Sample assessment outline Ancient History General Year 11 – Unit 1 Ancient civilisations and cultures (elective: Late Bronze Age Greece and Troy c. 1500–c. 1050 BC) – Unit 2 Power in the ancient world (elective: Hatshepsut, Egypt, regnal years c. 1473–c. 1458 BC and elective: Alexander the Great, Macedonia 356–323 – BC) Assessment Assessment When/start and type type weighting submission Assessment task task (from syllabus) (from syllabus) date weighting Semester 1 Task 4a: Topic: Investigation of an ancient civilisation or culture 30% 15% Week 11–15 Task 4b: Class presentation of inquiry findings (Authority Historical inquiry weighting Semester 2 Task 7a: Topic: Alexander the Great 15% 20–30%) Week 9–12 Task 7b: Class presentation of inquiry findings Semester 1 Task 2: An in-class scaffolded essay or extended answer 20% 10% Week 8 Topic: The Mycenaean decline (Authority Explanation weighting Semester 2 Task 8: An in-class scaffolded essay or extended answer 10% 20–30%) Week 15 Topic: Representations of Alexander the Great Semester 1 Teacher-generated source analysis based on two sources Task 3: 30% 15% Week 10 Topic: Representations of Late Bronze Age Greek civilisation (Authority Source analysis weighting Semester 2 Task 6: Teacher-generated source analysis based on two sources 15% 20–30%) Week 7 Topic: Representations of Hatshepsut Task 1: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions Semester 1 10% Topic: Features of the civilisation of Late Bronze Age Greece (social, political, legal and military 20% Week 5 structures, and economic activities) (Authority Test weighting Task 5: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions Semester 2 20–30%) 10% Topic: Elements of Egyptian society at the beginning of the New Kingdom and the background and Week 4 career of Hatshepsut Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Ancient History – General Year 11 Unit 1 – Ancient civilisations and cultures (elective: Late Bronze Age Greece and Troy c. 1500–c. 1050 BC) Unit 2 – Power in the ancient world (elective: Hatshepsut, Egypt, regnal years c. 1473–c. 1458 BC and elective: Alexander the Great, Macedonia 356–323 BC) Assessment type (from syllabus) Assessment type weighting (from syllabus) task weighting When/start and submission date Assessment task Historical inquiry 30% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 15% Semester 1 Week 11–15 Task 4a: Topic: Investigation of an ancient civilisation or culture Task 4b: Class presentation of inquiry findings 15% Semester 2 Week 9–12 Task 7a: Topic: Alexander the Great Task 7b: Class presentation of inquiry findings Explanation 20% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 10% Semester 1 Week 8 Task 2: An in-class scaffolded essay or extended answer Topic: The Mycenaean decline 10% Semester 2 Week 15 Task 8: An in-class scaffolded essay or extended answer Topic: Representations of Alexander the Great Source analysis 30% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 15% Semester 1 Week 10 Task 3: Teacher-generated source analysis based on two sources Topic: Representations of Late Bronze Age Greek civilisation 15% Semester 2 Week 7 Task 6: Teacher-generated source analysis based on two sources Topic: Representations of Hatshepsut Test 20% (Authority weighting 20–30%) 10% Semester 1 Week 5 Task 1: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions Topic: Features of the civilisation of Late Bronze Age Greece (social, political, legal and military structures, and economic activities) 10% Semester 2 Week 4 Task 5: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions Topic: Elements of Egyptian society at the beginning of the New Kingdom and the background and career of Hatshepsut Total 100% 100%
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