Task 3 – Source Analysis: Stalinism and the Methods of Stalinist Control — Year 12 - Modern History (ATAR)

Task

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 regime to control society (propaganda and the arts, repression, the Purges, the Show Trials and the Great Terror). Official SCSA weighting: 10% of the Year 12 course (Source analysis type weighting 20%).

Rubric criteria (weights as a percentage of this assessment)

Criterion	Weight	Descriptor
Analysis and evaluation of sources	45%	Analyses and synthesises evidence from different sources and evaluates their reliability and usefulness, accounting for different perspectives.
Comprehension of sources	30%	Identifies the message, origin, purpose and context of the sources relating to Stalinism and the methods of Stalinist control.
Use of evidence and communication	25%	Integrates evidence from the sources with own historical knowledge to support a sustained response, using historical terms and concepts appropriately.