Knowledge

• understand and comprehend from a variety of perspectives, the main characteristics of world civilizations in different periods;

• understand and comprehend the main characteristics of the development of Hong Kong and to relate them to the national and world development;

• comprehend basic historical concepts and terms;

• understand the relationship between cause and consequence of historical events;

• comprehend change and continuity in major historical issues and developments;

• understand that the past may be interpreted in different ways.

Skills:

• use historical terminology in an appropriate way;

• present historical events accurately in chronological order;

• describe characteristics of historical maps, models, diagrams, charts, pictures, tables, and cartoons;

• make deductions and inferences from historical sources;

• identify different interpretations of major historical events and personalities;

• distinguish the differences between historical facts and opinions;

• comprehend the implication of sources, question and explore the accuracy and reliability, and then construct fair and impartial personal views;

• make an imaginative reconstruction of past events;

• select, organize, and deploy sources, and express in a well-structured way.

Attitude and Values:

• develop an interest in the past and an appreciation of human achievements and aspirations;

• relate the study of history to contemporary life;

• understand views, beliefs, and values of different societies at different times so as to develop positive values and attitudes;

• be willing to take up the responsibility of preserving antiquities and monuments, conserving cultural heritage, and promoting history and culture.

Knowledge

• understand and comprehend from a variety of perspectives, the main characteristics of world civilisations in different periods;

• understand and comprehend the main characteristics of the development of Hong Kong and to relate them to the national and world development;

• comprehend basic historical concepts and terms;

• understand the relationship between cause and consequence of historical events; 

• comprehend change and continuity in major historical issues and developments;

• understand that the past may be interpreted in different ways 

Skills

• use historical terminology in an appropriate way;

• present historical events accurately in chronological order;

• describe characteristics of historical maps, models, diagrams, charts, pictures, tables and cartoons;

• make deductions and inferences from historical sources;

• identify different interpretations of major historical events and personalities;

• distinguish the differences between historical facts and opinions;

• comprehend the implication of sources, question and explore the accuracy and reliability, and then construct fair and impartial personal views;

• make an imaginative reconstruction of past events;

• select, organise and deploy sources, and express in a well-structured way;

Attitude and Values

• develop an interest in the past and an appreciation of human achievements and aspirations;

• relate the study of history to contemporary life;

• understand views, beliefs and values of different societies at different times so as to develop positive values and attitudes;

• be willing to take up the responsibility of preserving antiquities and monuments,

• conserving cultural heritage and promoting history and culture.

First Term

1.1 What's History

1.2 Ancient Civilizations

1.3 The Nile Valley Civilization 1

1.4 The Nile Valley Civilization 2

1.5 The Nile Valley Civilization 3

4.1 Major dialect groups of HK: Boat people and Fuklos

4.2 Major dialect groups of HK: Cantonese and Hakka

4.3 Intangible Cultural Heritage

Second Term

2.1 Division of European History

2.2 Ancient Greco-Roman Civilization (1): Athens and Sparta

2.3 Ancient Greco-Roman Civilization (2): Great leaders

2.4 Legacy of Ancient Greco-Roman Civilization (1) Cultural aspects

2.5 Legacy of Ancient Greco-Roman Civilization (2) Architecture

2.6 The feudal system

2.7 Christendom

3.1 The birth and development of Islam

3.2 Legacy of Islamic Civilization 

3.3 Islam in modern world: Ramadan & terrorist movement

3.4 Islam in modern world: Clothing

First Term

5.1 Renaissance

5.2 Reformation

5.3 The Scientific Revolution and Industrial Revolution

5.4 Impact of Industrial Revolution 1

5.5 Impact of Industrial Revolution 2 

5.6 Enlightenment

5.7 Causes of French Revolution

5.8 Rise of nationalism and liberalism

Second Term

6.1 Early European colonial expansion

6.2 Late European colonial expansion

8.1 Establishment of British rule in Hong Kong

8.2 Socio-economic development of Hong Kong in the late 19th century

8.3 Charity groups and ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

6.3 Impact of colonial expansion

7.1 The American Revolution

7.2 Territorial expansion and the development of the USA in the 19th century

7.3 The American Civil War

Theme A: Modernization and Transformation in 20th century Asia

1.   Modernisation and transformation of Hong Kong 

2.   Modernisation and transformation of China 

3.   Modernisation and transformation of Japan and Southeast Asia 

Theme B: Conflicts & Cooperation in the 20th-Century World

4.  Major conflicts and quest for peace 

5.  The quest for cooperation and prosperity