Advice for teachers - History

Implementation workshops for VCE History Study Design 2022–2026

These presentations were delivered as part of the 2021 implementation program for the VCE History Study Design 2022–2026.

VCE History Study Design 2022–2026: An Introduction

This introductory presentation by the Curriculum Manager includes an overview of the study structures, characteristics, developing pathways, assessment and administrative processes.

VCE History Study Design 2022–2026: An Introduction transcript
VCE History Study Design 2022–2026: An Introduction presentation

Expert teachers provide an overview of the changes to the study, teaching strategies and ideas, and approaches to school based assessment to support implementation of the study design.

This workshop, Diana Di Conza guides teachers through the Units 1 and 2 Ancient History’s investigations of the characteristics of early civilisations and the nature of authority and power in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.

Units 1 and 2 Ancient History transcript
Units 1 and 2 Ancient History presentation

In Empires, students investigate the emergence, encounters, challenges and changes experienced by Empires of the early modern and modern eras. In this workshop, Lucy Jongebloed considers implementation, planning and assessment possibilities.

Units 1 and 2 Empires transcript
Units 1 and 2 Empires presentation

In this workshop, Stephanie Price introduces approaches to VCE Units 1 and 2 Modern History as a study of the social, political, economic and cultural change from the late nineteenth, the causes, course and consequences of the Cold War, and the challenges and changes that resonate into the first decades of this century.

Units 1 and 2 Modern History transcript
Units 1 and 2 Modern History presentation

Luke Cashman outlines the key elements of the Units 3 and 4 Study Design for Ancient History, which focuses on life and crisis in Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt.

Units 3 and 4 Ancient History transcript
Units 3 and 4 Ancient History presentation

The Units 2 and 4 Australian History workshop, conducted by Bill Lewis, leads participants through a range of implementation strategies and approaches to the four investigations that underpin this study.

Units 3 and 4 Australian History transcript
Units 3 and 4 Australian History presentation

Ian Lyell, introduces the Units 3 and 4 Revolutions, an investigation of the causes and consequences of four revolutions, in America, France, Russia and China, that have shaped and defined the modern era.

Units 3 and 4 Revolutions transcript
Units 3 and 4 Revolutions presentation

VCE History 2022–2026 School-based assessment

This video provides an explanation of VCE History school-based assessment tasks, VCE Assessment principles, approaches to developing an assessment task, assessment conditions and authentication procedures. Further information can also be found in the Advice for teachers Sample approaches to developing an assessment task.

Approaches to developing an assessment task transcript
Approaches to developing an assessment task presentation

This video provides an explanation of the VCE History Performance Descriptors and advice on how to modify and adapt them when designing assessment tasks. Further information can also be found in the Advice for teachers Performance descriptors for assessment tasks.