Assessment UNIT C9.

1 WW1

SUBJECT History YEAR 9

History Year 9: World War I (19141918)

Unit Overview - This depth study investigates the first major world war, in which powerful nation-states vied with each other for
economic and political supremacy.

Assessment -Short Response Test, Stimulus Response Test

CODES FOR RESOURCES: PP = Power Point, TN = Teachers Notes, SN = Student Notes, H = Handouts,

LEARNING GOALS SUCCESS CRITERIA

Students can:
Learning Goal 1 -
Summarise the significance of
Students will: Nationalism
Alliances
Understand the causes of WW1 Militarism
Imperialism
:Literacy Focus Terms from
Glossary. Von Schlieffen Plan

Example learning sequence

Explore the focus of the unit and requirements for the assessment

Glossary World War 1

Explain causes and effects of World War I

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 Learning Goal 2 Students can:

Political and Social Causes
Students will:
Understand the significance and
reasons for Australias involvement in
WW1.
Develop a historical argument that explains reasons why Australians enlisted
to fight in World War I?
Example learning sequence
Explain past perspectives on the causes of World War I
Explain past perspectives on Australia's involvement in World War I
Explain the significance of Australians' enlistment during World War I

Develop a text using evidence

Learning Goal 3 Students can:
Gallipoli Analyse and synthesise evidence from a range of sources to explain the
Students will: Gallipoli campaign.

Example learning sequence

Understand the reasons for and
Explore the military lead up to Gallipoli
outcome of the Gallipoli campaign.
Explain the significance of geographical features on the Gallipoli
Literacy Focus Interpreting Skills campaign
Investigate specific battles e.g. Lone Pine, The Nek
Discuss / review the overall Gallipoli Campaign

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 Learning Goal 4
The Western Front
Students will:
Understand the significance of Australian
involvement on the Western Front.
Literacy Focus Paragraph Writing
Numeracy Focus Statistics and Data
Learning Goal 5
Effects on the Australian Society
A. Understand and explain the effects of
WW1 on Australian Society
Aboriginal People
B Understand and explain the effects of
WW1 on Australian Society Women
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Students can:
Explain the significance of Australian involvement on the Western Front
Example learning sequence
Identify significant Australian experiences on the Western Front
Explain causes and effects and significance of battles on the Western
Front
Describe Australian experiences on the Western Front
Compare Gallipoli to the Western Front in terms of impact on Australians
in the war and at home.
Students can:
Explain the significance of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander
peoples during World War I
Example learning sequence
Identify significant contributions made by Indigenous Australian soldiers
during World War I
Explain continuities and changes within the experiences of Indigenous
Australian soldiers
Explain perspectives towards Indigenous Australian soldiers during World
War I
Students can:
Explain the significance of Australian women's contribution to the war effort in
World War I
Example learning sequence

Effects on the Australian Society
C Understand and explain the effects of
WW1 on Australian Society
Conscription
Numeracy Focus Interpreting and
Analysing Statistics and Data
Learning Goal 6
ANZAC Day
Students will:
Understand the significance of the Anzac
legend and Anzac Day to modern
Australian Society.
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Explain continuity and changes in the role of women in World War I
Explain past perspectives on the contribution of women to the war effort
Explain the significance of women's contribution to the war effort in World
War I
Students can:
Explain perspectives on, and causes and effects of, referendums on
conscription during World War I
Example learning sequence
Explain causes and effects of national referendums on conscription
Explain past perspectives on national referendums on conscription
Summarise information about the conscription debate in Australia during
World War I
Students can:
Process and synthesise information from a range of sources to use as
evidence in a historical argument justifying the National significance of Anzac
Day and our national identity.
Example learning sequence
Explain the significance of Anzac Day over time
Evaluate contesting perspectives on the significance of the Anzac legend
Develop a historical argument that evaluates the significance of the Anzac
legend and Anzac Day in modern Australia
Learning Goal 7
Technology and Weaponry
Students will:
Understand what was continuous and
what changed in the use of technology
and weaponry during World War I.
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Students can:
Explain continuity and changes within the use of technology and weaponry
during World War I.
Example learning sequence
Explain continuity and changes within the use of weapons during World
War I
Evaluate interpretations of the nature of warfare in World War I
Explain continuity and changes within the use of aircraft during World War I
Evaluate perspectives on the significance of the use of chemical weapons
in World War I
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Content and key concepts
What was the significance of World War I?
(18 lessons)
This depth study investigates the first major
world war, in which powerful nation-states vied
with each other for economic and political
supremacy. Australia had only been a nation for
thirteen years when war broke out in Europe, and
the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) were
committed to fight for the Mother Country. Many
politicians saw the war as a chance for Australia
to prove itself on the world stage.
The legacy of the war was the death of a
generation of young men. It marked a significant
turning point in the formation of the Australian
national identity, embodied in the Anzac legend,
which was personified in the resourcefulness,
heroism and bravery of the Australian soldiers on
the battlefields of Gallipoli and the Western
Front.
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Key skills
Using historical terms and concepts
Identifying the origin and purpose and
context of primary and secondary sources
Processing and synthesising information
from a range of sources for use as
evidence in an historical argument
Evaluating the reliability and usefulness of
primary and secondary sources
Identifying and analysing the perspectives
of people from the past
Identifying and analysing different historical
interpretations (including their own)
Developing texts, particularly descriptions
and discussions that use evidence from a
range of sources that are referenced
Selecting and using a range of
communication forms (oral, graphic, written)
and digital technologies
Assessment
Supervised assessment: Discussion
Task: to analyse, select and organise
information from a range of sources to
develop a historical argument about the
significance of the ANZAC legend.
Knowledge and understanding:
An overview of the causes of World War I
and the reasons why men enlisted to fight
in the war (ACDSEH021)
The places where Australians fought and
the nature of warfare during World War I,
including the Gallipoli campaign
(ACDSEH095)
The commemoration of World War I,
including debates about the nature and
significance of the Anzac legend
(ACDSEH097)
The major short and long term causes of the war
will be investigated as well as the impacts on the
civilian population and the conscription debate.
The significance of the commemoration of World
War I will be investigated through an examination
of the meaning of the Anzac legend.
Key concepts: nationalism, ideologies,
militarism, propaganda, stereotype, treaty,
alliance, conscription, enlistment, Anzacs,
trenches, myth, legend, commemoration, mother
country, empire.
Skills:
Use historical terms and concepts
(ACHHS165))
Process and synthesise information from
a range of sources for use as evidence in
an historical argument (ACHHS170)
Identify and analyse the perspectives of
people from the past (ACHHS172)
Identify and analyse different historical
interpretations (including their own)
(ACHHS173)
Develop texts, particularly descriptions
and discussions that use evidence from a
range of sources that are referenced
(ACHHS174)
Select and use a range of communication
forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital
technologies (ACHHS175)