YEAR 11 History

Aims

To further students’ historical understanding of some major trends and developments in the 20th/ 21st centuries and develop a greater understanding of themselves and others in New Zealand society and beyond.

Course Content

Year 11 History will consist of a broad study course, with in-depth studies being taken throughout the year. These may include:

• New Zealand and it's role in World War I, Case Study - Gallipoli or Passchendaele

• Achieving Social Justice - Black Civil Rights in the USA, Polynesian Panthers in NZ

• Political Authoritarian Leaders & their Impact on societies

• Research into an event of significance to New Zealanders

Skills

Information Gathering - Examining information from a variety of sources; selecting appropriate information; recording information in an organised way

Information Processing - Selecting relevant information from a variety of sources: assessing the limitations of a piece of evidence; distinguishing fact from opinion; recognising specific points of view, bias and propaganda; comprehending simple historical relationships between cause and effect, past and present, continuity and change

Presentation - Presenting information in an effective way — written, visual and/or oral — with well chosen evidence and reasoned conclusions

Assessment

In class assessments, school examinations and one NCEA standard

This subject has links with

Geography, English

Prior knowledge required

Open entry

Next Step

NCEA History Level 2