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In the study of Modern History at Stage 1, students explore changes within the world since 1750, examining developments and movements of significance, the ideas that inspired them, and their short- and long-term consequences on societies, systems, and individuals. They explore the impacts that these developments and movements had on people’s ideas, perspectives, and circumstances. They investigate ways in which people, groups, and institutions challenge political structures, social organisation, and economic models to transform societies. Students build their skills in historical method through inquiry, by examining and evaluating the nature of sources, including who wrote or recorded them, whose history they tell, whose stories are not included and why, and how technology is creating new spaces in which histories can be conveyed. Students explore different interpretations, draw conclusions, and develop reasoned historical arguments.
Historical studies could include the following topics:
At Stage 1 assessment is school-based. During a teaching, learning and assessment program the teacher makes decisions about the quality of evidence of student learning against the performance standards. At the end of the program the teacher uses the performance standards to make an on-balance decision about the quality and standard of a student’s set of evidence of learning. Students have the opportunity to demonstrate evidence of their learning in Stage 1 Modern History through the following:
The study of Modern History at Stage 1 provides a solid foundation for Modern History or Ancient Studies at Stage 2.
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