Teacher Resources

This video provides teachers with an introduction to the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square option for the HSC Modern History topic 'Change in the Modern World'. It is primarily designed to support teachers who are new to teaching this topic by providing some broad insights into the nature of the content and some programming suggestions.

In this brief video, Michael Street offers some general ideas about teaching the Apartheid in South Africa option for the HSC Modern History topic 'Change in the Modern World'. It is primarily designed to support teachers who are new to teaching this topic and provides some broad insights into the topic and some programming suggestions.

Dr. Peter Whitewood (York St. John University, UK) has written an authoritative account of Stalin's purge of the Red Army in the lead up to the Second World War. He joined us to talk about the history of state violence in Russia prior to 1917 and how terror became an important feature of the Soviet system after the October Revolution.

In this brief video Jonathon Dallimore provides some broad ideas for approaching Russia and the USSR, 1917 – 1941 for the HSC Modern History National Study.

These four sample scope and sequences for year 11 Modern History have been adapted from current programs taught in a range of schools around NSW. They do not recommend one particular approach to the course but demonstrate a variety of different approaches. They are designed to help teachers consider alternatives and then plan their own path through the year 11 course.