Year 10
Australia's WWII home front and its legacy: government controls, rationing, internment, women's changing roles, First Nations service, attacks on Australia, Cowra, then Chifley's post-war reconstruction, the UN, ANZUS and the Colombo Plan.
Year 10
The Holocaust, 1933–1945: antisemitism and Nazi race ideology, persecution in Germany, Kristallnacht, ghettos, mass shootings, the 'Final Solution' and killing centres, other victims of Nazi persecution, resistance and rescue, Australian responses, justice and remembrance. Figures from the USHMM.
Year 10
Australia in the Second World War: why Australia fought, Tobruk and North Africa, the fall of Singapore, prisoners of war, the bombing of Darwin, Curtin's turn to America, Kokoda and Milne Bay, turning points in Europe and the Pacific, the atomic bombs, and debates about commemoration.
Year 10
The world from 1918 to 1939: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, the Russian Revolution, the 1920s, the Great Depression in Australia, the rise of Hitler, fascism and militarism, Manchuria, Abyssinia, Spain, appeasement, Munich and the outbreak of war in 1939.
Year 10
Year 10 history skills: refining inquiry questions, finding sources in Trove and archives, analysing and judging sources, perspectives, cause and change, contested interpretations, significance, and writing a referenced extended argument.
Year 10
Start here for Year 10 English exams: a skills map linking every guide section, how Year 10 prepares you for VCE, a two-week plan, every key term as flashcards, and a 60-mark mock exam with an original story, a letter to analyse, language questions and a creating task.
Year 10
Year 10 language for senior English: how syntax creates meaning and style, sentence structures that sharpen analysis, varying paragraphs and integrating images, precise academic vocabulary, punctuation experiments, concision, advanced spelling and editing for control and coherence.
Year 10
Year 10 comparative analysis: voice as a literary device in poetry, prose and film, aesthetic qualities and the context of the audience's experience, finding bases of comparison, comparative theses and woven paragraphs, with an original poem and screenplay scene.
Year 10
Year 10 writing as preparation for VCE Creating texts: purpose, audience and context, reading mentor texts, sustaining a voice, choosing a form, turning a prompt and stimulus into an idea, a model piece with its written explanation, point-of-view speeches, and editing to publish.
Year 10
Year 10 argument analysis as preparation for VCE: mapping contention and arguments, evaluative and inclusive language, structure and tone, images, cartoons and graphs, spoken texts, and the analysis paragraph used in senior English, with two original texts on one issue.
Year 10
Year 10 text response as preparation for VCE: unpacking essay prompts, views and values, ethical positions, representation and context, how structure and intertextuality shape meaning, extending other readers' interpretations, and a model essay on an original story.
Year 10
Start here for Year 10 Science exams: a topic map linking every guide section, curriculum coverage, the key equations, a two-week plan, every key term as flashcards, and a 75-mark mock exam with full answers.