2. Year 11 History 2014

3. What’s it all about??? NCEA- National Certificate of Educational Achievement 24 Credits available – we will be doing 20 credits this year 12 internal (at school) and 8 external (in the November exams)

4. Internal Credits These are given for work done during the year. During this year you will be offered 12 internal credits. This means you will have to produce three pieces of work for your teacher to mark. Each piece of work (called assignments or assessments) is worth 4 credits.

5. Grading Your work is given one of four grades: Not Achieved – you get no credits for this Achieved – 4 credits Merit – 4 credits Excellence – 4 credits

6. Endorsements If you get a lot of credits over the year with Excellence or Merit you will get an endorsement certificate from NCEA and a badge from the principal !

7. Ooops! If you make a boo-boo and get Not Achieved you may be given the chance to fix it up. If you make a tiny stuff-up which means you did not quite get the next grade up, you may be given the chance to fix it up.

8. Moderation All of your assignments will be marked at school and double- checked by other teachers this is called moderation. The school will keep all of your work for a year. Some of it will be sent to Wellington for checking – more moderation.

9. How long will I have to complete my assessments? You will be given class-time and you are expected to do some work at home. If you have time-management issues you must discuss this with your teacher before the due date.

10. Topics This year we are going to study three topics: Medicine Through Time Tudors and Stuarts & the English Civil War The French Revolution

11. But it all seems so complicated... It will seem a little complicated at first. Your teacher understands what is required so don’t worry too much.

12. The Standards In year 11 history there are six standards. These are too many… So, at our school we will be doing five standards. Three during the year and two in November. This means that the history exam in November will only be two hours for you.

13. Here are the standards... AS 91001 1.1 Carry out an investigation of an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders (internal) AS 91002 1.2 Demonstrate understanding of an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders (internal) AS 91004 1.4 Demonstrate understanding of different perspectives of people in an historical event of significance to New Zealanders (internal) AS 91005 1.5 Describe the causes and consequences of an historical event (external) AS 91006 1.6 Describe how a significant historical event affected New Zealand society (external) (note that the standard AS 91003 1.3 Interpret sources of an historical event of significance to New Zealanders – is not there)

14. Confusion… You will be confused by the numbers and big words. Don’t worry. You will have a copy of these in the front of your exercise book. And… they are on the wall. Can you see them?

15. How does it all work? Your teachers have read the standards and knitted them together with the topics. This means that if you work hard on the internal assessments they will help you to pass the external assessments

16. A plus?... In NCEA history you can often answer the external (November) exams on just one topic you have studied. But the 1.6 must refer to New Zealand society

17. Your first assessment – term 1 AS 91001 1.1 Carry out an investigation of an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders (internal) This will be given to you in term 1 week 6 and will be due term 1 week 9

18. Your second assessment – term 2 AS 91002 1.2 Demonstrate understanding of an historical event, or place, of significance to New Zealanders (internal) This will be given to you in term 3 week 5 and will be due term 3 week 6

19. Your third assessment – term 4 AS 91004 1.4 Demonstrate understanding of different perspectives of people in an historical event, of significance to New Zealanders (internal) This will given to you term 2 week 5 and due the same week

20. Hard work in internal assessments one will definitely pay off...

21. What about Tudors and Stuarts? This term two topic also fits with two different standards: AS 91002 1.4 Demonstrate understanding of different perspectives of people in an historical event of significance to New Zealanders (internal) AS 91005 1.5 Describe the causes and consequences of an historical event (external )

22. And The French Revolution... AS 91002 1.2 demonstrate understanding of an historical event, or place of significance to New Zealanders (internal) AS 91005 1.5 Describe the causes and consequences of an historical event (external)

23. Connections... In the Tudors and Stuarts and French Revolution topics there are definite areas ‘of significance to new Zealanders’

24. School exams in September During the practice exams you will attempt the external standards 1.5 & 1.6 and We will also practice these before you sit the school exams.

25. The last word… The 2011, 2012 1nd 2013 results for level one History students were the best in the school!!

26. Any Questions????