Paper
Past HSC and Trials Questions
(from Assessment and Reporting in Ancient History Stage 6, page 8)
Section I – Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii and Herculaneum (25 marks)
Questions in this section will require candidates to refer to the source booklet.
This section will consist of two parts.
Part A (15 marks)
There will be objective response and short-answer questions to the value of 15 marks, including from 5 to 10 objective response questions.
Questions will require candidates to use sources and apply their own knowledge.
Part B (10 marks)
There will be one question worth 10 marks that will require candidates to refer to sources and apply their own knowledge to issues of investigating, reconstructing and preserving the past and related ethical issues.
(Note that this format is new for 2010.)
HSC 2009
Question 1 (7 marks)
Source 1: The House of the Silver Wedding at Pompeii
(a) Name TWO architectural features shown in Source 1? (2)
Source 2: Plan of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum.
(1) Entrance to the men's baths (2) Entrance to the women's baths
(b) Using Source 2, describe the features of baths in Herculaneum and Pompeii. (5)
Question 2 (8 marks)
Source 3: Fishing net and net mending tools from Herculaneum
Source 4: Fullery of Stephanus at Pompeii
What do Sources 3 and 4 reveal about industries in Pompeii and Herculaneum. (8)
Question 3 (10 marks)
"At the very heart of any understanding of Pompeii and its archaeology must be the demands of the tourist, who as Maiuri explained was the client of archaeology..."
Source 5: Ray Laurence, University of Birmingham
To what extent has tourism influenced the way the sites of Pompeii and/or Herculaneum have been managed since the 1800s?
In your answer, refer to Source 5 and your own knowledge.
The following points come from the BOS sample answers for this question:
Answers could include:
A judgement about the extent of the influence of tourism on site
(from Assessment and Reporting in Ancient History Stage 6, page 8)
Section I – Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii and Herculaneum (25 marks)
Questions in this section will require candidates to refer to the source booklet.
This section will consist of two parts.
Part A (15 marks)
There will be objective response and short-answer questions to the value of 15 marks, including from 5 to 10 objective response questions.
Questions will require candidates to use sources and apply their own knowledge.
Part B (10 marks)
There will be one question worth 10 marks that will require candidates to refer to sources and apply their own knowledge to issues of investigating, reconstructing and preserving the past and related ethical issues.
(Note that this format is new for 2010.)
HSC 2009
Question 1 (7 marks)
Source 1: The House of the Silver Wedding at Pompeii
(a) Name TWO architectural features shown in Source 1? (2)
Source 2: Plan of the Forum Baths at Herculaneum.
(1) Entrance to the men's baths (2) Entrance to the women's baths
(b) Using Source 2, describe the features of baths in Herculaneum and Pompeii. (5)
Question 2 (8 marks)
Source 3: Fishing net and net mending tools from Herculaneum
Source 4: Fullery of Stephanus at Pompeii
What do Sources 3 and 4 reveal about industries in Pompeii and Herculaneum. (8)
Question 3 (10 marks)
"At the very heart of any understanding of Pompeii and its archaeology must be the demands of the tourist, who as Maiuri explained was the client of archaeology..."
Source 5: Ray Laurence, University of Birmingham
To what extent has tourism influenced the way the sites of Pompeii and/or Herculaneum have been managed since the 1800s?
In your answer, refer to Source 5 and your own knowledge.
The following points come from the BOS sample answers for this question:
Answers could include:
A judgement about the extent of the influence of tourism on site