Year Nine History

Australian Suffragettes - Obituary Assignment

Task purpose: To demonstrate an understanding of the importance of key
female individuals in Australias history and their impact on events (selected from the
list below or through negotiation with me)

Learning Objectives:
1) Accurately sequence key events and developments chronologically and with
detail. (Personal history, where they were from/dates active).
2) Explain the significance of individuals and groups and how they were
influenced by the beliefs and values of their society (What roles they played in
history and how upbringing/experiences influenced their beliefs and actions).
3) Analyse the causes and effects of events and developments (How did these
women change the course of history. i.e. the ripple effect they had).
4) Use of evidence from sources to support conclusions, incorporated fluently in
response. (Submit a correctly referenced bibliography that has at least three
sources and draw your own conclusions from them)
5) Use a range of historical terms and concepts (Refer to key words used in
class)
Check your work for spelling and grammar errors, then get a friend to check it
for any areas you could improve it.

Assessment conditions:
Youll have some class time BUT you will need to do some for homework!
Task Weighting: 20%
Word count: 300 words minimum
Due date: Term ______

Week ______

Day ______

Date________

List of Suffragettes
Henrietta Dugdale
Maria Kirk
Louisa Lawson
Mary Lee
Catherine Helen Spence
Vida Goldstein
Edith Cowan
Bessie Rischbeith
Margaret Reid

Enid Lyons
Dorothy Tangney
Beatrice Faust
Elizabeth Reid
Margaret Guilfoyle
Pauline Toner
Joan Child
Janine Haines
Joan Kirner
Carmen Lawrence

Year Nine History Achievement Standards. Suffragettes Obituary assignment.

Chronology

Terms &
Concepts

Historical
questions &
research

Analysis & use of sources

Perspectives & Interpretations

Explanation &
Communication

Comprehensive and
relevant explanation of
patterns of change and
continuity over time.

Consistent use of
a range of
historical terms
and concepts

Develop complex
and refined
questions to frame
an historical inquiry

Insightful and in depth analysis and discerning

selection and organisation of information from
primary and secondary sources used as
evidence to answer inquiry questions.

Comprehensively explain the significance of individuals and

groups and how they were influenced by the beliefs and
values of their society

Develop texts with in depth

and complex analysis

Accurately sequences
key events and
developments
chronologically and with
detail

Detailed and relevant

explanation of patterns of
change and continuity over
time

Perceptive identification and thoughtful

explanation of a range of different points of
view in sources

Consistent use of
historical terms
and concepts

Develop refined
questions to frame
an historical inquiry

Accurately sequences
key events and
developments
chronologically

Recognise and explain

patterns of change and
continuity over time
Accurately sequences
most key events and
developments
chronologically

Basic recognition and

attempted explanation of
patterns of change and
continuity over time

Limited recognition and

awareness of patterns and
change
Attempted to sequence
some basic events or
developments with
inaccuracies

Critical interpretation and analysis of a source, while recognising

its limitations

Detailed and appropriate use of evidence

from sources to support conclusions,
incorporated fluently in response.

Detailed justification of the motives and actions of people of the

time

Detailed analysis, selection and organisation of

information from primary and secondary
sources used as evidence to answer inquiry
questions

Explain the significance of individuals and groups and how

they were influenced by the beliefs and values of their society

Identification and considered explanation of

different points of view in sources

Detailed explanation and interpretation of source

Describe different interpretations of the past

Identify and explain the motives and actions of people of the time

Perceptively analyse the

causes and effects of
events and developments

Develop texts with some

complex analysis
Explain the causes and
effects of events and
developments

Consistent incorporation of evidence from

sources to support conclusions
Use historical
terms and
concepts in
developing texts
and organising
and presenting
findings

Occasional use
of historical
terms and
concepts

Develop questions
with some
evidence of
refinement to
frame an historical
inquiry

Analyse, select and organise information from

primary and secondary sources and use it as
evidence to answer inquiry questions
Accurately identify and explain different points
of view in sources
Competent use and some
acknowledgement of evidence from sources
to support conclusions

Creation of a basic
question which
leads to a narrow
historical inquiry

Sequence basic events

and developments with
some inaccuracies

Describe different interpretations of the past with some complexity

Some attempted analysis of information

gathered from a limited range of primary or
secondary sources relevant to topic
Identify at least two different points of view with
some inaccuracies in explanations
Use of some evidence to support a basic
conclusion, though no acknowledgement of
source

Limited use of
historical terms
and concepts

Identification of a
broad area of
inquiry

Select and organise information from a limited

range of primary or secondary sources with
some relevance to topic
Identify a singular point of view in a source with
basic explanation
Makes a basic conclusion with no reference
of evidence from sources

Identify the significance of individuals and groups and how

they were influenced by the beliefs and values of their society

Develop texts with some

level of analysis

Identify differing interpretations of the past

Identify the causes and

effects of events and
developments

Identify origin and purpose when interpreting sources and

distinguish between fact and opinion
Identify the motives and actions of people of the time without
explanation
Identify a significant individual or group with some
recognition of the beliefs or values of their society
Some basic Identification of an interpretation of the past
Attempted identification of origin and purpose of a source with
some inaccuracies

Develop texts with

description rather than
analysis
Identify a cause or effect
of an event or
development

Attempted identification of a motive or action of people in the past

Identify a significant individual or group without recognition

of the beliefs or values of their society
State one perspective of an event from the past
Partial identification of origin or purpose of a source with no
reference to fact or opinion
Limited awareness of a motive or action of people in the past

Develop parts of a text with

attempted description of
ideas
Inaccurately identify a
cause or effect of an event
or development

Year 9 History
Australian Suffragette-Obituary Assignment
Pick a suffragette (from the list on your assignment sheet)

1. Who was this person? Where/when were they born? What do you know about their family?
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2. Did their childhood or experiences influence them and their actions?

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3. What did this woman do? Why is she remembered? How did she influence others?
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Have you used the key words discussed in class? Cross them out as you use them.
Suffrage

Suffragette/Suffragist

Activist

The Ripple Effect

Petition

What sources have you used in your assignment? List them as you work through the assignment.
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