Methodist College
Curriculum Mapping for LAC
Subject: History Level: S1Term: 1Textbook: World History Express Topic-Based Series (Ling Kee)
Unit and topic(s) / Thinking skills (refer to list) / Language structures and grammar / More general vocabulary which students may not know / Key subject concept vocabulary- Introduction to History Study
-Why do we study history?
-How do we study history? / Defining / History is ….
….. is called…
(Use of passive voice) / Record
Events
Period
Times
Decade
Century
Experiences / History
Prehistory
chronology
Cause and effect
Historical sources (primary & secondary sources)
Change & continuity
Sequencing / Arrange the events in chronological order / Chronological order
Indentifying cause and effect / ….because….
As …..
….therefore/ so/ as a result… / Cause
Effect
Consequence
Relationship
classifying / ….is …. while…is…. / Sources
Written
Non-written
Evaluating / Drawing conclusions / X is not history because there is no evidence to support it. / Evidence
support
Unit and topic(s) / Thinking skills (refer to list) / Language structures and grammar / More general vocabulary which students may not know / Key subject concept vocabulary
- Major development in the Stone Age
-People in the Stone Age
-Life in the Stone Age
-End of the Stone Age / Describing / People lived in caves or on the trees. They used stone to make simple tools…...( Describe the life of an Old Stone Age man) / Shelter
Hunt
Settle
Tools
Bows and arrows
Axe
Spear
Weapons
Pottery
Weave
Trade
Crops
Metal / Prehistoric Times
Cause and effect
Discovery
Invention
Progress
Development
Describing changes over time / … began to….
At first … Then,…. Later,…
Comparing / ….is …. while…is….
… is more / less …
….is cleverer / better /more polished than
Identifying similarities and differences / Both X and Y are….
X is …. but /while Y is….
Indentifying cause and effect / ….because….
As …..
….therefore/ so/ as a result…
Identifying continuity and changes / …. continued to ….
….. but ….
Perspective-taking / If I were … I would ….
Sequencing / Arrange the events in chronological order
Unit and topic(s) / Thinking skills (refer to list) / Language structures and grammar / More general vocabulary which students may not know / Key subject concept vocabulary
- Traditional rural life of Hong Kong
-History of early Hong Kong
-Early settlers in Hong Kong
-Life in the rural community / Defining / A walled village is … / Sites
Objects
Traditional / Clan
Ancestor worship
Change & continuity
Development
Historical remains
Rock carvings
Settlers
Dynasty
Tomb
Incense
Cantonese
Hakkas
Fuklos
Tankas
Ancestors
Ancestral hall
Soul tablets
Lime
Pearl diving
Porcelain
Walled village
Study hall
Dajiao Festival
Describing / There is ….(describe a walled village)
Comparing / ….is …. while…is….
… is more / less …
Identifying similarities and differences / Both X and Y are….
X is …. but /while Y is….
Indentifying cause and effect / ….because….
As …..
….therefore/ so/ as a result…
Identifying continuity and changes / …. continued to ….
….. but ….
Perspective-taking / If I were … I would ….
Curriculum mapping history S1 p.1