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VCE Modern History (Year 11)

VCE Modern History (Year 11) on VCE Vault: 12 lessons written for Year 11 (VCE, Victorian Certificate of Education), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$12.99.

VCE Modern History (Year 11) study notes: 58 pages covering 12 topics (PDF, A$9.99).

Lessons

Historical Thinking Skills

  • Historical Thinking — Sources, Evidence and Significance (free) — Use the historical thinking concepts to analyse sources and build evidence-based arguments.
  • Modern History SACs — Essays and Source Analysis — Write effective historical essays and source analyses for Units 1 and 2 assessment.

Unit 1 — Change and Conflict, 1918–1939

  • The Aftermath of World War I and the Paris Peace Settlement (free) — Analyse the aims and outcomes of the Paris Peace Conference and their consequences for Europe.
  • The League of Nations — Hopes and Failures (free) — Evaluate the successes and failures of the League of Nations in maintaining peace.
  • Weimar Germany — Crisis and Recovery (free) — Analyse the political and economic challenges faced by the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1929.
  • The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi State — Explain how the Nazis came to power and consolidated control between 1929 and 1934.
  • Stalin's Soviet Union — Industrialisation and Terror — Analyse Stalin's rise to power and the impact of collectivisation, the Five-Year Plans and the Terror.
  • The Great Depression and the Road to War, 1929–1939 — Explain how the Great Depression and aggressive foreign policies led to the outbreak of World War II.

Unit 2 — The Changing World Order

  • The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1953 — Explain how wartime allies became Cold War rivals and how the division of Europe developed.
  • Decolonisation and New Nations — Analyse the causes and consequences of decolonisation after 1945, using examples from Asia and Africa.
  • Social Movements — Civil Rights and Challenges to Authority — Analyse social movements that challenged the established order after 1945, including civil rights movements in the USA and Australia.
  • The End of the Cold War and a New World Order — Explain why the Cold War ended and evaluate the challenges of the post-Cold War world.