PART B)

Fictitious State High School

YEAR 10 HISTORY ASSESSMENT TASK

TERM 2, 2017

Multimodal Presentation and Annotated bibliography

STUDENT NAME: ___________________________________________________

TEACHER: Miss Wilson

Timelines Dates

DATE HANDED OUT WEEK 1 - 26 MARCH 2017

MONITORING DATE WEEK 6 - 9 May 2017

DUE DATE WEEK 8 - 23 May 2017

RESULT /50

TIME ALLOWED In-class / homework 4 weeks (8 lessons)

Task Description:

During the unit Fight for your Rights! you will be learning about the struggle for rights and freedoms for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia in the last century. For this task, you will present a
multimodal presentation on a chosen civil rights issue using a central question and 3 focus questions. In
addition, you will provide a written annotated bibliography for your research using source analysis skills.

The assessment task will assess your ability to:

Identify and locate relevant sources, using ICT and other methods

Select and use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital
technologies

Identify and analyse different historical interpretations, including your own

The assessment task is divided into two parts a multimodal presentation and an annotated bibliography.

Task Steps:

Part a) Multimodal presentation

1. Select one of the following topics: The Freedom Ride; 1962 right to vote federally; 1967 Referendum;
Mabo decision (Native Title), Bringing Them Home Report.
 2. Answer the following central question about your topic:

Central Question: Why is this civil rights issue significant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander People?

3. Use the following focus questions to guide your research and structure your argument:

Focus Question 1: What is the historical background of the topic?

Focus Question 2: How was the change achieved?

Focus Question 3: Why did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people want this change to
occur?

Use databases and search engines to locate sources to answer the focus questions. Use between 5-
7 sources.

4. Write an oral presentation between 4-5 minutes in length that answers the central question. This
should be written in oral essay structure.

5. Create a PREZI presentation (using text and images/graphics) to accompany your spoken oral.

Part b) Annotated bibliography.

1. Complete an annotated APA bibliography for the sources used in your multimodal presentation.

Task Conditions:

The multimodal presentation should be 4-5 minutes and should use PREZI and oral communication.
The annotated APA bibliography should use a maximum of 7 sources. Each annotation should be
100-150 words and written in a Word Document.
You must use at least 1 primary source.

Teacher conference/monitoring:

In week 6, you will be required to have a teacher conference. The purpose of a teacher conference is to
discuss your assignment progress using your checklist. It also gives you an opportunity to ask specific
questions.

Allocated time:

You will be given 4 weeks to complete the task. 8 class lessons in the computer labs will be dedicated to
assignment work. You may have to complete additional work at home or in the library.

Submission:

You will be required to submit your PREZI (with your name) into the class drop box on the due date. Your
presentation will be video recorded for marking and moderation. You will need to submit a paper copy of your
annotated bibliography, with a task sheet and marking rubric.

Additional information:
During the unit you will learn background content (weeks 1-2) and all skills needed to complete this task,
including:
How to find information by using databases/search engines to answer research questions (weeks 3-4)
How to create a multimodal presentation using PREZI (weeks 3-4)

How to create an APA annotated bibliography to analyse perspectives and sources

 Task: Multimodal Presentation and Annotated bibliography
Criteria A B
Processing, analysis and
synthesis of historical evidence
Questioning and from a range of primary and
Researching secondary sources and
discerning use of the information
as evidence to effectively
answer three civil rights focus
questions
Discerning evaluation of the civil
Analysing and rights sources by analysing and
Interpreting drawing justified conclusions
about their usefulness taking
into account origin, purpose and
context
Development of a multimodal
PREZI presentation
(explanations and discussions)
incorporating historical
Communicating argument that includes:
purposeful organisation and
presentation of justified central
argument
discerning use of relevant
historical terms and civil rights
concepts
discerning use of evidence
identified in sources
accurate referencing of these
sources using APA
conventions
Application of Knowledge: Skills and Processes
Processing, analysis and
synthesis of historical evidence
from a range of primary and
secondary sources and
informed use of the information
as evidence to effectively
answer 3 civil rights focus
questions
Informed evaluation of the civil
rights sources by analysing and
drawing detailed conclusions
about their usefulness taking
into account origin, purpose and
context
Development of a multimodal
PREZI presentation
(explanations and discussions)
incorporating historical
argument that includes:
effective organisation and
presentation of informed
central argument
informed use of relevant
historical terms and civil rights
concepts
informed use of evidence
identified in sources
referencing of these sources
using APA conventions
Student:
C D
Processing, analysis and
synthesis of historical evidence
from a range of primary and
secondary sources and use of
the information as evidence to
answer 3 civil rights focus
questions
Evaluation of the civil rights
sources by analysing and
drawing conclusions about their
usefulness taking into account
origin, purpose and context
Development of a multimodal
PREZI presentation
(explanations and discussions)
incorporating historical
argument that includes:
organisation and presentation
of their central argument
use of historical terms and
civil rights concepts
use of evidence identified in
sources
referencing of these sources.
Processing and synthesis of
historical evidence from primary
and secondary sources and use
of aspects of the information as
evidence to answer aspects of 3
civil rights focus questions
Evaluation of the civil rights
sources by drawing conclusions
about their usefulness taking
into account aspects of origin,
purpose and context
Development of a multimodal
PREZI presentation
(explanations and discussions)
incorporating historical
argument that includes:
partial organisation and
presentation of aspects of a
central argument
use of historical terms
use of aspects of evidence
identified in sources
partial referencing of these
sources
Mark: /50
E
Use of historical evidence
from primary and
secondary sources and use
of aspects of the
information to answer
aspects of 3 civil rights
focus questions
Statements about the
usefulness of the civil rights
sources
Development of a
multimodal PREZI
presentation (explanations
and discussions)
incorporating historical
argument that includes:
fragmented presentation
of partial argument
use of everyday
language
use of sources
lists of sources