Questions about Reliability/Usefullness in Modern

Are there a lot of questions (for assessment tasks or HSC) about reliability or usefullness (similar to the Stolen Generation assignment)?

and do the ancient and modern history courses vary in difficulty? i mean i know they are studies of different time periods, but is it true one is harder than the other?

Modern --> A lot of work on wars, Lots of politics, Large topic areas, You are expected to remember the main events and the time period it occurred in ,You basically need to analyse events, as in to what extent was the policy successful

and yes, since modern has many more sources you need to do the step by step process when dealing with them

so modern is harder because u need to analyse sources and also examine reliability of policies/governments

ancient can be harder for those who don't like memorising chunks of info, but otherwise, less analysis

d3st1nyliang wrote:Modern --> A lot of work on wars, Lots of politics, Large topic areas, You are expected to remember the main events and the time period it occurred in ,You basically need to analyse events, as in to what extent was the policy successful

THE PRELIMINARY COURSE consists of:
1.These Depth Studies:
* The assassination of J.F.K.
* Terrorism/(Ancient China)
* Death of the Romanovs
* Aspects of Nazi Germany – Genocide
2. A Study of the World at the Beginning of the 20th Century.
This will include international relations; social; economic and political events and changes and the roles of key individuals.
3. Causes of World War I

The Preliminary Course is designed to develop key competencies and skills which assist students later in the HSC course and which will enable them to better understand key features of the modern world.
Both the Preliminary and HSC courses focus on the analysis and use of primary and secondary sources to develop understandings.

THE HSC COURSE comprises:
*A study of World War I and its aftermath 1914 - 1919.
*The nature of trench warfare and battles on the Western Front, the Home Front in Germany and Britain, Allied Victory and the ''Big Three'' Peacemakers.
*National Study - Russia/The Soviet Union 1917 - 1941.
*The Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin and Stalin, Key features of Communism.
Personality Study: Leon Trotsky 1879 - 1940.
*International Study in Peace and Conflict, the Cold War 1945 - 1991.
Development, stages and key features of the 'Cold War'; Detente and the end of the Cold War; the Arms Race.

chris, also post ancient, for comparison

d3st1nyliang wrote:chris, also post ancient, for comparison

Why not:

THE PRELIMINARY COURSE consists of the following components:
* History, Archaeology and Science: The role and importance of historians, archaeologists and scientists in uncovering the past. Some important archaeologists discoveries e.g. Troy, Crete, Mycenae.
* Case Studies including: The Iceman, the Siege of Troy, The Phoenicians, Atlantis.
* Studies of Ancient Societies: Thera/Santorini, Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
* Historical Investigation

In the Preliminary Course, students will develop the necessary skills, which will assist them in the HSC course, especially the skill of drawing conclusion from written and archaeological evidence.

HSC COURSE consists of the following components:
PART 1 Core Study: Cities of Vesuvivs - Pompeii and Herculaneum.
PART 2 Personalities and their times. A study of famous personalities e.g. Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Hatshepsut or Agrippina II (Agrippina II is studied at this school).
PART 3 Ancient Societies. e.g. Minoan Society and Spartan Society with a focus on social classes, sport and entertainment, education, religion, economic life.
PART 4 Historical Periods. We can study ONE historical period – The Augustan Age.

umm yeah, so basically what we are doing now in history (vietnam) is basically what we do in modern. Somehow, ancient seems more interesting.

krishkay wrote:umm yeah, so basically what we are doing now in history (vietnam) is basically what we do in modern. Somehow, ancient seems more interesting.

You must remember that they've specifically structured our curriculum around AUSTRALIA'S involvement in Vietnam. It's made a lot more boring than it actually is by this.

And neither is actually harder - it just depends on what sort of mind you have. Ancient requires more of an imagination, if you will, as you have to fill in the gaps in history with things you can draw from sources. Modern requires more of an analytical view on things, as you have a lot more sources, and a lot of different views on individual events. It requires assessment on the reliability of sources, like someone said earlier, but Ancient does as well. You think about the way that Persian wars were documented - one singular perspective - and that perspective needs to be assessed and scrutinised, because so much is staked by it.