Year 11 History
11HIS Subject DescriptionTeacher in Charge:
History aims to stimulate an interest in and an enthusiasm for learning about the past. We want to ensure that students' knowledge of contemporary society is grounded in an understanding of the past. In History, students read a range of source material, learning to interpret information with discrimination and insight.
Students develop their communication skills, learning to express themselves effectively for different purposes. Key historical concepts such as cause and consequence, change and continuity, and similarity and difference, as well as investigation, analysis and evaluation of source material, are developed.
History provides a broad foundation of knowledge and skills for a wide range of university courses and careers.
Subject Overview
Term 1
Students will begin an overview of the Russian Revolution including a discussion of communism and how it effected the 20th Century
Students will also examine how to use primary sources to build a historical understanding. By the end of the term they should have finished
AS92024 Engage with a variety of primary sources in a historical context
Term 2
Students will begin an brief overview of the early 20th century ranging from the Treaty of Versailles up until the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
History students will have completed
92025 Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of a historical context
Term 3
Students will continue their learning about the history of African Americans in the USA going from slavery to Black Lives Matter.
History students will have completed
91004 Demonstrate understanding of different perspectives of people in an historical event of significance to New Zealanders
Term 4
Students will apply one of the studies they have done earlier in the year, either Gallipoli or Black Civil Rights to an external essay.
History students will have completed
91005 Describe the causes and consequences of an historical event
Career Pathways
Barrister, Legal Executive, Solicitor, Archivist, Historian, Curator, Librarian, Library Assistant, Elected Government Representative, Author, Journalist, Trainer, Early Childhood Teacher, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Primary School Teacher, Tertiary Lecturer, Private Teacher/Tutor, Secondary School Teacher, Teacher Aide