- Can be chosen as the compulsory contrasting H1 subject at JC level.
- For students who choose to take H1 History, it is vital to score well to ensure a good rank point as their H1 subject will definitely be counted in the overall score.
- Students are often overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content there is to study. This includes students who took Pure History and excelled in it in Secondary School. The content needed almost increases by double and the learning curve from Secondary School to JC History is very steep.
- JC History students often attempt to cram content for the history paper. This is inefficient, stressful, time-consuming, and often leads to rigidity in answering the question since they are unable to adapt what they have memorised to the different writing frameworks needed to answer the question in the paper.
- H1 History Structured Essay Questions (SEQ) require the student to construct and unpack arguments in a deeper and more analytical way than in Secondary School. Secondary School History only requires students to either explain or weigh 2 or more given factors in an essay question. In JC, students will be expected to weave 4 or more factors into a coherent argument and demonstrate how each one supports or challenges a given stand (thesis). The way they must write is very challenging not only because they are unfamiliar with it but also because it requires them to have much higher sensitivity to phrasing and perspectives. On top of that, they must also know the vast amount of content very well AND be able to finish writing everything within the given time.
- The Source Based Questions (SBQ) will be tougher. In Secondary School, in several cases students are able to get away with using only the source material to answer SBQ questions even without applying any contextual content knowledge. In JC, every SBQ question will require the student to show deep understanding of the content and coherent explanation of it in a way that answers the question.
- Parents are generally unfamiliar with the way history is taught and also do not know the most efficient method to study history, often leading to well-intentioned parents forcing their child through more laborious and less effective methods of studying this subject such as heart-memorisation. This is damaging because it usually leads to rigidity in thinking based on stagnant repetition of content, whereas constructing good answers requires the student to be highly flexible in thinking, being able to reframe content according to the requirements of the question.
- Students of H1 History usually find it very difficult to manage their time during the paper. They usually write unnecessarily long answers which is counterproductive since this takes away time from attempting other questions.
- Stamina in the exam is a common problem amongst H1 History students. The paper is 3 hours long, wearing students out as seen in how their writing gets progressively less coherent towards the end of the paper as well as how many struggle to finish the paper.
- We will teach with a focus on developing exam technique and building stamina in a way that allows them to write analytically without getting tired and losing focus for the whole exam.
- We will focus aggressively on writing skills including how to unpack a question to avoid being misled by tricky phrasing, how to show how different factors relate to one another and show how to turn an essay into a cohesive discussion instead of a rambling wall of text.
- We will train them to make their answers shorter while still hitting all the key points the question requires so as to be able to finish the whole paper with every question answered well.
- We teach time-management techniques for studying itself: Under us students will learn how to study history the most efficiently so as to know all their skills and content while still leaving ample time in their schedule to study other subjects crucial for the As.
- We will teach in accordance with the latest MOE syllabus using our acutely specialised techniques and expertise which are not available to parents at home.
Our Tuition Rates
"A" Level H1 History Tuition
$40 / Hour
- Each lesson typically lasts 2 hours
Breakdown of the JC H1 History Paper
The exam structure and syllabus can be confusing. We get it. That's why we're here to explain it to you!
Feel free to download the 2 tables below if it helps you!
Source Based Questions (SBQ)
Structured Essay Questions (SEQ)
Content of JC H1 History
The content of “O” Level Elect History can be broken down into these compartments. When each topic is covered varies school-to-school:
Topics on the Cold War:
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Bipolarity between Superpowers and early years of the Cold War
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Manifestations of Emerging Tensions
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Historical Debates on Origins of the Cold War
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Outbreak and Resolution of the Korean War
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Outbreak and Resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Superpowers’ Search for Ideological and Strategic Allies
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Success and Limitations in Building and Sustaining Allies
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Decline of the USSR
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Collapse of the USSR and End of the Cold War
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Historical Debates on the End of the Cold War
Topics on East Asia and the Cold War:
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China and the Cold War
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Japan and the Cold War
Topics on Southeast Asia and the Cold War:
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Manifestations of the Cold War in Southeast Asia
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ASEAN and the Cold War
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Singapore and the Cold War
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