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STAGE 5: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD DEPTH STUDY 3: AUSTRALIANS AT WAR – WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II GRADE YEAR 9 DURATION 7– 8 Weeks (25 hours / 30 lessons) FACILTATOR Paige Zavaglia SCOPE AND SEQUENCE In the first year of Stage 5, students are introduced to the study of modern history as they examine ‘The Making of the Modern World’ from 1750 to 1945. This period was characterised by the rise of industrialism, nationalism, and imperialism, and saw rapid change in the way people lived, worked and thought. This Depth Study focuses on the culminating points of this period – World War I (1914 – 1918) and World War II (1939 – 1945). In studying both wars closely, students are able to not only assess their causes and effects, but also their continuing significance. The four lessons detailed here are situated at the beginning of the unit and focus solely on World War I. While not detailed in these plans, it is intended that the wars be first studied separately to ensure clarity and then, towards the end of the unit, be contrasted to show change and continuity. This suite of lessons focuses on the first syllabus aspect: students learn an overview of the causes of the wars and why men enlisted. The lessons progress as follows: In the first lesson, students outline the main causes of World War I and begin to inquire as to the underlying motivations of war (ACDSEH021). In the second lesson, students continue their inquiry through a close study of primary sources. In the third lesson, students examine the reactions to the outbreak of war, both in Europe and Australia. Finally, in the fourth lesson, students begin to explain why Australians enlisted to fight, examining the ideas of imperialism and Empire importance (ACDSEH095). INQUIRY QUESTIONS TARGETED OUTCOMES 1. What were the main causes of WWI? 2. What were the reactions to the outbreak of WWI? 3. Why did Australians enlist to fight in WWI? > HT5–1: Students explain and assess the historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world. > HT5–4: Students explain and analyse the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia. > HT5–5: Students identify and evaluate the usefulness of sources in the historical inquiry process. HISTORICAL CONCEPTS HISTORICAL SKILLS > Cause and effect: students reflect on the causes of the war and begin to hypothesis its effects on both the lives of Australian soldiers and society. > Empathetic understanding: students develop an understanding of the reasons why Australians choose to enlist and the conditions they faced. > Significance: students begin to recognise the importance of WWI in Australian history. > Students read historical texts so as to sequence the major historical events that lead to the outbreak of WWI (ACHHS164). > Students identify and analyse the reasons for different reactions and perspectives to the outbreak of WWI (ACHHS172, ACHHS173). > Students identify, locate, select, and organise information from a variety of sources, including ICT and other methods (ACHHS168). RESOURCES 1. Firstly, the textbook History for the Australian Curriculum 9 (Cambridge, 2012) is used as an introductory text for students to use as they encounter new material in the study. In Chapter 7, information on World War I is accurately and analytically presented, however, is done so at a surface level and thus can only be used to introduce. Other sources have been collected to complement the textbook and these are detailed in each lesson plan. 2. Secondly, Trove (National Library of Australia, 2015) is used to locate and select newspaper clippings to be used as primary sources that students analyse in class. These primary sources allow students to sequence and explain the historical forces and factors that led to the outbreak of World War I. This resource can be found at: http://trove.nla.gov.au. 3. Thirdly, the Australian War Memorial’s online compilation of World War I soldier case studies is used to aid in the development of students’ empathetic understanding. Avoiding the clichéd diary entry approach, these case studies present detailed historical facts of real soldiers who fought in the war and allow students to connect the historical facts to historical photographs. This resource can be found at: https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/anzac-diversity/. – – 1

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STAGE 5: THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD

DEPTH STUDY 3: AUSTRALIANS AT WAR – WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II

GRADE YEAR 9

DURATION 7– 8 Weeks (25 hours / 30 lessons)

FACILTATOR Paige Zavaglia

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

In the first year of Stage 5, students are introduced to the study of modern history as they examine ‘The Making of the Modern World’ from 1750 to 1945. This period was characterised by the rise of industrialism, nationalism, and imperialism, and saw rapid change in the way people lived, worked and thought. This Depth Study focuses on the culminating points of this period – World War I (1914 – 1918) and World War II (1939 – 1945). In studying both wars closely, students are able to not only assess their causes and effects, but also their continuing significance.

The four lessons detailed here are situated at the beginning of the unit and focus solely on World War I. While not detailed in these plans, it is intended that the wars be first studied separately to ensure clarity and then, towards the end of the unit, be contrasted to show change and continuity. This suite of lessons focuses on the first syllabus aspect: students learn an overview of the causes of the wars and why men enlisted. The lessons progress as follows: In the first lesson, students outline the main causes of World War I and begin to inquire as to the underlying motivations of war (ACDSEH021). In the second lesson, students continue their inquiry through a close study of primary sources. In the third lesson, students examine the reactions to the outbreak of war, both in Europe and Australia. Finally, in the fourth lesson, students begin to explain why Australians enlisted to fight, examining the ideas of imperialism and Empire importance (ACDSEH095).

INQUIRY QUESTIONS TARGETED OUTCOMES

1. What were the main causes of WWI?

2. What were the reactions to the outbreak of WWI?

3. Why did Australians enlist to fight in WWI?

> HT5–1: Students explain and assess the historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world.

> HT5–4: Students explain and analyse the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia.

> HT5–5: Students identify and evaluate the usefulness of sources in the historical inquiry process.

HISTORICAL CONCEPTS HISTORICAL SKILLS

> Cause and effect: students reflect on the causes of the war and begin to hypothesis its effects on both the lives of Australian soldiers and society.

> Empathetic understanding: students develop an understanding of the reasons why Australians choose to enlist and the conditions they faced.

> Significance: students begin to recognise the importance of WWI in Australian history.

> Students read historical texts so as to sequence the major historical events that lead to the outbreak of WWI (ACHHS164).

> Students identify and analyse the reasons for different reactions and perspectives to the outbreak of WWI (ACHHS172, ACHHS173).

> Students identify, locate, select, and organise information from a variety of sources, including ICT and other methods (ACHHS168).

RESOURCES

1. Firstly, the textbook History for the Australian Curriculum 9 (Cambridge, 2012) is used as an introductory text for students to use as they encounter new material in the study. In Chapter 7, information on World War I is accurately and analytically presented, however, is done so at a surface level and thus can only be used to introduce. Other sources have been collected to complement the textbook and these are detailed in each lesson plan.

2. Secondly, Trove (National Library of Australia, 2015) is used to locate and select newspaper clippings to be used as primary sources that students analyse in class. These primary sources allow students to sequence and explain the historical forces and factors that led to the outbreak of World War I. This resource can be found at: http://trove.nla.gov.au.

3. Thirdly, the Australian War Memorial’s online compilation of World War I soldier case studies is used to aid in the development of students’ empathetic understanding. Avoiding the clichéd diary entry approach, these case studies present detailed historical facts of real soldiers who fought in the war and allow students to connect the historical facts to historical photographs. This resource can be found at: https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/resources/anzac-diversity/.

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EVIDENCE OF LEARNING

As Smagorinsky (2014) suggests, an evaluation system must have validity from research, reliability for replication, and utility for all participants, and as such, must include both high-stakes summative and low-stakes formative assessments. This suite of four lessons, situated at the beginning of the broader Depth Study on ‘Australians at War’, provides three opportunities for formative assessment: in-class written learning tasks, monitored classroom discussion, and short, analytical homework tasks. By determining the level at which students engage with the varying, low-stakes assessments, the teacher is better equipped to recognise those who need further instruction in the process of historical analysis and synthesis. In providing students with these formative assessments, and in reporting back with clear constructive feedback on the quality of their analysis, the teacher is able to provide specific and ongoing feedback to students on their strengths and areas of improvement.

The summative assessment of this suite of lessons is an individual research task. For this assessment, students complete a dossier on a significant person involved in the outbreak of World War I. This formal task is to be submitted to the teacher at the beginning of the fifth lesson and then orally presented to the class in a short, two-minute presentation. This medium-stakes assessment encourages students to consolidate the information they have learnt so far while simultaneously engaging them in the process of historical inquiry and research. This task also supports the development of key literacy strategies, as students are instructed to present their findings in both written and oral form. The assessments are then marked and handed back to the students in the following lesson – allowing the class to move on to the next content area. While grades are provided, reporting is focused in this assessment on feedback.

DIVERSIFICATION OF LEARNING

As all students develop their historical and literacy skills at varying speeds, and thus arrive at Stage 5 with differing capabilities, it is important that lessons are flexible enough to both support those in need and extend those most capable. This lesson series provides many opportunities for the diversification of learning, and these are noted within the integrated teaching, learning, and assessment section of each lesson plan.

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LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION TO WORLD WAR I

As the introductory class to this Depth Study, this lesson aims to spark students’ interest in the study of World War I by presenting it as the culminating moment of the developing tensions in the changing modern era. By situating the unit within their prior knowledge, students are encouraged to reflect on its relevancy and are prepared to proceed with new learning. In this lesson, students outline the main causes of World War 1 (ACDSEH021).

TARGETED OUTCOMES

> HT5-4: Explain and analyse the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia. > HT5-9: Apply a range of relevant historical terms and concepts in communicating an understanding of the past.

Students learn to: Students learn about:

> Outline the main developments in a series of events. > Analyse the relationship between causes and effects of a series of events and

developments in the modern world.

> The main causes of World War I.

INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITES MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS

5 mins 5 mins

5 mins

10 mins

20 mins

5 mins.

1. Welcome students, settle class, and mark roll. 2. Activate prior knowledge: Brainstorm on board: ‘What would it

have been like to live in Australia at the turn of the century? What did it mean to be an Australian at this time?’

3. Provide overview: Watch video ‘Causes of World War I’ http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/outbreak-of-world-war-i. Class discuss: ‘How could the assassination of one man lead to over a hundred countries committing to war just five weeks later?’

4. Define key concepts: Have students open their textbooks to p. 244. Read aloud as a class. Draw students’ attention to the developing events that led to war, defining the key concepts of ‘alliances’, ‘armaments’ and ‘catalyst.’

5. Key learning activity: Distribute worksheet (Appendix 1) and explain what is meant by ‘long-term tensions, short-term tensions, immediate context, and catalyst event.’ Class discuss how it takes a ‘climate of tension’ to produce a war not just a singular event. In table groups, students begin to fill in the worksheet with the introductory information provided in the textbook and referenced in the video.

6. Conclude lesson and instruct students to file worksheet for use next lesson.

Students accurately identify and discuss the key features of life post-Federation: intense nationalism / desire to prove oneself / isolation from Europe etc.

Students clearly explain how war is a result of many interlinking events. Feedback: Teacher provides oral feedback and encouragement to student responses.

Students’ written mind-maps reflect their developing understandings. Feedback: Teacher w a l k s a r o u n d a n d a s s e s s e s s t u d e n t contributions, scaffolding their discussions. Students’ complexity of mind-maps reflects their abilities to identify the interlinking causes and motivations behind the war.

HOMEWORK / DIVERSITY RESOURCES

There is no homework for this lesson. The worksheets will be expanded on in the next class to develop deeper understandings of the causes and effects of WWI. However, students who have excelled at the worksheet, already having written detailed responses, will be encouraged to refine and develop their analysis in the next class. The worksheet provides, on the other hand, a clear and encouraging starting point for students who may be struggling.

> Whiteboard and markers > Projector and computer with internet > http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-

i/outbreak-of-world-war-i. > Textbook (See cover sheet) > Worksheet (Appendix 1)

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LESSON 2 – WHAT LED TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR?

This lesson aims to build upon students’ skills of analysis and their knowledge of the causes of World War 1 that was developed last lesson. While preliminary understandings were established previously, in this lesson, students engage more analytically with the main causes of the war and begin to inquire as to the underlying motivations of its participants (ACDSEH021).

TARGETED OUTCOMES

> HT5-4: Explain and analyse the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia.

> HT5-5: Identify and evaluate the usefulness of sources in the historical inquiry process.

Students learn to: Students learn about:

> Outline the main developments in a series of events. > Analyse the relationship between causes and effects of a series

of events and developments in the modern world.

> The underlying, interlinking motivations behind significantly involved countries in World War I.

INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITES MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

20 mins

10 mins

5 mins.

1. Welcome students, settle class, and mark roll. 2. Activate prior knowledge: Instruct students to open to

their worksheet from last lesson. On the board, copy flowchart and list contributing factors (e.g. nationalism, military/economic rivalries, alliances, assassination etc.)

3. Provide overview: Instruct students to prepare to ‘dig deeper’ as we unpack these underlying causes of war through primary sources.

4. Learning activity: Open Trove to the two newspaper clippings. Read aloud each clipping, analyse as a class and then instruct students to answer the question individually (Appendix 2 – 10 mins each). Students swap their responses with a pair and give feedback.

5. Consolidate knowledge: Reflect to students what analysing the sources has revealed about the causes of World War 1. Consider the questions: ‘Were these causes interlinked? Was war inevitable?’

6. Conclude lesson and instruct students to compose for homework a short, analytical response: “Using Source A and B, explain the variety of causes that led to the outbreak of war in 1914.” Scaffold student’s learning by explaining that the flowchart done in class can be appropriated to a short answer response.

Students’ contribution to brainstorm demonstrates their understanding of the concept of a ‘climate of war’. Feedback: Teacher affirms learning by commenting to class on the aspects of the brainstorm they collectively did well and those that still need addressing.

Students’ note-taking and verbal responses to analysis part of activity reflect their ability to comprehend and extract relevant information from sources, as well as their ability to recall and link this to prior knowledge. Students demonstrate their analysis skills in second part of activity. Feedback: In encouraging peer-review, students become a community of learners and focus more effectively on improvement rather than marks.

Students practice analytical writing and the quality of their answers reflects their learning.

HOMEWORK / DIVERSITY RESOURCES

For homework, students use the source analyses completed in class along with their worksheet from the previous lesson to compose a short answer response (max. 300 words). The teacher provides feedback on these responses next lesson. This task allows for student diversity, as the set question is simple enough to cater to those who may struggle with analytical responses, while also broad enough to enrich those who wish to write more and in greater depth.

> Whiteboard and markers > Projector and computer with internet > http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5235004 > http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15527819 > Worksheets (Appendix 2)

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LESSON 3 – HOW DID PEOPLE REACT TO THE OUTBREAK?

Students arrive to this lesson having previously solidified their knowledge of the causes of World War 1 through both in class tasks and homework analysis pieces. The first part of this lesson is tasked with checking student knowledge so as to confirm that they are ready to move on. The rest of this lesson is concerned with the question of how both people in Europe and Australia reacted to the outbreak of war. This lesson will form the basis for the next lesson’s inquiry point into why Australians choose to enlist (ACDSEH095).

TARGETED OUTCOMES

> HT5-4: Explain and analyse the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia.

> HT5-10: Select and use appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences.

Students learn to: Students learn about:

> Explain different social, political, and cultural reactions to events and analyse what effect they caused.

> Orally communicate about the past to a group of their peers.

> The different reactions to the outbreak of World War I in both Europe and Australia.

INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITES MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS

5 mins

5 mins

15 mins

20 mins

5 mins.

1. Welcome students, settle class, and mark roll. 2. Confirm prior knowledge: Instruct students to open to

their homework task from previous lesson. Ask two students to read their responses aloud and encourage peers to provide constructive and reflective feedback.

3. Provide overview: Inform students that we are now moving on to consider reactions to the outbreak of war.

4. Define key concepts: Instruct students to open textbooks to p. 246-249. Read aloud as a class, pausing to define and discuss new historical concepts of ‘neutrality’, ‘militant nationalism’, ‘conscript’, and ‘stagflation.’

5. Learning activity: Role-play. Divide class into two and give the groups a poster each. On that poster is either written ‘Let’s Go!’ or ‘I Don’t Think So!’ On the back, students are to list the reasons for their position (e.g. to defend the Empire, for adventure, for safety etc.) The teacher chooses one student from each group to present one reason each in the voice of their position. This is repeated until all students have ‘stood their ground!’ List on board reasons as students present them.

6. Consolidate knowledge and conclude: As students copy down the reasons in their books, the teacher models how to speak analytically about varying perspectives in history.

Students demonstrate their analysis skills and knowledge of the causes of WW1. Feedback: In encouraging peer-review, students become a community of learners and focus more effectively on improvement rather than marks.

Students’ contribution to class discussion demonstrates their understanding of the new concepts.

Students’ responses in the role-play demonstrate their ability to draw conclusions and their understanding of differing perspectives of the past. Feedback: Teacher encourages students’ creativity and enthusiasm, and reports back orally on their ideas – developing them if needed as they write them on the board.

HOMEWORK / DIVERSITY RESOURCES

There is no homework for this lesson, however, this knowledge will be consolidated and built upon next. This lesson particularly caters to those students who learn through active tasks or those who struggle to concentrate in conventional lessons. These students, who normally shy away from engaging in written tasks of inquiry, are foregrounded.

> Textbook (see cover sheet) > Two posters (one green, one red) > Whiteboard and whiteboard markers

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LESSON 4 – WHY DID AUSTRALIANS ENLIST TO FIGHT?

As the final lesson in this suite of four on the first aspect point of the Depth Study, students arrive to this lesson having outlined the main causes of World War I (ACDSEH021) and having examined the reactions to the outbreak of war both nationally and overseas. In this lesson, students inquire as to why Australians enlisted to fight in World War 1, examining the ideas of imperialism and Empire importance through an empathy mini-research task (ACDSEH024). This lesson builds upon the knowledges of the previous four, and is the final lesson before students must complete their formal, summative assessment task.

TARGETED OUTCOMES

> HT5-4: Explain and analyse the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia.

> HT5-5: Identify and evaluate the usefulness of sources in the historical inquiry process.

Students learn to: Students learn about:

> Explain different social, political, and cultural reactions to events and empathetically analyse what effect they caused.

> Identify and use historically valid secondary sources in the historical inquiry process.

> The different reasons why men chose to or were encouraged to enlist to fight in WWI.

INTEGRATED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITES MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

30 mins

5 mins.

1. Welcome students, settle class, and mark roll. 2. Confirm prior knowledge: Ask students to recall what

was learnt last lesson. Brainstorm on board: ‘Why were some Australians enthusiastic about war?’

3. Provide overview: Inform students that we are focusing on those who did enlist, inquiring as to their motivations. Inform students that we are going to examine three soldiers who actually fought in WWI as ‘historical case studies.’

4. Instruction: In pairs, students are allocated one of the three case studies and asked to read about ‘their’ soldier. Students are encouraged to visit other historical sites and/or the textbook (p.250-254) to gather more information. Students are then instructed to analytically answer the question: ‘What reasons might your solider have had for enlisting in WWI?’ (Approx. 500 words).

5. Research activity: As students complete the activity, the teacher moves around the classroom/computer lab and scaffolds student learning where necessary.

6. Conclude lesson by instructing students to send their completed responses to the teacher by email. Again, there is no homework, as students should be finalising their assessment tasks ready to hand in next lesson.

Students’ contribution to brainstorm demonstrates their understanding of the concept of nationalistic sentiments and war ‘opportunities’. Feedback: Teacher affirms learning by echoing student contributions with praise.

Students’ demonstrate their ability to use evidence to support a point of view and clearly communicate their understandings of history in a written response. Students also demonstrate their ability to synthesis information from a range of sources. The level at which students exceed at this task reflects their learning and determines whether greater scaffolding is required. Feedback: Teacher monitors pairs’ research to provide guidance where needed and positive comments on student work.

Cross-curricular priority area: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

HOMEWORK / DIVERSITY RESOURCES

There is no homework for this lesson; however, students who felt limited by the time allocated in class to write their responses are encouraged to continue their work at home. The benefit of this lesson is that students who typically struggle to write historical responses can receive greater scaffolding attention from the teacher, while those who feel capable are able to proceed and excel.

> Computers for students / BYOD with internet > Textbook (see cover sheet) > https://www.awm.gov.au/education/schools/

• William Joseph Punch • William “Billy” Sing • Emaniol Salikis

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ASSE

Context

This assessment is part of the Mandatory Stage 5 Syllabus – The Making of the Modern World – Depth Study 3: Australians at War (World War 1 [1914-1918] and World War II [1939-1945]). Prior to this Depth Study, students have been introduced to the ideas and events significant to the modern world through both studies of the ‘Overview’ and either ‘Depth Study 1 – Making a Better World’ or ‘Depth Study 2 – Australia and Asia’. As they arrive at this unit, students broadly understand the historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world (HT5-1) and are ready to continue sequencing and explaining the significant patterns of continuity and change as they culminated in the World Wars (HT5-2). By this stage in their learning, students are familiar with the concepts of primary and secondary sources, fact, opinion, and bias in sources.

Outcomes A student: HT5-1 explains and assesses the historical forces and factors that shaped the modern world. HT5-5 identifies and evaluates the usefulness of sources in the historical inquiry process. HT5-9 applies a range of relevant historical terms and concepts when communicating an understanding of the past. HT5-10 selects and uses appropriate written and visual forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences.

ASSESSMENT TASK

Australians at War: World War I

YEAR 9 HISTORY

Assessment Activity – Dossier

Description of Activity Students are to imagine they are Intelligence Officers working for the British Secret Service in 1913. They are issued with a list of seven significant people, ‘Persons of Interest’, who are involved in the tense climate of hostility in Europe. They are to choose ONE person from this list, who sparks their interest most, to research. Students inquire into their chosen person’s background, significant life events, known alliances, and assess their significance in the path to war. They report their findings in the form of a two-page dossier file to be ‘delivered’ to their superior. For the purpose of the assessment, they are to report largely on the time period of study (that is, the lead up to war).

1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria 2. Gavrilo Princip of The Black Hand 3. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany 4. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 5. Prime Minister Nikola Pasic of Serbia 6. President Raymond Poincare of France 7. Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith of Britain

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Criteria for Assessing Learning (These criteria would normally be communicated to students with the activity).

Students will be assessed on their ability to: • Describe and explain the background, significant life events, and alliances of the chosen person • Assess the significance of the chosen person in the path to World War I • Identifies and uses a range of relevant historical information from a number of sources • Create a detailed dossier that communicates effectively using relevant historical terms and concepts

Guidelines for Marking The following guidelines for marking show one approach to assigning value to a student’s work. It is intended that complementary to a mark and grade, students be provided with detailed individual comments / notations that report back to them what they did well and areas they could improve.

Range A student in this range:

Very High 16-20

• describes with accuracy and detail the background, significant life events, and alliances of their chosen person

• assesses clearly the significance of their chosen person in the path to war • identifies and uses a range of specific and relevant historical information • creates a detailed and well-structured dossier that communicates effectively

using relevant historical terms and concepts

High 12-15

• describes with accuracy the background, significant life events, and alliances of their chosen person

• assesses the significance of their chosen person in the path to war • identifies and uses specific and relevant historical information • creates a well-structured dossier that communicates using relevant historical

terms and concepts

Satisfactory 7-11

• describes the background, significant life events, and alliances of their chosen person

• shows some understanding of the significance of their chosen person in the path to war

• identifies and uses some relevant historical information • creates a structured dossier that communicates using some relevant

historical terms and concepts

Progressing 1-6

• describes limitedly or inaccurately the background, significant life events, and the alliances of their chosen person

• shows little understanding of the significance of their chosen person in the path to war

• identifies and uses irrelevant or inaccurate information • creates a unstructured dossier that does not communicate using historical

terms and concepts

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Feedback and Reporting The teacher provides students with detailed written feedback that foregrounds comments about students’ performance in relation to the criteria for assessment. Students are also provided with a mark and, more important, a grade, to measure how the development of their historical skills are progressing. Oral feedback on this assessment task could also include reading and discussion of quality responses in the next lesson, and comparison of the themes that have emerged from students’ work, as well as a consideration of the sources used.

Future Directions Students’ understanding of the significant people involved in the path to war in 1914 informs and solidifies their understanding of the main causes and underlying motivations of World War 1. This knowledge will help to inform their investigation into the scope and nature of warfare, and the impact of the wars on Australia. The teacher may wish to provide further opportunities for students to refine their skills in word processing and presentation in future activities.

ASSESSMENT REPORTING

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Causes of World War I

Although it was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand that was the immediate cause to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the actual causes of the War are much more complicated.

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Long Term Causes

Short Term Causes

Immediate Causes

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APPENDIX A – Worksheet for Lesson 1

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Primary Source Analysis A

FOREIGN SITUATION AUSTRO-GERMÁN

INTRIGUES. THE FAR EAST.

London, January 14, 1910.

…The coercion put on Serbia to cease military preparations, we are told, was only part of an elaborate plan developed by Count von Aehrenthal, the Austrian Foreign Minister, for the annexation of that country and the ultimate conversion of the Macedonian port of Salonika into an Austrian naval base. The plan was discussed with Dr. Von Bethmann Holbveg on the recent visit of the German Chancellor to Vienna. The Austro-German intrigues are based on the supposition that Russia cannot for several years to come intervene in European militaries. At the same time care has been taken by Count von Aetrenthal still further to minimise this possibility by keeping the Slav Empire on the qui vue in the Far East. …Accordingly he has sent to Japan as Austrian Minister a personal friend in Herr Von Calle, who will take care to keep alive by the circulation of carefully-concocted rumors the tension between Russia and Japan. Count von Aehrenthal knows two things, first that Russia is feverishly working to double her Trans-Siberian rail way, and, secondly, is reinforcing her Far Eastern garrison, and he has taken every care that Japan shall know these things too. Let Russia again concentrate her armies in Manchuria and the Balkans as good as belong to Austria, and nothing can prevent an Austrian garrison from occupying Belgrade.        

APPENDIX B – Worksheet for Lesson 2

FOREIGN SITUATION. (1910, February 19). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931), p. 16. Retrieved May 20, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5235004.

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QUICK QUESTION: What does this source reveal about tensions in Europe prior to 1914?

NOTES:

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Primary Source Analysis B

BRITAIN’S POSITION

Sydney, August 6, 1914.

The Sydney Morning Herald

As it filters through by cable, the news  shows Great Britain as presenting an ever firmer front to Germany, and the formal declaration of war on the facts cannot be much longer delayed. But which of the two Powers will declare war? A good deal may depend upon the reply to that question, if Italy is ready to fight at the call of her allies. Meanwhile we may discuss Britain's position up to date, to s h o w t h a t t h e p r o b a b i l i t i e s o f h e r participation in the war just begun have really become certainties. First, it must he noted that Canada and Australia as directly in touch with the mother country, have taken step after step with immediate war as involving Great Britain in view.

Yesterday we reported the offers of expeditionary forces from the Dominion and the Commonwealth both accepted. Today the Government of Australia has taken the necessary steps towards mobilising the troops for home defence, and forthwith the Commonwealth will get ready for any eventuality. If Britain were not likely to be at grips with Germany almost at once, it would be so   much waste of time, money, and patriotism to deal with the situation in these terms. But the word to get ready has come as confirmation of a great deal beside.

…Word has also arrived that the British army is being mobilized, and soon the Triple Entente will stand solid, facing Germany and Austria.

BRITAIN’S POSITION. (1914, August 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved May 28, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15527819.

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