Whangarei Girls’ High School
Level 3 History*
3HIS
Course Description
In Level 3 History students will learn from the past in order to better understand the present and future. This course focuses on the long history of oppressive rulers in Russian history: from crazy tsars to murderous Stalin and the aggressive actions of present-day President Putin.
The colonisation of NZ in the 19th Century provides a context for the internals.
Learning Opportunities
In this course you will need to:
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- Critical thinking - reasoning, interpreting information, analysing, identifying patterns and trends, synthesising information, making judgements based on evidence.
| - NZ in the 19th century: early Maori; colonisation and the changing relationships between Maori and European (this will be the basis for the first internal).
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- Information literacy - identifying fact and opinion, making judgements about the quality of information, assessing the reliability of different sources of information such as websites.
| - Russia: How the tsars ruled and how some famous tsars such as Ivan the Terrible had long term impacts on Russia.
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- Communication skills - communicating effectively in a variety of formats: for example in small group and full class discussions; written work; visual formats.
| - How and why the last tsar, Nicholas II, failed and why he and his family were executed.
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| - Communism- what it is and its establishment in Russia.
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| - Stalin’s brutal rule of terror- why did 20 million people have to die? How is Stalin viewed by Russians today?
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Year Levels/Departments:
History, Seniors
Resources Required
1B8 Exercise Book