NCEA L1 History - tāhuhu kōrero
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr M. Clark.
History ask students, and helps them answer, today’s question by engaging with the past and imagining and speculating on possible futures. We present students with dilemmas, choices and beliefs of the past.
- Introduction to historical concepts - who was to blame?
- Consider the sinking of Titanic, JFK assassination and other controversial events.
- New Zealand in WW2
- Inspiring Change - Martin Luther King and Whina Cooper
- Historical concepts
- Springbok Tours
- What's in a name?
You will be mainly studying topics from the twentieth century, though with a few older events considered. It was a century of great triumphs and great tragedies. By the end of the year you will understand how segregation in the United States was broken down. You will learn how World War II broke out, engulfed the world and was hugely significant to New Zealanders. You may also get to go on a field trip to Wellington either in HIS 100 or HIS 200. MBC has organised several trips to Europe in the past and plan to in the future. In 2023, students have the opportunity to travel to the USA.
History is made up of people and no doubt you will have heard of some of the most famous from the 20th Century such as Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill and Roosevelt. However, you may not have heard of – Angela Davis, Peter Fraser, Georges Clemenceau, Robert Muldoon, Stokely Carmichael and David Lloyd-George.
Besides learning about these events and people you will also pick up some useful skills. By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Assess the significance of historical events and the significance of historical evidence
- Gather and select information from a variety of sources (books, posters, pictures, documents, films, tapes, video, computers, cartoons, maps, graphs, diagrams)
- recognise specific points of view, bias and propaganda
- understand and analyse historical relationships ie. cause and effect, continuity and change
- recall historical material in context
- present information effectively ie. in debates, role plays, panels, timelines, posters, reports, articles, paragraphs, essays
- present an argument and support it with well-chosen evidence and reasoned conclusions
These skills are highly valued by employers. The ability to communicate your ideas clearly is vital in all areas of life. Some of the main areas History students have found employment have included law, the media, government departments, teaching, public relations and business.
Figure 1: MBC students at Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, 2022
Figure 2 MBC Students at the Palace of Versailles, France 2017
Figure 3: MBC Students on the USS Alabama 2023
Course Overview
Term 1
Introduction to History - Historical Concepts
o Significant primary object – Blenkinsop's Canon
New Zealand in World War Two - Begin AS91001
Term 2
New Zealand in World War Two - Complete AS91002 history article
Martin Luther King and Whina Cooper
Term 3
Complete Martin Luther King and Whina Cooper
Preliminary exams 1.3 Historical Concepts & 1.4 Understanding Perspectives
• Historical Concepts
Springbok Tour
Term 4
What’s in a name? Ship Cove/Meretoto Tuia 250, Picton/Waitohi, Crimean War – Renwick street names
Complete exam preparations
NZQA Exams 1.3 and 1.4
Recommended Prior Learning
Open entry.
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
History 1.1 - Engage with a variety of primary sources in a historical context
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History 1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of the significance of a historical context
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History 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of historical concepts in contexts of significance to Aotearoa New Zealand
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History 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of perspectives on a historical context