Humanities

Humanities@AES aims to be REAL and RELEVANT for all AssumptionKnights.
In the constantly evolving world, we continue to help our learners stay abreast with current affairs in our classrooms, leveraging on the use of technology to bring the world closer to our learners, encouraging them to take on the hats of thoughtful Geographers, empathetic Historians and keen learners of Social Studies, so that they may become Men and Women who possess a heart for service and a mind that is ready to advocate for positive change.

Curriculum Structure

Key programmes

Lower Secondary Geographical Investigation

In Geography, the Lower Secondary students were able to meaningfully examine the rainforest environment in Dairy Farm Nature Park and conduct site observation surveys at Bangkit Housing Estate for their investigations. The Secondary Two fieldwork process culminated with the design of their ‘Dream Neighbourhood’, enabling them to use their creativity and imagination to work towards better quality of life and town sustainability in their proposed neighbourhoods.

Lower Secondary Historical Investigation

History came alive for the Lower Secondary students when they visited museums. The Secondary One students examined the lives of the immigrants from the early 1900s through their visit to the National Museum of Singapore, discovering the contributions and challenges of the early immigrants in Singapore. The immersive first-person views of the artefacts and exhibits also enabled the Secondary Two students to better understand the Japanese Occupation, and to empathise with the suffering that ensued during the visit to the Ford Factory of Singapore.

Upper Secondary Humanities

AssumptionKnights continue to use the Inquiry Model to guide their thought processes to articulate their opinions, whilst exercising empathy through active listening for other ideas shared.

For example, in History classrooms, AssumptionKnights develop empathy towards the different groups of people who lived during Hitler’s rule. For Social Studies, learners apply their learnt knowledge into the level Values-in-Action projects in conjunction with the school’s Empathy Week, evaluating if people with disabilities have sufficient support. Geography students also deepen their knowledge on physical-human interactions through topics in Geography in Everyday Life, Climate and Tourism. Opportunities to exercise their analytical minds are created through more open Geographical Investigations at the upper secondary levels.

G1 Humanities (including Humanities Exposure Modules (HEMs))

The G1 Social Studies syllabuses are organised around broad issues which will anchor class discussions. In exploring the real-world societal issues in the syllabuses using the inquiry-based learning model, our learners learn to extract, analyse and evaluate information whilst working with one another towards common Performance Tasks and HEMs (Geography, History and Literature). Through application, they develop collaborative skills, as well as deepen their understanding of society and the world they live in.

Click on the link below to access the Humanities Curriculum Site!

https://go.gov.sg/aeshumanities

Subjects offered

Lower Secondary
Social Studies
Geography
History

Upper Secondary
Full Geography
Full Literature
Humanities (Social Studies, Geography)
Humanities (Social Studies, History)
Humanities (Social Studies, Literature)

Please refer to English Language & Literature for more information on Literature subjects.

AES Humanities READ

Click on the link below to access the Humanities Reading Site!

http://go.gov.sg/aeshumsread