Task 5 – Source Analysis: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East — Year 12 - Modern History (ATAR)

Task

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 the struggle for peace, such as the Six-Day War (1967). Students identify message, origin, purpose and context, and evaluate reliability and usefulness. Official SCSA weighting: 10% of the school mark for the Unit 3–4 pair (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 the struggle for peace in the Middle East.
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.