Related External NCEA Assessment; Level One History
AS90211 - Interpret Historical Sources:
(Although this standard is not based on any particular topic studied, the material would be useful in practising the skills for this examination task. For example, looking at possible bias in the views expressed, reliability of evidence and the usefulness that the primary evidence seen within the footage provides.)
90213, Describe an Historical Development in an Essay
New Zealand's Search for Security
How and why did NZ become increasingly involved in South East Asia and the Pacific after World War Two?
There are 3 clips on ANZAC- New Zealanders at War: Part Three that have a direct link to the content that needs to be taught to answer this focus question. They are:
- Korea 1950-1953
- Malaya 1948-1960
- Vietnam 1965-1972
A more detailed unit on the experiences of New Zealand soldiers in Vietnam is already available on the Film Archive website. This can be found at: http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/education/online-resources/Vietnam/index.php.
NZHistory.net also has a section of their website devoted to New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War. This can be found at: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/vietnam-war-protest-1967
Specifications for the externally assessed standards can be found at: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/search.do?query=history&view=achievements&level=01
Related External
NCEA
Assessment; Level Two History
AS 90467 - Examine Evidence in Historical Sources:
Although this standard is not based on any particular topic studied, the material would be useful in practising the skills for this examination task. For example, looking at possible bias in the views expressed, reliability of evidence and the usefulness that the primary evidence seen within the footage provides.
Specifications for these assessments can be found at: http://nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/search.do?query=history&view=achievements&level=02
Possible Summative Internal Assessment Activities; Level One, Two and Three History
Internally assessed achievement standards can be found at:
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/search.do?query=History&view=achievements&level=01
There are a number of assessments already available that can be used by teachers.
The Home Front http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/hist2_1_2_2D5_4dec06.doc
ANZACs - New Zealand at War: Part Two has a number of clips that will stimulate students’ thinking about the impact of war on those left behind.
Bringing Him Back to Life
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ncea/hist2_1_2_2T5_4dec06.doc
Other Possible Topics for Internal Assessment
Teachers would need to adapt these to the appropriate level of the learners in front of them. These could include:
- The ANZAC myth: To what extent did World War One and Two forge a partnership between Australia and New Zealand?
- Why and how is ANZAC Day remembered differently in Australia and New Zealand?
- How accurate is Maurice Shadbolt’s play Once on Chunuk Bair? Was New Zealand’s identity born at Gallipoli? Did the experiences of New Zealanders at Gallipoli lead to a reassessment of New Zealand’s relationship with Britain or does New Zealand’s willingness to follow Britain into World War Two suggest that a close connection continued? How do New Zealand’s myths about Gallipoli differ from Australia’s myths (see Peter Weir’s 1981 film, Gallipoli)
Potentially Useful Sources
C.E.W. Bean, Anzac to Amiens, Melbourne, Penguin Books, 1993
Ian McGibbon, New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western Front, Auckland, Oxford University Press, 2001
Christopher Pugsley, Gallipoli; The New Zealand Story, Auckland, Spectre NZ, 1990
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History, edited by Ian McGibbon, Auckland, OUP, 2000.
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/6teaching/resource.html This is an excellent Australian resource on Gallipoli and the creation of the Anzac spirit
http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/commac/studies/studies.htm#vietnam is also an Australian website
Colour of War is a 3 part video series narrated by Russell Crowe, whose late grandfather was a war cinematographer. Colour of War portrays the story of Australia and New Zealand at war from the build up to World War II to the end of the Vietnam conflict.
