HISTORY

HISTORY SUBJECTS - YEAR 10 TO YEAR 12

HISTORY Learning Leader: Mr David Thiele

YEAR 10 HISTORY STAGE 1 MODERN HISTORY STAGE 2 MODERN HISTORY

NOT STUDIED YEAR 11 HISTORY Negotiated

Students must undertake a semester of History at Year 10 level but can also opt to study the subject in both semesters. At Year 10, students will develop the requisite skills for Modern History at SACE Stage 1 and/or 2. Semester courses are offered at Stage 1. At Stage 2 the course runs for a year. All History courses follow the Australian Curriculum and the SACE.

Students will be offered class-based and extra-curricular experiences at local, state and national level. Activities include the Veterans’ Day event and competitions such as the Premier’s ANZAC School Spirit Prize Award , Australian History Competition at Year 10 and the annual History Study Tour to Canberra (in Year 12). In previous years, international study tours have also been undertaken to Turkey, Vietnam and France including senior History students. Year 10 History

Length of Course: Compulsory 1 semester or optional 2 semesters

Aim: The Year 10 History courses offered, provide a study of the modern world from 1929 to the present time, with an emphasis on Australia and its global context.

Content: History A – “Australia and the World: 1918 to 1970” This course will focus primarily on Australia’s involvement in World War II (1939-45) and its impacts; the background to the Aboriginal peoples’ struggle for civil rights before 1965; and the development of Popular Culture in Australia from the end of the war to the end of the 1960s, including the post-war migration and the abolition of the White Australia Policy.

History B – “Australia and the World: 1945 to t 2008” In Semester 2, students will focus on the consequences of World War II, such as the Cold War. Closer examination will be made of Australia’s involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars; the campaign of our Indigenous peoples for equal rights from the 1960s; as well as the controversial British atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and early 1960s and its consequences. Assessment: Assessment can include, but not be limited to: essays; sources analysis; multi-modal presentations; reflective writing and individual research assignments. Common class tasks may also occur from time to time. An internal school electronic examination will conclude each semester in Year 10 and 11..

NOTE: To allow students to study History for two semesters, two discrete courses are presented. Students electing to study one semester of History will not be able to choose which semester they undertake.

Stage 1 Modern History

Length of Course: 1 or 2 semesters (10 or 20 credits)

Prerequisites: Preferably one or two units of History at Year 10 level, otherwise the approval of the History Learning Leader is required.

Content: History A - “Revolution in Russia / Sunset of the British Raj” Since 1750, revolutions have been a major force in bringing about historical change. Students will focus on Russian society from 1900, the 1917 revolutions and their consequences. They will also look at the process of decolonisation, leading to the end of major world empires and the creation of new nations. Students will undertake a study of the end of the British Raj in India: the civil disobedience campaign masterminded by Mahatma Gandhi, the independence of the Indian sub-continent in 1947 resulting in partition and the creation of modern India and Pakistan.

History B - “We Shall Overcome / Crisis in the Caribbean” In this course, students will investigate the role of campaigns for social, economic and political rights in order to build a ‘better world’. They will look at the modern U.S. Civil Rights movement, beginning with a history of the transatlantic slave trade, spanning through the U.S. Civil War and the social upheaval of the 1960s. In the second topic of this course, students will have the opportunity to study the Cuban Revolution and its legacy: how revolutionary ideas, leaders, movements and conditions in Cuba combined to unleash powerful forces of change with great ramifications for the world.

Assessment: Historical Skills Assessment • For each course, students will need to complete three historical skills assessments for their folio. Students will apply their skills of historical inquiry to research, explore, interpret, and communicate their understanding of ideas, people, and events in history. Tasks may include, but are not limited to, essays, sources analysis, oral presentations and multimodal presentations. Historical Study • The other part of the assessment component is the Historical Study which is based on any aspect of world history since CE1750. Students in each semester will choose their own topic to inquire into, explore, interpret, and research historical ideas, events, persons or groups in depth. The

Historical Study should be a maximum of 1000 words (written), or 6 minutes (oral), or the equivalent in multimodal form.

NOTE: To allow students to study History for two semesters, two discrete courses are presented. Students electing to study one semester of History will not be able to choose which course is undertaken.

HISTORY SUBJECTS - YEAR 10 TO YEAR 12

Stage 2 Modern History

Length of Course: 2 semesters (20 credits)

Prerequisites: A ‘B’ grade or higher in at least one unit of Stage 1 History is strongly recommended. Otherwise, the approval of the History Learning Leader is required.

Content: Two major topics will be studied during the year: Modern Nations – “Germany, 1918-48” • The changes in Germany in the period 1918–1948 have had a profound impact on the history of

Europe up to the present day. Students will undertake a study of the demise of the Second

Reich, the birth of the Weimar Republic, the creation of the Nazi dictatorship, the Nazi policy of military and territorial expansionism and genocide in the Holocaust. Students will also consider the end of this period, when, at the conclusion of World War II, the German people suffered horrific losses and their country was left devastated and divided. The World Since 1945 – “The Changing World Order: 1945 to the present” • The end of the Second World War saw the emergence of new superpowers: the USA and the

USSR. Their opposing ideologies shaped global economics and politics in the latter 20th century.

In this topic students will investigate ways in which the Cold War involved complex phases of reaction, reform, conflict and compromise.

A study will be made of the origins of the superpower rivalry, the nature of the Cold War, how it ended and what the consequences are of the Cold War for the world today.

Assessment: The following assessment types will enable students to demonstrate their learning at Stage 2 History: School Assessment (70%) • Five historical skills assessments (50%). Two of these tasks will come from the ‘Modern Nations’ topic and three from ‘The World Since 1945’ topic. This folio work may include, but are not limited to: essays, sources analysis, multimodal presentations and research assignments. • One Historical Study (20%). Students will undertake an individual historical study based on an aspect of world history since CE1750.

Students will inquire into, explore, interpret, and research a historical idea, event, person, or group in depth. External Assessment (30%) • One examination (2 hours). This will be an online electronic examination. NOTE: To allow students to study History for two semesters, two discrete courses are presented. Students electing to study one semester of History will not be able to choose which course is undertaken.