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Ancient History
Source-based external-exam readiness: contextual explanation, analysis, evaluation and historical argument. Supporting reconstruction and IA inquiry/essay forms are distinguished.
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Apply context to historical explanations
- Use historical context to explain power and authorityExternal exam
- Explain causes, motivations and consequencesExternal exam
- Explain continuity and change in power and statusExternal exam
- Judge a personality's significance and legacyExternal exam
Analyse evidence and source creation
- Establish source provenance and its historical relationshipExternal exam
- Select and explain explicit evidence relevant to a questionExternal exam
- Infer implicit meaning while distinguishing interpretation from evidenceExternal exam
- Explain how motive and audience shape a sourceExternal exam
- Explain and distinguish historical perspectivesExternal exam
- Interpret material and visual evidence in contextExternal exam
Evaluate and compare historical evidence
- Corroborate and contest specific claims across sourcesExternal exam
- Judge usefulness for a specific historical inquiryExternal exam
- Judge reliability using strengths and limitationsExternal exam
- Evaluate competing historical interpretationsExternal exam
Construct and communicate source-based arguments
- Develop an argument that answers the precise questionExternal exam
- Synthesise corroborative and contradictory evidenceExternal exam
- Construct purposeful analytical short responsesExternal exam
- Attribute evidence and control historical expressionExternal exam
Supporting historical reconstruction
- Assess how investigation and survival limit reconstructionSupporting learning
Internal-assessment inquiry and essay forms
- Devise a manageable historical inquiry and sub-questionsInternal assessment only
- Research and select a defensible source collectionInternal assessment only
- Construct an independent source investigation and critical summaryInternal assessment only
- Construct an examination essay from seen and unseen sourcesInternal assessment only
- Construct a historical essay based on independent researchInternal assessment only