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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.
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