The Humanities – History Assessment Map – Sample at 3.5
For Level 3, please see The Humanities Assessment map.
Turning Points: The Anzac Day football match
Context
Students undertook this task as part of the National History Challenge, a research-based competition for students, which gives students a chance to be historians by investigating their community and exploring their own past. The challenge emphasises and rewards quality research, the use of community resources and effective presentation.
Students were asked to research a significant turning point in Australian history. Turning points could be considered in a range of categories including war, sport, Indigenous history, human rights and using the National Archives. Students were provided with a range of print and online sources relating to significant events in Australian history around particular research interests.
Investigations could be presented in a range of forms. Students were able to work in groups to research content and share information but completed the report individually. Students presented a draft and were provided with feedback from the teacher before completing the final report.
The elements of the Historical knowledge and understanding Level 4 standard addressed by the task are:
Students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of significant events in Australia’s history including … World War 1.
(Students) sequence events and describe their significance in bringing about particular developments
The elements of the Historical reasoning and interpretation Level 4 standard addressed by the task are:
With support, (students) frame research questions and plan their own inquiries.
Students use … sources to investigate the past.
(Students) comprehend … sources and make judgments …
The following work sample, and the related History 3.5 progression point examples, illustrate the kinds of responses that students produce as they progress towards the Level 4 standard.
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Annotation
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Historical knowledge and understanding – 3.5
- Describes a commemorative Anzac Day event in contemporary Australia.
- Identifies the turning point in 1995 that led to the establishment of the tradition of the Anzac Day football match between Essendon and Collingwood.
- Provides a brief explanation of how and why the event developed.
- Shows some understanding of the significance of ANZAC day as a day commemorating and acknowledging sacrifices made by service men and women.
- Links contemporary football personnel to past war service.
- Provides a simple, brief sequence of events describing the origins of the Anzac Day football tradition.
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Historical reasoning and interpretation – 3.5
- Uses unknown sources to investigate the Essendon-Collingwood Anzac Day football match.
- Provides a brief historical explanation for the significance of the football match.
- Presents understandings in written report form.
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