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BACK-MAPING TASK

Australian History Exam 2010

Section A: Link between Study Design and Exam

Exam Questions Link to Study Design Key Knowledge Key Skills

A. Identify and explain

two reasons given in the

document that a colonist

might have used to

justify the treatment of

Aborigines. (4 marks)

Unit 3, Outcome 1: On completion

of this unit the students should be

able to explain the motives and

hopes underlying the settlement of

the Port Phillip District (later the

colony of Victoria) up to 1860 and

the impact on the indigenous

population.

This coversArea of Study 1: A

new land: Port Phillip District

1830 1860.

The impact of EuropeanSettlement on the

Aboriginal communities

of Port Phillip and their

responses to it

European expansion inthe new world and land

ownership, and

motivations of some

individuals and groups

Explain historical issuescovered in the key knowledge

Apply historical conceptsrelated to the period 1830

1860

Analyse and evaluate writtenand visual historical evidence

Synthesize material andevidence to draw conclusions

Express knowledge and ideas inwriting, presenting material

using historical conventions

such as quotations,

acknowledgement of sources.


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B. Discuss the extent to

which Indigenous

Australians were

excluded in the new

nation. (6 marks)


of this unit students should be able

to analyse the vision of nationhood

that underpinned the concepts of

citizenship, and evaluate its

implementation in the early years

of the new nation.

This coversArea of Study 2:

Nation, race and citizen 1888

1914.

The process of inclusionand exclusion which

formed a nation of

Australian citizens up to

1914

The benefits andresponsibilities extended

to those who belonged to

the new nation, including

work, education and

welfare legislation,

women and motherhood,

national defense and

conscription

Explain the historical issuescovered in the key knowledge


1914



such as quotations and

acknowledgement of sources.

C. Australians

responded to World War

I with a mixture of prideand uncertainty. To

what extent do you agree


of this unit students should be able

to analyse the ways in whichAustralians acted in response to a

significant crisis faced by the

The chosen crisis andAustralias response to it

The extent to which thecrisis shook old

certainties and provided

Explain the historical issuescovered in the key knowledge


1950


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with this statement? (20

marks)

country during the period 1914 to

1950: WW I.

This coversArea of Study 1:

Testing the new nation 1914

1950.

opportunities for people

to argue change

The extent to which thecohesion of Australian

society was maintained

or redefined by the

experience of the crisis

Analyse and evaluate writtenand historical evidence

Synthesize material andevidence to draw conclusions

Analyse the way that theexperience of the crisis within

the period of 1914 to 1950, has

been interpreted and

understood over time by

historians and othercommentators



such as quotations and

acknowledgement of sources

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