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HSC History Extension Practice Exams with Worked Solutions
20 full-length papers · worked solutions for every question
The 20 practice exams inside the HSC History Extension Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.
- Section I: History as science or literary art (How has history been constructed?)
- Section I: two unseen passages (A and B) plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: how the contexts of historians shape interpretations (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Representations of Anzac
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Truth and objectivity: can historians be certain about the past?
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: new evidence and changing interpretations (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Cleopatra VII
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: The use and misuse of history (What are the purposes of history?)
- Section I: one unseen passage plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: the purposes of historians (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: The Frontier in Australia
- Section I uses ONE ORIGINAL passage by an invented commentator (Source A)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Who are historians? Academic and popular producers
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: the influence of the form of communication (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Age
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Changing technology and digital history
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: historians' methods (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Women Convicts in New South Wales
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Causation in history
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: the weighting of different kinds of evidence (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: The Collapse of the Western Roman Empire
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Changing philosophies of history
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: ideology and interpretation (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Western Imperialism in the 19th Century
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: History as a source of lessons (the role of history)
- Section I: one unseen passage plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: the use of the past in later politics (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Appeasement
- Section I uses ONE ORIGINAL passage by an invented commentator (Source A)
- Section II includes a short ORIGINAL constructed stimulus (Source C)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Ancient producers of history and their legacy
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: ancient versus modern historians (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Athenian Democracy
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: The availability of evidence: silences and marginalised voices
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: recovering the perspectives of the colonised (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Spain and the Aztec Empire
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Changing audiences and consumers of history
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: popular versus academic interpretations (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Napoleon
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Postmodernism and its critics
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: how certain historians can be (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: The Origins of Early Christianity
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Types of history: microhistory and macrohistory
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: the scale of historical inquiry (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Witch Hunts and Witch Trials
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Identity of historians: values, beliefs, gender, class, ethnicity
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: historians' identities and political allegiances (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Gough Whitlam
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: History, the state and political legitimacy
- Section I: one unseen passage plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: politicisation of interpretation (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: The Opium Wars
- Section I uses ONE ORIGINAL passage by an invented commentator (Source A)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Counterfactual history and determinism
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: the role of individuals in interpretations (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Winston Churchill
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Memory, oral history and testimony
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: memory, trauma and commemoration (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: The Partition of India
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Section II uses a short ORIGINAL constructed stimulus (Source C)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Revision and historiographical debate
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least ONE other source
- Section II: myth-making and revisionism (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Science, interdisciplinary methods and new evidence
- Section I: two unseen passages plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: new technologies and changing interpretations (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: Genghis Khan
- Section I uses ORIGINAL passages by invented commentators (Sources A and B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
- Section I: Whether history can ever be finished
- Section I: one unseen passage plus at least TWO other sources
- Section II: definitions and terminology in historical debate (at least ONE area of debate)
- Section II model answer: The Crusades
- Section I uses ONE ORIGINAL passage by an invented commentator (Source A)
- Section II uses a short ORIGINAL constructed stimulus (Source B)
- Case-study-neutral Question 2; the model answer is one illustration only
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