Level 1 History

Course Description 

History presents students with the dilemmas, choices, and beliefs of people in the past. It invites them to ask and answer today’s questions by engaging with the past and imagining possible futures. An awareness of history inspires students to become confident, questioning, and empathetic individuals and connect with the wider world. They learn to ask and answer important questions, evaluate evidence, identify and analyse different interpretations of the past, and substantiate their arguments and judgments. It equips them with knowledge and skills that are valuable and useful throughout life, including research techniques, skills needed to process and synthesise varied and complex materials, to give clear and effective oral and written presentations, and the ability to articulate ideas and make them clear to others (L6 NZ curriculum).

Topics covered:
Black Civil Rights in the United States - Civil Rights in NZ (Springbok Tour and Dawn Raids) - Rwandan Genocide 1994
Assessment

Assessment is focused around three internals and one external achievement standard. 

Next steps

Level 2 History.