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Assessment Schedule – 2007 History: Examine a Significant Historical NCEA Level 3 History (90658) 2007 — page 1 of 23 Assessment Schedule – 2007 History: Examine a significant historical situation in the context of change, in an essay (90658) Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence Through her / his response to the Through her / his response to the Through the breadth, depth and / or first part of the essay question, the first part of the essay question, the range of the ideas in her / his candidate has described a candidate has described in detail a response to the first part of the significant situation in the context of significant situation in the context of question, the candidate has change change comprehensively described a significant situation in the context of change. (See content guidelines for (See content guidelines for (See content guidelines for examples of relevant historical examples of relevant historical examples of relevant historical information that could be included in information that could be included in information that could be included in the candidate’s answer.) the candidate’s answer.) the candidate’s answer.) Through her / his response to the Through her / his response to the Through the breadth, depth and / or second part of the question the second part of the question the range of the ideas in her / his candidate has described the candidate has evaluated the response to the second part of the influence of the situation on people. influence of the situation on people. question the candidate has comprehensively evaluated the influence of the situation on people. This evaluation should involve This evaluation should involve analysis which may include weighing analysis and the comprehensive up the influences that this situation weighing up the influences that this had on people. Eg positive situation had on people. Eg positive influences weighed up against influences weighed up against negative ones or one theory about negative ones or one theory about the influence contrasted with the influence contrasted with another. another. (See content guidelines for examples of relevant historical (See content guidelines for (See content guidelines for information that could be included in examples of relevant historical examples of relevant historical the candidate’s answer.) information that could be included in information that could be included in the candidate’s answer.) the candidate’s answer.) The candidate has structured and The candidate has structured and The candidate has structured and organised her / his information using organised her / his information using organised her / his information using an appropriate essay format. an appropriate essay format. an appropriate and effective essay format. • Introductory paragraph. • Introductory paragraph. • Introductory paragraph. • Relevant, structured and logically • Relevant, structured and logically • Relevant, structured and logically sequenced paragraphs. sequenced paragraphs. sequenced paragraphs. • Conclusion. • Conclusion. • Conclusion. The candidate has provided an The candidate has provided a argument, ie the candidate has convincing argument, ie the stated a view and supported it with candidate has a clearly articulated relevant and accurate evidence view and has supported it with (probably most evident in the sound reasoning and relevant, evaluative part of her / his essay). accurate and significant evidence (probably most evident in the evaluative part of her / his essay). NCEA Level 3 History (90658) 2007 — page 2 of 23 Content Guidelines Topic One: England 1558–1667 Topic One: Essay One Describe the main features of family life between 1558 and 1667. Evaluate the influence of parents on the lives of their children in early modern English society. The candidate’s response to the first part of the essay question could include: • The nuclear family (parents and children) was the basic social unit for reproduction, upbringing, and old-age care. The term “family” could also include live-in servants and apprentices; however, the extended kinship group remained important as well. • Families worked and played together. Religious activities within the family (eg grace, catechism, and Bible reading) were considered important. Most families looked after their own needy. • The average number of children born was between three and four. Two or three usually survived to adulthood. The birth rate was reduced by the effect of late marriage, death during childbearing and breastfeeding. Children were seen as vital to carry on the family name, inherit family property, and fulfill emotional needs. • The role of parents was to provide sustenance and education, training in work skills, exercise discipline and morality, and give emotional support. Later in the child’s life, they would assist in finding employment, be a guide to a suitable marriage partner, and support with contacts to ensure economic, social, and political success. Lastly, they would leave as great an inheritance to the child as possible. The patriarchal role encompassed setting standards and order, income, and legal rights. For the governing class, the role also covered property administration, marriage partners, education for boys and dowries for girls. The matriarchal role was to bear children, support the husband, look after the health and well-being of the family, groom children for marriage and attract selected spouses. • Children were put to work at early ages on the farm, sowing seeds, chasing birds, and other rather unstrenuous activities. Boys were more likely to be put to work earlier, and girls to stay home a little longer to help their mother. Children who could be spared from the farm, or whose wages would not be missed, were often sent to school, to receive a form of elementary education. Most of these children, especially the girls, remained in school only for a short period, and would then be expected to work to help their family financially. Some children never attended school, but were taught by their mothers at home. Amongst the wealthier social groups, boys, and to a lesser extent girls, would be provided with private tuition, a school education, or education in someone else's house. • Children left the household with the onset of puberty for apprenticeships or domestic service. The advisory role of parents continued after the children had left the house and the financial part of caring had ceased. • The stability of society was enshrined in the expectation that the family unit would be self-sufficient from cradle to grave. Parish charity was very meagre by any standard. The candidate’s response to the second part of the essay question could include: • The extent to which parents influenced the lives of their children is subject to controversy. There is such little evidence it is difficult for historians to reconstruct the “experience” of being a child. What evidence there is in advice literature, journals, and letters, is so open to differing interpretations that historians are divided over major issues such as whether children were loved and wanted in the past, the way parents viewed their children, and the treatment they received. • Lawrence Stone and Ralph Houlbrooke take a “progressive” approach to history, and conclude that the treatment of children by their parents improved considerably over time since at first there was no concept of childhood as a state different to adulthood. They point to the custom of the “blessing” being replaced with a “goodnight kiss”, a decline in swaddling and wet-nursing, and allegedly increased intimacy in letters between parents and children by the seventeenth century as indicators of change. However, Linda Pollock, after intensive study of over 400 diaries and journals, argued that there was no significant change in the quality of parental care, the amount of affection felt for infants or grief when they died. Rosemary O'Day and Mary Abbot assert there was continuity rather than evolution in the way that parents treated and reared their children. • Most contemporary writers reinforced the notion of the head of the family in early modern England as the apex of a patriarchal system with clearly defined roles. Based on Pauline scripture, male dominance was a godly duty. Any hint of departure from the accepted order was seen as “misrule” or chaos. The head of the extended family (especially in the upper classes) exercised authority over children in issues such as physical provision and well- being, education, religious instruction, career advancement or employment, business, and marriage. • Children were to be subject to their parents and had duties to them. They were expected to be respectful and obedient, carry on family traditions, consider the interests of all family members, and maintain or raise the status NCEA Level 3 History (90658) 2007 — page 3 of 23 of the family. Willful children were frequently sent away to relatives to avoid the public shame involved. Lack of parental authority, instability or incompatibility in families led to public arguments, lawsuits and social humiliation. • Social class affected the parental influence on children. Upper-class children were dependent on and controlled by parents for longer than lower-class children. Marriages among the propertied classes were subject to greater controls than those of the poor. Parents frequently interfered to prevent unsuitable marriages with the most used penalty for disobedience being disinheritance. • Maternal influences remained strong, especially over female children. NCEA Level 3 History (90658) 2007
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