Year 13 modules

Year 13, ages 17 to 18. NCEA Level 3 History. Useful for University Entrance.

Focus: Research, analysis and contested history. Standards: AS91434 Research an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders, using primary and secondary sources (internal). AS91436 Analyse evidence relating to an historical event of significance to New Zealanders (external). AS91437 Analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significance to New Zealanders (internal).

Care Senior. Full content. Remind students that records are people with families today.

Year 13, ages 17 to 18. Time: 5 x 60 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can research a historical event with primary and secondary sources.

Key questions

• What does one draft or ship tell us about who went to Gallipoli?

Activities

• Pick one HMNZT ship or draft from the ship audit.
• Trace its men in the Roll Call and Archives NZ files.
• AS91434 research report.

Source material

• Ship audit
• Roll Call
• Sources

Success criteria

• Independent research, critical source use, a clear historical narrative.

Year 13, ages 17 to 18. Time: 3 x 60 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can analyse evidence, including its reliability and gaps.

Key questions

• Why did the 8,500 figure last so long?

Activities

• Analyse the DVA correction letters and the audit trail.
• Timed practice for AS91436.

Source material

• Audit trail
• Gallipoli numbers

Success criteria

• Analyses reliability, usefulness and gaps with detail.

Year 13, ages 17 to 18. Time: 4 x 60 minutes.

Learning intentions

• I can analyse perspectives on a contested event.

Key questions

• Is the Anzac legend history or myth?
• Whose memory is left out?

Activities

• Read historians who disagree.
• Structured debate.
• AS91437 style essay.

Source material

• Anzac Day
• The Tommies
• Remembered

Success criteria

• Analyses two or more perspectives and why they are contested.