Teaching Heritage - Assessment

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Create a class collage of war-time images.

Use the collage as the basis for a performance presentation.

Approach this task from the perspective of one of many participants with differing appreciations of the climate surrounding war. Your performance could take the form of a radio segment, a sound and movement piece, a poetry reading, the testimony of a witness/survivor.

Three forms of assessment are identified in the History and Geography Stages 4–5 syllabuses:

diagnostic – before the commencement of a teaching/learning program; formative during the program; and summative– at the end of the program.

Targeted outcomes for the unit Expressing national goals – between the wars are the starting point for designing assessment tasks. The three sections in this unit aim to move towards more complex study issues – that is, the beginning study area is generally less demanding than the third. Teaching and learning activities, including assessment activities, reflect this progression.

Suggested assessment activities broadly fall into the following types:

Firstly, students plan a research activity based on their analysis of a variety of sources – they are assessed on the ideas they contribute to the development of the topic. Secondly, the research processes utilised by students are assessed. Thirdly, students are assessed on the presentation and communication of their research findings, including recognition of the changing values in society and the way values and attitudes impact on current issues in Australian society.

Assessment activities – given under the targeted outcomes for this unit – follow:


	To read more about assessment, see the History and Geography syllabus sections on Assessment, including the Principles of Effective Assessment.

Skills

S1 Explains the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources in order to deduce their usefulness for the purposes of inquiry

S2 Defines the purpose of an historical investigation and plans and conducts appropriate research with some independence

S3 Creates well-structured texts using evidence to describe, recount, explain, argue, challenge and discuss increasingly complex issues and problems

Knowledge and Understanding

S1 Compares and contrasts the social and cultural experiences of different people at various times

S2 Explains political events and evaluates their impact on civic life in Australia

S3 Accounts for how and why the rights and freedoms of various groups in Australian society have changed

Values and Attitudes

S1 Develops an appreciation of environments and a sense of responsibility for their future

S2 Develops skills to participate in society in an informed way as individuals or members of groups

S3 Develops concerns for the welfare, rights and dignity of all people