Work sample Year 9 History: The experience of an ordinary person in the First World War

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 9 History. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation of student work and may contain errors such as spelling mistakes and other inaccuracies. In this work sample students: • explain the role of significant ideas, individuals, groups and institutions connected to the developments of this period and their influences on the historical events • locate, select and compare primary and secondary sources, and use information in sources as evidence in historical inquiry • compare perspectives of significant events and developments, and explain the factors that influence these perspectives • use historical knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and historical arguments that acknowledge evidence from sources.