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Modern History
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Subject outline
Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in August 2017 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2018.
Accredited in August 2017 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2018.
Stage 1 | Subject outline | assessment-design-criteria
Assessment design criteria
The assessment design criteria are based on the learning requirements and are used by teachers to:
- clarify for the student what he or she needs to learn
- design opportunities for the student to provide evidence of his or her learning at the highest level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria consist of specific features that:
- students need to demonstrate in their evidence of learning
- teachers look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject, the assessment design criteria are:
- understanding and exploration
- application and evaluation
- analysis.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
The set of assessments, as a whole, gives students opportunities to demonstrate each of the specific features by the completion of study of the subject.
Understanding and Exploration
The specific features are as follows:
| UE1 | Understanding and exploration of historical concepts. |
| UE2 | Understanding and exploration of the role of ideas, people, and events in history. |
Application and Evaluation
The specific features are as follows:
| AE1 | Application of the skills of historical inquiry to examine and evaluate sources and interpretations. |
| AE2 | Use of evidence to support arguments and draw conclusions. |
| AE3 | Communication of reasoned historical arguments, with acknowledgment of sources. |
Analysis
The specific features are as follows:
| A1 | Analysis of short-term and long-term impacts of developments and/or movements in the modern world. |
| A2 | Analysis of ways in which societies in the modern world have been shaped by both internal and external forces and challenges. |