Social studies and Geography elective

Let's start with the following next week! Be prepared and half the battle is won!

Sec 3 social studies - 2192
Book 3 Chpt 1 Singapore - a nation in the world (non-examinable).
You will watch a video on Singapore - a nation and understand the importance of building a nation and why it is important to establish a stable government and meeting the people's needs. You will also be taught the basic skills on how to answer source-based questions e.g inference, comparision...

Sec 4 social studies - 2192
Book 4 Chpt 1 Managing Peace and Security: Regional and International conflict.
You will understand more of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflicts.

Click here for resources on the new SS syllabus

Sec 5 social studies - 2190 (last batch)
Book 4 Chpt 2: People: A Country's most precious resource
You will be watching a video on managing population changes (ageing population) as well as working on a mindmap and a source-based sample question on the topic(handout 2006 SA1 paper).

Click here for resources on the old SS syllabus

Sec 5 Geography elective - 2190/2 (last batch)
Chpt 12 Development
You will learn more about the indicators of development, the stages of development, the desire for development and the problems brought by development.

Click here to access BBC bitesize revision on the topic:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/development/developmentwhatisitrev1.shtml

Please note:

1. Sec 3 students will attend the social studies skill workshop starting next week.

2. All students are to note that CA test 1 is much earlier this year - week 4 and not week 7. The test will be on social studies (source-based).

3. The exam format is the same for social studies 2190/1 and 2192/1. Section A (25 marks) is source-based (normally around 5 sources) and you must answer all parts to the questions. Section B (25m) is structured essay. You need to answer 1 out of the 3 questions given. Minor differences in the topics covered e.g. no more merger and separation of Singapore and Malaya in the new syllabus but topics such as the Iraq-kuwait conflicts and terrorism are introduced.

You can refer to MOE SEAB website for details: http://www.seab.gov.sg/SEAB/oLevel/syllabus/school/2008_GCE_O.html

4. The exam format for Geography elective 2190/2 and 2192/2 are quite different. For 2190/2 (old syllabus), map reading is compulsory in Section A - 10 marks. For 2192/2 (new syllabus), map reading is integrated into the questions - that is, students might be given a map extract e.g. showing a river. For the new syllabus 2192/2, students will choose to answer one question from section A (25 marks) which is Physical Geography (natural vegetation and river and coast) and another one question from Section B (25 marks) which is Human Geography (Geography of Food and Development). In the old syllabus 2190/2, other than the compulsory question on map reading (10 marks), students have to answer 1 more question (15 marks) on either (or combination) from Changing Agriculture or Changing Manufacturing. For Section B(25 marks) in the old syllabus 2190/2, students must answer one out of the 3 questions given based on one or a combination of topics: Changing Tourism, Development and Environmental Management.