Knowledge Enrichment Course for the History Curriculum:
Historic Buildings, Archives and Cultural Heritage
(seminar and site visit) (New)
Mr. IP Kai-yiu
Pui Kiu College
CDI020150881
24-04-2015
School background
• Pui Kiu College
o A DSS school in Shatin
o History lesson for junior form
students
• 2 periods per week
• Student characteristics
o Active, outgoing
o Diversified learning ability
F.2 History—Hong Kong
• A School-based Curriculum
o Major topics
• Local Chinese leaders in early 20th century
• Entrepot trade
• The Colonial Hong Kong
• The Japanese occupation
• Rise of Hong Kong economy
• Chaotic 1950 and 1960
• The rise of Hong Kong in 1970s
• Becoming a part of China
F.2 History—Hong Kong
• Problem encountered:
o Students lack of interest on Hong Kong history
o Students think that Hong Kong history is not important.
• Solution:
o Site visit
o Museum visit
• Tung Wah Museum
The Plan
• A 3 lessons plan (Tung Wah Museum)
o 1 lesson pre-trip
o 2 lesson field trip
o 3 lesson conclusion and consolidation
• A possible extension with 3 more lessons (Tung Wah
Coffin Home)
o 1 lesson pre-trip
o 2 lesson field trip
o 3 lesson conclusion and consolidation
Major focus
• Hong Kong as a hub for entrepot trade
o The transfer of coffins and urns
• Medical services that local Chinese could enjoy
o The establishment of Tung Wah group of Hospitals
• Historical building and archives
o The museum itself is a declared monument
o A lot of historical documents were kept there
Pre-trip lesson
• Aims:
o Arouse students’ interest
o To ensure students are psychologically ready for the visit
o To let the students to have a brief understanding of the museum
• Tools
o Powerpoint
o WS
To illustrate…
Entrepot trade
•Coolie trade
•Concept of ‘returning home’
•Either live or dead
•Tung Wah Coffin Home
•Handling the coffin and urns
•Other services provided by the group
Tung Wah group
•Medical services
of hospitals
Tung Wah
Museum
•Historical building
•Exhibition and archives
Get started—Tsang Yi
• Why Tsang Yi?
o Get started with something around students
o More importantly:
Different kind of trades
• To remind student about HK’s entrepot trade
o Major companies
o Major goods
Advantages of Hong
Kong
• Let the students know (some background about the
development)
o Free port
o Good infrastructure —KCRC
o British rule
The K
owloon
C
anton
R
ailway
To the point…
• A kind of special goods
ocoffin
ourns
To explain—coolie trade
• Route and situation
o Map
o picture
Coolie trade
• To let students familiar with the situation
o The hardship
• Picture and movie
o Hong Kong as a hub of coolie trade
Coolie trade—possible
outcome
• Merry Go-round (東風破)
o Movie in 2010
o Celebration of Tung Wah group
of Hospitals 140 anniversary
o The running of the Tung Wah
Coffin Home
The flow
Tung Wah
Coffin Home
Tung Wah group
of Hospitals
So you have to introduce…by
It’s something next to
you…Tung Wah Hospital
Then…
Now…
It’s something next to
you…Kwong Wah Hospital
Then…
Now…
It’s something next to you…Tung Wah
Eastern Hospital
Then…
Now…
The flow
Tung Wah group
of Hospitals
Tung Wah
Museum
Let the students find out
the answer…
• Just a brief introduction
o Key points to mention
• Original use
• Exhibition
• Architectural style
• Archives
Let them work…
Let them work…
Let them work…
Worksheet
• Consisted of 2 parts
o Fill in the blanks
o Short questions
• All answers can be found online
• Aim
o Encourage the students to visit the
website of the Tung Wah Museum
o Let the students to have a basic
understanding over the museum
The visit
• Focus
o Entrepot trade
o Medical service
o Historical heritage and architectural style
• Way
o Grouping
• 6 people in a group (5 groups around in a
group)
o Each group concerns one question
• Prepare for presentation in later stage
Sample
Sample
Sample
Sample
Sample
Sample
Their task…
• Finish the WS during the trip
• Prepare for a presentation
o Different group present on different topic
Consolidation and
conclusion
Medical
service
Urns and
coffin transfer
Architectural
style and
archives
Tung Wah as example Hong
Kong’s development in 19th century
Key points…
• Entrepot trade
o Role of Hong Kong
• Using urns transfer as example
o Understand the social nature of Hong Kong (traditional ideas)
o Reason for suspension
• Medical service
o Live of the people in the colony in early 20th century
• Tung Wah group of hospitals
o Farmer God
o Chinese medicine
• Traditional belief prevailed
• Historical building and archives
o Way to study history
• Tung Wah Museum
o Site visit
o Archival study
A possible extension…