History Units 1 & 2 - 20th Century  (Year 11)Unit 1 is based on one or more historical contexts from within the specified time period 1900 to 1945; for example, Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union; Palestine and the break up of the Ottoman Empire; the collapse of the Hapsberg Empire; Japan, Germany, America, Europe and World War II; French Indochina; the Middle East and China. Unit 2 considers some of the major themes and principal events of post-World War II history, and the ways in which individuals and communities responded to the political, economic, social and technological developments in domestic, regional and international settings. It is based on one or more contexts from within the specified time period 1945 to  History Units 3 & 4 - Revolutions (Year 12) Students study two revolutions, considering different perspectives and the reason why different groups have made different judgments during the history of the revolution. In Unit 3 students learn to evaluate the role of ideas, leaders, movements and events in the development of the revolution. They then analyse the challenges facing the emerging new order, and the way in which attempts were made to create a new society, and evaluate the nature of the society created by the revolution. |