Subject | Modern History

Description

The Year 11 Modern History course is designed to provide students with opportunities to investigate individuals, groups, events, institutions, societies and ideas in a range of historical contexts. This serves as a background for their more specialised HSC studies. The HSC course is designed for students to investigate national and international forces for change and continuity in the 20th century through three major studies.

HSC Assessment structure

The Year 11 course consists of three assessment tasks. One of these tasks will be an Historical Investigation. The Year 12 course consists of four assessment tasks.

Career paths

Students studying Modern History can continue through university to a variety of careers such as working in media, government, foreign affairs, politics, heritage organisations, conservation, education, archives, museums and galleries, the police and law.

Skills required

Students who wish to undertake Modern History should have a passion for history. They should have a desire to understand the forces that have shaped and continue to shape the contemporary world. Students who can be analytical in their thinking and who are able to build a structured argument tend to do well in this subject. Source analysis skills and a willingness to engage with written and visual sources are fundamental keys to success in Modern History.

Why choose it

Students should choose Modern History as it offers a wide range of skill development, including critical thinking, analysis and communication skills. It fosters empathetic understanding and provides students with opportunities to explore their interest and curiosity about people and events that have had a significant impact on the modern world. It provides insight into the possible motivations and roles of individuals and groups, as well as the origin and impact of ideas and developments that have transformed and continue to affect change in societies. Modern History provides opportunities for students to explore historical problems, to pose questions and to consider problems of evidence, causation and historical agency as part of the historical inquiry process. Modern History stimulates students’ curiosity, imagination and enriches their appreciation of humanity.

Mathematics

Mathematics Standard

Mathematics Advanced

Mathematics Extension 1

Mathematics Extension 2