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History

Year 7 History Course Overview Semester One 2017

Topic Areas

INVESTIGATING THE PAST

THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

  • Ancient Egypt

THE ASIAN WORLD

  • Ancient China

     

Assessment Criteria

Your progress in this course will be determined by demonstrated abilities in the following assessments:

Written Report  – Investigating the Past

Week 5 Term 1

 

Research Assignment -  Ancient Sites

Week 9 Term 1

 

End of Semester Exam

Week 4 Term 2

 

Class work – class participation, bookwork and effort

Ongoing assessment

 

 

Year 8 History Course Overview Semester One 2017

Topic Areas

THE ANCIENT TO THE MODERN WORLD

  • The Vikings

EXPANDING CONTACTS

  • Aboriginal & Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation & Contact History

THE ASIA-PACIFIC WORLD

  • Angkor/Khmer Empire

     

Assessment Criteria

Your progress in this course will be determined by demonstrated abilities in the following assessments:

Research Poster  – The Vikings

Week 6 Term 1

 

Personality Research Assignment -  Aboriginal & Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation & Contact History

Week 10 Term 1

 

End of Semester Exam

Week 6 Term 2

 

Class work – class participation, bookwork and effort

Ongoing assessment

 

 

Year 9 History Course Overview Semester One 2017

Topic Areas

MAKING A BETTER WORLD

  • The Industrial Revolution

AUSTRALIA AND ASIA

  • Asia & the World

AUSTRALIANS AT WAR

  • World Wars One & Two

     

Assessment Criteria

Your progress in this course will be determined by demonstrated abilities in the following assessments:

Source Study  – The Industrial Revolution

Week 5 Term 3

 

Research Assignment -  Asia & The World

Week 9 Term 3

 

End of Semester Exam

Week 5 Term 4

 

Class work – class participation, bookwork and effort

Ongoing assessment

 

Year 10 History Course Overview Semester One 2017

Topic Areas

THE GLOBALISING WORLD

  • Migrant experiences

RIGHTS & FREEDOMS (1945 – present)

  • Australian Aboriginals
  • Women

AUSTRALIA IN THE VIETNAM WAR ERA

     

Assessment Criteria

Your progress in this course will be determined by demonstrated abilities in the following assessments:

Research Assignment  – Migrant Experiences

Week 6 Term 3

 

Task 2 -  Rights & Freedoms

Week 1 Term 4

 

End of Semester Exam

Week 5 Term 4

 

Class work – class participation, bookwork and effort

Ongoing assessment

 

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