Year 12 modules

Year 12, ages 16 to 17. NCEA Level 2 History.

Focus: Inquiry and examining sources. Standards: AS91229 Carry out an inquiry of an historical event or place that is of significance to New Zealanders (internal). AS91231 Examine sources of an historical event that is of significance to New Zealanders (external). AS91232 Interpret different perspectives of people in an historical event (internal).

Care Senior. Full content with care. Offer an alternative soldier if a case is too close to home.

Year 12, ages 16 to 17. Time: 4 x 60 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can carry out a historical inquiry using primary and secondary sources.

Key questions

• How many New Zealanders served at Gallipoli, and why has the answer changed?

Activities

• Frame focus questions.
• Gather evidence: Roll Call 22,479, ship audit 23,053, Crawford and Buck 16,000 to 18,000, the old 8,500.
• Write up an AS91229 style inquiry.

Source material

• Roll Call
• Ship audit
• Gallipoli numbers
• Audit trail

Success criteria

• Relevant focus questions, sound evidence, a reasoned answer.

Year 12, ages 16 to 17. Time: 2 x 60 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can examine the usefulness and reliability of sources.

Key questions

• How reliable is a database built from the Cenotaph?
• What can a ship list prove, and not prove?

Activities

• Compare a ship list, a Cenotaph record and a published estimate.
• Timed practice for AS91231.

Source material

• Sources
• Ship audit

Success criteria

• Judges usefulness and reliability with specific reasons.

Year 12, ages 16 to 17. Time: 3 x 60 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can interpret different perspectives of people at the time.

Key questions

• How did soldiers, nurses, Māori leaders and objectors see the campaign?

Activities

• Source pack per perspective.
• Interpret each with evidence.

Source material

• Facts
• VC stories

Success criteria

• Interprets at least two perspectives with evidence, and why they differ.