1. HISTORY
For Years 11 & 12

2. Why study history?
“More than just dates and facts, history offers a discipline through which we can interpret and find meaning in the past. Through a variety of methodological and theoretical tools, historical studies tells us where we came from, who we are, and where we’re heading.”
(Monash University, 2017)

3. Skills developed by studying history
A broad perspective - flexibility required in many work situations.
Research skills - the ability to find and evaluate sources of information - analyse diverse interpretations.
Capacity to identify, assess, and explain trends.
Improves basic writing and speaking skills.

4. Assessment criteria Comprehend terms, issues and concepts
Devise historical questions and conduct research
Analyse historical sources and evidence
Synthesise information from historical sources and evidence
Evaluate historical interpretations
Create responses that communicate meaning

5. Assessment

6. Assessment techniques
Essay in response to historical sources
Investigation – independent source investigation
Investigation – historical essay based on research
Examination – short responses to historical sources

7. Excursions Abbey Museum – archaeological dig UQ Antiquities Museum
History Student Seminars run by QHTA
Live Theatre
Movie afternoons
QLD Museum

8. The period of time studied in Ancient History is the early human civilisation

9. Course Structure – Ancient History
Unit 1 Investigating the Ancient World
Digging Up The Past
Beliefs, rituals and funerary practices
Unit 2 Personalities in their times
Akhenaten
Perikles or Alexander the Great
Unit 3 Reconstructing the Ancient World
5th Century Athens or Pompeii and Herculaneum
Early Imperial Rome
Unit 4 People, Power and Authority
Rome – civil war and the breakdown of the Republic
Augustus

10. Sample of Unit One Topic 1: Digging up the Past
Excursion to Abbey Museum
Examination – short responses to historical sources
Topic 2: Beliefs, rituals and funerary practices
Egypt
Investigation – source analysis

11. Course Structure – Modern History
Unit 1 Ideas in the Modern World
French Revolution
Russian Revolution
Unit 2 Movements in the Modern World
Australian Indigenous Rights Movement
Independence Movement in Vietnam
Unit 3 National Experiences in the Modern World
Germany (1914 – 1945)
Israel (1948 – 1993)
Unit 4 International Experiences in the Modern World
Cold War (1945 – 1991)
Australian Engagement with Asia since 1945

12. Sample of Unit 1: Ideas in the Modern World
Topic 1: French Revolution
Napoleon
Short Answer Response to Stimulus Test
Topic 2: Russian Revolution
Tsarist autocracy
Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Investigation – source analysis

13. Life long learning skills
History is useful for work.
Study of history helps create informed citizens, good business people, professionals, and political leaders.
The number of explicit professional jobs for historians is considerable, but most people who study history do not become professional historians.

14. Where might History lead
Where might History lead? Specific university courses include Bachelor of…
Arts
Business – Communication (Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, etc)
Commerce
Criminology
Education
Government and International Relations
International Studies
Journalism
Justice
Law
Politics, Philosophy and Economics

15. Any questions?