Level 2 History

LEARNING ACTIVITIES: 

Historians are like detectives. We arrive on the scene after the event has taken place and have to look for evidence. Skills developed in History include research, processing and analysing information from a range of sources including old photos, documents, video, cartoons, and communicating information through arguing your case using the evidence you have collated.

Level 2 History focuses on the conflict of ideas and beliefs in the Twentieth century. This course is co-constructed with the students. There is one compulsory aspect of the course which will be either The Vietnam War or Terrorism & 9/11. Both topics take you on a journey to understand why the events took place and the actions of different people and groups in the lead up to the events, what happened during the events and how each event affected people and places in both the short and the long-term. 

The rest of the topics that are taught are decided on with the students. In the past topics have included the Russian Revolution and the introduction of communism in 1917, the Middle Ages,  History and Popular Culture which includes how history is portrayed in video games, movies and books, the 1947 Partition of India and a Family History topic in which the students research their ancestry.

Internal assessments are  designed so students can choose to research topics they are interested in. This could include anything from the Dawn Raids and the Nuclear Free Campaign of the 1980's to the Erebus Disaster and 1918 Influenza Pandemic. 

Students will complete four assessments in this course, two internally and two externally assessed standards. The context used for each student is individualised. 

History develops the skills of research, analysis, communication and report writing useful in a wide variety of careers, which includes law, journalism, advertising, teaching, diplomacy, government, engineering, tourism, communications, and medicine.