Students are challenged to recognise that history is a reconstruction and analysis of the past, and as such the ability to both think critically and argue evidentially are fostered. All our students study History as a core subject from Year 7 to 10, with our most able and passionate students also taking Enhancement History classes that culminate in an accelerated VCE program. Our VCE Revolutions program is consistently ranked in the top five in Victoria.
Discover how humans have shaped our world.
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Humanities at Mazenod entails students studying History, Geography and Politics in a variety of core and elective courses from Year 7 to 12. The strong track record of VCE results in all three disciplines has drawn press attention and garnered multiple Premier’s Awards in recent years, leading The Age to dub Mazenod a “Humanities powerhouse".
History
Geography
Politics
History
Geography
The era of shading maps is over! Our innovative, award-winning Geography teachers deliver engaging core and elective courses that enable students to study the interplay of people and our Earth’s environment. Using everything from Augmented Reality sandboxes to Virtual Reality headsets, students learn that Geography is a dynamic, hands-on subject that is best experienced on one of our many fieldwork excursions. The Eastern Longneck Turtles that inhabit our College wetland area rely on the skills of our Geography students to survive and flourish.
Politics
Through popular Politics electives, our students come to appreciate the wisdom of Pericles’ observation that "just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." Our students learn about the nature of power and the salience of ideas, applying this to analyse contemporary topics ranging from climate change to modern warfare. Our VCE students participate in Model United Nations and have won first prize in three different prestigious political essay writing awards since 2019.
December 18, 2019 — Michael Fowler and Craig Butt
Forty-plus reasons to celebrate: the schools that excelled in science and humanities
Read the article (theage.com.au)
