Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Examination Specifications

History 12

2009/10 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2009 through August 2010.

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2009/10 General Examination Information regarding booklet format information and general changes to provincial examinations.

• There are no revisions to History 12.

Specifications

• The Table of Specifications and Description of Examination (PDF, 76KB) show teachers and students how the History 12 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations.

The provincial examination represents 40% of the students final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 60%.

There may be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may evaluate performance on only a sample of these outcomes.

• Cognitive Levels provide a description of what each cognitive level means.
  
  
• The Prescribed Learning Outcomes (PDF, 756KB) provide the foundation on which examinations are based.
  
• A Key Verbs (PDF, 8KB) list is provided to help students read, analyze and respond to written-response or essay questions.
  
• The Scoring Criteria (PDF, 52KB) explains how students will be marked on the Written-response and Essay questions.

Samples

• Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizer.

• The Response Booklet (PDF, 213KB) is where students write their resposes to written-response and essay questions.