Year 12 · HSC / Ancient History
Assessment and exam practice.
Plan a practice session around the assessment you are preparing for.
Try this with Ancient History
- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — Core: the AD 79 eruption and its impact; Core: value and limitations of graffiti and inscriptions; Societies: social structure and political organisation
- Exam 2 — Core: the economy — forum, trade and industries; Core: new technologies and changing interpretations; Societies: the economy
- Exam 3 — Core: social structure — freedmen and slaves; Core: conservation and reconstruction issues; Societies: religion, death and burial
- Exam 4 — Core: everyday life, baths and water supply; Core: ethical issues and human remains; Societies: roles and status of women
- Exam 5 — Core: religion — household gods, temples and tombs; Core: representations of the cities over time; Societies: significant sites and geographical setting
- Exam 6 — Core: local political life — decuriones and magistrates; Core: value and impact of tourism; Societies: occupations, crafts and technology
- Exam 7 — Core: Greek and Egyptian cultural influence; Core: early discoveries and excavation methods; Societies: the army and warfare
- Exam 8 — Core: written sources and ancient writers; Core: site layout and streetscapes as evidence; Societies: festivals and priesthoods
- Exam 9 — Core: human, animal and plant remains; Core: Italian and international responsibilities; Societies: economic exchange and taxation
- Exam 10 — Core: wall paintings, mosaics and statues; Core: impact of new research; Societies: education, writing and daily life
- Exam 11 — Core: geographical setting of Campania; Core: problems of the archaeological evidence; Societies: interrelation of key features
- Exam 12 — Core: public buildings and their functions; Core: study and display of the casts; Societies: elites and administration
- Exam 13 — Core: private housing and the villa; Core: changing nature of excavation practice; Societies: dependent and unfree groups
- Exam 14 — Core: health, diet and sanitation evidence; Core: reconstructing daily life from fragments; Societies: art, architecture and achievement
- Exam 15 — Core: leisure — amphitheatre, palaestra and theatres; Core: cross-referencing source types; Societies: historiographical issues
- Exam 16 — Core: foreign cults and religions; Core: conservation technologies and their limits; Societies: agriculture and land use
- Exam 17 — Core: the forum as an economic and civic hub; Core: interpreting graffiti and electoral notices; Societies: political institutions and decision making
- Exam 18 — Core: contrasting evidence from Pompeii and Herculaneum; Core: custodianship of the ancient past; Societies: funerary customs and the afterlife
- Exam 19 — Core: the eruption's effect on the two sites' preservation; Core: debates over reconstruction versus preservation; Societies: technology and building techniques
- Exam 20 — Core: synthesising archaeological and written evidence; Core: significance of recent discoveries; Societies: continuity and change in the society
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