History
Areas for Assessment
Historical knowledge
Research and historical inquiry skills
Communication
Grade A
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of significant historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world and Australia
- demonstrates extensive knowledge and understanding of the motives and actions of past individuals and groups in the historical contexts that shaped the modern world and Australia
- draws historical conclusions based on an understanding of chronology, continuity and change
- evaluates a range of sources for their usefulness and synthesises evidence from them to support an historical inquiry
- analyses and assesses the importance of the causes and effects of historical events and developments
- analyses and accounts for different perspectives and interpretations of the past
- communicates an understanding of the past by constructing sustained explanations and arguments for different audiences, in appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms, with a sophisticated use of relevant historical terms and concepts.
Grade B
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of significant historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world and Australia
- demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of the motives and actions of past individuals and groups in the historical contexts that shaped the modern world and Australia
- explains historical events based on an understanding of chronology, continuity and change
- selects and analyses a range of sources and draws conclusions about their usefulness for an historical inquiry
- explains and analyses causes and effects of historical events and developments
- explains and compares different perspectives and interpretations of the past
- communicates an understanding of the past by constructing explanations and arguments for different audiences, in appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms, using a range of relevant historical terms and concepts.
Grade C
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of significant historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world and Australia
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of the motives and actions of past individuals and groups in the historical contexts that shaped the modern world and Australia
- sequences historical events and describes significant patterns of continuity and change
- selects and organise sources to locate relevant information to support an historical inquiry
- explains causes and effects of historical events and developments
- explains different perspectives and interpretations of the past
- communicates an understanding of the past through explanations and arguments in appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms, using relevant historical terms and concepts.
Grade D
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of significant historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world and Australia
- demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the motives and actions of past individuals and groups in the historical contexts that shaped the modern world and Australia
- sequences some historical events and identifies factors contributing to continuity and change
- selects and organises relevant information from sources and summarises the main ideas to answer historical questions
- describes some causes and effects of historical events and developments
- identifies different perspectives and interpretations of the past
- communicates an understanding of the past by describing historical events and issues in appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms, using some historical terms and concepts.
Grade E
A student at this grade typically:
- demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of significant historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world and Australia
- demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of the motives and actions of past individuals and groups in the historical contexts that shaped the modern world and Australia
- recounts some historical events in chronological order and identifies significant changes
- with guidance, locates information from sources to answer historical questions
- identifies some causes and effects of historical events
- recognises different perspectives within historical accounts
- communicates an understanding of the past through basic accounts of events and issues in oral, written, visual or digital forms, using simple historical terms and concepts.