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Teachers New to VCE History Revolutions Feb 14 th 2013 Catherine Hart & Ross Featherston [email protected] [email protected]

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Teachers New to VCE HistoryRevolutions

Feb 14th 2013

Catherine Hart & Ross [email protected] [email protected]

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There are THREE key resources you need to access during this session:

1. This PPT (avail via Dropbox or SlideShare)

2. Shared folder on Dropbox

3. Hardcopy Booklet

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Purpose of this session

Quick overview• Familiarisation with official documentation • Advice on planning and structure• Assessment advice – SACs and EXAM

Three workshop activities threaded through• Text Analysis • Paragraphs

Q & A at end (if time!)

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• VCAA Study Design (accredited 2005-2014)• VCAA Study Summary • VCAA Assessment Handbook• VCAA Past Examination Papers• VCAA Exam Assessment Reports• VCAA School-assessment Audit and Review

Program Cover Sheets (Units 3 and 4)

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/history/revolutions/revolutionindex.aspx

Official Documentation

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Structure – VCE Revs Units 3 & 4

In developing a course teachers should select two of the following Revolutions. One each for Units 3 & 4. • The American Revolution• The French Revolution• The Russian Revolution• The Chinese Revolution

The Revolutions can be studied in any sequence and order. Students must write on TWO revolutions in the end of year exam.

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Each revolution has TWO Areas of Study – both of which need to be explored. Each Area of Study has an associated outcome that the student needs to demonstrate

Area of Study 1: Revolutionary ideas, leaders, movements and Events

Outcome: The student should be able to evaluate the role of ideas, leaders, movements and events in the development of the revolution

Area of Study 2: Creating a new society

Outcome: The student should be able to analyse the challenges facing the emerging new order and the way in which attempts were made to create a new society, and evaluate the nature of the society created by the revolution.

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Key dates – get them right! For example:

The Russian RevolutionAOS 1: Revolutionary ideas, movements, leaders and events1905 (Bloody Sunday) to October 1917 (Bolshevik Revolution)

AOS 2: Creating a new societyNovember 1917 (initial decrees ) to 1924 (the death of Lenin)

See Study Design http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/history/revolutions/revolutionindex.aspx

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Assessments

Weighting of Assessment Tasks in Units 3 and 4:

Unit 3 SACs: 25%Unit 4 SACs: 25%End of year exam: 50%

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SACs

The following four assessment tasks must be taken over Units 3 and 4 (one per AOS/Outcome)

• Research report (12.5%)

• Analysis of visual and/or written documents (12.5%)• Historiographical exercise

(12.5%)• Essay (12.5%)

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Length: 2 hours (+ 10 mins reading time)Four parts worth 20 marks each (80 marks total)

Exam (refer to 2011 Exam - Dropbox)

Revolution 1 Revolution 2

Section A: Two short answer questions (AOS 1)

Section B: “Text” Analysis (AOS 1)

Section A: “Text” Analysis (AOS 2)

Section B: Essay(AOS 2)

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Revolution 1 Revolution 2

Section A: Two short answer questions (AOS 1)

Section B: “Text” Analysis (AOS 1)

Section A: “Text” Analysis (AOS 2)

Section B: Essay(AOS 2)

Allocate which revolution students should focus on each Section. Points to consider?

Which revolution should be studied first? Points to consider?

Refer to 2011 Assessor’s Report

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Should SACs mimic the exam?

1. Use variety in teaching & SACs

Put high priority on educational goals: (a) teach & assess for

understanding (b) teach & assess for individual

differencesAdvantage – better learningDisadvantage – less solid preparation for exam (NB internal SACs are moderated against external exam scores)

2. Base Teaching & SACs on External Exam skillsPlace priority on training students for NovemberTeach and assess for performance in exam

Advantage – better results?Disadvantage – poorer teaching, less variety, less catering for individual learning needs

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Which way is best?

• Teaching phase – emphasize variety, individual student needs, discovery methods

• Consolidation phase (immediately prior to SAC) more academic?

• Final revision phase (before exam) practice past questions.

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SACs

• Same time, mark allocation and format as exam?

• Same conditions – no notes/cheat sheets?

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Planning

• Approx 15 weeks per Revolution • Study design has suggested weekly planner (pp138-

139)• See booklet pp6-7• http://mcvcehistory.wikispaces.com/Unit+4+Revolu

tions+Russia

Formal planning essential – the VCAA audits your SACs – see VCAA website – need to complete audit docs

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AOS 1 – Revolutionary ideas, movements, leaders and events (MILE)

• Start with historiography – definition and explanations• The key schools and their main arguments about the • origins of the outbreak of Revolution• Significant historians within each period (see Booklet

pp 45-53)• Individual historians with their specific interpretations• See pp143-150 Student Design for main historians

SEE DROPBOX – GREAT HISTORIOGRAPHY EXERCISE

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• Approach chronologically • Familiarise students with country under study • (maps and stats)

Long term causes of the revolution The nature of the Old Regime (the wood):

Political, Economic, Social, OppositionHow did these aspects contribute to

grievances within the Old Regime?

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Short term causes of the revolution (the spark)Ideas and Ideologies

Key thinkers Key works or political tracts How did they challenge foundations of Old regime? Who was influenced by these ideas? Can ideas on their own spark a revolution?

Movements

Groups – social groups from top to bottomArmed forcesPolitical Parties

Revolutionary Leaders

Key individuals and protagonists How did their actions contribute to rev situation?Who did they inspire/appeal to?How did other leaders unintentionally contribute to rev?

Revolutionary events

Causes and consequences Significance of event Chain of events Inevitable or a series of accidents?

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AOS 1 SACs

AOS 1 in exam:• Two short Answers• “Text” response (often visual representation)

Could use: Research report, historiography exercise or Visual/Document analysis

Form of SAC requires some thought – need to consider which Rev for which part of EXAM

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Workshop Activity 1: The Research Report

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Workshop Activity 2: Text Analysis

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Russian Revolution

Old regime images often show the inequity (above) and the corruption (right) of the tsarist regime. More idealist images show the determined strength of the working people (left)

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Russian Revolution

Many images focus on the short-comings and the poor political leadership of the tsar including the Russo-Japanese War (top) or his pogroms against Jews (right)

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Russian RevolutionBolshevik images are often idealistic about the new society, portraying their leaders and the proletariat as giants or kindly paternalists

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Ok, but what about written sources?

http://www.historicalinquiry.com/scim/index.cfm

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AOS 2 –Creating a new society

Key themes:

• Aims and Goals of the revolution• Why did the rev go off course? • Crisis/challenge/obstacle and response• Who benefitted/ Who lost? • Change or continuity?

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Workshop Activity 2:Paragraph Response

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What about essay questions?

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The importance of Generic Questions

• What are they?• Recognition of them enables more predictable preparation• But need for care - they may also encourage

rote learning of prepared answers

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Generic Essay questions – Revolutions

Typically in Revolutions the essay sections focuses on three basic types of questions

1. Change and Continuity – what aspects of the old regime changed? what aspects remained essentially similar? after the Rev

2. Revolutionary instability – Why did the new revolutionary regime fail to consolidate?

3. Revolutionary Ideals – To what extent were revolutionary ideals/aims/ expectations achieved?

See Booklet pp56-61

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Exit card

1 new idea1 question1 thing you’ll try

AND 1 affirmation about your ability to teach Revs