Modern History Year 12 ATAR - For teaching from 2024

Modern History Year 12 ATAR - For teaching from 2025

A3HIM

The focus for this unit is Modern Nations in the 20^th Century: China 1935-1989.

Students learn about:

• Significant ideologies, including Marxism, Maoism and Dengism
• The Chinese Revolution
• Deng Xiaoping in the post-Mao era and other key leaders.

A4HIM

The focus for this unit is The Modern World since 1945 including:  The changing European World since 1945

Students learn about:

• The Cold war
• Division of Europe post WW2
• Key ideas – arms race, space race, nuclear threat, the collapse of communism
• The role of significant people and events eg Cuban Missile Crisis.