Stage 4-5

History Year 9

NSW History Stage 5 (Year 9) depth studies - movement of peoples, Australia and Asia, World War I - expressed in Dux teaching language.

Modules
3
Dot points
24
Question types
5
Assessment
50 marks in 75 minutes
01Course content

Every module, and the dot points inside it

Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did History Year 9” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.

Movement of Peoples 1750-1901

Industrialisation, convicts, free settlers and the forced migration that built the modern world.

  • The Industrial Revolution and its effects
  • Convict transportation to Australia
  • Free settlement and assisted migration
All 8 dot points

Australia and Asia

Australia's engagement with China and Japan from the goldfields to federation, and the fear that shaped policy.

  • Chinese migration and the goldfields
  • Colonial attitudes and racism
  • Restrictions on Chinese immigration
All 8 dot points

World War I

Causes, the Australian experience, the home front and the memory that followed.

  • Causes of World War I
  • Australia's entry and recruitment
  • Gallipoli and the Anzac legend
All 8 dot points
02How you are asked

The command words this course marks on

A History Year 9 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.

Command wordQuestion typeMarks
analyseShort answer3–5
describeShort answer2–3
discussExtended response4–6
explainShort answer3–4
identifyMultiple choice1
03Assessment

How a History Year 9 paper is built

Year 9 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.

  1. Section I: Knowledge and skills10 marks
  2. Section II: Written responses40 marks

Start with the History Year 9 dot points you have never been asked

Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.