History Revision

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History Revision

• Semester II

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• Content events, people, places, dates,
  political crisis, international events and/or
  influences, experiences of groups.
• Skills essay writing, being able to dissect the
  given essay or document study question and figure
  out what information is needed to answer the
  question, to answer the question thoroughly by
  using content (events, people, places) as
  evidence to back up what you are saying.
• Identity the way others perceive a person,
  nation or group questions relating to identity
  are usually to do with the changes of that
  identity - change of attitudes, changes within
  society over the period or different groups
  within the society chronological
• Understandings Curriculum Council information
  this is where all the questions come from. The
  people that create the TEE use the words directly
  from the understandings and the dot points
  underneath the understandings.

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• Australia 1945 - 1990
• 1.1 Australian identity reflects the changing
  nature of its society.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating the following aspects of Australian
  society at the beginning and throughout the
  period of study
• the social and cultural profile of society
• the political structures and organizations
• the economic system and activities
• the leaders and their interaction with the
  community
• shifts in policy and popular attitudes
• how Australians perceived themselves and are
  perceived by others.

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• 1.2 Australia has been affected by its
  international relations.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating the following aspects of at least
  one international influence on Australia during
  the period
• the nature, origins and progress of the
  international influence on Australia
• the social, political and economic impact on
  Australia
• the extent to which Australia has been shaped by
  these influences.

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• 1.3 Australia has been affected by changing
  economic circumstances.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating at least one of the changing
  economic circumstances affecting Australia
• the nature and causes of the economic change
• the political response to this change and the
  measures introduced
• the social response to the change
• the degree of support or opposition to the
  changing economic circumstances
• the extent to which Australia has been shaped by
  these changing economic circumstances.

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• 1.4 Australia has been affected by political
  events, crises and developments.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating at least one political event,
  crisis or development affecting Australia
• the nature of the events, crises or developments
  and their causes
• the way in which the events crises or
  developments were handled by those involved
• the political impact of the events, crises or
  developments
• the extent to which the events, crises or
  developments were cohesive or divisive
• the extent to which Australia has been shaped by
  the political events, crises or developments.

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• 1.5 Australia has been influenced by the social
  and cultural experiences of its people.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating at least one group, movement or
  experience throughout the period of study. (E.g.
  Aboriginal people, migrants, sport, women)
• the nature and history of the group, movement or
  experiences
• the social, political and economic impact
• the extent to which the experiences or movement
  shaped the Australian nation

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USSR
Pre-condition 1900s-1910s
Origins
Critical Period 1917- 1921
Revolution
Consolidation 1922-28
The Rise of Stalin
Post- Revolutionary 1929-1941
Stalinism
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• 3.1 Revolutionary periods share some common
  features or elements.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating
• ideologies or sets of ideas which characterise
  revolutions
• the impact of international influences on
  revolutions
• the influence of leadership on revolutionary
  movements
• levels of social, economic and political
  discontent in the periods
• the degree of social, economic and political
  change
• the extent of support for and opposition to
  change in the period.

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• 3.2 There are necessary preconditions for the
  revolution.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating
• the existence of revolutionary ideas, what they
  were and how they were articulated
• the existence of revolutionary leadership, who
  the leaders were and how they acted
• the nature and extent of social, political and
  economic discontent
• the types of groups and organizations that
  supported or resisted change and their reasons
  for doing so

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• 3.3 Revolutions have a critical period.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating
• the event(s) and people which acted as the
  catalyst for revolution
• how revolutionary ideas were translated into
  practice
• the consolidation of revolutionary leadership
  against opposition
• the fate of those who either supported or
  resisted the revolution
• the establishment of the legitimacy of the
  revolution.

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• 3.4 Critical periods are followed by a period of
  consolidation.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating
• the suppression of opposition
• the consolidation of ideology and power through
  social, political and economic forces
• the political, economic and social impact of
  consolidation on the lives of the people
• the measures introduced or actions taken to
  sustain revolutionary society.

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• 3.5 The ideals of revolution are not always
  evident in post-revolutionary society.
• This understanding will be achieved by
  investigating
• the nature of leadership and its style in the
  post-revolutionary period
• the direction of economic, political and social
  changes compared to those of the revolutionary
  period
• the extent of change as compared to the
  revolutionary period
• the impact of the post-revolutionary regime on
  people's lives.