MAKING HISTORY
HIS3MHI
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
How is the past made into history? This subject engages students as active participants in making history. You will research a topic, significant moment, place or artefact of your choice (from another subject or from your own family or community history) and present this history in an engaging and accessible way (illustrated essay, digital story, display or film). Through this project you will gain practical experience of research, including documents, photos, objects and oral history interviews. You will also engage with historical debates and theoretical and conceptual reading on your topic. In this subject, you have the opportunity to go from being the student, studying other histories to being the historian making your own history. Making history is the capstone subject in history but is also available as an elective suitable for professional development in fields such as education, politics, english, media, communication....or as an enriching experience in life-long learning.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 75 credit-points [completion of 1st and 2nd year History or Art History subjects].
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Third-year level core subject for the History major within the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. (Collaborate to) identify and reflect on the use of visual sources which the student has found or which other historians have found.
- Activities:
- 10-minute group presentation.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
02. (Collaborate to) investigate aspects of the historiography and of the sources on a historical topic and frame a (relatively) original response in any one of a variety of history genres.
- Activities:
- The 2,000-word essay; 10-minute group presentation; 1-hour final examination; seminar reading online discussion.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
03. (Collaborate to) present orally or in multimedia an aspect of the past which offers a sustained line of argument or narrative, which is referenced in accomplished ways, which assimilates many secondary and primary sources.
- Activities:
- The 10-minute group presentation.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Speaking(Speaking)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Writing(Writing)
04. (Collaborate to) reflect explicitly on the use of primary sources: the student's own, and other historians'.
- Activities:
- The 2,000-word essay;10-minute group presentation; 1-hour final examination; seminar reading online discussion.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
05. Assess the balance of continuity and change in a past, and show how present contexts, including their own, can alter views of a past.
- Activities:
- The 2,000-word essay; 10-minute group presentation; 1-hour final examination; seminar reading online discussion.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
06. Expect students to frame orientations of their own re pasts in the present.
- Activities:
- The 2,000-word essay; 10-minute group presentation; 1-hour final examination; seminar reading online discussion.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
07. Review disciplinary skills in the context of a sustained history inquiry directed to a specific audience.
- Activities:
- The 2,000-word essay; 10-minute group presentation; 1-hour final examination; seminar reading online discussion.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
08. Write responses to an aspect of the past which offer a sustained line of argument or narrative, referenced in an accomplished manner, which respond to many secondary and primary sources.
- Activities:
- The 2,000-word essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
Albury-Wodonga, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Class requirements
Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-hour examination (equivalent to 1,000 words) | 30 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 07 | |
| 2,000-word research essay or public history output with interpretive essay (2,000 word equivalent) | 50 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 08, 07 | |
| 7-minute oral and multimedia presentation (equivalent to 500 words) | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 05, 07 | |
| Seminar reading online discussion (500 words) | 10 | 07, 02, 04, 05, 06 |
Bendigo, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Class requirements
Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-hour examination (equivalent to 1,000 words) | 30 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 07 | |
| 2,000-word research essay or public history output with interpretive essay (2,000 word equivalent) | 50 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 08, 07 | |
| 7-minute oral and multimedia presentation (equivalent to 500 words) | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 05, 07 | |
| Seminar reading online discussion (500 words) | 10 | 07, 02, 04, 05, 06 |
Melbourne, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-hour examination (equivalent to 1,000 words) | 30 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 07 | |
| 2,000-word research essay or public history output with interpretive essay (2,000 word equivalent) | 50 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 08, 07 | |
| 7-minute oral and multimedia presentation (equivalent to 500 words) | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 05, 07 | |
| Seminar reading online discussion (500 words) | 10 | 07, 02, 04, 05, 06 |
Shepparton, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Class requirements
Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-hour examination (equivalent to 1,000 words) | 30 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 07 | |
| 2,000-word research essay or public history output with interpretive essay (2,000 word equivalent) | 50 | 05, 04, 02, 06, 08, 07 | |
| 7-minute oral and multimedia presentation (equivalent to 500 words) | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 05, 07 | |
| Seminar reading online discussion (500 words) | 10 | 07, 02, 04, 05, 06 |