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1 March 2019 Senior secondary Number: 015/19
Senior External Examination (SEE)
syllabuses: Ancient History and Modern History assessment topics and schedules for 2020 and 2021
Purpose
To notify schools offering Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabuses about the assessment topics and schedules in 2020 and 2021 for the following syllabuses:
• Ancient History 2019 v1.2 General Senior External Examination Syllabus (SEE)
• Modern History 2019 v1.2 General Senior External Examination Syllabus (SEE).
Key information
The Senior External Examination is a longstanding program of individual subject examinations offered to eligible Year 12 students and adult learners. It is different from the external assessment component in General subjects* in the new QCE system.
This memo relates only to assessments from 2020 for the General Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabuses for Ancient History and Modern History. These syllabuses are being
implemented with some Year 12 students and adult learners in 2019 and this memo relates to the first assessment for these syllabuses to be held in 2020.
Background
In the Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabus for Ancient History two topics from Unit 3 and two topics from Unit 4 are selected by the QCAA for assessment.
In the Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabus for 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.
For 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
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabuses: Ancient History and Modern History assessment topics and schedules for 2020 and 2021
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 1 March 2019 Page 2 of 3
• 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 examinations’ conditions are outlined in the relevant syllabuses.
Topics and schedules for 2020 and 2021
Ancient History 2019 v1.2 General Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabus
Year Unit 3 Topic for EA1 Section 1
Unit 3 Topic for EA1 Section 2
Unit 4 Topic for EA2 Section 1
Unit 4 Topic for EA2 Section 2 2020
and 2021
Topic 4
Fifth Century Athens (BCE)
Topic 1
Thebes — East and West, 18th Dynasty Egypt
Topic 4
Rome — the Punic Wars
Topic 12 Augustus
Modern History 2019 v1.2 General Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabus
Year Unit 3 Topic and
aspect of the topic for EA1 Section 1
Unit 3 Topic and
aspect of the topic for EA1 Section 2
Unit 4 Topic and
aspect of the topic for EA2 Section 1
Unit 4 Topic and
aspect of the topic for EA2 Section 2 2020
and 2021
Topic 5
Germany, 1914–
1945
Aspect of the topic:
Youth Resistance in Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Topic 9
China, 1931–1976
Aspect of the topic:
Origins, nature and significance of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)
Topic 2
Search for collective peace and security since 1815 Aspect of the topic:
Origins, nature and significance of the ANZUS Treaty (1945–1953)
Topic 1 Australian engagement with Asia since 1945 Aspect of the topic:
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:
• Ancient History 2019 v1.2 General Senior External Examination syllabus
• Modern History 2019 v1.2 General Senior External Examination syllabus.
*General Senior syllabuses: The General senior syllabuses for Ancient History and Modern History prescribe Internal and External assessment and are different syllabuses to those
discussed in this memo. For information relating to the external assessment for those syllabuses see memo 044/17.
General Senior syllabuses Alternative sequences: The General senior syllabuses for Ancient History and Modern History alternative sequence courses of study also consist of Internal and
Memo
Senior External Examination (SEE) syllabuses: Ancient History and Modern History assessment topics and schedules for 2020 and 2021
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 1 March 2019 Page 3 of 3
External assessment and these are also different to those discussed in this memo. For
information relating to external assessment for those alternative sequences see memo 065/18.
Finding out more
Please email Brad Blashak or Joanne Gordon (Learning Area Managers, Humanities and Social Sciences) at [email protected], or phone 3120 6134 or 3864 0248.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
