Ting gave lecture during the programme. The topic was “Foreign Communities in Pre-War Hong Kong: British and Portuguese”.
Metro Radio
Brilliant Parents Alliance
- Panel head Mr. Yan was invited to the Metro Radio’s Brilliant Parents Alliance programme and shared how history could be taught through museums and have students motivated in learning history.