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1 March 2019 Senior secondary Number: 014/19
Ancient History and Modern History Senior External Examination assessment topics for 2020 and 2021
Purpose
To notify schools about the assessment topics for the following syllabuses:
• Ancient History General Senior External Examination Syllabus 2019
• Modern History General Senior External Examination Syllabus 2019.
Note: This memo relates only to the Senior External Examination assessment for Ancient History and Modern History for Year 12 students and adult learners for 2020 and 2021.
For information relating to external assessment for Ancient History and Modern History General senior syllabuses see memo 044/17, ‘Ancient History and Modern History update’, 21 August 2017. For information relating to external assessment for the relevant alternative sequence courses of study for those syllabuses see memo 065/18, ‘Ancient History and Modern History alternative sequence external assessment topics’, 27 November 2018.
Background
In the Senior External Examination syllabuses, assessment is developed and marked by the QCAA. It contributes 100% to a student’s overall subject result.
In Ancient History, two topics from Unit 3 and two topics from Unit 4 are selected by the QCAA for assessment.
In Modern History, two topics from Unit 3 and two topics from Unit 4 are selected by the QCAA for assessment. For each topic, an aspect of the topic is also specified by the QCAA.
In both Ancient History and Modern History, students will complete a total of two assessments which contribute to their final subject result:
• Summative external assessment 1 (EA1): Examination (50%)
Section 1: Short response
Section 2: Essay in response to historical sources
• Summative external assessment 2 (EA2): Examination (50%)
Section 1: Combination response
Section 2: Short responses to historical sources.
Each section of the assessments is based on a different topic nominated by the QCAA.
Specifications for the examination conditions are outlined in the relevant syllabuses.
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
Ancient History and Modern History Senior External Examination assessment topics for 2020 and 2021
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Information
Topic schedule for 2020 and 2021
Ancient History General Senior External Examination Syllabus 2019
Year Unit 3 topic
EA1 Section 1 Unit 3 topic
EA1 Section 2 Unit 4 topic
EA2 Section 1 Unit 4 topic EA2 Section 2 2020
and 2021
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 General Senior External Examination Syllabus 2019
Year Unit 3 topic and aspect
EA1 Section 1
Unit 3 topic and aspect
EA1 Section 2
Unit 4 topic and aspect
EA2 Section 1
Unit 4 topic and aspect
EA2 Section 2 2020
and 2021
Unit 3
Topic 5: Germany, 1914–1945 (World War I begins — World War II ends)
Unit 3
Topic 9: China, 1931–1976 (invasion of Manchuria begins
— Cultural Revolution ends)
Unit 4
Topic 2: Search for collective peace and security since 1815 (Concert of Europe begins)
Unit 4
Topic 1: Australian engagement with Asia since 1945 (World War II in the Pacific ends) Aspect of the topic:
Youth Resistance in Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Origins, nature and significance of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)
Origins, nature and significance of the ANZUS Treaty (1945–1953)
Australia and the Vietnam War
What you need to do
Refer to the following syllabuses for information on the subject matter and assessment techniques and specifications available at www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/see/senior-external- examination:
• Ancient History General Senior External Examination Syllabus 2019
• Modern History General Senior External Examination Syllabus 2019.
Finding out more
Please email Brad Blashak or Joanne Gordon (Learning Area Managers, Humanities and Social Sciences) at HASS@qcaa.qld.edu.au, or phone (07) 3120 6134 or (07) 3864 0248.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
