Year 10 History Unit 3: Globalising the world

Putting this unit in context… The Year 10 History course (2012) traces the development of the modern world with a focus on Australia’s role and position in this world. The course supplies a snapshot of some of the key influences that have shaped the modern world. Unit 1 – World War II Unit 2 – Rights and Freedoms Unit 3 – The Globalising world

Focus & Skills The key focus through out the year has been the recognition, understanding, and analysis of the events that have led to the growth and development of the modern world. The key skills we have developed have been:  Research and analysis (essay writing)  Document analysis  Visual analysis  Analysis of continuity and change

Unit 3 - Assessments Unit 3 “The globalising world” includes two formal (on your report) assessments tasks. 1.Visual analysis This will have two parts: 1.A presentation on an iconic image of the modern world of your choice (40%) 2.An in class visual analysis test (60%) 2.Test This will assess an understanding of cause and effect in the context of continuity and change.

Quick refresher… Write down three fundamental changes to the world and/or Australia’s place in the world that arose as a result of World War II. Australia shifted its focus (its allegiance) from England to America. The Holocaust focused the world on the question of human rights. The use of nuclear weapons changed the nature of war. The shift in the role of women from domestic to industrial labour. The consequential development and growth of women’s rights. Expediential technological, scientific, and medical advances.

The discovery of penicillin is commonly attributed to Alexander Fleming in Yet by June 1942, there was only enough US penicillin available to treat ten patients. In July 1943, the War Production Board drew up a plan for the mass distribution of penicillin stocks to Allied troops fighting in Europe. One source suggests that penicillin has saved at least 200 million lives as of 2012… Question: Does the development and mass distribution of penicillin go someway to “justify” the million people who died in World War 2?

Quick refresher… Answer the following questions: What document did the experiences of World War II (in particular, the Holocaust) lead to? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How did the experience of African Americans fight in World War II affect the development of the Civil Rights Movement in America? African American’s fought and died alongside “white” Americans, during World War II, for America’s freedom. The nature of the battlefield broke divisions between these two groups. Fighting for freedom overseas forced the issue of freedom and equality back home.

Quick refresher… How are the events of Kristallnacht (Crystal Night) related to the push for equal rights for the Australian Aboriginal people? The only private protest against the Germans following Kristallnacht was held on December 6, William Cooper, an Aboriginal Australian, led a delegation of the Australian Aboriginal League on a march through Melbourne to the German Consulate to deliver a petition which condemned the “cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany.” The German officials refused to take the document. Australian aboriginals were empathic to the Jews. The Jewish experience of persecution and the world’s subsequent reactions reinforced Australian aboriginals’ appreciation of their own persecution.

Unit 3 – The Globalising world This quick refresher focus us on the notion of cause & effect at play in history. The appreciation of cause & effect and continuity & change form the basis of the learning intentions for Unit 3. We shall examine these ideas through: A) Referral to the topics studied (WWII and Rights & Freedoms) and, B) Consideration of the development of “Popular culture” (1945-present)

Unit 3 – Timeframe Wk.1Intro PPWhat can popular culture tell us? Australia through the decades film / music / fashion Model visual analysis Set student presentation task (Due Wk.3) Wk.2Recognising links PP and group work Follow up writing task Tracing Australian music 1Tracing Australian music 2 Wk.3Student image presentations Visual analysis testTracing Australian film & television Wk.4Concepts of “aboriginal” in film Jedda / Rabbit proof fence / Bran Nue Dae) Cause & Effect TestConcepts of “land” in film Picnic at Hanging Rock / Mad Max / The Castle Wk.5“land” in film … Picnic at Hanging Rock / Mad Max / The Castle Concepts of “identity” in film Gallipoli / Crocodile Dundee / Muriel's Wedding “identity” in film … Gallipoli / Crocodile Dundee / Muriel's Wedding