Modern History Senior secondary Curriculum - Achievement Standards - The Tasmanian Catholic Curriculum v8.1

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Units 1 and 2
Units 3 and 4

Units 1 and 2

Knowledge and understanding
A	B	C	D	E
evaluates the extent of change and continuity how it affected the lives of individuals and groups in different times and places evaluates the important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts analyses how different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments shaped people’s lives and actions in the past evaluates the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments at the time and to the contemporary world analyses the contestable nature of different interpretations and representations of events, movements and developments, and evaluates their usefulness in explaining the past	explains change and continuity and analyses how the lives of individuals and groups were affected in different times and places explains important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts explains the different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments that shaped people’s lives and actions in the past explains ideas, movements, events and developments and their significance at the time and to the contemporary world explains the contestable nature of different interpretations and representations of events, movements and developments and analyses their usefulness in explaining the past	describes change and continuity and the impact on the lives of individuals and groups describes important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts describes different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments shaping people’s lives describes ideas, movements, events and developments and their significance describes contested views of events, movements, developments and their usefulness in explaining the past	identifies change and continuity and how individuals and groups were affected identifies some causes of change and continuity in particular contexts identifies different responses to ideas, movements and developments describes ideas, movements, events and developments describes different interpretations and representations of past events	identifies how some aspects of the past changed and how others remained the same identifies why some aspects of the past changed and why others remained the same identifies responses to ideas, movements and developments identifies ideas, movements, events and developments identifies interpretations and representations of past events

Skills
A	B	C	D	E
undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using relevant evidence based on a critical evaluation of reliable and useful sources critically evaluates alternative historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments with valid and sustained reasoning by synthesising relevant evidence from different sources, and by acknowledging alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas and coherent and sustained arguments using relevant evidence, appropriate language and accurate referencing	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using relevant evidence based on an assessment of reliable and useful sources analyses different historical interpretations and representations selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments with valid reasoning by synthesising relevant evidence from different sources, and by acknowledging different interpretations communicates ideas and coherent arguments using relevant evidence, appropriate language and accurate sreferencing ss	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using evidence from a range of appropriate sources explains different historical interpretations and representations using available evidence develops reasoned historical arguments using evidence from different sources, and with reference to some interpretations communicates ideas and arguments using appropriate language and accurate referencing	researches a historical inquiry and locates answers in sources identifies historical interpretations and representations develops historical accounts using evidence from a limited number of sources communicates a limited argument with referencing	researches a topic and locates answers identifies different viewpoints about the past recounts historical events communicates information with minimal referencing

	Knowledge and understanding	Skills
A	evaluates the extent of change and continuity how it affected the lives of individuals and groups in different times and places evaluates the important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts analyses how different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments shaped people’s lives and actions in the past evaluates the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments at the time and to the contemporary world analyses the contestable nature of different interpretations and representations of events, movements and developments, and evaluates their usefulness in explaining the past	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using relevant evidence based on a critical evaluation of reliable and useful sources critically evaluates alternative historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments with valid and sustained reasoning by synthesising relevant evidence from different sources, and by acknowledging alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas and coherent and sustained arguments using relevant evidence, appropriate language and accurate referencing
B	explains change and continuity and analyses how the lives of individuals and groups were affected in different times and places explains important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts explains the different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments that shaped people’s lives and actions in the past explains ideas, movements, events and developments and their significance at the time and to the contemporary world explains the contestable nature of different interpretations and representations of events, movements and developments and analyses their usefulness in explaining the past	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using relevant evidence based on an assessment of reliable and useful sources analyses different historical interpretations and representations selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments with valid reasoning by synthesising relevant evidence from different sources, and by acknowledging different interpretations communicates ideas and coherent arguments using relevant evidence, appropriate language and accurate sreferencing ss
C	describes change and continuity and the impact on the lives of individuals and groups describes important causes of change and continuity in particular contexts describes different perspectives and responses to ideas, movements and developments shaping people’s lives describes ideas, movements, events and developments and their significance describes contested views of events, movements, developments and their usefulness in explaining the past	undertakes an historical inquiry selecting and using evidence from a range of appropriate sources explains different historical interpretations and representations using available evidence develops reasoned historical arguments using evidence from different sources, and with reference to some interpretations communicates ideas and arguments using appropriate language and accurate referencing
D	identifies change and continuity and how individuals and groups were affected identifies some causes of change and continuity in particular contexts identifies different responses to ideas, movements and developments describes ideas, movements, events and developments describes different interpretations and representations of past events	researches a historical inquiry and locates answers in sources identifies historical interpretations and representations develops historical accounts using evidence from a limited number of sources communicates a limited argument with referencing
E	identifies how some aspects of the past changed and how others remained the same identifies why some aspects of the past changed and why others remained the same identifies responses to ideas, movements and developments identifies ideas, movements, events and developments identifies interpretations and representations of past events	researches a topic and locates answers identifies different viewpoints about the past recounts historical events communicates information with minimal referencing

Units 3 and 4

Knowledge and understanding
A	B	C	D	E
explains change over time in different places, evaluates the significance of change for societies, and for the relationships between different groups analyses causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and assesses their relative importance analyses how different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by time and place evaluates the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time from the perspective of different groups evaluates representations and interpretations to explain historical issues and to evaluate contestability, validity and usefulness	explains change over time in different places, analyses the significance of change for societies, and for the relationships between different groups analyses causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and their relative importance explains the different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by time and place explains the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time from the perspective of different groups analyses representations and interpretations to explain historical issues and to identify contestability, validity and usefulness	describes change over time in different places, and the impact of change on societies and different groups describes causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and their relative importance describes different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by events at the time explains the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time describes representations and interpretations to identify contestability, validity and usefulness	identifies changes over time and how societies were affected describes causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts identifies different responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments describes significant ideas, movements, events and developments in the past describes interpretations and representations	identifies changes that affected society identifies examples of change and continuity in particular contexts recounts the different responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments identifies significant ideas, movements, events and developments in the past identifies interpretations and representations

Skills
A	B	C	D	E
develops focus questions to frame an inquiry and conducts comprehensive research using a wide range of sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on substantiated evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of sources evaluates different historical interpretations and representations with analysis of the strength of the evidence develops convincing historical arguments and synthesises evidence from different sources, to support particular claims with valid and sustained reasoning, and with an assessment of alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas with coherent and sustained arguments with analysis of evidence, using appropriate language and accurate referencing	develops focus questions to frame an inquiry and conducts research using a range of sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of sources evaluates different historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments and synthesises evidence from different sources, with valid reasoning, and with an explanation of alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas and coherent arguments using appropriate evidence, language and accurate referencing	develops focus questions for an inquiry and conducts research using sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on evaluation of sources analyses different historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence develops reasoned historical arguments using and synthesising evidence from different sources, and with reference to some interpretations communicates ideas and arguments using appropriate evidence, language and accurate referencing	uses inquiry questions to conduct research derived from sources uses evidence derived from sources describes historical interpretations and representations using evidence develops historical accounts using evidence from a limited number of sources communicates ideas and arguments with referencing	uses inquiry questions to conduct research uses sources to research identifies viewpoints about the past recounts historical events and identifies a limited number of sources communicates ideas and information with minimal referencing

	Knowledge and understanding	Skills
A	explains change over time in different places, evaluates the significance of change for societies, and for the relationships between different groups analyses causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and assesses their relative importance analyses how different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by time and place evaluates the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time from the perspective of different groups evaluates representations and interpretations to explain historical issues and to evaluate contestability, validity and usefulness	develops focus questions to frame an inquiry and conducts comprehensive research using a wide range of sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on substantiated evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of sources evaluates different historical interpretations and representations with analysis of the strength of the evidence develops convincing historical arguments and synthesises evidence from different sources, to support particular claims with valid and sustained reasoning, and with an assessment of alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas with coherent and sustained arguments with analysis of evidence, using appropriate language and accurate referencing
B	explains change over time in different places, analyses the significance of change for societies, and for the relationships between different groups analyses causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and their relative importance explains the different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by time and place explains the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time from the perspective of different groups analyses representations and interpretations to explain historical issues and to identify contestability, validity and usefulness	develops focus questions to frame an inquiry and conducts research using a range of sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on evaluation of the reliability and usefulness of sources evaluates different historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence from a range of sources develops convincing historical arguments and synthesises evidence from different sources, with valid reasoning, and with an explanation of alternative interpretations communicates complex ideas and coherent arguments using appropriate evidence, language and accurate referencing
C	describes change over time in different places, and the impact of change on societies and different groups describes causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts and their relative importance describes different perspectives and responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments, and how they were influenced by events at the time explains the significance of ideas, movements, events and developments over time describes representations and interpretations to identify contestability, validity and usefulness	develops focus questions for an inquiry and conducts research using sources and methods selects and applies relevant evidence based on evaluation of sources analyses different historical interpretations and representations by selecting and using relevant evidence develops reasoned historical arguments using and synthesising evidence from different sources, and with reference to some interpretations communicates ideas and arguments using appropriate evidence, language and accurate referencing
D	identifies changes over time and how societies were affected describes causes contributing to change and continuity in particular contexts identifies different responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments describes significant ideas, movements, events and developments in the past describes interpretations and representations	uses inquiry questions to conduct research derived from sources uses evidence derived from sources describes historical interpretations and representations using evidence develops historical accounts using evidence from a limited number of sources communicates ideas and arguments with referencing
E	identifies changes that affected society identifies examples of change and continuity in particular contexts recounts the different responses of individuals and groups to ideas, movements and developments identifies significant ideas, movements, events and developments in the past identifies interpretations and representations	uses inquiry questions to conduct research uses sources to research identifies viewpoints about the past recounts historical events and identifies a limited number of sources communicates ideas and information with minimal referencing