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School History


Chronology1

The importance of following the right order When you tell a story, it is important that the story line follows a right order. If not, it may turn into a joke. A. What is ‘order’?

Find the class numbers from 4 of your classmates and arrange the numbers in order.

The order is: ___________________ B. Look at the pictures below. What do you do first every morning? Please

arrange the activities in the right order.

A. putting on shoes

B. waking up

C. brushing teeth D. putting on socks

The right order should be

1 Chronology 時序


C. Work with your neighbour and make up a ‘new’ order for the pictures.

Then you act out the new order before the whole class. See what will happen. The new order is: ___________________

You are the editor of the school magazine2. You want to introduce the history of [ ] Secondary School to your fellow students. You have collected some information from different sources. However, the information is not organized. Can you rearrange the following pieces of information according to the time sequence3 and fill in the table on page 5. The first one is already done for you.

In 19[ ], a better study environment4 was created because air-conditioning was provided.

The students union5 was

formed in 19[ ]. Mr. [ ] became principal

after Mr. [ ]. The first S6 arts and science

classes were started in 19[ ].

2 school magazine 校刊 3 time sequence 時間的先後次序 4 environment 環境 5 students union 學生會


T o promote better munication6 between

eacher Association was ed in 19[ ].

com parents and school, the Parent T form

Mr. [ ] was principal7 for [ ] years. He left in 19[ ].

Mr. [ ] moved to Canada. Mr. [ ] became principal.

In 19[ ], the first S5 graduation ceremony8

was held.

School facilities were improved

as well. For example, lockers were provided for S1-S3 students a year after the air-conditioners were installed.

Mr. [ ] was appointed the first principal of the school.

[ ] Secondary School was established9 in 19[ ].

6 communication 溝通 7 principal 校長 8 graduation ceremony 畢業典禮 9 establish 成立


History of [ ] Secondary School

Year Event(s) (you can use your own

words)

Evidence

19[ ] [ ]Secondary School was

established.

19[ ] Foundation stone

19[ ]

19[ ]

19[ ]

19[ ]

19[ ]

19[ ]

19[ ]

1997

School Emblem


What have you learned? You are able to 1. understand that time sequence (chronology) is

important in studying the history of a place (such as Hong Kong, an organization such as a school or a person such as yourself.

2. arrange events according to the time sequence.


Evidence, Relevancy

Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that makes you believe that something is true or has really happened.

What is relevancy? Produce the evidence

you have collected to show that he is the murderer.

a. a birth certificate

b. a photo of the dead body

d. a knife carrying the murderer's

c. a newspaper which reported the murder

f. a laboratory report on the blood sample collected from the knife

g. the notebook of the

police inspector in-charge Notebook

e. an electricity bill Can you select the relevant information for the judge?


When you study the history of your school, you will come across a lot of information. You have to select the relevant10 ones. If not, you will only waste your time and cannot get a clear picture of the school. Below are some items which might be relevant to the history of your school. Which items do you think are relevant? Where can you find the information? Are they easy to find? Use ★ to show the degree of relevancy. ★ : least relevant; ★★★★★ : most relevant Use ☺ to show that the items are easy to find. Use to show that they are difficult to find.

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

A school magazine Picture of School Magazine

10 relevant 相關


Picture of School Newspaper

A student newspaper

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

Photos of graduation ceremony

A student's record card

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

A letter from a teacher who has left [ ] Secondary school


A Photo of the school building

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?

The foundation stone

An interview with Principal Mr. [ ] and his account of school history

An interview with Teacher A and her account of school history

Relevancy

Easy to find?

Where to find?


What have you learned? You are able 1. to use evidence to support your findings; 2. to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information.

This is a basic step in doing research.

Homework When collecting evidence, make a record. For example, if the evidence is the foundation stone of the school, take a picture of it or copy the inscription11 on to the column “Reason”. If space is not enough, use a separate sheet of paper. Try to finish the column on "Evidence". The first is already done for you. Also, in the column "Reason", briefly12 explain why you think they are relevant.

11 inscription 碑文 12 briefly 簡短地


Extended exercise When collecting information on the history of the school, you may find events which are interesting and important. You should add these events to the timeline as well. Remember that you have to have evidence in support of the event(s) you have listed.

My Own Findings

Year Event Evidence Reason


Facts and Opinions

As a matter of fact

Facts are something that actually happened. They are pieces of information or knowledge that can be proven. Opinion is what one thinks or believes about something. People

often have different opinions on the same subject.

170cm

I am the most handsome boy in class.

I am the tallest student in class.

Is this a fact? Is this a fact?


Study the following sources about [ ] Secondary School and try to identify facts and opinions.

Source A

Description of [ ] Secondary School by Mr. [ ], principal. When [ ] Secondary School was established in 19[ ], Hong Kongwas a very different place then…… But for all of us, those weretimes of achievements and experiences. As a school, there waspride that in our togetherness we could do good things and we did.I remember in the early 1970s, our school gained a higher pass ratein the Cert. of Ed.13 English than one of the most famousGrant-in-Aid14 boys' schools in Hong Kong. This achievementcontinues to establish our reputation15 as one of the great schools ofHong Kong.

Source B Description of [ ] Secondary School by Mr. [ ], former

principal. This message was written in 19[ ].

It is with great pleasure that I send you greetings on the occasion

of the [ ]th Anniversary of [ ] Secondary School. Good work

has been done since [ ] Secondary School first opened its doors

to the students [ ]. Since then it has developed into one of the

leading schools in the district. [ ] Secondary School is playing

a notable role in the education of youths, not only in the [ ]

district but in the Special Administrative Region.

13 Cert. of Ed. 中學會考 14 Grant-in-Aid 按補助條例辦學的學校，大多有悠久的歷史 15 reputation 聲譽 16 Anniversary 周年紀念 17 notable 值得注意的，顯要的


1. Decide whether the following statements are fact (F) or opinion (O).

a. [ ] Secondary School was established in 19[ ]. ( )

b. [ ] Secondary School is situated in [ ]. ( )

c. It will become a leading school in Hong Kong. ( )

d. It will play a notable role in [ ] district. ( )

e. The teaching staff achieved good things because of the

togetherness among them.

( )

f. In early 70s, [ ] gained a higher pass rate in Cert. of Ed.

English than one of the most famous Grant-in-Aid boys'

schools in Hong Kong.

( )

g. [ ] Secondary School continues to establish a reputation as

one of the great schools of Hong Kong.

( )

2. Compare Sources A and B and list one point mentioned by both principal and

ex-principal.

3. Compare Sources A and B and list one point mentioned by only the ex-principal

has.

4. With sources A and B, do they differ on facts about [ ] Secondary School?


5. Do the two principals share the same opinion about [ ] Secondary School? Can

you explain why?

What have you learned?

You are able to tell the difference between facts and opinions.

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