Level One

Time

Topic and 

Learning Objectives

Week One

Introduction to History 2024

Course requirements, New Standards and Year Plan.

Course Requirements: 

• No prerequisites = Greater Accessibility

• Chromebook/ Device

• Credits (externals & internals), marks & moderation, endorsement, scholarship, Resubs & Re-assessments

New Standards:

• 1.1 - Primary Sources (Internal)

• 1.2 - Significance (Internal)

• 1.3 - Historical Concepts (External - Exam)

• 1.4 - Perspectives (Externally marked but provided internally)

Course Plan:

• Term One and Two: Nuclear Free Aotearoa (1.1 & 1.2)

• Term Three: Cold War era; Korean War and the Vietnam War (1.4)

• Term Four: External Prep

Week Two

Understanding the Global Context: 

The World following the Second World War is under immense turmoil but two powers emerge from the dust.

• Geopolitics post WW2: Communism v Capitalism

• The Red Menace, The Domino Effect, and Containment Policy

• Big Rich Swinging: Ideologies, Espionage & Spycraft, Propaganda, The Space Race, Nuclear Armament

Week Five

Understanding Aotearoa NZs Role: Treaties & Alliances

Aotearoa and the people who call her home have not shied away from conflict. When our friends call, we help.

• Alliance City: SEATO, NATO, UN, and ANZUS.

• Getting our Act together: Treaties and policies

Week Six

France & The Pacific: The French Connection

What was France’s role in the Pacific? 

• De Gaulle: History and ideology

• Force de frappe

• Testing 

• Nuclear Reaction (NZ On Screen)

Week Six-Seven

Nuclear Fall Out: “It’s beautiful” (Impact of Testing)

Understanding the environmental, social and cultural impact of testing on people in the pacific. 

• Mururoa

• Tahiti

• Marshall Islands

• Kiritimati

Week Seven-Eight

Nuclear Fall Out: I don't like French kisses (Responses) 

Understanding responses to testing.

• A Letter to the French (French Letter by Herbs)

• Uranium on your breath - Lange & Aotearoa

• Greenpeace & their Warrior

• Longbottom’s Bravery - The cost of friendship (Suspension of ANZUS)

Week Eight

Bombs Gone: Unpacking Sources

Exploring a range of primary and secondary sources on Aotearoa’s role in advocating for a Nuclear Free stance.

Week Eight - Ten 

Assessment (1.1 - Engage with a variety of primary sources in a historical context

Source Processing and Annotation (3 weeks max)