Pendle Hill High School
Assessment Task Cover Sheet
Faculty/Subject: History
Assessment 2—The Asian World: Early Imperial China
Task No:
Year:
7
Assessment 10%
weighting:
Date Given:
24th June 2014
Date Due:
Student Name:
18th July 2014
Teacher:
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
• The task must be completed by the due date. Hardcopies must be handed to your regular
classroom teacher during school hours and signed for.
• Email submissions must be sent to the following email account:
• Assignments received after 4pm on the due date will incur a late penalty
ABSENCE/LATE SUBMISSION
• Late submission: For students in Years 11 and 12, the penalty is 40% for the first calendar day
and 20% for each calendar day thereafter. The penalty includes weekend and public holidays.
For students in Years 7,8, 9 and 10 the penalty is 20% per day. Any assignment more than one
week late will result in an N award warning letter being mailed to parents.
• Absence: if you are absent from school on the day the task is to be completed, you are required
on your return to school to provide a medical certificate/documentation to the front office.
Failure to provide adequate documentation will result in late submission penalties being
applied.
STUDENT CONFIRMATION
• This is all my own work. I have referenced any work used from other sources and have not
plagiarised the work of others. I understand that plagiarised work will receive zero marks and
an N award warning letter.
• I have attached a complete bibliography.
• I have kept a copy of my assignment.
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Year 7 History
Assessment 2: Project
The Asian World – Early Imperial China
Issued: 24/6/2014
Date due: 18/7/2014 (Friday, Week 1, Term 3)
Weight: 10%
A Student Learns to
HT4-2 describes major periods of historical time and sequences events, people
and societies from the past
HT4-3 describes and assesses the motives and actions of past individuals and
groups in the context of past societies
HT4-6 uses evidence from sources to support historical narratives and
explanations
Vocabulary:
• Tomb – a place where someone is buried, and a reminder of the dead
person
• Terracotta – a type of tile used to build pots and other objects
• Explaining – to make plain or clear, to make understandable
• Qin Shi Huangdi – the First Emperor of China
• General – an important member of the military that leads an army
• Archers – soldiers that have special skills with a bow and arrow
• Walking Cavalry – specially trained soldiers
• Unarmoured Infantry – ordinary soldiers with no protective
equipment
• Low Ranking Officer – a highly trained member of the military with
leadership qualities
TASK:
Write a report explaining the purpose of Qin Shi Huangdi’s Tomb and the Terracotta
Warriors.
To help answer your report, answer the following questions:
1. Who was Qin Shi Huangdi?
2. Name two major building projects ordered by Qin Shi Huangdi
3. Choose two types of terracotta warriors, and include a picture of each warrior
(refer to Vocabulary list for types of terracotta warriors)
4. For each warrior you have chosen, answer the following:
• Where was the warrior found? Is the location significant?
• Describe the appearance of the warrior
• What equipment did the warrior have and what was the warrior’s
purpose?
• Why do you think the tomb was built with this type of warrior?
The report is to be typed on one A4 page (double sided). The report is to be 300 words in
length.
You must include a bibliography, listing all the references you have used in your
research.
Do NOT plagiarise your work-you are to submit your own work.
Students who fail to submit their assessment on the due date will need to provide
documentation explaining their absence in order to avoid the published penalties for
lateness.
You will be assessed on your ability to:
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Identify and describe differing types of terracotta warriors
Organise and communicate your knowledge and understanding effectively
Include pictures of differing types of terracotta warriors (primary sources)
Use sources and relevant historical terms and concepts appropriately in an historical
inquiry
Includes a bibliography
Criteria
CRITERIA
Identify and describe differing types of
terracotta warriors
5
4
3
2
1
0
Organises and communicates
knowledge and understanding
effectively
Include pictures of differing types of
terracotta warriors (primary sources)
Uses relevant historical terms and
concepts appropriately in an historical
inquiry
Includes a bibliography
Total:
/20
Your bibliography must be correctly referenced like the example below.
Cameron, K., Lawless, J., and Young, C. (2000). Investigating Australia’s 20th Century
History. Nelson, Southbank.
Mason, K.J. (2002). Experience of Nationhood: Modern Australia since 1900. McGraw Hill
(4th ed).
McCulloch, J. (2001). Jim’s Buddhism page. [Internet]. Available from:
http://home.austin.rr.com/jmcculloch> 27 March 2002.