Year 10 Humanities – Modern China

Essay Topic 1
“Mao was a great leader who acted only in China’s best interests.” Discuss this perspective in the
context of early reforms (First Five Year Plan and Hundred Flowers), the Great Leap Forward and
Cultural Revolution. Provide supporting evidence.

The essay must be between 800 - 1000 words & include a bibliography.
This topic enables students to achieve the highest possible result, ‘Excellent’.

The strengths of this piece were:

To improve, you need to:

Grade:

Not Acceptable
Dimension
Knowledge and Described some aspects of
Understanding given topic (Asian history),
but contained key
inaccuracies.
Reason and Included some relevant
Interpretation evidence and attempted
to support argument.
Bibliography includes a
variety of appropriate
resources.
Range of Topic 1
Acceptable Good Very Good Excellent
Described numerous Described in detail Described in detail all Described in detail all
aspects of given topic many aspects of given aspects of given topic aspects of given topic
(Asian history) topic (Asian history). (Asian history.) (Asian history).
Analysis contained Attempted to Could evaluate Added personal
some inaccuracies. evaluate significance significance of topic. interpretation to
of topic. Minor factual errors. historical knowledge.
Minor factual errors. No factual errors.
Included some Included relevant Included relevant Included relevant
relevant evidence evidence from limited evidence from a evidence from a variety of
from a source to sources to support variety of sources to sources to effectively
support clear clear argument. support clear support detailed
argument. Accurate bibliography argument. argument.
includes a variety of Able to evaluate Able to evaluate the
Accurate bibliography appropriate resources. usefulness of resources.
includes a variety of resources. Accurate bibliography Extensive bibliography
appropriate Referencing includes a variety of includes a variety of
resources. attempted. appropriate resources. appropriate resources.
Referencing used. Accurate referencing
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Essay Topic 2
“Mao was a great leader who acted only in China’s best interests.” Discuss this perspective in the
context of early reforms (First Five Year Plan and Hundred Flowers) and the Great Leap Forward.
Provide supporting evidence.

The essay must be between 800 - 1000 words & include a bibliography.
This topic enables students to achieve no higher than a ‘Good’ result.

The strengths of this piece were:

To improve, you need to:

Grade:

Range of Topic 2
Not Acceptable Acceptable Good Very Good Excellent
Dimension
Knowledge and Described some aspects of Described numerous Described in detail Described in detail all Described in detail all
Understanding given topic (Asian history), aspects of given topic many aspects of given aspects of given topic aspects of given topic
but contained key (Asian history) topic (Asian history). (Asian history.) (Asian history).
inaccuracies. Analysis contained Attempted to Could evaluate Added personal
some inaccuracies. evaluate significance significance of topic. interpretation to
of topic. Minor factual errors. historical knowledge.
Minor factual errors. No factual errors.
Reason and Included some relevant Included some Included relevant Included relevant Included relevant
Interpretation evidence and attempted relevant evidence evidence from limited evidence from a evidence from a variety of
to support argument. from a source to sources to support variety of sources to sources to effectively
support clear clear argument. support clear support detailed
Bibliography includes a argument. Accurate bibliography argument. argument.
variety of appropriate includes a variety of Able to evaluate Able to evaluate the
resources. Accurate bibliography appropriate resources. usefulness of resources.
includes a variety of resources. Accurate bibliography Extensive bibliography
appropriate Referencing includes a variety of includes a variety of
resources. attempted. appropriate resources. appropriate resources.
Referencing used. Accurate referencing
 Year 10 Humanities – Modern China
Essay Topic 3
Outline Mao’s role in The Long March and the Great Leap Forward.

The essay must be between 500 words & include a bibliography.

This topic enables students to achieve an ‘Acceptable’ result.

The strengths of this piece were:

To improve, you need to:

Grade:

Range of Topic 3

Not Acceptable Acceptable Good Very Good Excellent

Dimension
Knowledge and Described some Described numerous Described in detail Described in detail all Described in detail all
Understanding aspects of given topic aspects of given topic many aspects of given aspects of given topic aspects of given topic
(Asian history), but (Asian history) topic (Asian history). (Asian history.) (Asian history).
contained key Analysis contained Attempted to evaluate Could evaluate Added personal
inaccuracies. some inaccuracies. significance of topic. significance of topic. interpretation to
Minor factual errors. Minor factual errors. historical knowledge.
No factual errors.
Reason and Included some Included some Included relevant Included relevant Included relevant
Interpretation relevant evidence and relevant evidence evidence from limited evidence from a evidence from a
attempted to support from a source to sources to support variety of sources to variety of sources to
argument. support clear clear argument. support clear effectively support
argument. Accurate bibliography argument. detailed argument.
Bibliography includes a includes a variety of Able to evaluate Able to evaluate the
variety of appropriate Accurate bibliography appropriate resources. resources. usefulness of
resources. includes a variety of Referencing Accurate bibliography resources.
appropriate resources. attempted. includes a variety of Extensive bibliography
appropriate resources. includes a variety of
Referencing used. appropriate resources.
Accurate referencing