Discover How Your Child Can Prepare Himself/Herself to ACE Social Studies and History in 2023!

Your child can choose the relevant workshop which he/she needs the most help in:

Module #1: Sec 3 SS SBQ Skills

Suitable for: Students in Secondary 3 in 2023 (Express and Normal(Academic))

The course will cover ALL the SBQ skills needed for the 1st semester in 2023. This course is relevant for BOTH SS and History students

The course will cover and teach the new SBQ skills that they will have to face in 2023. All practice and worked model answers will come from only past year O level papers as well as 2022 school preliminary exam papers, in order to provide students with the best and most relevant O level standard references.

SBQ skills covered:

• Inference/Message/Weighted inference
• Purpose
• Comparison
• Reliability

In-depth notes will also be provided with these lessons. These notes will be suitable for revision of these topics at/for the O level examinations

With this head start in the SBQ skills needed in Sec 3, students should be able to approach their first term lessons with much less worry and much more confidence.

Module #2: Sec 4 SS SBQ Skills

Suitable for: Students in Secondary 4 in 2023 (Express and Normal(Academic))

The course will cover ALL the SBQ skills needed for the 1st semester in 2023. This course is relevant for BOTH SS and History students

The course will revise the last skills learnt in Sec 3, and cover and teach the new SBQ skills that they will have to face in 2023. All practice and worked model answers will come from only past year O level papers as well as 2022 school preliminary exam papers, in order to provide students with the best and most relevant O level standard references.

SBQ skills covered:

• Reliability/Usefulness(Utility)
• Surprise
• Hybrid questions (Reliable and Surprise)

In-depth notes will also be provided with these lessons. These notes will be suitable for revision of these topics at/for the O level examinations

With this head start in the SBQ skills needed in Sec 4, students should be able to approach their first term lessons with much less worry and much more confidence.

Module #3: Sec 4 SS Content

Suitable for: Students in Secondary 4 in 2023 (Express and Normal(Academic))

The course will cover ALL the content lessons of their last term in 2022, and the 1st semester in 2023.

Day 1 Content coverage of SS topic 

• Reasons for diversity in Singapore
• Impact of diversity in Singapore
• Assimilation and integration
• Case Studies of Healthcare (USA, Sweden and Singapore)

Day 2 Content coverage of SS topic – Globalisation

• Driving forces of Globalisation
• Impact of Globalisation on economies and cultures
• Impact of Globalisation on cultures – Homogenisation and Hybridisation

In-depth notes will also be provided with these lessons. These notes will be suitable for revision of these topics at/for the O level examinations

With this head start in the SS content needed in Sec 4, students should be able to approach their lessons with much less worry and much more confidence.

Module #4: Sec 4 History Content

Suitable for: Students in Secondary 4 in 2023

This course is for students who are in Sec 4 (Express or N/A – both are applicable) in 2023 and would like in depth revision for their History content coverage in the 1st semester, as well as a head start on their coming content in semester 2.

Day 1 Content coverage: WW II – War in the Asia Pacific

• Rise of militarism in Japan/Reasons for Japanese expansionism
• Reasons for the Japanese defeat in WW II

Day 2 Content coverage: Reasons for the Cold War/Manifestations of the Cold War

• Historical issues and ideological differences in both superpowers
• Problems arising during WW II, Potsdam and Yalta
• The start of the Cold War: the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and Containment
• Manifestations of the Cold War and the Berlin Blockade

Day 3 Content coverage: The Korean War

• Reasons for the Korean War
• Civil War or Proxy Conflict
• Impact of the Korean War

Day 4 Content coverage: The Cuban Missile Crisis

• Tensions between Cuba and the USA
• Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis

In-depth notes will also be provided with these lessons. These notes will be suitable for revision of these topics at/for the O level examinations

With this revision of earlier topics and head start in the content and needed in Sec 4, students should be able to approach their lessons with much less worry and much more confidence.

Workshop Details:

About the Teacher

Mr Noel Ong
(Secondary Social Studies, History)

• Bachelor of Arts and Social Science, NUS (Majored in Political Science and English Literature, Minored in History)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Education, NIE
• More than 18 years of teaching experience in MOE schools

Mr Noel Ong is a NIE-trained MOE teacher who has more than 18 years of teaching experience. Having spent all his 18 years teaching in a typical Singapore neighbourhood school, he has much experience in raising the grades of students who were formerly struggling with SS and History. He was teaching SS when the subject was introduced in 2001, and so has a wealth of knowledge concerning how this subject is taught, examined and assessed. Mr Noel is also very well versed in the current SS syllabus (rolled out in 2016) as he was part of the team of MOE teachers selected to evaluate the textbook as it was being written, and also to pilot the lesson plans and materials that were included with the syllabus text. Finally, he strongly believes that both SS and History need not be dry or ‘boring’; What could be more interesting than learning more about your country, your world and the story of mankind?

How To Register? 

We are limiting the Intensive Revision Course to only 10 students per class so as to ensure maximum engagement and coaching to our students.

Registration will close on 1st June or earlier when all places are taken up. Your seat is only confirmed upon payment.