HSC SSCE Modern History
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The Nature of Modern History
Contestability of the Past
Construction of Modern Histories
History and Memory
Representation and Commemoration of the Past
The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty
The Meiji Restoration
Historical Context
Communism in Australia and Asia
Alliances and Defence Strategies
Historical Debate
Key Figures in Change
Major Movements & Protests
Links to Wider Movements
Civil Rights & Sectarianism
Key Protests & Agreements
The Slave Trade System
Impacts of the Slave Trade
The Abolition Movement
Legacy & Debate
The Civil War Begins
Groups in the War
Union Victory & Consequences
Key Figures & Events
Global Environmental Actions
Case Studies
Key Developments
Changing Gender Roles
Achievements & Legacy
The Rebellion
Consequences & Impact
Resistance & Rebellion
British Rule in India & Burma
Tibet-China Relations
Global Reactions & Independence
European Contact & Settlement
Economic & Social Changes
The South African War
Union & Segregation
Growing Tensions
The Partition of Palestine
Violence & War
The Revolution
Key Figures & Ideology
Consequences & Reactions
Early Enlightenment
High Enlightenment
Core Enlightenment Ideas
Secret Societies & Movements
Global Impact & Legacy
Causes of the French Revolution
Influence of the Enlightenment
Nature of the Revolution
Radicalisation & Aftermath
Legacy & Influence
Historical Contestability
Trading Empires
Scramble for Africa
Extent of Imperial Expansion
Key Ideas of Imperialism
Case Study: Belgian Congo
Indigenous Responses
Significance and Legacy
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Nature of the Industrial Age: Economy
Nature of the Industrial Age: Social Impact
Nature of the Industrial Age: Responses
Nature of the Industrial Age: Key Ideas
Impact on the 20th Century
Influence on Modernity
Nature of War
Impact of World War I on Empires
Impact of World War II on Empires
Nature of the ‘End of Empire’
Significance & Legacy
Survey: Peace treaties and their consequences
The Rise of Dictatorships after WWI
The Nazi Regime to 1939
The Nature of Nazi Ideology
The Role of Prominent Individuals in the Nazi State
The Methods Used by the Nazi Regime to Exercise Control
The Impact of the Nazi Regime on Life in Germany
Opposition to the Nazi Regime
The Search for Peace and Security in the World
Survey: Australia After World War I
1920s Australia
The Great Depression
Government Policy 1918–1949
Post-WWII Changes
Survey: The Nationalist Decade (1927–1937)
Rise of the Communist Party
Resistance to Japan
Triumph of the CCP
Survey: India Towards Independence
India as a New Nation (1947–1964)
India Under Indira Gandhi
Indian Foreign Policy (1947–1984)
Survey: Emergence of the Indonesian Republic (1945–1965)
The 1965 Coup
The New Order (1966–1998)
Post-Suharto Era (1998–2005)
Indonesian Foreign Policy (1945–2005)
Japan’s Changing Society
Democracy in Japan
Social and Economic Challenges
Japanese Politics
Influences on Developing Democracy
Historiography and Historical Views
The Impact of Militarism
Japanese Aggression
Japanese Foreign Policy
Japan and the Road to War
Survey: Bolshevik consolidation of power
The Bolsheviks and the Power Struggle Following the Death of Lenin
The Soviet State Under Stalin
Economic Transformation Under Stalin
Political Transformation Under Stalin
Social and Cultural Change in the USSR Under Stalin
Soviet Foreign Policy
Survey: USA After World War I
US Society 1919–1941
US Foreign Policy 1919–1941
Survey: Iran and the 1953 Coup
The Shah’s Rule (1953–1979)
The 1979 Revolution
Iran Under Khomeini (1979–1989)
Survey: Decolonisation in Indochina
Conflict in Vietnam (1954–1964)
The Second Indochina War (1964–1975)
Conflict in Cambodia and Laos
Survey: Growth of Pacific Tensions
The Outbreak and Course of the War
Civilians at War
End of the Conflict
Survey: Growth of European Tensions
German Foreign Policy
Course of the European War
Survey: Origins of the Cold War (1945–1953)
Development of the Cold War (1953–1968)
Détente (1968–1979)
Renewal and End of the Cold War (1979–1991)
Survey: Origins of the First Gulf War
Tensions in the Gulf
Consequences of Saddam’s Defeat (1991)
The Iraq War (2003–2011)
Iraq in Transition (2003–2011)
Survey: Origins of Tension
War and Peace
The Occupied Territories and Lebanon
The Peace Process
Survey: Modern Burma Post-WWII
Independence and Democracy (1948–1958)
Rise of the Military (1958–1988)
1988 Uprising and Aung San Suu Kyi (1988–1990)
1989 Uprising and Aung San Suu Kyi (1988–1990)
1990 Uprising and Aung San Suu Kyi (1988–1990)
1991 Uprising and Aung San Suu Kyi (1988–1990)
Military Response and Repression (1990–2010)
Survey: China in 1966
The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)
Deng Xiaoping and Modernisation (1976–1989)
Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)
Survey: African Americans in 1945
Struggles for Civil Rights
Key Events of the Civil Rights Movement
Achievements of the Civil Rights Movement
Survey: World Order 1945–1989
Collapse of the USSR and Post-Soviet Societies
The USA in Global Politics (1991–2011)
New Global Powers (1989–2011)
The UN in the Post-Cold War World (1991–2011)
Survey: Birth of the Nuclear Age
First Use of Atomic Weapons & Nuclear Deterrence
Towards Nuclear Disarmament
Benefits and Risks of the Nuclear Age
Survey: Nature of Apartheid
National Resistance to Apartheid
Repression and State Control
End of Apartheid
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Writing a thesis statement
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