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11–12Modern History 11–12 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Content

Year 12

National studies

Students investigate key features, individuals, groups, events and developments that shaped the history of a selected nation. Students are to investigate ONE of the following countries during a specific period of the 20th century.

The historical concepts and skills content is to be integrated as appropriate.

  • Australia 1918–1949
  • China 1927–1949
  • Cuba 1940–1991
  • Indonesia 1945–2004
  • Iran 1945–1989
  • Japan 1904–1937
  • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941
  • United States 1919–1941
China 1927–1949
Context

  • Political, economic and social issues facing the Chinese Republic in 1927

  • The impact of the Northern Expedition

  • Achievements of and challenges to the Kuomintang (KMT)/Guomindang (GMD) Nationalist Government

The rise of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

  • The role of Mao Zedong in the rise of the CCP

  • The nature and development of CCP ideology

  • The Long March and its political and social consequences

Resistance to Japan

  • The military, economic and social impact of Japanese invasions from 1931

  • Differing aims and strategies of the KMT/GMD and CCP towards the Japanese invasion of China

  • The nature and impact of the leadership of Mao Zedong and Jiang Jieshi/Chiang Kai-shek during the Second Sino–Japanese War 1937–1945

  • The political and social significance of the Yan’an/Yenan period

The victory of the CCP

  • The Civil War and the strategies and tactics of the CCP

  • Reasons for communist victory

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