Navigating the NESA website to find past papers can be a major pain, so here’s a quick and easy list of HSC Modern History Past Papers!
This list also includes ones from the previous syllabus, meaning that any paper before 2019 will look different to what you’ve been studying. However, this doesn’t mean they aren’t still useful!
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Changes to HSC Modern History Past Papers
Modern History Past Papers
Changes to HSC Modern History Past Papers
So as we’ve mentioned before, the past papers from before 2019 have a slightly different structure.
In the current syllabus, you are examined on the core study, âPower and Authority in the Modern Worldâ, and will need to answer source-based short answer questions worth 25 marks.Â
Here are some practice questions on ‘Power and Authority in the Modern World’ to help put your skills to the test!
No clue how to write a source analysis? We’ve made a 9-Step Guide to HSC Modern History Source Analyses for you!
However, if you complete a paper from before 2019, these will be WWI short answer questions.
You may also notice the Historical Personality Study in the older papers listed below, however, in the current syllabus, this has been replaced with Change in the Modern World.
This will be assessed in your exam through a short answer section, with 3 or 4 questions. There will be one question between 10-15 marks, and the section is worth a total of 25 marks.
The National Study and Study in Peace and Conflict have remained the same, so the following Modern History past papers are great to find practice questions for these topics!
Before you have a go at the past papers below, we recommend having a go at the NESA sample paper first.
HSC Modern History Past Papers
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