HIGHFIELDS STATE SECONDARY COLLEGE - ASSIGNMENT
Year Level: 8
Student Name:
Subject: History
Teacher:
Unit: Middle Ages- Crusades
Assessment type:
IMAGINATIVE ORAL
Semester: ONE
Date issued:
Week 6 Term Two
First Draft Due:
Week 7 Term Two
Final Due:
Week 8 Term Two
HOD Approved
Task:
During the Semester, we have learnt about the Middle Ages and considered their lifestyle, culture and the influence
of the religion on their society.
You are to pretend that you live in the Middle Ages and write about your life at that time and tell your story to the
class. You could choose to be:
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A knight on a Crusade
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A lord during the ‘Black Death’
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A peasant wife
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A monk
Your ‘character’ and the context must be approved by your teacher before you start your research. Use of costume
is encouraged to help with your characterisation.
I am going to be: _______________________________________________________________________
Purpose:
Students will demonstrate understandings of:
 Life in the Middle Ages
 Culture of the Middle Ages
 Influence of religion on people of that time
Your research and bibliography must be submitted with a copy of your oral on presentation day.
Audience
Year 8 History Teachers
Length
2 minutes
Conditions
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Individual task
Prior notice of the assessment
Access to resources allowed
Drafting in lesson time with access to teacher feedback and conferencing
Research and bibliography must be submitted on the due date
Historical knowledge and understanding
Questioning and researching
A
B
C
D
E
Identification and
comprehensive explanation of
the motives and actions of
people during the Middle Ages
Identification and
detailed explanation
of the motives and
actions of people
during the Middle
Ages
Identification and
explanation of the
motives and actions
of people during the
Middle Ages
Identification and
description of the
motives and actions
of people during the
Middle Ages
Statements about
the motives and
actions of people
during the Middle
Ages
Comprehensive explanation of
the:
Detailed explanation
of the:
Explanation of the:
Description of the:
Statements about:
 causes and effects of events
during the Middle Ages
 causes and effects
of events during the
Middle Ages
 causes and effects
of events during the
Middle Ages
 causes and effects
of events during the
Middle Ages
the significance of
the Catholic Church
and how it
influenced the
values and beliefs of
society during the
Middle Ages
the significance of
the Catholic Church
and how it
influenced the
values and beliefs of
society during the
Middle Ages
 causes and
effects of events
during the Middle
Ages
 the significance of the
Catholic Church and how it
influenced the values and
beliefs of society during the
Middle Ages
the significance of
the Catholic Church
and how it
influenced the
values and beliefs of
society during the
Middle Ages
the significance of
the Catholic
Church and how it
influenced the
values and beliefs
of society during
the Middle Ages
Development of discerning
questions to frame enquiry
about life and religion during
the Middle Ages
Development of
informed questions
to frame enquiry
about life and
religion during the
Middle Ages
Development of
questions to frame
enquiry about life
and religion during
the Middle Ages
Development of
discerning questions
related to life and
religion during the
Middle Ages
Use of questions
related to life and
religion during the
Middle Ages
Analysis, selection and
organisation of information from
primary and/or secondary
sources and discerning use of
information as evidence of
effectively answer inquiry
questions
Analysis, selection
and organisation of
information from
primary and/or
secondary sources
and informed use of
information as
evidence of
effectively answer
inquiry questions
Analysis, selection
and organisation of
information from
primary and/or
secondary sources
and use of
information as
evidence of answer
inquiry questions
Explanation,
selection and
organisation of
information from
primary and/or
secondary sources
and use of aspects
of information as
evidence to answer
Use of information
from primary and
secondary sources
and/or use of
aspects of the
information to
answer aspects of
inquiry questions
HIGHFIELDS STATE SECONDARY COLLEGE - ASSIGNMENT
aspects of inquiry
questions
Communicating Development of an oral
presentation in character which
includes:
purposeful organisation and
presentation of justified findings
discerning use of historical
terms and concepts
discerning use of evidence
from research
accurate acknowledgement of
sources
Development of an
oral presentation in
character which
includes:
Development of an
oral presentation in
character which
includes:
Development of an
oral presentation in
character which
includes:
Development of an
oral presentation in
character which
includes:
 effective
organisation and
presentation of
justified findings
 organisation and
presentation of
justified findings
 partial
organisation and
presentation of
justified findings
 fragmented
presentation of
aspects of findings
informed use of
historical terms and
concepts
 informed use of
evidence from
research
 acknowledgement
of sources
 use of historical
terms and concepts
 use of evidence
from research
 acknowledgement
of sources
use of historical
terms and concepts
 use of aspects of
evidence from
research
 partial
acknowledgement of
sources
use of everyday
language
 use of sources
 lists of sources