Year 10 - Japan
Junior History
Skills
Year 10
Year 9
Year 8
Work Program
National History Challenge.
Japan
Docudrama
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Assessment on this section is by end of term exam - prepared essay. Mailing for Links and 10 hiA and B students
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Task Details
St. Joseph's College Gregory Terrace
YEAR 10 HISTORY
Prepared Essay
Time: 1hour 10 minutes.
Task and conditions
- You are to select ONE essay from the list supplied to you.
- You will be expected to write a correctly constructed historical essay of approximately 600 - 800 words under exam conditions.
Preparation:
Hypothesis:
- Your final hypothesis and three main research questions will need to be agreed by your teacher
- Your work will be greatly disadvantaged if you fail to do this.
Notes:
- You will be given time at home to research and prepare your work.
- Notes are to be prepared in attached note section of this guide.
- Your work will be greatly disadvantaged if your notes are not in note form.
- If you wish to use pictorial sources, then you may bring a photocopy of these into the exam. You will need to reference these sources, of course.
Bibliography:
- You are expected to provide a bibliography which includes all the sources which you used and to which you referred in your work.
- You are expected to correctly reference your work. APA system is used at Terrace, please refer to your Student Guide. Footnoting does not form part of APA referencing.
- You are expected to use a range of source material in your work, ie. text, an encyclopedia, CD ROM, Internet, specialised reference books etc. Sole use of encyclopedias, CD ROMs and text may well disadvantage your work.
- You may, if you wish, prepare your Bibliography prior to the exam and bring it in with you.
Exam:
- You will bring this guide with you into the exam. No other notes will be allowed.
- You may bring in photocopies of pictorial sources, provided they contain no text apart from the caption and source information.
- You may bring in your prepared Bibliography. Hypothesis Failure to have your final hypothesis signed and agreed by your teacher will seriously disadvantage your work.
QUESTIONS
Select ONE question from the list below. You will be required to respond to this question in a correctly constructed historical essay of about 600 to 800 words.
1. The collapse of the Tokugawa régime was inevitable. Discuss.
2. "Japan's journey from the rice paddy to the silicon chip was born of fear." (Video - The Pacific Century, The Meiji Revolution) Discuss.
3. To what extaent was Japan a democracy by the end of the nineteenth century? Discuss.
4. The Oligarchy set out to transform Japan from a feudal democracy into a world power. Discuss how this was achieved.
5. American actions before 1941 pushed Japan towards aggression. Discuss.
6. Discuss the factors which undermined Japanese Parliamentary democracy during the period 1920 - 1930 and encouraged the growth of militarism.
Research Guide
This is made available to you in case you lose yours.
Name: .........................................................
Teacher: ......................................................
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Teacher signature:
Final Hypothesis - Due: ……………………. ……………………………………………………………………….……… …………………………………………………………...…………………… …………………………………………………………………
Teacher signature:
INITIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS FOR FORMAL RESEARCH ARE:
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Failure to have your final selection of research questions signed and agreed by your teacher will seriously disadvantage your work.
MY FINAL CHOICE OF FORMAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS IS:
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TEACHER SIGNATURE:
INTRODUCTION
Notes only
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Reference:
Space to attach pictorial source.
- Source:
- Caption:
- Reference:
RESEARCH QUESTION No. Write research question here.
1. Argument / Your point
EXAMPLES, EVIDENCE, QUOTE:
Reference to source!
2 Argument / Your point
EXAMPLES, EVIDENCE, QUOTE:
Reference to source!
3 Argument / Your point
EXAMPLES, EVIDENCE, QUOTE:
Reference to source!
Conclusion: Key words only.
CONCLUSION
KEYWORDS AND QUOTE IF USED ONLY.
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DRAFT BIBLIOGRAPHY
CRITERIA
ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, GREGORY TERRACE.
YEAR 10 HISTORY CRITERIA SHEET CRITERIA
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KNOWLEDGE AND UNDER-STANDING |
Excellent selection and use of relevant information and visual material. Work is well organised and research is cohesively supported with an imaginative use of evidence. Very good selection and use of relevant information and visual material. | The work has been correctly organised, and research is ably supported with well chosen evidence. The selected information is mostly relevant to the theme. | Some areas are covered adequately, others lack depth.An attempt has been made to organise paragraphs correctly. Appropriate evidence has been used to support the research | Information may be inaccurate or only partly relevant. There may be evidence of some plagiarism. Work is below or above the word limit. Paragraphs lacks a clear structure, and research may not be fully supported with appropriate evidence | Information lacks relevance to theme. Most content areas are brief or incomplete. Work has been plagiarised from source. Work is well below or above the allocated word limit. There is no structure to the paragraphs. Little or no evidence is used to support ideas |
| CRITICAL USE OF SOURCES | Excellent ability to identify and interrelate ideas/ themes/ issues. A clear evaluation of the outcomes is made and a thoughtful conclusion has been reached. | Good ability to identify and interrelate the major ideas/ themes/ issues. An evaluation of the outcomes is made, and appropriate conclusions are reached. . | Able to identify and interrelate some of the main ideas/ themes/ issuesAn attempt to evaluate the outcomes is made. There is a conclusion. | Able to identify and interrelate a few ideas/themes/ issues. Little attempt made to evaluate ideas. The work lacks an appropriate conclusion. | Very few ideas, themes or issues have been identified or interrelated. Work lacks evaluation of the outcomes. There is no conclusion. |
| RESEARCH SKILLS | Essay plan shows a thorough under-standing of the requirements. Assign-ment has well organised and fully completed research notes. Sophisticated research questions have been formulated. A wide range of source material has been used. Bibliography skills are excellent. Work is fully and correctly referenced. Essay plan has been prepared with competence. | Assignment has care-fully prepared and completed research notes.Well developed research questions have been formulated. A range of source materials has been used. Bibliography has a few minor errors. Referencing has been used correctly throughout the work. There is an essay plan, showing adequate understanding of the necessary preparation. | Assignment has adequately prepared research notes. Research questions have been formulated. Source material may be limited in range. Bibliography skills are mostly correct. Some attempt has been made to correctly reference the work. Essay plan may be inadequately, or partially, prepared. | Assignment lacks clear organisation of research material. Note form has not been used. Some attempt has been made to formulate research questions. Only one source may be used. Bibliography is incorrectly prepared. Referencing has been attempted, incorrectly. Little understanding of an essay plan is evident. | There are no research notes. Assignment lacks evidence of preparation or organisation. Little attempt has been made to formulate research questions. There is no bibliography. No referencing has been attempted. |
| COMMUNI-CATION | Choice of vocabulary shows flair. There are few, if any, errors in spelling and punctuation. Work is legible and is presented very neatly. The work has been fully and correctly structured as an historical essay. | A wide range of appropriate vocabulary is used. There are some minor errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Work is legible and on the whole, is carefully presented. The work is correctly structured as an historical essay. | Choice of vocabulary is mostly appropriate for the task. There are errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Work is nostly legible and its presentation is acceptable. The structure of the historical essay is mostly correct. | Choice of vocabulary may be limited or inappropriate for the task. There are frequent errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Work is dificult to follow and its presentation lacks neatness. The historical essay lacks a clear structure. | Use of English is limited and inappropriate. Frequent errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation impede the meaning. Minimum attention has been given to the presentation or legibility of work. There is little or no correct structure to the historical essay. |
COMMENTS:
MAILING
GUIDE
1. Links
Please mail on any useful links, citing:
* correct URL
* explanation of why you recommend this site:
- Give brief details of the theme
- Does it provide primary/secondary information?
- Who wrote/compiled the material?
- To whom would this be useful?
10 hi A and 10 hi B students only.
You may mail draft hypotheses and research questions for comment. Final versions will need to be attached in e-mail form to your book.
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