Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects: None
Other advise:
This subject is Language rich and students must be prepared for a substantial written component in the form of fortnightly essays, source analyses and tests. Students also complete an individual essay, based on their own research and area of interest. Students will be given the opportunity to access and borrow from the Barr Smith Library.
Course Outline:
In the study of Modern History at Stage 2, students investigate the growth of modern nations at a time of rapid global change. They engage in a study of one nation, and of interactions between or among nations.
In their study of one nation, students investigate the social, political, and economic changes that shaped the development of that nation. They develop insights into the characteristics of a modern nation, and the crises and challenges that have confronted it. Students also consider the ways in which the nation has dealt with internal divisions and external challenges, and the paths that it has taken.
At Stage 2, students explore relationships among nations and groups, examine some significant and distinctive features of the world since 1945, and consider their impact on the contemporary world.
Students investigate the political and economic interactions of nations and the impact of these interactions on national, regional, and/or international development. They consider how some nations, including some emerging nations, have sought to impose their influence and power, and how others have sought to forge their own destiny.
Through their studies, students build their skills in historical method through inquiry, by examining and evaluating the nature of sources. This includes who wrote or recorded them, whose history they tell, whose stories are not included and why, and how technology is creating new ways in which histories can be conveyed. Students explore different interpretations, draw conclusions, and develop reasoned historical arguments
Topics Included:
Assessment:
The course consists of three sections
Students study two topics for their school based course from ‘Modern Nations’ and ‘The World since 1945’ Assessment tasks include essays, source analysis, presentations and multi modal activities This section makes up 50% of the course assessment
An Individual Essay Students negotiate an historically based question and complete a 2000 word essay This is worth 20%
External exam Students sit a 2 hour exam worth 30 %
Additional Costs:
Cost for excursions that include entry fees and transport
Length of course: Full Year
Credit points and TAS Status: 20 Credit TAS
Recommended Background: Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Modern History A, Stage 1 Modern History B and high Stage 1 English result
Precluded combinations with current MHS SACE subjects:
None
Other advise:
This subject is Language rich and students must be prepared for a substantial written component in the form of fortnightly essays, source analyses and tests. Students also complete an individual essay, based on their own research and area of interest. Students will be given the opportunity to access and borrow from the Barr Smith Library.
Course Outline:
In the study of Modern History at Stage 2, students investigate the growth of modern nations at a time of rapid global change. They engage in a study of one nation, and of interactions between or among nations.
In their study of one nation, students investigate the social, political, and economic changes that shaped the development of that nation. They develop insights into the characteristics of a modern nation, and the crises and challenges that have confronted it. Students also consider the ways in which the nation has dealt with internal divisions and external challenges, and the paths that it has taken.
At Stage 2, students explore relationships among nations and groups, examine some significant and distinctive features of the world since 1945, and consider their impact on the contemporary world.
Students investigate the political and economic interactions of nations and the impact of these interactions on national, regional, and/or international development. They consider how some nations, including some emerging nations, have sought to impose their influence and power, and how others have sought to forge their own destiny.
Through their studies, students build their skills in historical method through inquiry, by examining and evaluating the nature of sources. This includes who wrote or recorded them, whose history they tell, whose stories are not included and why, and how technology is creating new ways in which histories can be conveyed. Students explore different interpretations, draw conclusions, and develop reasoned historical arguments
Topics Included:
Assessment:
The course consists of three sections
Additional Costs:
Cost for excursions that include entry fees and transport
Further information on post school pathways: