HISTORY ELEC PEOPLE, HERE'S "GOOD NEWS"!Sec 3 2008 History Elective End of Year Holiday Assignment
1.Structured-essay Assignment – to be handed in Week 1 2009
This question is about the end of war in the Pacific
a) Was the use of the atomic bomb on Japan to end the war necessary? Explain your answer. [12m]
(Answer guideline- explain both sides- use of bombs were necessary and not necessary)
b) The following were equally important reasons why Japan surrendered in 1945:
(i) Size of the Japanese Empire
(ii) Superior allied air and sea power
(iii) Anti Japanese Resistance Movements
Do you agree with the statement?
Explain your answer referring only to the above reasons. [13m]
(Answer guideline – explain both sides – agree they are all important by explaining how each led to surrender. However, must also explain why one more important than others in leading to surrender in second half of essay)
Refer to notes given and textbook.
2. Revision Test 1 (Source-based Question and Structured-essay) in Week 2 of Term 1 2009 on Chapters 3 (Russia), 4 (Germany) and 5 (Japan).
Enjoy your holidays but do get your homework done.Come back with assignment done and prepared for test. Let’s start 2009 on a positive note so that it can be a fruitful year for all of us!
Cheers,
Mdm Mariam
THANK YOU YIJIE FOR INFORMING ME OF THIS GOOD NEWS GOTTEN FROM ASKNLEARN. Just 1 day ++ before 2008 ends. Greatest news from Mdm Mariam.
GGed.How am I going to finish studying 3 chapters? I take like 1 whole day or more to memorise 1 chapter and my brain is dead. 3 CHAPTERS IN ONE TEST?! ITS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE FROM END OF YEAR EXAM ZZZ.
And there's going to be GEOGRAPHY test also. EVERYTHING ON PLATE TECTONICS.
Which means
damn
damn
damn
alot to memorise.
Time to kill my brain cells already.
Thats the result of not mugging during the holiday D:
I didn't plan to do that history essay at first but now... ZZZ.
DDD:
Cheers, all pure geography students.
On a better note, I finished reading BREAKING DAWN. Woohoooo finished reading the twilight saga already ;D The ending was niceee. The happily ever after! :) & I think Renesmee is super COOL! God she has an interesting gift. So does Bella xD If only I can read minds like Edward or have a gift like Renesmee! [:
"And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever."
-I don't need you to smile.