Modern History PHSC

Modern History

Course Description:

The Preliminary Course has been structured to provide students with opportunities to investigate key features, individuals, groups, events, concepts and historiographical issues in a range of historical contexts as background for their HSC studies.

Assessment Schedule:

 

Task 1
Task 2
Task 3

Task 4

Task 5

Task 6

Nature of Task

Sources

 

Research

Half-Yearly Examination

Research and oral

Essay

Yearly Examination

Timing of Task

 

Term 1

Week 7

 

Term 1

Week 10

Term 2

Week 5

Term 2

Week 10

Term 3

Week 6

 

Term 3

Week 10

 

Syllabus Components

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core Study: World at the Beginning of the 20th Century

10

 

 

 

 

10

Case Study: The Civil Rights Movement in the USA

 

 

15

10

 

 

 

Case Study: The Decline and Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

 

 

10

 

 

 

Historical Investigation: Events and Issues

 

 

 

20

 

 

Case Study: Decolonisation in Indochina

 

 

 

 

15

10

Marks

10

15

20

20

15

20

Modern History

HSC Assessment

Modern History

Objectives

A student develops knowledge and understanding about:

Outcomes

A student develops the skills to:

key features, issues, individuals and events from the eighteenth century to the present

H1.1 describe the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups and events of selected twentieth-century studies

H1.2 analyse and evaluate the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups and events of selected twentieth-century studies

change and continuity over time

H2.1 explain forces and ideas and assess their significance in contributing to change and continuity during the twentieth century

the process of historical inquiry

H3.1 ask relevant historical questions H3.2 locate, select and organise relevant information from different types of sources

H3.3 analyse and evaluate sources for their usefulness and reliability

H3.4 explain and evaluate differing perspectives and interpretations of the past

H3.5 plan and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from different types of sources

 

communicating an understanding of history

HH4.1 use historical terms and concepts appropriately

H4.2 communicate a knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues, using appropriate and well-structured oral and written forms

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