Geography or History?

Asdassa SG

Hi everyone, i have a question for all of you, should i choose to take history or geography next year when i am secondary three? Hope to get advice on which one more difficult, need to memorise more, need to write more essays and stuff. Help will be appreciated :)

Dalforce 1941 SG

An Introduction to Historical Analysis

http://ia600304.us.archive.org

Do you feel bored and turned off by above type of history textbook? If yes, then history is not for you.

oldbreadstinks SG

how about which one you would enjoy more?

nooboy96 SG

geography. geography do not need as much inference skills as history required.

Uraniumfish SG

flip a coin

Summer hill SG

History. Geography you need to measure a lot of things using a pathetic string.

For history, next time you know who to vote for because you can infer correctly

MUFC SG

There are two parts to Geography, if I'm not mistaken. One is physical geography, where you learn about the rocks, plate tectonics, etc. I wasn't a big fan of it and in fact, after scoring badly in it when I was in Sec 3, I was made to drop the subject. The second part is human geography, which is about human populations and stuff like that. I found that a bit more interesting although I had already dropped the subject.

History is very similar to Social Studies, in the sense that you read about facts and policies that were made in the past, and then you have to analyse how successful it was and give your opinion on it (if you want to score well, that is. If you just want to pass, you just need to memorise the facts and write them out in your essay.) There are also source-based questions where you are given political cartoons or newspaper articles and you have to infer what the author is trying to imply (eg whether he is supporting one party or another or if he is being neutral)

It all depends on your interest. There is no "easier" subject between the two.

Lee.mingcheng SG

I personally find Geography easier. In fact for 2010, the % distinction for Geog was 49%, which is much higher than that of Combined Humans, which is merely 20 or 30%, I forgot. But in the end, it still depends on what you’re better at. In Geography, you have to be a hardcore memorise-freak, down to even the details like at which year did which earthquake happened and how many people died, that is, if you want an A1. For history, SBQ requires no memorising but rather, understanding. SEQ requires a little memorisation and most of it requires good analytical ability to argue on what you think. In History, you have to write 2 essays in a paper while in Geog, you have to also write 2 essays, 1 for Physical and 1 for Human Geog. It really depends on you which subject you find more difficult as you can clearly see that I am the only one out of all the replies that say Geography is easier.

In a nutshell, you have to have a memory of a god to score in Geography and you have to have very good analytical skills in History. Smile

FireIce SG

geog.

bcos i kept re-writing history

the Bear SG

history and geography move together if you look at the big picture...

geography of an area shapes the history of an area because the people there do what they have to do within that area..

do not look at each "subject" as itself isolated from the others..

btw... an even further study into geography would lead you to geophysics and that would require a shitload of math, physics, civil engineering, and other types of sciences...

Loves-poop SG

Geography!

I'm not sure about history, as I myself is a geography core student (I am bias)

But basically, geography is about understanding and applying. However, there are examples that you have to memorise.

There are two components in geography.

Physical: Interesting stuff about the natural things on earth , like plate tectonics, rivers and coasts and other stuff. If you're a big fan of physics and chem, you'll love it as they explains the motion and stuff about friction etc.

Human: Hmm, more about the world around us, and trends due to development, such as development, industrial world, geography of food, and tourism ! Its rather related to economics and its about thinking logically. For example, why would there be an increasing trend in tourism? Cause people are getting richer and like technology is improving!

gunner77 SG

geog.

bcos i kept re-writing history

not funny leh