Level 3 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 (L8 NZ curriculum).

Topics covered: American Revolution - New Zealand Wars (Invasion of Waikato) - The Cold War

Recommendations for subject entry 

13 Level 2 History credits (includes one external) or 14 Level 2 English credits (includes one external).

Assessment

Internal Assessments (2-3)

• 91434 Research an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders, using primary and secondary sources

• 91345 Analyse an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders

• 91437 Analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significance to New Zealanders

External assessments (2) 

• 91436 Analyse evidence relating to an historical event of significance to New Zealanders 

• 91438 Analyse the causes and consequences of a significant historical event