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 * (The Australian Curriculum: History) **


 * Year 9 Level Description ****The Making of the Modern World ** The Year 9 curriculum provides a study of the history of the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918. It was a period of industrialisation and rapid change in the ways people lived, worked and thought. It was an era of nationalism and imperialism, and the colonisation of Australia was part of the expansion of European power. The period culminated in World War I 1914-1918, the ‘war to end all wars’.


 * Key inquiry questions **

This Unit will include Three (3) Depth studies, they are as follows:
 * What were the changing features of the movements of people from 1750 to 1918?
 * How did new ideas and technological developments contribute to change in this period?
 * What was the origin, development, significance and long-term impact of imperialism in this period?
 * What was the significance of World War I?

**__Progressive ideas and movements (1750 – 1918) __**
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 * The emergence and nature of key ideas in the period, with a particular focus on ONE of the following: capitalism, socialism, **Egalitarianism **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Darwinism, Chartism
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The reasons why ONE key idea emerged and/or developed a following, such as the influence of the Industrial Revolution on socialism
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The role of an individual or group in the promotion of ONE of these key ideas, and the responses to it from, for example, workers, entrepreneurs, land owners, religious

**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. __Asia and the World__ **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The key features (social, cultural, economic, political) of ONE Asian society (such as China, Japan, India, Dutch East Indies, India) at the start of the period
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Change and continuity in the Asian society during this period, including any effects of contact (intended and unintended) with European power(s)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The position of the Asian society in relation to other nations in the world around the turn of the twentieth century (that is 1900), including the influence of key ideas such as [|nationalism]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The [|significance] of ONE key event that involved the Asian society and European power(s), including different perspectives of the event at the time


 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. __World War I (1914-1918)__ **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students investigate key aspects of World War I and the Australian experience of the war, including the nature and significance of the war in world and Australian history.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">An overview of the causes of World War I and the reasons why men enlisted to fight in the war.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The places where Australians fought and the nature of warfare during World War I, including the Gallipoli campaign.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The impact of World War I, with a particular emphasis on Australia (such as the use of propaganda to influence the civilian population, the changing role of women, the conscription debate).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The commemoration of World War I, including debates about the nature and significance of the Anzac legend.


 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">Assessments for this course will be: __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">1) ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt; line-height: 1.5;">Document Analysis **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">2) ResearchTask **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">3) Test **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17pt;">4) Essay **

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