QCAA Modern History case studies
QCAA Modern History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
QCAA Modern History is a senior secondary subject in Queensland, Australia, typically taken in Years 11 and 12 and assessed through a combination of school-based assessment and an external written examination set by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. It suits students who want to understand how the modern world was shaped - through revolutionary ideas and movements, the building of nation-states, empire and decolonisation, war and peacemaking, and social and cultural change - and who are willing to work with evidence rather than just absorb a narrative. The QCAA Modern History case studies are 5 cases and about 4,710 words.
1The 1919 Seattle Shipyard Strike: Who Owns the Dispute?
In February 1919, 35,000 shipyard workers in Seattle walked out in a dispute over wages that had been frozen during the war. The local Central Labor Council, led by figures influenced by the Industrial Workers of the World, called a general strike.
934 words, about 5 min2Irish Home Rule, 1912–1914: Counting a Mandate
In 1912 the British government introduced a Third Home Rule Bill for Ireland. In the general election of December 1910, Irish Nationalist MPs had won 84 of Ireland's 103 seats, while Unionists won 18, concentrated almost entirely in the northeast.
992 words, about 5 min3The 1884 Berlin Conference: Reading a Map That Was Never Drawn
Between November 1884 and February 1885, representatives of fourteen European states and the United States met in Berlin. The conference did not partition Africa.
906 words, about 5 min4Chernobyl, April 1986: Reconstructing a Decision Under Secrecy
On 26 April 1986, a test at reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant went wrong and the reactor was destroyed. Soviet authorities initially released little information; the nearby city of Pripyat was evacuated about 36 hours later.
983 words, about 5 min5The 1967 Referendum: What a 90.77 Per Cent Vote Can and Cannot Prove
In May 1967, Australian voters approved two constitutional amendments by a national majority of about 90.77 per cent, with majorities in all six states. The amendments allowed the Commonwealth to legislate for Aboriginal people and required Aboriginal people to be counted in national population statistics.
895 words, about 4 min