Level 3 History
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr M. Hurley.
Course of Study
The central theme of this Level 3 History course is: Resistance and Identity
The focus of the various studies undertaken throughout the year will revolve around the contact period of 19th Century New Zealand and the Holocaust.
Case studies will be chosen from but not limited to the following topics:
- Early Contact Period
- Musket Wars
- The Coming of Christianity
- Treaty of Waitangi
- Kīngitanga
- Northern Wars
- New Zealand Wars
- Holocaust - Impact of World War II on the Jews of Europe
Assessment
Assessment will comprise up to three internal standards and two external standards for NCEA Level 3.
Recommended Prior Learning
Open Entry but students are advised that basic literacy standards are needed to cope with the academic demands of the material studied.
Pathway
History supports multiple learning and career pathways. Within the immediate context of senior secondary education, historical understandings can be applied to other subjects within the Social Sciences and to other learning areas such as the Arts, Science and English.
In the tertiary environment, the discipline of History can be further developed towards a career in such fields as a Historian, teacher, researcher or analyst. History can also enrich the study of other disciplines at the tertiary level such as the arts, physics, medicine, law,commerce, management, languages, archaeology, anthropology and health studies.
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.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 31 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 16 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.
External
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Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 31
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Disclaimer
All subject selections are provisional only and are subject to:
- meeting any course entry requirements
- minimum class sizes
- the availability of teaching staff
and the final decision is at the discretion of the Head of Learning Area for that subject.