201055
8 October 2020 Senior secondary Number: 040/20
Ancient History and Modern History
external assessment topic notification for 2022
Purpose
To notify schools of the topics nominated by the QCAA for external assessment in 2022 for:
• Ancient History General Senior Syllabus 2019 v1.2
• Modern History General Senior Syllabus 2019 v1.2
• Ancient History Alternative Sequence 2019 v1.2
• Modern History Alternative Sequence 2019 v1.2
• Ancient History General (Senior External Examination) (SEE) Syllabus 2019 v1.2
• Modern History General (Senior External Examination) (SEE) Syllabus 2019 v1.2
Background
The syllabuses listed above specify that the QCAA will nominate the topics for external assessment at least 12 months before the external assessment is implemented. For Modern History, an ‘Aspect of the topic’ is also specified.
Topic notifications for 2020 and 2021 were provided in memos 044/17, ‘Ancient History and Modern History update’, 21 August 2017, 065/18, ‘Ancient History and Modern History alternative sequence external assessment topics’, 27 November 2018 and 015/19, ‘Senior External
Examination (SEE) syllabuses: Ancient History and Modern History assessment topics and schedules for 2020 and 2021’, 1 March 2019.
Topic notifications are also published in the Resources section of the relevant syllabus in the QCAA Portal.
Information
The Ancient History and Modern History external assessment topics for 2022 are listed in the tables below. These topic notifications will also be published in the Resources section of the relevant syllabus in the QCAA Portal.
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
Ancient History and Modern History external assessment topic notification for 2022 Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 8 October 2020 Page 2 of 3
General senior syllabuses and alternative sequences
Ancient History 2022 EA topics
Year Ancient History General Senior Syllabus
2019 v1.2 EA topics Alternative Sequence 2022 Unit 4 Topic 12: Augustus Unit 4 Topic 12: Augustus
Modern History 2022 EA topics
Year Modern History General Senior Syllabus
2019 v1.2 EA topics Alternative Sequence 2022 Unit 4 Topic 1: Australian engagement with
Asia since 1945 Aspect of the topic:
Australia and the Vietnam War
Unit 4 Topic 1: Australian engagement with Asia since 1945
Aspect of the topic:
Australia and the Vietnam War
Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabuses
The Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabuses are different to the General senior syllabuses.
The Senior External Examination is a program of individual subject examinations offered to eligible Year 12 students and adult learners. These SEE topic notifications are not relevant to teachers of the General senior syllabuses or the Alternative Sequences.
*Denotes change to Aspect of the topic.
Ancient History 2022 SEE topics
Year SEE 1 section 1 SEE 1 section 2 SEE 2 paper 1 SEE 2 paper 2 2022 Unit 3 Topic 4:
Fifth Century Athens (BCE)
Unit 3 Topic 1:
Thebes — East and West, 18th Dynasty Egypt
Unit 4 Topic 4:
Rome — the Punic Wars
Unit 4 Topic 12:
Augustus
Modern History 2022 SEE topics
Year SEE 1 section 1 SEE 1 section 2 SEE 2 paper 1 SEE 2 paper 2 2022 Unit 3 Topic 5:
Germany, 1914–1945 Aspect of the topic:
*Youth in Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Unit 3 Topic 9:
China, 1931–1976 Aspect of the topic:
Origins, nature and significance of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)
Unit 4 Topic 2:
Search for collective peace and security since 1815
Aspect of the topic:
*Origins, nature and role of the ANZUS Treaty
(1945–1961)
Unit 4 Topic 1:
Australian
engagement with Asia since 1945
Aspect of the topic:
Australia and the Vietnam War
Memo
Ancient History and Modern History external assessment topic notification for 2022 Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 8 October 2020 Page 3 of 3
What you need to do
Bring this memo to the attention of teachers of senior history subjects in your school.
Ensure teachers know that external assessment topic notifications for Ancient History and Modern History are also published in the Resources section of the relevant syllabus in the QCAA Portal.
Finding out more
Please email Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area at [email protected], or phone (07) 3120 6173.
Matthew McCarthy
Acting Director, Curriculum Services Division
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