Modern History
Modern History learning area contacts:
- Meredith Beaton : +61 8 9273 6778 | Meredith.Beaton@scsa.wa.edu.au
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ATAR
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses. For more information see the Syllabus Review section below.
Studying the Modern History ATAR course enables students to become critical thinkers and helps inform their judgements and actions in a rapidly changing world. Students are exposed to a variety of historical sources, including government papers, extracts from newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, cartoons, paintings, graphs and secondary sources, in order to determine the cause and effect, and the motives and forces influencing people and events. Through the process of historical inquiry, students are encouraged to question and evaluate historical sources; identify various representations and versions of history; use evidence to formulate and support their own interpretations; and communicate their findings in a variety of ways.
SyllabusGrading Support Materials- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (375.7 KB) Last updated: 30 Nov 2016 2:30pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (301.9 KB)
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2021) (298.9 KB) Last updated: 26 Aug 2020 10:53am
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2021) (184.5 KB)
Examination Materials- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 27 Jan 2023 1:12pm
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Australia 1918 - 1955 (481.5 KB) Last updated: 17 Aug 2021 9:07am
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Australia 1918 - 1955 (359.4 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Australias engagement with Asia (486.1 KB) Last updated: 20 May 2020 12:04pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Australias engagement with Asia (355.9 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline China 1935_1989 The Long March_Tiananmen Massacre (315.6 KB) Last updated: 04 Dec 2020 9:29am
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline China 1935_1989 The Long March_Tiananmen Massacre (355.8 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Russia and the Soviet Union (288.6 KB) Last updated: 04 Dec 2020 9:30am
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Russia and the Soviet Union (355.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Struggle for peace in the Middle East (434.5 KB) Last updated: 10 Jul 2020 4:32pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline Struggle for peace in the Middle East (359.9 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline The changing European world since 1945 (437.8 KB) Last updated: 10 Jul 2020 4:30pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline The changing European world since 1945 (360.5 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (447.1 KB) Last updated: 10 Jul 2020 4:29pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (351.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (508.1 KB) Last updated: 04 Aug 2016 4:27pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (920.5 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline: Capitalism and Womens Movements (442.4 KB) Last updated: 02 Feb 2022 2:11pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline: Capitalism and Womens Movements (351.0 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (315.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:44pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (372.2 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Capitalism (453.6 KB) Last updated: 02 Feb 2022 2:11pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Capitalism (360.6 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Civil Rights (435.3 KB) Last updated: 02 Feb 2022 2:12pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Civil Rights (357.7 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Meiji Restoration (455.1 KB) Last updated: 02 Feb 2022 2:12pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Meiji Restoration (358.2 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Womens Movements (461.2 KB) Last updated: 02 Feb 2022 2:13pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline: Womens Movements (359.2 KB)
- ATAR Year 11 and 12 resource list (306.1 KB) Last updated: 15 Feb 2017 6:50pm
- ATAR Year 11 and 12 resource list (227.2 KB)
- 2022 Acknowledgement variations for ATAR course exams (671.1 KB) Last updated: 20 Mar 2023 4:08pm
- 2022 Examination (405.6 KB) Last updated: 09 Mar 2023 11:05am
- 2022 Marking key (811.2 KB) Last updated: 09 Mar 2023 11:05am
- 2022 Source booklet (1.5 MB) Last updated: 09 Mar 2023 11:05am
- Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations
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General
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses. For more information see the Syllabus Review section below.
Studying the Modern History General course exposes students to a variety of historical sources, including government papers, extracts from newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, cartoons, paintings, graphs and secondary sources, in order to understand the historical narrative including cause and effect, and the forces influencing people and events. Through the process of historical inquiry, students are encouraged to question historical sources; identify various representations and versions of history; use evidence to formulate and support their own interpretations; and communicate their findings in a variety of ways.
SyllabusGrading Support Materials- General Syllabus Year 11 (314.7 KB) Last updated: 30 Nov 2016 12:52pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 (285.5 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2021) (284.0 KB) Last updated: 26 Aug 2020 10:54am
- General Syllabus Year 11 (for teaching from 2021) (285.8 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 (345.8 KB) Last updated: 10 May 2018 11:15am
- General Syllabus Year 12 (162.3 KB)
- General Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2021) (283.9 KB) Last updated: 26 Aug 2020 10:54am
- General Syllabus Year 12 (for teaching from 2021) (162.2 KB)
Externally Set Task Materials 2023- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 27 Jan 2023 1:12pm
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (421.0 KB) Last updated: 12 Jan 2022 2:47pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment outline (347.2 KB)
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (625.6 KB) Last updated: 16 May 2017 3:23pm
- General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (580.0 KB)
- General Year 11 sample course outline (520.4 KB) Last updated: 12 Jan 2022 2:48pm
- General Year 11 sample course outline (387.8 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (443.5 KB) Last updated: 28 Apr 2020 4:14pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (347.7 KB)
- General Year 12 sample course outline (515.7 KB) Last updated: 31 Mar 2020 9:56am
- General Year 12 sample course outline (386.9 KB)
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (984.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 3:27pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (910.6 KB)
- General Year 11 and Year 12 resource list (213.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Jun 2016 2:55pm
- General Year 11 and Year 12 resource list (71.2 KB)
Externally Set Tasks Materials 2022- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content - Australia 1914-1949 (183.9 KB) Last updated: 21 Sep 2022 3:40pm
- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content - India 1919-1948 (184.3 KB) Last updated: 21 Sep 2022 3:40pm
- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Industrial Revolution (184.8 KB) Last updated: 21 Sep 2022 3:40pm
- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Meiji Restoration (184.7 KB) Last updated: 21 Sep 2022 3:40pm
- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content - The USA between the wars (184.3 KB) Last updated: 21 Sep 2022 3:40pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2021- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content - Australia 1914-1949 (304.6 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2021 8:44am
- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content - India 1919-1948 (276.8 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2021 8:43am
- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Industrial Revolution (305.8 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2021 8:44am
- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Meiji Restoration (279.8 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2021 8:44am
- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content - The USA between the wars (276.7 KB) Last updated: 23 Sep 2021 8:43am
Externally Set Task Materials 2020- 2021 General EST Unit 3 Content - Australia 1914-1949 (308.9 KB) Last updated: 24 Sep 2020 1:36pm
- 2021 General EST Unit 3 Content - India 1919-1948 (281.1 KB) Last updated: 24 Sep 2020 1:36pm
- 2021 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Meiji Restoration (281.5 KB) Last updated: 24 Sep 2020 1:36pm
- 2021 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Industrial Revolution (306.7 KB) Last updated: 24 Sep 2020 1:36pm
- 2021 General EST Unit 3 Content - The USA between the Wars (280.6 KB) Last updated: 24 Sep 2020 1:36pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain (281.3 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:46pm
- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content - Australia 1914-1949 (309.2 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:46pm
- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content - The Meiji Restoration (281.8 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:46pm
- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content - The USA between the Wars (281.4 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:46pm
- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content - India 1919-1948 (282.1 KB) Last updated: 25 Sep 2019 3:46pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content - The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain (151.0 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content - Australia 1914-1949 (181.5 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content - The Meiji Restoration (150.9 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content - The USA between the Wars (150.6 KB) Last updated: 20 Sep 2018 9:50am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content - The Industrial Revolution 1750-1890s (145.7 KB) Last updated: 22 Sep 2017 12:24pm
- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content - Meiji Restoration 1858-1911 (145.7 KB) Last updated: 22 Sep 2017 12:24pm
- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content - The USA between the wars 1918-1941 (145.2 KB) Last updated: 22 Sep 2017 12:24pm
- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content - Australia 1914-1949 (145.3 KB) Last updated: 22 Sep 2017 12:23pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2016- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (165.4 KB)
- 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (149.2 KB) Last updated: 26 Sep 2018 9:50am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
- General sample EST (143.6 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST (305.2 KB)
- General sample EST source booklet: Australia (628.7 KB)
- General sample EST source booklet: Australia (352.6 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST marking key: Australia (327.5 KB)
- General sample EST marking key: Australia (211.1 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST source booklet: India (361.9 KB)
- General sample EST source booklet: India (244.1 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST marking key: India (328.7 KB)
- General sample EST marking key: India (209.1 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST source booklet: Industrial Revolution (624.7 KB)
- General sample EST source booklet: Industrial Revolution (589.8 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST marking key: Industrial Revolution (326.5 KB)
- General sample EST marking key: Industrial Revolution (209.8 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST source booklet: Meiji (447.5 KB)
- General sample EST source booklet: Meiji (962.0 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST marking key: Meiji (327.2 KB)
- General sample EST marking key: Meiji (209.1 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST marking key: USA (325.8 KB)
- General sample EST marking key: USA (209.1 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
- General sample EST source booklet: USA (378.3 KB)
- General sample EST source booklet: USA (230.4 KB) Last updated: 22 Feb 2019 10:34am
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at http://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Syllabus Review
The Authority is reviewing the ATAR syllabuses. For further information, please contact:
Mandy Hudson
Manager, Curriculum and Assessment
- Modern History Year 11 and 12 Summary of Changes
- Consultation Draft Year 11 ATAR Modern History Syllabus
- Consultation Draft Year 12 ATAR Modern History Syllabus
- Use the link below to complete the consultation survey.
- 2023 Modern History Years 11 and 12 consultation survey