NCEA Level 3 Classical Studies case studies
NCEA Level 3 Classical Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NCEA Level 3 Classical Studies is the third-year senior secondary course in the study of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, offered within the Social Sciences learning area of the New Zealand Curriculum and administered by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). It is designed for learners in their final years of secondary schooling who want to engage with the literature, art, history, and ideas of the classical world, and for teachers delivering and assessing that subject. The NCEA Level 3 Classical Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,143 words.
1The Mytilenean Debate: Evaluating Speeches as Evidence
Priya is drafting her Level 3 internal assessment on the Mytilenean Debate of 427 BCE. She has three resources: Thucydides 3.36–49, a fragmentary Athenian tribute-list inscription recording Mytilene's unpaid tribute, and a modern article whose abstract she has read because the full text is behind a paywall.
631 words, about 3 min2Justifying Caesar's Assassination Under a Three-Source Limit
Lincoln High's debating team has reached the regional final. The motion is 'The assassins of Julius Caesar were justified.' Each team may cite only three ancient sources in a four-minute constructive speech, and the opposition has signalled that it will quote Cicero's letters to Atticus and the Philippics.
626 words, about 3 min3The Socrates Mock Trial: Privileging Conflicting Apologies
A Year 13 cohort is staging a mock trial of Socrates on the charges of 399 BCE: corrupting the young and introducing new divinities. The jury is 24 students, each side has a five-minute opening and eight minutes of evidence, and formal citation is limited to two ancient sources.
633 words, about 3 min4Curating Literacy at Pompeii Under Label Constraints
A small regional museum is installing a four-case display on 'Reading and writing in Pompeii'. Each case holds one object; labels are capped at 60 words; the whole display must fit a 3-metre wall.
639 words, about 3 min5Interpreting the Parthenon Frieze in Ninety Seconds
A class is producing a 90-second audio-guide stop for a full-size replica of the Parthenon frieze. The script may not refer to images, must cite at least two ancient sources, and must avoid asserting a single agreed interpretation.
614 words, about 3 min