Total war, the Holocaust, Australia under threat and the reshaping of the postwar world.
These are the statements the History Year 10 syllabus makes about World War II. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Causes of World War II - World War II, Year 10.
The Holocaust and genocide - World War II, Year 10.
The Pacific war and the bombing of Darwin - World War II, Year 10.
Australians in combat and captivity - World War II, Year 10.
The home front and total war - World War II, Year 10.
The Holocaust: testimony and evidence - World War II, Year 10.
The atomic bomb and the end of the war - World War II, Year 10.
Postwar reconstruction and migration - World War II, Year 10.
Year 10 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on World War II are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones History Year 10 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
World War II opens the History Year 10 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses History Year 10 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.