Year+12+Modern+History

=Year 12 Modern History= **// “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.” //** **// Andrew Gibbon //**

Course Overview
Key Areas for Inquiry The following four key areas for inquiry provide the focus for a thematic study in this topic: All four key areas for inquiry must be studied. || Argumentative Essay Research report Sources Analysis || Key Areas for Inquiry The following four key areas for inquiry provide the focus for a depth study in this topic: All four key areas for inquiry must be studied. || Argumentative Essay (supervised) Debate Comparative Sources Analysis || The inquiry is presented in the form of a written essay and involves the formulation of a hypothesis and/or focusing question(s), relevant research, critical analysis, conclusions, and appropriate acknowledgment of sources. It should take the form of an informed, sequenced, reasoned, and persuasive historical argument in response to the hypothesis and/or focusing question(s). The written essay should be a maximum of 2000 words. Students support their argument with evidence from three sources. Students should acknowledge the sources appropriately in a format negotiated with the teacher. Max 2000 words || Students undertake a 3-hour written external examination. The examination paper has three parts. Part 1: Thematic Study Part 2: Depth Study Part 3: Sources Analysis || 2 Essays 1 Sources Analysis 3 hours ||
 * **__ Study __** || **__ Topic __** || **__Assessment Tasks__** ||
 * Thematic Study || Topic 3: Revolutions and Turmoil: Social and Political Upheavals since //c.// 1500
 * the French Revolution
 * the nature of pre-revolutionary society and government
 * the role of external and/or internal forces in the collapse of the old order and in the seizure of power
 * the consolidation of power by the revolutionaries
 * internal and external threats to the revolution, and how they were dealt with.
 * Depth Study || Topic 8: The War to End All Wars: The First World War and Its Consequences, //c.// 1870–1929
 * the origins of the First World War from //c.// 1870
 * the nature of the First World War
 * the impact of the First World War
 * the nature and consequences of the post-war peace treaties, and their successes and/or failures to 1929.
 * Essay || Students undertake an individual inquiry on a historical topic of their choice relevant to the period of the history subject studied (post //c.// 1500 for Modern History).
 * __ Essay Topics on Page __** || Hypothesis and Essay
 * Exam || Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%)

Links
SACE board Modern History