Our Curriculum
Junior secondary
| S1 | Unit 1: From Prehistoric Times to Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties: The Origin of the Chinese Ethnicities (Zhonghua minzu) and the Formation of Early Regimes
l Chapter 1: Origin of the Chinese Ethnicities (Zhonghua minzu) and Early Regimes (Three periods) l Chapter 2: Feudal System of the Western Zhou Dynasty (Three periods) l Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (Four periods)
Unit 2: Qin and Han Dynasties: Emergence of a Unified Country; Cultural Exchange between China and Other Countries
l Chapter 1: Unification of China, Administrative Measures, and Collapse of the Qin Dynasty l Chapter 2: Political Development and Cultural Exchange between China and Other Countries in the Han Dynasty (Western Han and Eastern Han)
Unit 3: The Three Kingdoms, Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, and Southern and Northern Dynasties: Long-term Division of China and Different Developments in Southern and Northern China
l Chapter 1: Division of China, and the Dynastic Change of Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern Dynasties l Chapter 2: The Political Situation in North China and the Economic Development of the Yangzi River Delta l The Social and Cultural Developments of Wei, Jin, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties
Unit 4: Sui and Tang Dynasties: Unification and Development of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and their Open Societies
l Chapter 1: Unification of the Sui Dynasty and the Kaihuang Reign as a Golden Age l Chapter 2: Construction and Impacts of the Grand Canal Constructed in the Sui Dynasty l Chapter 3: Founding and Prosperity of the Tang Dynasty l Chapter 4: Open Society of the Tang Dynasty |
| s2 | Unit 1: Song and Yuan Dynasties: Economic Prosperity and the Relationship between China and other Ethnic Groups
l Chapter 1: Rise and Decline of the Five Dynasties and the Unification of the Song Dynasty l Political and Economic Developments of the Song Dynasty l The Governance of the Yuan Dynasty
Unit 2: The Ming Dynasty: Establishment of an Autocratic Monarchy, and its Rise and Decline
l Chapter 1: The Politics of Autocratic Monarchy in the Ming Dynasty l Chapter 2: Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty (National Defense and Imperial Capital - Electives)
Unit 3: Qing Dynasty: Development of Multi-ethnic Unified China and its External Threats
l Chapter 1: Qing China as an Empire of Multi-ethnic Unified Country l Chapter 2: External Threats and Internal Problems l Chapter 3: Reforms in the Late Qing |
| S3 | Unit 1: Republic of China: Founding of the Republic of China and the Difficulties it Encountered l Chapter 1: The 1911 Revolution and the Political Situation of the Early Republican Times (Social and Cultural Development in Republican Era - electives) l Chapter 2: Co-operation and Separation between Kuomintang Party (KMT) and Communist Party (CPC) l Chapter 3: The Japanese Invasion on China and the Anti-Japanese War l Chapter 4: Chinese Civil War
Unit 2: People’s Republic of China (PRC): The Establishment and Development of the PRC, and the 1978 Economic Reform l Chapter 1: Domestic Administration and Diplomacy from the Founding of the PRC to 1978 l Chapter 2: Policies of the Chinese Economic Reform |
Senior secondary
| Part A | |
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| S4 | Unit 1: Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties Unit 2: Qin and Han Dynasties Unit 3: Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern Dynasties Unit 4: Sui and Tang Dynasties Unit 5: Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties |
| Part B | |
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| S5 | Unit 1: From the Opium War to the 1911 Revolution Unit 2: From the 1911 Revolution to the Establishment of the People’s Republic of China Unit 3: From the Establishment of the People’s Republic of China to the End of the 20th Century |
| Electives | |
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School Electives S.6 | Unit 2: Territory and resource utilization Unit 6: Women’s Social Status: Tradition and Change |
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