3a/3b - Churchlands Senior High School

changed and linked by information and communication technology and prepare them for lifelonglearningThe course is divided into two units. Each unit is studied for a whole semester. However, the exam atthe end of the course will cover both units.Unit 3A Australian History.The focus for this unit is cohesion and division. Students learn that there are internal and externalforces that result in cohesion and/or division within societies and these have consequences forcontinuity and change.Students assess how, in the past, the structures of power and authority were used, how differentgroups and individuals responded and whether there was the potential for greater cohesion or division.Students develop the skill of drafting conclusions that present balanced arguments. Such conclusionsdemonstrate a consideration of different perspectives and acknowledge the problematical nature of theconstruction and accuracy of past explanations and representations.The area for study will be either Australia between1880s–1920sOR1950s–1990s.The study of Australian History will focus on how the following forces have shaped the nation:EconomicPoliticalConflict/foreign relationsSocial/culturalIdentity.More specifically Students will trace the story of the nation in one of the two time periods listed above.Australia 1880’s to 1920’s will coverThe emergence of a distinctive Australian cultureThe economics difficulties of the 1880’s and the birth of party politicsThe story of FederationThe “working man’s paradise” prior to World War One“White Australia”Australia’s involvement in World War OneAustralian life and culture in the 1920’sThe extent of cohesion and division in Australian Society over the periodAustralia 1950’s to 1990’s will coverPost war migrationThe culture of the 1950’s and 60’s and the economic boom: The Menzies yearsThe emergence of youth cultureThe Vietnam experienceThe Whitlam EraThe economic difficulties of he 70’s and 80’sThe changing economic political and social climate of the 1990’sMulticulturalism and Mabo: The re-emergence of Race as an issue in Australian PoliticsThe extent of cohesion and division in Australian Society over the period.Unit 3BThe focus for this unit is ideas that shaped history. The object of this unit is to explore the power ofideas and ideologies as forces for change and/or their use to reinforce dominant elements in society.Knowledge about the evolution and spread of significant ideas assists students to understand thebeliefs and values of a society and to what extent these ideas have been cohesive or divisive. They arealso able to determine which ideas were dominant at a given time and how and why this dominancemay have changed.Students learn to identify and evaluate sources that contain a range of viewpoints and interpretations ofthe ideas being studied and to discuss how changing perspectives about past events, people and ideaschallenge explanations and representations of the past.Within the broad focus of ideas that shaped history, the following context has been chosen:50