BELRIDGE SECONDARY COLLEGE YEAR 2 MODERN HISTORY 205 Modern History enables students to become critical thinkers and helps inform their judgements and actions in a rapidly changing world. Students are exposed to a variety of historical sources and through the process of historical inquiry they are encouraged to question, evaluate, identify and use evidence to formulate and communicate their own interpretations. The year 2 course consists of Stage 3 Units 3A/3B. UNIT 3A: Australia 920s to 950s The focus for this unit is cohesion and division. Students learn that there are internal and external forces that result in cohesion and/or division within Australian society and these have consequences for continuity and change. They assess how the structures of power and authority were used, how different groups and individuals responded and whether there was potential for greater cohesion or division. UNIT 3B: The Russian Revolution The focus for this unit is ideas that shaped history. The object of this unit is to explore the power of ideas and ideologies as forces for change and/or their use to reinforce dominant elements in society. Knowledge about the evolution and spread of significant ideas assists students in understanding the beliefs and values of a society or region and to what extent these ideas have been cohesive or divisive. They are also able to determine which ideas were dominant at a given time and how and why this dominance may have changed. ASSESSMENT: The four types of assessment in the table below are consistent with the teaching and learning strategies considered to be the most supportive of student achievement of the outcomes in the Modern History course. The table provides details of the assessment types, including examples of different ways that they can be applied and the weighting range for each assessment type. Weighting Stage 2 20% 20% 30% 30% Types of Assessment Historical inquiry Process of construction of an historical inquiry: framing or asking of a range of questions and/or constructing of a hypothesis; selection, collection and evaluation of a range of evidence that may include legal documents, oral, practical fieldwork and/or media material; critical analysis and interpretation of the evidence; and communicating in an oral or written form. Explanation Explanation in response to a proposition or point of debate that shows an understanding of the historical problem. The response may produce an argument, persuade others to a point of view, and recognise different perspectives. Examples: cognitive test, essay Document Study Historical documents are used to develop skills in history, to explore the nature and problems of historical evidence, the nature and authenticity of historical documents, their reliability, gaps and/or validity, and the range of perspectives about historical times. Examination The exam comprises a combination of the Explanation and Document study assessment types and assesses specific content, knowledge and skills described in the syllabus outline. Approximate Number of Assessments 2 2 Examinations There are separate examinations for 3AHIM and 3BHIM. Students will also sit an external examination, in addition to the assessments above, unless they are exempt. Assessments Submission dates will be negotiated but students are expected to adhere to the school s assessment policy.
MODERN HISTORY 205 3AHIM Cohesion & Division: Australia 920s 950s Week Key Content Assessments (2-6 Feb) Introduction: SCASA requirements; Course outline; Assessments. World War Economic, social & political impact Repatriation of soldiers Begin Research (0%) Forces for cohesion and division in Australia in 920s 2 3 (9-20 Feb) 920s Values, beliefs & traditions - Radicals vs Conservatives Economic forces Men, Money & Markets Political forces Left and Right wing Industrial unrest Social changes Film, Fashion, Fads 4 (23-27 Feb) Social changes Film, Fashion, Fads In Class Essay (0%) Forces for cohesion and division in Australia in 920s 5-6 (2-3 March) 930s Causes of Depression Government response to Depression ALP split Document Study (5%) Depression 7 8 (6-27 March) Economic, political and social impact Right wing extremism Foreign policy 9 (30 Mar-2 April) Document Study 2 (5%) Aborigines and immigrants 0- (20 April May) 940s Background to World War Two Australia s involvement Menzies, Curtin Alliances Britain, USA Australia under attack Total War austerity, conscription Post war reconstruction Industrial unrest Left & Right wing forces Communist threat 949 election Chifley, Menzies Explanation 2: Essay In Class Extended Answer (5%) World War Two
2-3 (4-5 May) 950s ALP Split formation of DLP Red Scare Petrov Affair Political conservatism Economic growth Foreign policy Social changes 4 (8-22 May) Explanation 3: Cognitive Short Answer Test (5%) 5-6 (25 May - 5 June) EXAMINATIONS Examination: 3 Hours 2 Documents/ 2 Essays (30%) HISTORICAL SKILLS HTAM - Historical thinking and methodology Constructing historical inquiry Interpreting, analysing and synthesising information Communicating findings WWHN - Working with historical narratives Elements of a society at the start of the period Key people and events over the period Consequences of continuity and change over the period HEAR - Historical explanation and representation Explanation and representation of the past Understanding perspective
MODERN HISTORY 205 3BHIM Ideas that Shaped the Russian Revolution Autocracy, Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism Week Key Contents Assessments - 2 (8-9 June) Introduction: Background to revolution. Geographic, social and political structure of Russia Ideas: autocracy, liberalism, populism, socialism and Marxism People: nobility, intelligentsia, Social Democrats Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, Socialist Revolutionaries,Tsar Nicholas, Lenin Begin Research (0%) Key people, events and ideas that shaped the Russian Revolution 3 (22-26 June) 900 94: The liberal experiment 905 Revolution, Bloody Sunday, Father Gapon 906 94: Dumas, Stolypin, Lenin in exile Document Study (5%) Importance of revolutionary ideas to 905 Revolution 4 (29 June-3 July) 94 97: World War I Political and economic discontent Tsar, Tsarina and Rasputin 5-6 (20-3 July) 97 Revolution February Revolution, Provisional Government and the Soviets Rise of the Bolsheviks April Theses, July Days October Revolution Document Study 2 (5%) Importance of revolutionary ideas to 97 Revolution 7 8 (3 4 August) Revolution in action Abolition of the Constituent Assembly, Decrees, State Socialism, Brest-Litovsk Treaty Elimination of class enemies, Civil War, Trotsky and the Red Army, War Communism, Lenin and the Cheka Kronstadt Rebellion NEP economic liberalisation and political repression 9 (7-2 Aug) Evaluation of Lenin/Leninism In Class Essay (0%) Impact and influence of Lenin 0 (24-28 Aug) The Rise of Stalin Stalin before 924 Death of Lenin NEP versus Industrialisation/Collectivisation Socialism in One Country vs Permanent Revolution
3 (3 Aug- Sept) Stalin and the Great Turn Collectivisation and Famine 5 Year Plans and Industrialisation Stalin s leadership Elimination of opposition Show Trials, Purges Cult of Stalin Evaluation of Stalin Explanation 2: Essay In Class Extended Answer (5%) Impact and influence of Stalin 4-5 (4-25 Sept) 3BHIM Ideas That Shaped the Russian Revolution Autocracy, Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism 3AHIM Cohesion & Division: Australia 920s 950s Explanation 2: Cognitive Short Answer Test (5%) 6 7 (2-2 Oct) Term 3 Holidays 3BHIM Ideas That Shaped the Russian Revolution Autocracy, Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism 3AHIM Cohesion & Division: Australia 920s 950s Examination: 3 Hours 2 Documents/ 2 Essays (30%) WACE Examination HISTORICAL SKILLS HTAM - Historical thinking and methodology Constructing historical inquiry Interpreting, analysing and synthesising information Communicating findings WWHN - Working with historical narratives Elements of a society at the start of the period Key people and events over the period Consequences of continuity and change over the period HEAR - Historical explanation and representation Explanation and representation of the past Understanding perspective