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2013. Year 13 History. What we do…. No more rote learning… No more unnecessary facts to learn… No more textbooks… A twenty-first century approach… Just great fun and great grades!!!. Year 13 History 2013. In 2013 we will be following the successful format of 2011 and 2012.
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2013 Year 13 History
What we do… • No more rote learning… • No more unnecessary facts to learn… • No more textbooks… • A twenty-first century approach… Just great fun and great grades!!!
Year 13 History 2013 In 2013 we will be following the successful format of 2011 and 2012. Using this new format in 2011 our History students achieved • 30 Excellence endorsements and • 38 Merit endorsements …the best in the school!
How does it work? • No textbooks • No rote learning • No learning unnecessary information • Only 2 external assessments • Internal assessments completed in class • Internal assessments feed directly into external assessments • 3 hour exam slot to complete 2 external standards
Our topics: • Russian Revolution • Vietnam war
Internal: 3.1 Research an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders, using primary and secondary sources. Internal 5 credits (there is an element of free choice)
Internal: 3.2 Analyse an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders. Internal 5 credits (there is an element of free choice)
Internal: 3.4 Analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significance to New Zealanders. Internal 5 credits (there is an element of free choice)
External: 3.5 Analyse the causes and consequences of a significant historical event. External 6 credits
External: 3.6 Analyse a significant historical trend and the force(s) that influenced it. External 6 credits
Your internal assessments feed directly into your external assessments. Your external exam consists of two standards and you will have three hours to complete them
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“History is a science, no more and no less.”J. B. Bury “Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.” Winston Churchill
”Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana “Study the past if you would define the future.” Confucius
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.” Cicero “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” Churchill
“Just the other day, I was in my neighbourhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.” Sarah Vowell
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.” Mahatma Gandhi
“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. ” Michael Crichton
