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MODERN HISTORY

 


MODERN HISTORY                                                                                                                   15270

Course:  Modern History                                            Category:  A

2 units for each of Preliminary and HSC

Board Developed Course                                           Exclusions:  Nil                                                                  

Course Description:

The Preliminary Course is designed to provide students with opportunities to investigate individuals, groups, events, institutions, societies and ideas in a range of historical contexts 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 twentieth century through 3 major studies.

Main Topics Covered:

 

Preliminary Course

·      Part I: 3 x Depth Studies, such as The Fall of the Romanovs, The Easter Rebellion, Nuclear Testing in the Pacific

·      Part II: Core Study:   The World at the Beginning of the 20th Century.

 

HSC Course

·      Part I: Core Study:   World War 1 and Its Aftermath, 1914 –1921

·      Part II:  National Study:  Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-1941

·      Part III: International Studies in Peace and Conflict: Anglo-Irish Relations 1968-1998

·      Personality Study:  Ian Paisley 1926 to 2000

SKILLS / APTITUDE                          Important                               Not so important

Essay Writing                                         *

Research                                                *

Oral Reporting                                        *

Practical Work                                                                                    *

Working in a group or team                    *

Public Performance                                                                            *

Meeting Deadlines                                  *

 

Assessment:  HSC Course only

 

External Assessment

Weighting

Internal Assessment

Weighting

 

A three-hour written examination consisting of:

Section I:  Core

Source-based short-answer questions

Section II:  National Studies

Extended response

Section III:  Personalities in 20th Century

Extended response in 2 parts

Section IV:  International studies in Peace & Conflict

Extended response

 

 

 

 

25

 

25

 

25

 

25

 

A  Core Study
World War 1 and its aftermath 1914-1921

B  National Study
a)  Russia and the Soviet

     Union 1917-1945

b)  One personality

C  International Studies in Peace and Conflict
Anglo-Irish Relations 1968-1998

 

30

 

 

20

 

 

20

 

30

 

100

 

100