Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus PRELIMINARY COURSE HISTORY FACULTY COURSE NAME: Modern History MODULE / UNIT: Historical Investigation/ Oral Presentation TIMING: 3 minutes DATE: Wednesday, 25th March 2015 (Term 1, Week 9) TASK NUMBER: 2 WEIGHTING: 20% OUTCOMES: A student will: P1.1- describe the role of key individuals, groups and events of selected studies from the eighteenth century to the present P2.1- identify forces and ideas and explain their significance in contributing to change and continuity from the eighteenth century to the present P3.1- ask relevant historical questions P3.5- plan and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from different types of sources P4.2- communicate a knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues, using appropriate and well-structured oral and written forms TASK: RESEARCH / SOURCE ANALYSIS / ORAL TASK In this task you are to: i. ii. iii. iv. v. Research ONE topic that reflects your individual interests. Choose either from the attached list or a topic that has been discussed with your teacher. Formulate a question relating to your investigation that uses either „Assess‟ or „Evaluate‟ or „To what extent‟. Deliver your findings to the class in a 3 minute Oral Presentation that incorporates a multimedia presentation which can be in the form of a PowerPoint, Prezi, video or some other form negotiated with your teacher. The speech component of the presentation must be at least 3 minutes in duration. Your overall presentation will be stopped at 3 minutes 30 seconds On Wednesday 25th March, 2015 you will submit the hard copy of your speech including the electronic multi-media component, as well as the research log with a bibliography. The research log contributes 5% to the weighting of this task. A copy of this task is available on the TEC website and Phone App for students to prepare their response. ADDITIONAL NOTES: * The Campus Assessment Policy and procedures MUST be followed. * Tasks must be completed or handed in on the due date during the regular class. * Tasks that are handed in late may receive ZERO (0) marks and an N Warning letter issued. * Students should refer to the Policy sections on submission of work, plagiarism, illness and/or misadventure appeals, and the assessment task appeals process.  Topics could include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The social consequences of industrialisation in Britain in the early nineteenth century The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty The Paris Commune 1871 Emmeline Pankhurst and the Suffragette Movement The failure of the League of Nations Tibet‟s fight for survival in the modern world The “Great Game”- Britain, Russia, Afghanistan and the USA Mussolini‟s Fascist Italy Civil Rights in the USA in the 1950‟s and 1960‟s Decolonisation in Indochina 1945-1954 The making of modern South Africa 1890-1910 Ayatollah Khomeini and Muslim Fundamentalism The Chinese Government and Tiananmen Square Aung San Suu Kyi and the pro-democracy movement in Burma The Resistance in WWII Atlantic Slave Trade Japan as an emerging power to 1921 The Soviet State under Stalin US society 1919-1941 Golda Meir 1898-1978 Robert Gordon Menzies 1894-1978 Bernard Law Montgomery 1887-1976 The Cold War 1945-1991 The United Nations as Peacekeeper 1946-2001 Hirohito Erwin Rommel The Gestapo and the SS Manhattan Project Wannsee Conference Development of the Luftwaffe Wilhelm II JFK Conspiracies Allende Pinochet and the 1973 military coup in Chile Impact of the Great Depression on Germany, Britain, USA Mein Kampf President Roosevelt or Another topic negotiated with your teacher. Marking Guidelines Criteria  Analyses and synthesises information from specific relevant sources, past and present, explaining their significance to support judgements.  Delivers an effective presentation demonstrating accurate and detailed historical information and understanding.  Discusses information from relevant sources, past and present, explaining their significance to support judgements.  Delivers a sound oral presentation demonstrating accurate historical information and understanding.  Refers to relevant sources to support judgements.  Delivers an oral presentation demonstrating some accurate historical information and understanding.  Makes few references to sources.  Delivers an oral presentation demonstrating some historical information and understanding.  Makes little or no reference to sources.  Limited use of communication to present historical information Bibliography  The bibliography uses a wide range of relevant sources and has a consistently formatted alphabetical list.  The bibliography uses a range of relevant sources and has a consistently formatted alphabetical list.  The bibliography uses some relevant sources and may lack a consistently formatted alphabetical list.  The bibliography uses a limited range of sources and lacks a consistently formatted alphabetical list.  The bibliography provides few, if any, references and is poorly organised. Time: /3 min  Eye Contact  Voice/Volume  Multi-media  Pace/Pause  Fluency Marks A 13 - 15 B 10 - 12 C 7-9 D 4-6 E 1-3 5 4 3 2 1  Stance  Palm Cards Comment:____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Mark: Signed: Date: