Level 1 History
11HIST Course Description Recommended Prior LearningStudying History provides students with a sound basis for further education as well as an enormous variety of careers. The skills developed during this course of study are well regarded and extremely relevant to the world we live in. History is highly recommended for Law, Journalism and Politics.
The topics studied for Level 1 History are:
- Local history (pre-European/settler); local field trip
- Defence of New Zealand/ Aotearoa from Japanese invasion (World War II)
- The Cold War: Arms Race, Espionage, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race, Olympic Games and Doping
- Protest: The 1975 Māori Land March and American Black Civil Rights movement
For students who wish to study History at Level 2 or Level 3, it is highly recommended that Level 1 History is taken.
The standards and topics offered in this course may be altered at the discretion of the Head of Department.
Course Overview
Term 1
In Term 1 we learn about pre-European history as well as early settler history.
This includes Maori settlement, tribal wars, shady government land sales, early European settlements, the Russian Scare and the fear of Japanese invasion in World War II.
Term 2
In Term 2 we prepare for our Primary Sources internal assessment, linking our earlier learning about the Japanese threat to New Zealand.
This is followed by a short study of the Cold War between USA and the USSR. We learn about the build up of nuclear weapons, spy networks, the space race and the battle for supremacy at the Olympic Games through drug use.
Term 3
In Term 3 we learn about significant protest movements, both in our New Zealand context and also in the USA. We learn about Dame Whina Cooper's challenge to the government: ' not one more acre'! This links to the famous Civil Rights Protests from Martin Luther King Jr and others who challenged racism in the USA.
Term 4
In Term 4 we finalise preparation for the external assessment.
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