The Second Stage of Consultation Seminar on the Junior Secondary History Curriculum review in the Personal, Social

and Humanities Education Key Learning Area

Ms LUK Chi-lan

HKFYG Lee Shau Kee College

Sharing on Topic 3:

The Rise of Islamic Civilisation and cultural interactions

between Europe and Asia in medieval times

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Basic Information of HKFYG Lee Shau Kee College

DSS EMI secondary school Trial form: S3 No. of teachers teaching S3: 2 No. of History lessons each week: 2 No. of lessons planned for Islamic topic: 8 (exclude the extending part*) Co-plan period: once a week Promote reading to learn

Two assigned readings per term (Ancient Greece)

Design reading exercises to help students analyze readings

Book Title: Visitor guides to Ancient Greece https://webcat.hkpl.gov.hk/lib/item?id=chamo:2277228&fromLocationLink=false&theme=WEB

Sharing on school based teaching materials

• The teaching capacity is according to the ability of the students.

• Release space for promoting self-directed learning, reading skill and generic skills.

• 3-steps:

1. Pre-tasks (including exercises, checking the Chinese meaning and pronunciation of vocabulary in all exercises)

2. While-tasks: Train comprehending and analysis skills by making use of a variety of sources (including short texts, maps and concept maps)

3. Post-tasks: consolidation and extended learning (such as field trip, online self-directed exercise)

Pre-tasks: Video

clips and pictures

activate student’s

schemata

Video of Muhammad the last prophet (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUNRXiVogZI&t=2s

• Link the past and

the present

• Brainstorm

Islamic

civilisation in our

daily life.

While tasks:

Timeline and

map simplified

the expansion of

Islamic empire .

• Short texts

train

reading

skill.

• Assign

different

groups to

read

different

sets of

sources and

finish the

questions.

• Concept map and the

short question are for

consolidation.

•Post-task: set

the learning

framework.

What can we do for the non-History major teacher teaching

Islamic topic? 1. Make use of CO-PLAN periods to highlight

the teaching sequence and focuses of teaching materials.

2. Lesson observation as professional development

3. Provide the guide to the pronunciation of Arabic vocabulary

Arabic Dictionary & Translator apps can be downloaded from Apps Stores (ios/Andriod)

Make use of CO-PLAN periods Teaching sequence and focuses of teaching materials

Professional development: modifications on teaching strategies and teaching materials

Drawing timeline is

changed to using

power-point.

Add reading aloud

name of countries

and cities on the map

Resources for teaching the Rise of Islamic Civilisation and cultural interactions between Europe and Asia in medieval times

Reference books

A Concise History of the Middle East https://webcat.hkpl.gov.hk/lib/item?id=chamo:402276&fromLocationLink=false&theme=WEB 中文版《中東史》 https://webcat.hkpl.gov.hk/search/query?term_1=%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%B1%E5%8F%B2&locale=zh_TW&theme=WEB

Some account of Gothic architecture in Spain https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=HKU_IZ21374695510003414&context=L&vid=HKU&lang=en_US&search_scope=My%20Institution&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,some%20account%20of%20Gothic%20architecture&sortby=date&facet=frbrgroupid,include,495834297&mode=Basic&offset=0

http://rosarychurch.catholic.org.hk/

• Community resources

Application form for visiting with

guided service in Rosary Church

http://www.islamictrusthk.org/mosques/kowloon-masjid/

Application form for visiting with

guided service in Kowloon Mosque

Our assessment: Online self-directed exercises

Online self-directed exercise

works as a reward system

whenever finishing the three

exercises will reward LA

mark. This is not a compulsory

task .

Second term exam- Challenger’s task

90% of S3 students attempt challenger’s task

Critical

thinking was

shown

Persuasive

argument

was shown

Feedback on teaching materials

Learners’ interest

Effectiveness of teaching materials

Students’ opinion on future S3

syllabus in HLC

Feedback from S3 Student A

Facilitate the interaction between the teachers and

students

The topic of Islam is new and never heard to us, we are

curious to ask more questions to the teachers and discuss

with classmates;

Discuss the current issues of Middle East with classmates.

Relate to our daily life

Muslim scientists made breakthrough in Mathematics

including geometry, trigonometry and Arabic numerals.

Comment from other students: Islamic topic is interesting

because…

Students’ views towards school based teaching materials

Feedback from S3 Student B

Difficulties we met:

• Need a lot of teaching materials as students seldom have chances to learn

about the Islamic civilisation in the past;

• Difficult to memorize Arabric vocabulary, such as Ibn Sina, Abu Bakr, Caliph

Muawiyah I, Al-Zarahwi etc;

Solutions:

• Encourage students to check vocabulary meaning and pronunciation before

starting lessons;

• Provide more readings

• Join more field trips to learn about the Islamic civilisation in our daily lives

The learning interest outweighs the difficulties we met

Feedback from S3 Students A and B Field study is an interesting way to learn outside the classroom

1. Visit to Kowloon Mosque

Ramadan and fasting

• Learn more about Islam, respect Muslim’s culture, habits and other races in Hong

Kong

Understand why Muslims sometimes do not eat in the evenings as they are having

fasting in Ramadan.

2. Visit to Rosary Church

Experience different religious practices and behaviours between Muslims and

Christians

Observe different architectural characteristics between the Mosque and the Rosary

Church

Find similar architectural characteristic such as the pointed arches