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Humanitie s L e ar ning Ar e a

L E ARNING ARE A L E ADE R MR MI CHAE L BARRE T T E MAIL :

MI CHAE L .BARRE T T @ PARADE .VI C.E DU.AU

PHONE : 9468 3300

POL IT ICS

• Unit 1 & 2 Austra lia n & Globa l Politic s
• Unit 3 & 4 Globa l Politic s

GE OGRAPHY

• Unit 1 & 2 Ge og ra phy
• Unit 3 & 4 Ge og ra phy

HIST ORY

• Unit 1 & 2 T

we ntie th Ce ntury History

• Unit 3 & 4 Re volutions

VCE Humanitie s Subje c ts

Austr alian & Global Politic s

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Why Choose Politic s?

• Co mplime nts sub je c ts suc h a s E

ng lish, Histo ry, E c o no mic s, L e g a l Studie s, Me dia , Re lig io n a nd So c ie ty

• Curre nt a nd E

vo lving to pic s

• De ve lo p a so phistic a te d unde rsta nding o f the

wo rld

• E

xc e lle nt fo r Arts/ Do ub le de g re e s

• China fo c us in Unit 3 is future fo c use d

Austr alian & Global Politic s

Unit 1: I

de a s, a c to rs a nd po we r

• Austra lia n po litic s

Unit 2: Glo b a l c o nne c tio ns

• Glo b a l c o o pe ra tio n a nd c o nflic t

Unit 3: Glo b a l a c to rs

• China

Unit 4: Glo b a l c itize ns

• T

e rro rism, wa r, re fug e e s

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Asse ssme nt

 Multime dia pr

e se ntatio n

 Re se ar

c h Re po r t

 Case Study  E

ssay

 Sho r

t-answe r que stio ns

 Or

al Pr e se ntatio n

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L

• ts of c hoic e in ye ar

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Ge ogr aphy

Why Choose Ge ogr aphy?

• F

ie ldwo rk!

• Jo b s – T
• urism, E

nviro nme nta l Sc ie nc e , Mining – a ll g ro wth a re a s

• Co mplime nts sub je c ts suc h a s

Bio lo g y, Histo ry, Outdo o r E d, Ma ths, Me dia , Po litic s, E c o no mic s, Busine ss Ma na g e me nt

• Hig hly to pic a l a nd future drive n

Ge ogr aphy

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Unit 1: Ha za rds a nd Disa ste rs

• Bushfire s

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Unit 2: T

• urism
• Phillip I

sla nd

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Unit 3: Cha ng ing the la nd

• F

ishe rma n’ s Be nd

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Unit 4: Huma n po pula tio n

• Unde rsta nding de mo g ra phic

c ha ng e s

F ie ldwor k!!

Pa st e xc ursio ns inc lude :

• E

ure ka Skyde c k

• Cho c o la te F

a c to ry

• T

he Zo o

• Phillip I

sla nd

• K

ing la ke

Histor y

Why Choose Histor y?

• Co mplime nts sub je c ts suc h a s E

ng lish, Po litic s, Me dia , L a ng ua g e s, Ge o g ra phy, Re lig io n a nd So c ie ty, L e g a l Studie s

• Builds c a use a nd e ffe c t re a so ning skills
• Give s unde rsta nding o f pe rspe c tive s
• E

sta b lishe d c o nte nt limits wha t yo u ha ve to le a rn

Histor y

Unit 1: T

we ntie th c e ntury histo ry 1918 –1939

• WW I

I

Unit 2: T

we ntie th c e ntury histo ry 1945 –2000

• Co ld Wa r

Unit 3: F

re nc h Re vo lutio n

Unit 4: Russia n Re vo lutio n Asse ssme nt

• Histo r

ic al Inquir y

• Analysis o f pr

imar y so ur c e s

• Histo r

ic al Inte r pr e tatio n

• E

ssay