Sharon Moran

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HISTORY

• Sharon Moran
• Tuesday 26th August

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Layout of paper

• Australian History, Civics and Citizenship
• Allow about 1 hour for this section
• This section has TWO parts
• PART A
• multiple choice any topic from year 10,
• PART B
• short response questions and
• 1 extended response question

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Marks

• PART A
• 1 mark each question total 20 marks.
• 20 multiple choice questions.
• PART B
• Short response questions adding up to 15 marks
• Extended response questions 15 marks.

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WHAT TO BRING

• You will need to have
• 3 working blue pens
• Liquid tape
• Highlighter
• Lead pencil and
• Eraser

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Topics included

• Vietnam War
• Aboriginal Rights and freedoms
• Migrants
• Australia as a Global Citizen
• Individual Event (Perkins - Freedom Ride)
• Prime Minister policies
• Social and cultural history (decade study)

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Vietnam War

• Students learn about
• Australias response to the threat of
• communism in Asia after WWII including
• Korean War
• ANZUS Treaty
• SEATO Alliance
• the response to the threat of communism within
  
• Australia including
• referendum to ban the Communist Party
• the Petrov Affair
• Australias involvement in the Vietnam War
• differing views of Australias involvement in
  the
• Vietnam War eg
• supporters of the war
• conscientious objectors
• the moratorium movement

• ??Students learn to
• ??Sequence the key events in Australias
• ??response to the threat of communism in Asia
• after WWII
• ??Explain the purpose of the treaties Australia
• contracted during this period
• Outline the key developments in Australias
• ??response to communism within Australia
• ??Explain the reasons for Australias
• ??involvement in the Vietnam War
• ??Explain the reasons why different groups within
  
• Australia supported or opposed Australias
• involvement in the Vietnam War
• ??select appropriate sources that reflect

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Changing rights freedoms

• Section A Aboriginal Peoples
• Change over time
• changing government policies towards Aboriginal
  
• peoples over time, including
• protection
• assimilation
• integration
• self-determination
• Group
• the varying experiences of
• the stolen generations
• Events/Issues
• the role of the following in the
• struggle of Aboriginal peoples for rights and
• freedoms
• 1967 Referendum
• Land Rights and Native
• Title
• Section B Migrants

• Students learn to
• account for continuity and/or change over time
  in the relevant study
• examine the experiences of the chosen group/s
  using a range of sources
• outline the important developments in a
• key event/issue relating to the
• chosen study
• explain the significance of the event/issue for
  the
• changing rights and freedoms of
• the chosen study (migrants)

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People, Power Politics

• Students learn about
• Section A Australia as a Global Citizen
• Australias role in the following
• United Nations, including UNESCO, and
• UN conventions
• regional agreements, including Colombo
• Plan, APEC
• Section B People Power
• Events/Issues Individuals (One Only)
• Freedom Rides - Charles Perkins
• Womens Liberation - Germaine Greer
• Green bans - Jack Mundey
• Whitlam dismissal - Sir John Kerr
• Green politics - Bob Brown
• Republicanism - Paul Keating

• Students learn to
• outline key developments in Australias role
• within the UN in the post-war period
• assess an achievement of Australia in its role
• within the UN
• explain the purpose of Australias regional
• Agreements
• examine the role of the significant individual
• in the chosen study
• assess the significance of the chosen study
• for Australia in the post-war period

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Social Cultural History

• Students learn about
• Post-war Australia
• The impact of changing technology on
• everyday life in post-war Australia
• housing
• home appliances
• entertainment
• transport
• communications
• Decade Study
• The social and cultural features of ONE postwar
• decade including
• fashion
• music
• entertainment
• sport

• Students learn to
• outline the impact of the main technological
• changes over time on everyday life in postwar
• Australia, based on a selection of sources
• describe the main social and cultural features
• of the chosen decade
• outline the main influences of Britain or the
• USA on Australian popular culture of the
• chosen decade

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Study time

• Preparing to study
• You need a good place to be prepared to study
• 1. Is my Study Place available to me whenever I
  need it?
• 2. Is my Study Place free from in interruptions?
• 3. Is my Study Place free from distractions?
• 4. Does my Study Place contain all the study
  materials I need?
• 5. Does my Study Place contain large enough desk
  or table?
• 6. Does my Study Place have enough storage
  space?
• 7. Does my Study Place have a comfortable chair?
• 8. Does my Study Place have enough light?
• 9. Does my Study Place have a comfortable
  temperature?

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Test tips

• General Tips
• Answer the questions you find easiest first. Come
  back to others later.
• Dont spend more than a minute or two on any
  question.
• As you work on a section, keep track of how much
  time remains. (Its a good idea to bring a
  reliable watch).
• Answer every question. There is no penalty for
  guessing.
• Be careful to mark only one answer choice per
  question.
• Consider all answer choices before you choose
  one. Use the process of elimination to narrow
  your choices.

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Answering

• Writing Tips
• Organisation is very important. In your paragraph
  essay include an introduction, supporting
  paragraphs, and a conclusion.
• Plan your response before you begin to write it.
• Stay with the topic throughout your response.
• Vary sentence structure and word choices.
• Use specific examples wherever possible.
• Write legibly.
• If you have time, check your grammar, usage,
  punctuation, and spelling.

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Practice Questions
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Vietnam

• Why did Australia go to the Vietnam War?
• Explain how opposition to the war developed?
• Explain the impact that the Vietnam War had on
  those who fought.
• Outline the impact of the Vietnam War on ONE of
  the following
• Vietnam veterans and families
• Indo-Chinese refugees
• Australian Culture
• Australias relations with Asia
• Go to the NSW Board of Studies- past
• papers to view others

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Rights Freedoms

• Describe how members of the Stolen Generations
  suffered due to government policies.
• Outline the main features of the policies of
  protection and assimilation in the period to
  1950.
• Account for the different perspectives of the
  Aboriginal experience between 1788 and 1914.
• Outline 2 policies which Australian governments
  implemented in relation to the treatment if
  Aboriginal people between 1901 and 1967.
• How has the development of an event or issue
  since 1945 changed the rights and freedoms of
  that group.
• Outline the actions Aboriginal people have taken
  in their struggle for land rights in the post-war
  period.
• Describe the problems faced by ONE of the
  following groups in their struggle for rights and
  freedoms
• A migrant group from the post-World War II period
• Enemy aliens in World War I or World War II
• Women during the Great Depression

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People, Power Politics

• Describe how Australia has behaved as a global
  citizen since 1945.
• Select an individual you have studied. Explain
  the role he or she has played in an event or
  issue you have studied.
• Choose a Prime Minister you have studied. Access
  the contribution of this Prime Minister to
  Australias post-war development.
• Select ONE Australian prime minister from the box
  below
• Ben Chiefley John Gorton Malcolm Fraser
• Robert Menzies William (Billy) McMahon Bob Hawke
• Harold Holt Gough Whitlam Paul Keating
• John Howard
• Describe a major policy of ONE Australian prime
  minister in post-war Australia.
• Go to the NSW Board of Studies- past
• papers to view others

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Social Cultural History

• Describe the changes that occurred in the living
  conditions of Australians between 1945 and 1960.
• Outline 2 aspects of the development of
  Australian Popular entertainment way of life in
  the 1950s.
• Explain how American influences affected the
  Australian way of life in either the 1950s or
  the 1960s.
• Go to the NSW Board of Studies- past
• papers to view others