Year 12 - Modern History (ATAR)
Assessments
18 tasks · 500% summative
essay
- Task 1 – Explanation: The Political Responses to the Great Depression HIM12-U3E1-T1 · summative · 22% · due: Semester 1, Week 7 Explanation (Task 1). An in-class explanation under test conditions. Topic: the political responses to the Great Depression (Scullin and the Premiers' Plan, Lan…
- Task 2 – Explanation: The Economic Changes that Transformed Russia/USSR to 1945 HIM12-U3E2-T2 · summative · 22% · due: Semester 1, Week 9 Explanation (Task 2). An in-class explanation completed in 60 minutes under test conditions. Topic: the economic changes that transformed Russia/the USSR to 194…
- Task 5 – Explanation: Ideology vs Security in Post-War Europe HIM12-U4E1-T5 · summative · 33% · due: Semester 2, Week 3 Explanation (Task 5). An in-class explanation essay (5 minutes planning, 50 minutes working). Sample proposition: "Ideology was more important than Stalin's des…
- Task 6 – Explanation: Australia as a Peacekeeping Nation HIM12-U4E2-T6 · summative · 18% · due: Semester 2, Week 9 Explanation (Task 6). An in-class explanation under test conditions. Topic: Australia as a peacekeeping nation (the response to the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodia…
- Task 6 – Explanation: The Iranian Revolution and the Struggle for Peace HIM12-U4E3-T6 · summative · 33% · due: Semester 2, Week 9 Explanation (Task 6). An in-class explanation essay (5 minutes planning, 55 minutes working). Sample questions: "Outline the reasons for and assess the conseque…
exam
- Task 4 – Semester 1 Examination: Unit 3 Content HIM12-U3E2-T4 · summative · 34% · due: Semester 1, Week 16 Semester 1 examination (Task 4). A 3-hour examination using the examination design brief from the ATAR Year 12 syllabus. Only content from Unit 3 (Russia and th…
- Task 4 – Semester 1 Examination: Unit 3 Content (Australia 1918–1949) HIM12-U3E1-T4 · summative · 34% · due: Semester 1, Week 16 Semester 1 examination (Task 4). A 3-hour examination using the examination design brief from the ATAR Year 12 syllabus. Only content from Unit 3 (Australia 191…
- Task 8 – Semester 2 Examination: Unit 3 and Unit 4 Content HIM12-U4E2-T8 · summative · 46% · due: Semester 2, Week 15 Semester 2 examination (Task 8). A 3-hour examination using the examination design brief from the ATAR Year 12 syllabus. Content from both Unit 3 and Unit 4 is …
other
- Task 2 – Source Analysis: Australia's Changing Foreign Policy and WWII HIM12-U3E1-T2 · summative · 22% · due: Semester 1, Week 10 Source analysis (Task 2). An in-class source analysis based on content related to Australia's changing foreign policy and the Second World War (the Singapore st…
- Task 3 – Source Analysis: Stalinism and the Methods of Stalinist Control HIM12-U3E2-T3 · summative · 22% · due: Semester 1, Week 12 Source analysis (Task 3). An in-class source analysis based on content related to a significant idea (Stalinism) and the methods employed by the Stalinist regim…
- Task 5 – Source Analysis: Political Engagement with Asia HIM12-U4E2-T5 · summative · 18% · due: Semester 2, Week 7 Source analysis (Task 5). An in-class source analysis based on content related to Australia's political engagement with Asia (forward defence, the response to c…
- Task 5 – Source Analysis: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East HIM12-U4E3-T5 · summative · 33% · due: Semester 2, Week 7 Source analysis (Task 5). An in-class source analysis (10 minutes reading, 35 minutes working) using a booklet of three sources. Topic: a significant event in t…
- Task 7 – Source Analysis: The Fall of the Wall and German Reunification HIM12-U4E1-T7 · summative · 34% · due: Semester 2, Week 7 Source analysis (Task 7). An in-class source analysis (10 minutes reading, 35 minutes working) using a booklet of three sources on the fall of the Berlin Wall a…
project
- Task 1 – Historical Inquiry: Internal Divisions and Crises in Russian Society HIM12-U3E2-T1 · summative · 22% · due: Semester 1, Weeks 2–4 Historical inquiry (Task 1). Part A: the historical inquiry process, with the topic "Internal divisions and crises in Russian society", focusing on the causes a…
- Task 3 – Historical Inquiry: The Role and Impact of a Significant Leader HIM12-U3E1-T3 · summative · 22% · due: Semester 1, Weeks 10–13 Historical inquiry (Task 3). Part A: the historical inquiry process on the topic "the role and impact of a significant leader" (e.g. Hughes, Curtin, Menzies, Ch…
- Task 6 – Historical Inquiry: Challenges to Soviet Control of Eastern Europe HIM12-U4E1-T6 · summative · 33% · due: Semester 2, Weeks 4–6 Historical inquiry (Task 6). Part A: a two-week inquiry (with a research organiser assessed for the inquiry process) investigating a major challenge to Soviet c…
- Task 7 – Historical Inquiry: Attempts to Settle the Arab–Israeli Conflict HIM12-U4E3-T7 · summative · 34% · due: Semester 2, Weeks 8–12 Historical inquiry (Task 7). Part A: a two-week inquiry (with a research organiser assessed for the inquiry process) investigating two attempts to settle confli…
- Task 7 – Historical Inquiry: Social Engagement with Asia HIM12-U4E2-T7 · summative · 18% · due: Semester 2, Weeks 8–12 Historical inquiry (Task 7). Part A: the historical inquiry process on the topic "social engagement with Asia" (e.g. multiculturalism, refugees, trade and cultu…