Faculty Information

Topics covered in Year 11:

• Origins of World War II
• Conflict in Ireland 1909-1922
• New Zealand’s Search for Security 1945-85
  

Topics covered in Year 12:

• Origins of World War I
• Authority and Dissent in Early Colonial Australia
• The Vietnam Conflict

Topics covered in Year 13:

• Nineteenth Century New Zealand

Year 11:
All standards are worth 4 credits for a total of 24 credits.

Internally Assessed Standards:

• 1.1 Carry out an historical investigation
• 1.2 Communicate historical ideas

Externally Assessed Standards:

• 1.3 Interpret historical sources
• 1.4 Examine the perspectives of people in an historical setting
• 1.5 Describe an historical development in an essay
• 1.6 Describe experiences that led to the shaping of New Zealand identity

Year 12:
All standards are worth 4 credits for a total of 24 credits.

Internally Assessed Standards:

• 2.1 Carry out an historical investigation
• 2.2 Communicate historical ideas
• 2.4 Examine the perspectives of people in an historical setting

• 2.3 Examine evidence in historical sources
• 2.5 Examine how a force or movement influenced people’s lives, in an essay
• 2.6 Examine individual or group identity in an historical setting, in an essay

Year 13:
3.1 is worth 4 credits, the remainder of the standards are worth 5 credits each, for a total of 24 credits.

Internally Assessed Standards:

• 3.1 Plan and carry out independent historical research
• 3.2 Communicate and present historical ideas

• 3.3 Analyse and evaluate evidence in historical sources
• 3.4 Examine a significant decision made by people in history, in an essay
• 3.5 Examine a significant historical situation in the context of change in an essay

It is the policy of the History department to offer re-sit opportunities for ALL internal assessments at ALL levels. There will be two practice exams during the year and students will be expected to complete several essays in addition to their internal assessment work.

Year 11:
Glendowie College enters one or two teams into the annual AHTA (Auckland History Teachers Association) Year 11 History Quiz.

Year 12:
Although there are no planned events or trips at Year 12 it is likely that students will visit special displays at the museum or art gallery.