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:
1981 Springbok Tour - The Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States - The Russian Revolution

Assessment

This course will offer two internal standards and two external achievement standards.  Each assessment is worth 5 credits each. 

• 1.1 Engage with a variety of primary sources in a historical context (Internal, 5 Credits)

• 1.2 Demonstrate understanding of the significance of a historical context (Internal, 5 Credits)

• 1.3 Demonstrate understanding of historical concepts in contexts of significance to Aotearoa New Zealand (External, 5 Credits)

• 1.4 Demonstrate understanding of perspectives on a historical context (External, 5 Credits)

Next steps

Level 2 History.