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Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English) (2262)
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Free Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English) (2262) study notes for GCE O-Level students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Social Studies: Exploring Citizenship and Governance
What does citizenship mean to me?
What are the functions and roles of government in working for the good of society?
How do we decide what is good for society?
How can we work together for the good of society?
Social Studies: Living in a Diverse Society
What are the factors that shape the identities of people and contribute to a diverse society?
What are the experiences and effects of living in a diverse society?
How can we respond to diversity in society?
Social Studies: Being Part of a Globalised World
What are the factors that contribute to globalisation?
How can we respond to the economic impacts of globalisation?
How can we respond to the cultural impacts of globalisation?
How can we respond to the security impacts of globalisation?
Social Studies: Source-based case study skills
Comprehending and inferring from a source
Comparing and contrasting different views in sources
Distinguishing fact, opinion and judgement; detecting bias
Evaluating the reliability and usefulness of evidence
Drawing a conclusion using multiple sources
Social Studies: Structured-response skills
Constructing a reasoned argument on a societal issue
Making a recommendation in the Singapore context
Explaining two factors or perspectives on an issue
Judging relative importance and giving a balanced conclusion
Literature in English: PRESCRIBED TEXTS
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (ed.): How We Live Now
Anthony Doerr: All the Light We Cannot See
William Golding: Lord of the Flies
Mildred D Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
John Wyndham: The Chrysalids
Literature in English: Unseen poetry
Reading an unseen poem: subject, situation and speaker
Tone, mood and attitude
Imagery and figurative language
Diction and word choice
Sound, rhythm and rhyme
Form, line and stanza structure
Shaping a personal response to an unseen poem
Literature in English: Response skills
Passage-based response: reading the extract closely
Passage-based response: language, form and structure in the extract
Essay response: answering the terms of the question
Essay response: selecting and integrating textual evidence
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