HIS1

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.

Total Credits Available: 20
Internal Assessed Credits: 0
External Assessed Credits: 20
Optional Credits Available: 0
Optional Internal Assessed Credits: 0
Optional External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 92024 v3
NZQA Info

History 1.1 - Engage with a variety of primary sources in a historical context


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 92025 v3
NZQA Info

History 1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of the significance of a historical context


Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 92026 v3
NZQA Info

History 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of historical concepts in contexts of significance to Aotearoa New Zealand


Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 92027 v3
NZQA Info

History 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of perspectives on a historical context


Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 15
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0