Sample assessment outline Modern History General Year 11 – Unit 1 People, place and time (Elective: Local History: The Burrup and beyond) – Unit 2 Power and authority (Elective: Tokugawa Japan) – Assessment type Assessment type and weighting Assessment task (from syllabus) task submission date (from syllabus) weighting Semester 1 Task 2 Part A: Topic: Investigation of the local history of Karratha and the surrounding area 15% 30% Weeks 8–12 Task 2 Part B: Class presentation of inquiry findings Historical inquiry (Authority weighting Semester 2 Task 5 Part A: Investigation of Japan compared with another feudal society 20–30%) 15% Week 4–7 Task 5 Part B: An annotated poster display Semester 1 Task 3: An in-class scaffolded essay based on the content related to the different perspectives of local 10% 20% Week 14 history Explanation (Authority weighting Semester 2 20–30%) 10% Task 7: An extended response to a series of questions related to film as a representation of history Week 15 Semester 1 Task 1: An teacher generated source analysis, using sources based on content 15% 30% Week 4 related to the Burrup Peninsula Source analysis (Authority weighting Semester 2 An in-class teacher generated source analysis, using sources based on content related to the Task 6: 20–30%) 15% Week 9 arrival of Commodore Perry and the end of isolation Semester 1 Task 4: An test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based 10% 20% Week 16 on the content from Unit 1 (Authority weighting Test Semester 2 Task 8: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based 20–30%) 10% Week 16 on content from Unit 2 Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Modern History – General Year 11 Unit 1 – People, place and time (Elective: Local History: The Burrup and beyond) Unit 2 – Power and authority (Elective: Tokugawa Japan) Assessment type (from syllabus) Assessment type weighting (from syllabus) task weighting and submission date Assessment task Historical inquiry 30% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 15% Semester 1 Weeks 8–12 Task 2 Part A: Topic: Investigation of the local history of Karratha and the surrounding area Task 2 Part B: Class presentation of inquiry findings 15% Semester 2 Week 4–7 Task 5 Part A: Investigation of Japan compared with another feudal society Task 5 Part B: An annotated poster display Explanation 20% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 10% Semester 1 Week 14 Task 3: An in-class scaffolded essay based on the content related to the different perspectives of local history 10% Semester 2 Week 15 Task 7: An extended response to a series of questions related to film as a representation of history Source analysis 30% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 15% Semester 1 Week 4 Task 1: An teacher generated source analysis, using sources based on content related to the Burrup Peninsula 15% Semester 2 Week 9 Task 6: An in-class teacher generated source analysis, using sources based on content related to the arrival of Commodore Perry and the end of isolation Test 20% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 10% Semester 1 Week 16 Task 4: An test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based on the content from Unit 1 10% Semester 2 Week 16 Task 8: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based on content from Unit 2 Total 100% 100%
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