Examine individual or group identity in an historical setting, in an essay.

1. Examine individual or group identity in an historical setting, in an essay. Understanding Achievement Standard 90470.

2. Examine individual or group identity in an historical setting, in an essay. This essay requires you to write an essay examining factors that have contributed to the formation of the identity of an individual or group, ways in which this identity was expressed and the characteristics of the individual or group.

3. Understanding the criteria There are three important criteria in this standard: • Explaining factors that contributed to the individual’s/group’s identity, and the ways in which this identity was evident • Explaining characteristics of the individual’s/ group’s identity • Writing in an appropriate essay format ((brief introduction, a body consisting of structured, sequenced paragraphs, a conclusion)

4. Analysing this standard • It is clear that a question can only be asked about an individual OR a group • Your explanation should NOT be just a biography of the individual or a general history of the group. • Your explanation must focus on factorsthat helped to make the individual’s/group’sidentity distinctive, AND waysin which the individual/group acted, AND characteristics of the individual’s/group’s identity

5. Understanding the key words • “Factors” refers to those background influences that you explain what made a person or group distinctive. These factors could include their heritage, attitudes, values, beliefs, shared experiences. • “Ways the identity was expressed” refers to actions or decisions taken by a person or group in an historical context. • “Characteristics” refers to the type of person or group.

6. Key people include Nicholas II Rasputin Lenin Trotsky Key groups include Bolsheviks Mensheviks Russia in Revolution

7. Key people include Ho Chi Minh Ngo Dinh Diem Lyndon Baines Johnson Richard M Nixon Key groups include Viet Minh National Liberation Front/Viet Cong NVA Vietnam

8. Preparing for this standard • Although it is theoretically possible for you to use any person or group from the course this year, in practice, it is more likely that you will choose from either Russia or Vietnam topics. • You need to prepare for at least ONE individual AND ONE group for each of these topics in order to be confident that you can attempt this standard with success. • For both the chosen individual and the group, set up a set of separate revision notes. • Use a combination of class notes, information from textbooks, advice from your teacher and other information to develop these revision notes.

9. Preparing for this standard Structure your revision notes around the following headings • Factors influencing the individual’s/group’s identity • Ways the individual/group acted to show their distinctive identity • Characteristics of the individual’s/group’s identity

10. Preparing for this standard • class-based essays using the Understand, Plan, Structure, Check approach • Use the result of the October examination as an opportunity to identify areas in your knowledge or technique that need to be improved • Improve the detail or accuracy of the revision notes • Keep revising these notes until you can reproduce them accurately on a planning grid that will be provided as part of the examination booklet.

11. Determining the quality of response For the essay’s historical content, the key discriminators are: • Achievement – accurately describes . . . (influential factors, ways of expressing identity, characteristics) • Merit - accurately explains . . . (influential factors, ways of expressing identity, characteristics) • Excellence - accurately and comprehensively explains . . . (influential factors, ways of expressing identity, characteristics)