Year 11 Subject Guide 2020

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

1911–1912 • Iranian Revolution, 1977–1979 • Arab Spring since 2010 • Alternative topic for Unit 1

Africa, 1948–1991 • African-American civil rights movement, 1954–1968 • Environmental movement since the 1960s • LGBTIQ civil rights movement since 1969 • Pro-democracy movement in Myanmar (Burma) since 1988 • Alternative topic for Unit 2

1957 • Rights and recognition of First Peoples since 1982 • Terrorism, anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism since 1984

Assessment Year 11 assessment (on Units 1 and 2) will mirror Year 12 assessment below.

In Units 3 and 4 students complete four summative assessments. The results from each of the assessments are added together to provide a subject score out of 100. Students will also receive an overall subject result (A–E). Summative assessments Unit 3 Unit 4

Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1): • Examination — essay in response to historical sources Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2): • Independent source investigation

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Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3): • Investigation — historical essay based on research Summative external assessment (EA): • Examination — short responses to historical sources

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