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History SAGS (Grade 12 IEB)
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- History
- Institution
- Elkanah House
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17/117. HISTORY
(Updated November 2017)
(Applicable from 1 January 2019)
A. MEANS OF ASSESSMENT
External Examination: Paper I 2 hours [100]
Paper II 3 hours [200]
Internal Assessment: School-Based Assessment (SBA) [100]
400 marks
B. REQUIREMENTS
PAPER I EXTENDED WRITING PAPER 2 hours [100]
THREE themes will be prescribed for this paper. As with Paper II, the prescribed themes
will rotate.
SECTION A DISCURSIVE ESSAY 70 marks
THREE questions will be set, one on each of the THREE prescribed themes.
Candidates will be required to answer ONE question. The discursive essay should be
approximately 800-900 words in length.
A discursive essay question targets higher order cognitive skills and learners will
respond according to their abilities.
SECTION B EXTENDED WRITING 30 marks
THREE questions will be set, one on each of the THREE prescribed themes.
Candidates will be required to answer any ONE question. The extended writing should
be approximately 350–400 words in length.
A source will be given in each question as a stimulus to direct the learner's response
but it will not require analysis. The question will be sub-divided to provide further
clarity to guide the learner's response.
This task will require lower order cognitive skills, such as factual recall, knowledge
and comprehension.
PAPER II SOURCE-BASED PAPER 3 hours [200]
THREE themes will be prescribed from the Grade 12 Content section of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The themes prescribed will be
rotated.
All questions are compulsory.
Weighting of cognitive skills: 60% of the questions in Paper 1 will target lower order
cognitive levels and 40% of the questions will target higher order cognitive levels.
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SECTION A SINGLE-SOURCE ANALYSIS (3 × 20) 60 marks
Three questions will be set across at least two of the set themes. Each question will
focus on an analysis of a single source.
The format of these three questions will take the following form:
one will be a visual analysis
one will require a textual analysis
one will link a theme to a current issue in the media. This will require the
candidates to make links between events and issues from the past with the present.
The questions will require broad historical understanding, but will also focus on
specific historical skills, such as analysis, evaluation of written and visual sources, as
well as engaging with issues of reliability and usefulness
Candidates will be required to do all three questions.
SECTION B SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS 90 marks
There will be one set of questions based on a range of different sources from one or
more of the three prescribed themes. Most of the questions will require lower order
cognitive skills, such as knowledge and comprehension.
SECTION C SOURCE-BASED ESSAY 50 marks
The source-based essay will develop from the source-based questions in Section B.
SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT [100]
Each candidate must prepare a file of work. 55% of the SBA will reflect the external
assessment and 45% will reflect alternate forms of assessment in the form of a
historical investigation and an oral presentation.
This work will be assessed internally by the candidate's teacher. Files will be
moderated at regional and/or national level.
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C. INTERPRETATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS
School-Based Assessment (SBA)
Introduction:
Internal Assessment is the assessment of the learner's performance carried out on an
ongoing basis at the learning site by the teacher, using various assessment techniques.
Composition of the SBA
SECTION A TESTS AND EXAMS
3 tests (3 × 10) 30
Preliminary/Trial Examinations 25
SECTION B: ALTERNATE FORMS OF ASSESSMENT
Historical Investigation 35
Oral Presentation 10
TOTAL [100]
Explanation of these components
SECTION A TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS
1. Tests/Substantial Task [30]
Three examples produced in the Grade 12 year representing the
candidate's best work.
These must be written under controlled test conditions.
The type of task should be equivalent to the type of task examined in
Grade 12, i.e. it must be a discursive essay, a source-based essay, an
extended writing task (only one extended writing piece may be submitted),
or source-based test of at least 50 marks.
Assessment standards must reflect Grade 12 assessment practice.
2. Preliminary Examination
Grade 12 Preliminary examinations [25]
(300 marks converted to a mark out of 25)
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SECTION B ALTERNATE FORMS OF ASSESSMENT
3. A Historical Investigation – an independent study. [35]
(marked out of 40 and converted to a mark out of 35)
3.1 Introduction
The historical investigation is a problem-solving activity that enables
candidates to demonstrate the application of their skills and knowledge
in an area which interests them and which need not be syllabus related.
The chosen historical enquiry should enable the candidate to develop
and apply the skills of a historian such as making sense of source
material and managing conflicting interpretations where necessary.
The candidate will need to search for, select, evaluate, and use evidence
to reach a decision or solve a problem. Candidates are expected to use
several sources, including primary sources where appropriate, and to
evaluate critically at least two. The account should be written up in the
style outlined below.
3.2 Examples of the types of investigations candidates may undertake
are:
A historical topic or theme using written sources or a variety of
sources
A historical topic based on fieldwork: for example, a museum,
archaeological site, battlefields, churches
A historical problem using documents (this could include
newspapers)
A local history project
A history project based on oral interviews
A historical investigation based on interpreting a novel, film or
piece of art, for example.
3.3 Requirements
Candidates will be required to:
Undertake a historical investigation culminating in a written
account of 1 500–2 000 words as per the specifications below
Choose a title for the historical investigation which, in order to give
focus and direction, must be framed as a question.
Use more than two sources and include primary sources where
appropriate.
The teacher will internally assess the historical investigation according
to the rubric provided (Administrative and Support Documentation: 6).
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IMPLEMENTATION: GRADE 12, 2019
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