PRESBYTERIAN LADIES’ COLLEGE HISTORY DEPARTMENT

YEAR 9
Australia and Asia: China

Cartoon Annotation and Analysis Task

AIM OF THE TASK: to annotate and explain the message of a visual source relating to an aspect of Chinese
history during the late 18th and 19th century.

TIMING: you have three lessons in total to complete this whole task.

FORMAT OF TASK:
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STAGE 1: COLLABORATION:
You will be placed into pairs or threes. You will need to work with your team to coordinate the work to
complete your source annotation.

STAGE 2: RESEARCH PROCESS:

You will be given time to research your cartoon, focusing on the origin/context, purpose/aim and content of
the image.

STAGE 3: SOURCE ANNOTATION:

Your group needs to annotate your source - highlight the key points, label any people / countries in the
source. This can be done in a selection of ways:
● Hand written: print it off your source, handwrite the annotations and take a photograph.
● Google slide text boxes: annotate using text boxes on a new Google slide doc.
● Use Google Draw - annotate using text boxes on Google Draw.

STAGE 4: RECORDING
● Each pair/three will record a video explanation of the message of your source referring directly to
your annotations and upload it as per your teacher’s instructions.
● In your video, you must refer to the origin, purpose and content of your source.
● Your video should be a maximum of three minutes in length.

STAGE 5: REFLECTION
 You will have a separate lesson to reflect on your own process and review the other videos produced. You
are required to consider the positives and the possible additions to at least two other videos.
YEAR 9 CHINA SOURCE ANNOTATION AND ANALYSIS TASK REFLECTION:
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a) Reflect on your own video and consider its positives and how it could be extended further.
b) Consider the positives of two other videos and highlight their successes.
c) Consider how these two videos could be extended further.

Task 1: Complete the table below considering the positives of your video and the areas to develop.

Reflection Grid Our Video

Note down two ‘star’ features of your video.

You can focus on your content, language, presentation,

annotation, teamwork etc.

Note down one ‘wish’ you have for your video.

Focus on something that you think the video needed to

extend it, or push it, further.

Task 2: Complete the table below considering the positives of two other videos and the areas to
develop.

Reflection Grid Video #1 Video #2

Note down two ‘star’ features

of the video.

You can focus on their content,

language, presentation, annotation,
teamwork etc.

Note down one ‘wish’ you have

for the video

Focus on something that you think the

 video needs to extend it, or push it
further.

YEAR 9 CHINA SOURCE ANNOTATION AND ANALYSIS TASK MARK SCHEME:

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Learning Goal Marks = 0-1 Marks = 2-3 Marks = 4-5 Marks = 6-7 Marks = 8

Some parts of the A few major points Some major Most major points All major points
1. Source cartoon have been have been labelled points have been have been have been
Annotation labelled in partial in partial detail. labelled in partial labelled in detail. labelled in detail.
Information is
detail. Information Information is detail. Information Information is
relevant and
Origin, Content is not relevant and generally relevant is generally mostly relevant placed in context
and Purpose only makes and refers to some relevant and and placed in of events.
have all been passing reference events. refers to some context of events. Annotations are
annotated. to some events. Annotations are events. Annotations are clearly linked to
There is a partially linked to Annotations are well linked to presentation.
disconnect presentation reasonably well presentation.
between linked to
annotations and presentation
presentation

Learning Goal Marks = 0-1 Marks = 2-3 Marks = 4-5 Marks = 6 Marks = 7

Answers are There are attempts Good answers A thorough set of A well-rounded
2. Quality of unsubstantiated to provide evidence with reasons answers, which and substantiated
explanation and vague. It to reinforce the provided are well argued set of answers,
which are
makes few final answers yet throughout the and explained
sustained and
Message of the connections and the overall result is whole throughout the supported
source has little evidence generalised or presentation. presentation. throughout the
to support. superficial. presentation.

Learning Goal Marks = 0-1 Marks = 2 Marks = 3 Marks = 4 Marks = 5

Process: Major problems Major problems Good examples of Members worked Members of the
with collaboration with collaboration collaboration, collaboratively on group worked
Collaboration though mostly though mostly though some almost all collaboratively &
and delegation. delegated work
resolved. resolved. Workload problems elements of the
efficiently and
Workload uneven. uneven. The encountered. task. Workload equally. The
Quality of The presentation presentation was Workload not was mostly equal. presentation was
presentation was difficult to quite unclear. always even. The The presentation clear. A very high
understand. There Independence was presentation was was generally level of thinking
Problem solving was little evidence only partially generally clear. A clear. A high level and
skills of independent demonstrated. reasonable level of thinking and independence
was
working. of independence independence was
demonstrated.
was demonstrated demonstrated
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