THE HILLSGRAMMAR SCHOOL

PROGRAM

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

PART TWO

YEAR TEN – 2004

PREPARED BY MRS. JAN BRADY

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 / UNIT 4 / UNIT 5 / UNIT 6
PROGRAM OVERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

PART TWO

YEAR 10 – 2004

/ AUSTRALIA
AND
WORLD
WAR TWO
TOPIC 4 / POST WAR
AUSTRALIA
1945 TO
2001
TOPICS 5 AND 6
THEMATICALLY / CONTEMPORARY
AUSTRALIA
TIME: 16 WEEKS IN Terms 1, 2 OR 16 weeks in Terms 2, 3 and 4, 2004 / 3 / 10 / 2
Tasks and weightings
COURSE OUTCOMES ASSESSED / RESEARCH AND
LONG WRITING TASK
10%
HALF/YEARLY EXAM 20% / CONST.CRISIS WEBQUEST 10%
MINORITY GROUPS
WRITING TASK 10%
HALF/YEARLY EXAM 20% / NOT
FORMALLY
ASSESSED
HERITAGE
WEBQUEST
M5.1 Recounts major historical events in chronological order /  research
M5.2 Sequences major historical events to show understanding of continuity, change and causation /  research
M5.3 recounts some world events in which Australia has been involved /  research
M5.4 explains the impact of international events on Australia’s history and evaluates Australia’s contribution to world affairs /  research
M5.5 recounts some of the key events and developments in Australian political history
M5.6 explains political events and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia
M5.7 describes major features of social and cultural life at different times in Australia’s history /  minorities
M5.8 compares and contrasts the social and cultural experiences of different people at various times /  minorities
M5.9 recounts some major events in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations /  minorities
M5.10 accounts for how and why the nature of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations has changed /  minorities
M5.11 identifies various marginalised groups who have struggled for rights and freedoms /  minorities
M5.12 accounts for how and why the rights and freedoms of various groups in Australian society have changed /  minorities
M5.13 uses historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to answer historical questions with some argument /  exam
M5.14 explains the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources in order to deduce their usefulness for the purposes of an inquiry /  crisis
M5.15 explains different perspectives and historical interpretations about individuals, groups, events and issues / crisis
M5.16 locates, selects and organises historical information from a number of different sources, utilising a variety of technological processes to address complex historical problems and issues, with some independence /  crisis
M5.17 defines the purpose of a historical investigation and plans and conducts appropriate research, with some independence
M5.18 selects and uses appropriate written, oral and graphic forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences, with clear purpose /  res/exam /  minorities
M5.19 creates well-structured texts using evidence to describe, recount, explain, argue, challenge and discuss increasingly complex problems and issues /  res/exam
OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES
A student develops knowledge and understanding about
-the chronology of Australian history since 1901: therefore a student
M5.1 Recounts major historical events in chronological order
M5.2 Sequences major historical events to show understanding of continuity, change and causation
-Australia’s relationship with the rest of the world: therefore a student
M5.3 recounts some world events in which Australia has been involved
M5.4 explains the impact of international events on Australia’s history and evaluates Australia’s contribution to world affairs
-significant developments in Australia’s political history: therefore a student
M5.5 recounts some of the key events and developments in Australian political history
M5.6 explains political events and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia
-significant developments in Australia’s social and cultural history: therefore a student
M5.7 describes major features of social and cultural life at different times in Australia’s history
M5.8 compares and contrasts the social and cultural experiences of different people at various times
-the changing nature of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations in Australian history: therefore a student
M5.9 recounts some major events in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations
M5.10 accounts for how and why the nature of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations has changed
-the changing rights and freedoms of various gender, cultural, social and economic groups: therefore a student
M5.11 identifies various marginalised groups who have struggled for rights and freedoms
M5.12 accounts for how and why the rights and freedoms of various groups in Australian society have changed
A student develops skills in
-interpretation, analysis and empathy: therefore a student
M5.13 uses historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts to answer historical questions with some argument
M5.14 explains the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources in order to deduce their usefulness for the purposes of an inquiry
M5.15 explains different perspectives and historical interpretations about individuals, groups, events and issues
-research: therefore a student
M5.16 locates, selects and organises historical information from a number of different sources, utilising a variety of technological processes to address complex historical problems and issues, with some independence
M5.17 defines the purpose of a historical investigation and plans and conducts appropriate research, with some independence
-communication: therefore a student
M5.18 selects and uses appropriate written, oral and graphic forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences, with clear purpose
M5.19 creates well-structured texts using evidence to describe, recount, explain, argue, challenge and discuss increasingly complex problems and issues

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 – AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

UNIT FOUR – AUSTRALIA AND WORLD WAR TWO FOCUS ISSUES 1, 2, 3, 5 TIME ALLOCATION: 3 WEEKS

SUBJECT MATTER

  • The defence of Australia
  • Aspects of the homefront
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SKILLS FOCUS
  • Long writing skills to describe, recount, explain, argue, challenge and discuss issues

ASSESSMENT

  • Research and writing task 10%
  • Half Yearly exam 20%
TO BE EXAMINED SCRT PARTS A AND B /

TEXTS/SOURCES

Textbook Chapter 7, pp. 138-167
Videos – War in the Pacific
- Australia at War
Other -See attached list

INQUIRY QUESTIONS

  1. Why was Australia involved in World War Two?
  2. What were some of the experiences of Australians as a result of their involvements in the war?
  3. How did Australia’s relationship with England and the USA change during World War Two? Why?
  4. How and why did the Federal Government introduce conscription and censorship on the Australian home front?
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

  • Rights and wrongs of war
  • Methods of warfare
  • Changing Alliances
  • Total war
  • Conscription
  • Censorship

OUTCOMES
Outcomes M5.1, M5.2, M5.3, M5.4, M5.13, M5.18, M5.19
ICT 1 and 2 /

STUDENTS DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

  • World events in which Australia has been involved
  • The impact of international events on Australians at home and overseas

STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN

  • Using historical terms and concepts in appropriate context to answer historical questions
  • Selecting and using appropriate written forms to communicate effectively
  • Create well-structured texts using evidence
/

SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

  • Students to read background texts
  • Use of videos for graphic footage to bring understanding
  • Class discussions
  • Development of appropriate styles of writing to explain, argue and discuss issues

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 – AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

UNIT FIVE - POST WAR AUSTRALIA (a) THE ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCE 1900-2000 TIME ALLOCATION: 2 WEEKS
FOCUS ISSUES 4, 5

SUBJECT MATTER

  • Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations 1901
  • Stolen generations
  • Attempts to achieve recognition
  • 1967 Referendum
  • Land Rights and Native Title (SCRT 2004,A&B)
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SKILLS FOCUS
  • Short and long writing
  • Answering multiple choice questions

ASSESSMENT

  • Short answer question part of Topic Test of total value 10% combined with Parts (b) and (c) of Unit Five
/

TEXTS/SOURCES

Textbook Chapter 3, pp. 58-67
Chapter 5, pp. 112-119
Chapter 8, pp. 178-181, 184-187
Chapter 12, pp. 252-277
Chapter 13, pp. 290-293
See attached list

INQUIRY QUESTIONS

  1. How were aborigines treated in 1901 at Federation? Why?
  2. How was the policy of “protectionism” implemented?
  3. How and why were aboriginal children removed from their families?
  4. What have been the consequences of these policies?
  5. What was the Day of Mourning and why was it important to all?
  6. What was assimilation and how was it applied to Aborigines?
  7. What did Aboriginal people achieve as a result of the protest movements from the 1940’s to 1972?
  8. What issues did the 1967 Referendum address?
  9. How did the policy of assimilation change to integration of Aborigines?
  10. What steps led to the recognition of land rights and native title?
  11. How have traditional views of Australia’s history been challenged by the end of “terra nullius”?
  12. What was there a Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody?
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

  • dispossession
  • paternalism
  • protection
  • the stolen generation
  • assimilation
  • integration
  • land rights
  • native title
  • terra nullius
  • self determination
  • reconciliation

OUTCOMES
Outcomes, M5.9, M5.10, M5.11, M5.12, M5.18, M5.19 /

STUDENTS DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

  • relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians
  • continuity and change

STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN

  • locating, selecting and organising material to use in appropriate written texts to create well-structured texts to explain issues
/

SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

  • Reading of texts
  • Class discussions and debates
  • Use of original sources from different perspectives
  • Use of materials from the Stolen Generation, Assimilation and Reconciliation Kits
  • Short writing skills

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 – AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

UNIT FIVE - POST WAR AUSTRALIA (b) THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN 1900-2000 TIME ALLOCATION: 2 WEEKS
FOCUS ISSUES 3, 5

SUBJECT MATTER

  • What status did women have in 1901?
  • How did women achieve voting rights?
  • World War One and the role of women?
  • Changes to women’s roles during the 1920’s and 1930’s
  • Women in World War Two
  • Changing roles of women in the past 50 years
/
SKILLS FOCUS
  • Short and long writing skills

ASSESSMENT

  • Multiple Choice and Short extended answer question part of Topic Test of total value 10% combined with Parts (a) and (c) of Unit 5
/

TEXTS/SOURCES

Textbook Chapter 4, pp. 84-85
Chapter 5, pp. 100-101
Chapter 6, pp. 130-131
Chapter 7, pp. 146-147, 162-163
Chapter 8, pp. 188-193
Chapter 10, pp. 222-225
See attached list

INQUIRY QUESTIONS

  1. What role did women play in Australia in 1900?
  2. What impact did World War One have on that role?
  3. What changes came about for women during the interwar period?
  4. What was the role of women on the home front during World War Two?
  5. What were the goals, methods and successes of the women’s liberation movement?
  6. How did the attitude and role of women and men in society change as a result of the liberation movement?
  7. What legislation was introduced by federal and state governments to counter gender discrimination? (SCRT 2004, A & B)
  8. What impact did the feminist movement of the 1970’s and 1980’s have on attitudes and practices within society and the workplace? (SCRT 2004, A&B)
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

  • Suffrage
  • Citizenship
  • Discrimination
  • Gender equality
  • Women’s liberation movement
  • Feminism

OUTCOMES
Outcomes M5.7, M5.8, M5.11, M5.12 /

STUDENTS DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

  • Key events in Australia’s political and social life and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia
  • Groups which have struggled for rights and freedoms

STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN

  • Short writing
/

SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

  • Reading of texts
  • Use of sources
  • Students develop interviews for grandmothers, aunts, mothers, sisters, female friends, teachers
  • Develop table showing what was the experience of women in various areas at various time periods to show continuity and change
  • Practice multiple choice questions

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 – AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

UNIT FIVE – POST WAR AUSTRALIA (c) MIGRATION, MULTICULTURALISM AND CITIZENSHIP TIME ALLOCATION: 2 WEEKS
FOCUS ISSUES 1, 2, 3, 5

SUBJECT MATTER

  • Citizenship and migrant Australians
  • Assimilation
  • Integration
  • Multiculturalism (SCRT 2004, A&B)
/
SKILLS FOCUS
  • Sequencing and chronologies of events
  • Understanding continuity and change
  • Creating appropriate long writing tasks

ASSESSMENT

  • Multiple Choice and Extended writing task in a Topic Test of total value 10% combined with (a) and (b) of Unit 5
/

TEXTS/SOURCES

Textbook Chapter 5, p. 98
Chapter 8, pp. 172-177, 182-183
Chapter 11, pp. 234-251
See attached list

INQUIRY QUESTIONS

  1. How and why did Australia’s patterns of migration change between 1900 and the 1970’s?
  2. How and why did Australia’s patterns of migration change during and after the 1970’s?
  3. What contribution did migrants make to Australia’s social, cultural and economic development?
  4. What was assimilation and how was it applied to migrants?
  5. How did the policy of assimilation change to integration and with what effect on migrants?
  6. Why was the policy of multiculturalism introduced? (SCRT 2004, A&B)
  7. How has multiculturalism influenced Australian society? (SCRT 2004, A&B)
  8. What has been the impact of multiculturalism on Australian society? (SCRT 2004, A&B)
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

  • Citizenship
  • Assimilation
  • Integration
  • Multiculturalism

OUTCOMES
Outcomes M5.1, M5.2, M5.5, M5.6, M5.11, M5.12, M5.18, M5.19
ICT 1, 2 /

STUDENTS DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

  • Major historical events showing continuity and change
  • Key events in Australia’s political and social history and their impact on civil life

STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN

  • Sequencing major historical events
  • Explaining the impact of key events on civic life
  • Long writing
/

SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

  • Reading of text
  • Class discussions
  • Writing exercises
  • Developing skills in long writing
  • Practice extended writing
  • Practice multiple choice questions
  • Computer based site study – changing society

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 – AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

UNIT FIVE – POST WAR AUSTRALIA (d) FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND POLITICAL CRISES TIME ALLOCATION: 4 WEEKS
FOCUS ISSUES 1, 2

SUBJECT MATTER

  • Australia’s relations with Asia after World War Two (SCRT 2004, A&B)
  • Anti-communism and the Vietnam War
  • The 1975 constitutional crisis
  • Republicanism
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SKILLS FOCUS
  • ICT research and use
  • Group work and writing skills

ASSESSMENT

  • WebQuest Task 10%
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TEXTS/SOURCES

Textbook Chapter 9, pp. 194-209
Chapter 10, pp. 218-221, 226-233
Chapter 13, pp. 296-305
See attached list
Dismissals WebQuest

INQUIRY QUESTIONS

  1. How did Australia’s attitude to Asia change after World War Two?
  2. How did the Australian government respond to the threat of communism in Australia?
  3. Why was Australia involved in the Malayan Crisis, the Korean War and the Vietnam War in the period after World War Two?
  4. How did various groups respond to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war? Why?
  5. How have Australia’s relations with Asian nations changed in the last twenty years? (SCRT 2004, A&B)
  6. Why and how was the Whitlam government dismissed? What was the impact on civic life in Australia? (SCRT 2004, A&B)
  7. What were the arguments for and against an Australian republic
  8. What have been some of the major developments in the move towards an Australian republic?
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

  • Nationalism
  • Communism
  • Independence
  • Patriotism
  • Conscription
  • Moratorium movement
  • Democracy in action
  • The rights and role of the government
  • The rights and role of the opposition
  • The rights and role of the Governor General
  • Protest
  • Monarchism
  • Republicanism

OUTCOMES
Outcomes M5.3, M5.4, M5.5, M5.6, M5.13, M5.14, M5.15, M5.19
ICT 1, 2 /

STUDENTS DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

  • Australia’s role in the post World War Two world
  • Democracy in actin in Australia

STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN

  • ICT research
  • Creating well structured texts to explain, argue and discuss issues
/

SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

  • Student reading of text
  • Class discussion
  • Preparation of planning long writing tasks
  • Creating long writing tasks
  • Practice multiple choice questions
  • Completion of Dismissals WebQuest

HISTORY (MANDATORY) STAGE 5 – AUSTRALIAN HISTORY SINCE 1901

UNIT SIX – CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIA – AUSTRALIA IN THE YEAR 2001 TIME ALLOCATION: 2 WEEKS
FOCUS ISSUES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

SUBJECT MATTER

  • Popular culture – American influenced? Why?
  • Images of Australia
  • The Sydney Olympics
  • Australia’s heritage
/
SKILLS FOCUS
  • Understanding and tolerance
  • Recognition of the importance of Australia’s heritage

ASSESSMENT

  • Not formally assessed
  • Completion of Heritage WebQuest
TO BE EXAMINED IN SCRT PARTS A AND B /

TEXTS/SOURCES

Textbook Chapter 9, pp. 210-213
Chapter 13, pp. 278-295
See attached list
See list attached to WebQuest

INQUIRY QUESTIONS

  1. How and why did American popular culture influence Australian society?
  2. How have images of being “Australian” changed over the century?
  3. What impact has the Sydney Olympics had on our view of ourselves and the view of Australia overseas?
  4. How and why have Australians sought to preserve their natural and built heritage?
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT

  • Australia in the 21st century
  • Heritage
  • Images and Identity

OUTCOMES
Outcomes M5.6, M5.7, M5.16
ICT 1,2,3.4 /

STUDENTS DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT

  • Political events and evaluates their impact on civic life
  • Major features of social and cultural life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

STUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS IN

  • Locating, selecting and organising historical information using ICT
/

SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

  • Student based research using the WebQuest
  • Use of internet
  • Use of newspapers and magazines for information
  • Class discussion

RESOURCES LIST FOR AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

Books

Anderson, Conroy, Keese and Low, Retroactive 2: Stage 5: Australian History
Clarke, Manning, Australia
Darlington, Robert and Hospodaryk, John, A History of Australia since 1901
King, Jonathan, Stop Laughing. This is Serious
Mason, K. J., Experience of Nationhood
Pyne, Bowe and Connolly, OneLand Many Stories: A History of Australia in the 20th Century
Shafer, Mina, This Land: Issues in Australian history and citizenship since 1901
Simmelhaig and Spenceley, For Australia’s Sake

Videos

Australians at War
Australians in Vietnam
Gallipoli
Hard Work and Hope
Lousy Little Sixpence
Maria
The Waves that shaped Australia
Women in Australia (3 parts)
Women of the Sun
Wotz Oz

Kits

Reconciliation
What did you do in the War, Daddy?
World War One
Gallipoli Remembered
World War Two Remembered

The Depression

General links to Great Depressions sites -
Phar Lap -

World War Two