Students, Parents/Carers Handbook

Humanities - Famous Assassinations

Subject Area: Humanities - History

 

Unit of Study: Famous Assassinations

 

Brief Description: Famous Assassinations explores the causes, impact and controversies surrounding ancient, medieval and modern assassinations. Through investigations of the assassinations of John F Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy, and the sociopolitical climate of 1960s USA, students develop the historical analysis and evaluation skills needed to conduct their own investigation into another historical assassination of their choice.

 

Scaffolding Learning

At the conclusion of this unit of study students will have: 

 

An understanding of key knowledge

  • significant developments and events since 1945 that have contributed to global change, such as the Cold War (H10K03)

  • the contribution of significant movements for social and political change since 1945, such as civil rights (H10K04)

  • continuities and/or changes caused by a major global influence, development and/or event after 1945 (H10K39)

  • different historical interpretations and debates about changes and legacies of a major global influence, development and/or event, including on Australian society (H10K41)

Attained these key skills 

  • evaluate the value of sources for use as evidence to interpret historical significance, continuity and change, and causes and consequences (H10S04)

  • analyse the perspectives, beliefs, values and attitudes of people and groups based on evidence from a range of sources (H10S05)

  • analyse continuity and change (H10S07)

  • construct sustained historical interpretations and arguments using appropriate historical concepts, terms, knowledge, conventions and evaluated evidence from a range of historical sources (H10S10)

Demonstrated the Victorian curriculum standards and capabilities

  • Intercultural Capability

  • Personal and Social Capability

  • Critical and Creative Thinking

Assessment Tasks

Students will be required to complete one of the following assessment tasks:

  • Source analysis

  • Assassination investigation report

Additional learning opportunities

  • Presentation of assassination investigation report 

Resources

  1. Textbook: Oxford Humanities 10
  2. Digital device (laptops preferred) 

Pathways

This unit of study could provide students with the following pathway.