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History
International Relations 1945 - Present
Year
Teacher
Course
1.0 Unit
2014
Nick Wright
History T/A
351AS2/351TS2
Course Code
Unit Code
32702/32025
UNIT GOALS: This unit should enable students to:
A Course
T Course
This unit should enable students to:
This unit should enable students to:
Demonstrate investigation and
interpretation skills necessary to analyse
historical information and achieve
independence in researching
Demonstrate investigation and
interpretation skills necessary to solve
problems of evidence and achieve
independence in researching
Communicate a logically developed, and
focussed argument to convey historical
positions or ideas
Communicate a logically developed,
articulate and focussed argument to convey
historical positions or ideas
Demonstrate knowledge, awareness and
understanding of significant individuals,
social groups, places, events and
technologies related to the lives and times
of Robin Hood and King Arthur
Demonstrate the importance of change,
continuity, diversity, unity, chance and
chaos as factors in history, recognising
recurring or unifying themes through
modern day Robin Hood figures and the
influence of Arthurian legend on later times
Critically examine a diversity of voices
about King Arthur and Robin Hood in both
primary and secondary sources
Demonstrate knowledge, awareness and
understanding of significant individuals,
social groups, places, events and
technologies related to the lives and times
of Robin Hood and King Arthur
Demonstrate a comprehension of change,
continuity, diversity, unity, chance and
chaos as factors in history, recognising
recurring or unifying themes through
modern day Robin Hood figures and the
influence of Arthurian legend on later times
Critically examine a diversity of voices about
King Arthur and Robin Hood in both primary
and secondary sources
Content
The Origins of the Cold War
• Significant factors of the 1920s/1930s and World War II
• Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Development of the Cold War
• Decline in US/Soviet relations in the post-war era
• “Iron Curtain” speech
• Berlin Airlift and consolidation of Eastern Europe
• Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
• NATO and Warsaw Pact
• The Suez Crisis
• Eisenhower and Brinkmanship
• Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence
• Arms Race
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• MAD
• The Cold War in Europe
The End of the Cold War
• Reagan
• Gorbachev
• Glasnost/Perestroika
• 1989 and Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Impacts and outcomes
• Post-Cold War International Relations
• Globalisation
• Fundamentalism and Terrorism
• War on Terror
• Afghanistan and Iraq
• Emerging issues (North Korea and Iran)
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ASSESSMENT ITEMS
ITEM
Critical Empathetic
Document Study
In-Class Essay
Oral Presentation
WEIGHTING
WEIGHTING WEIGHTING
0.5
1.0
%
15%
%
30 %
%
30 %
%
25 %
TOTAL
100%
100%
DUE DATE
Week 5
Week 8
Week 13/14
Week 15/16
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Investigation
•
accurate, detailed comprehension evidenced by locating, selecting, recording and
acknowledging sources
•
accurate, detailed comprehension in the classification, analysis and evaluation of
information.
Interpretation
•
accurate, detailed understanding of perspective and drawing conclusions about
historical significance from sources
•
imagination and independence in hypothesising, synthesising, constructing arguments
and assess the available evidence
•
consideration of alternative approaches and understanding of historiography (T only)
•
empathetic understanding of values and cultures.
Communication
•
fluency and clarity using historical conventions
•
the use of diverse methods of presentation
•
the exchange of ideas in examining historical issues.
Student Planner
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WEEK
CONTENT
Week 1
Introduction
• Truman Doctrine and the Marshall
Plan
• “Iron Curtain” speech
• Berlin Airlift and consolidation of
Eastern Europe
Week 2
Week 3
•
•
•
•
NATO and Warsaw Pact
The Suez Crisis
Eisenhower and Brinkmanship
Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence
Week 5
•
•
Arms Race
Cuban Missile Crisis
Week 6
•
•
MAD
The Cold War in Europe
Week 7
•
The Cold War in Europe
Week 8
•
Week 9
•
•
•
Reagan
Document Study
Gorbachev
Glasnost/Perestroika
1989 and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Week 10
•
•
Impacts and outcomes
Post-Cold War International Relations
Week 11
•
•
Fundamentalism and Terrorism
War on Terror
Week 12
•
Afghanistan and Iraq
Week 4
Critical Empathetic due
Document Study
In-Class essay
Week 13
Week 14
ASSESSMENT
•
Emerging issues (North Korea and
Iran)
Week 15
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations
Week 16
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations
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Week 17
Exams
Week 18
No Classes
Week 19
No Classes
Week 20
No Classes
Grade Descriptors
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ASSESSMENT POLICY
There are a number of ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) requirements that
students must meet to be able to be assessed in a unit and be awarded grades and/or
scores. These requirements also ensure consistent procedures across the college and the
system. Notably these include minimum attendance and completion of classwork and
assessment. These are also detailed penalties for late or plagiarised work. Assessments are
subject to rigorous moderation procedures within the college to ensure comparability of
marking and at the end of year 12 college marks are scaled to allow comparability across the
ACT system.
Grades are allocated on the basis of student performance against set criteria that are
available in the course framework documents. Students are encouraged to consider
carefully the marks and feedback given on assessments and if there are issues with marking,
the college has open and transparent appeals procedures.
Further details of these assessment policies and procedures are located on the college’s
website: http://www.ltc.act.edu.au/student_life/assessment_policy
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