1. Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Each week, you will be given homework that requires you to use different critical thinking skills that are often used when studying History. These assignments will usually relate closely to the topic we are studying in lesson. There are six thinking skills:
Historical Significance
Why events/people/concepts are important to history.
Continuity & Change
Examining the people/events/concepts that contributed to or prevented change.
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
Historical Perspectives
The ability to consider the point of view of both modern and historic people.
Cause & Consequence
The ability to link ideas or events based on a causal relationship.
The Ethical Dimension
Examining historical enquiries through the lens of morals and ethics.

2. Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Historical Significance
Why events/people/concepts are important to history.
The first assignment will ask you to write about an event in your own life that is historically significant.
In our topic about slavery, you could employ the historical significance thinking skill in the following way.
Imperialism is the growth of empires by powerful nations to expand their reach in the world. It is historically significant because it led to many discoveries around the world, and allowed resources to be spread around the world.

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Historical Significance
Why events/people/concepts are important to history.
Your task is to write about a historically significant event in your own life. This is what we call a “defining moment.” These are the moments in the past that we can see have shaped the future. In your own life, these are the major events that have taken place. They could have changed your life significantly, or the way you see the world around you.
In one well developed paragraph, write about a “defining moment” in your life. Your paragraph must explain why that moment is historically significant in your life.
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This assignment is due:
Friday, 18 September at the beginning of your History Lesson.
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4. Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Continuity & Change
Examining the people/events/concepts that contributed to or prevented change.
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This assignment is due:
Wednesday, 23 September at the beginning of your History Lesson.
Research a famous British explorer and explain how they changed the British Empire.
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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Historical Perspectives
The ability to consider the point of view of both modern and historic people.
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This assignment is due:
Wednesday, 30 September at the beginning of your History Lesson.
Write a diary entry from the perspective of a person living in Australia when Captain Cook arrived and claimed it as New South Wales.
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