MAKING HISTORY: COMMUNICATING THE PAST

HIS3MHI

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

How is the past made into history? In this subject, you will use digital media to communicate the past. You will make history, researching a topic, event, place or artefact of your choice. Your challenge is to communicate this history via a media form (video, podcast, online essay or museum display) in an engaging way to the public. You will gain practical experience in media communication, independent research, critical thinking and ethics. As you engage with historical debates and media, you will challenge traditional ideas and practices and develop skills in understanding how the past becomes history and in communication. You will go from being the student studying other histories, to being the historian making your own history and communicating it to a public audience. You will gain experience in historical writing, producing a video or recording a podcast. Making History is suitable as an elective in media and communication, gender studies, politics, education and English.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Katherine Ellinghaus

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: 30 credit-points of second-year HUSS subjects or Coordinator's approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Show how history and historians shape the present and can contribute to envisaging new futures.

02. Analyse historical evidence, scholarship and changing representations of the past.

03. Demonstrate an understanding of at least one period or culture of the past.

04. Communicate historical issues by undertaking research according to the methodological and ethical conventions of the discipline.

Albury-Wodonga, 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Katherine Ellinghaus

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 0.50 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Research Project/Essay (2000 words)Students will be offered a choice of a public history project or a traditional research essay.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Reflective Essay (1500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO5, SILO6, SILO8
Presentation (equivalent 500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO7, SILO8

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Katherine Ellinghaus

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 0.50 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Research Project/Essay (2000 words)Students will be offered a choice of a public history project or a traditional research essay.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Reflective Essay (1500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO5, SILO6, SILO8
Presentation (equivalent 500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO7, SILO8

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Katherine Ellinghaus

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 0.50 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Research Project/Essay (2000 words)Students will be offered a choice of a public history project or a traditional research essay.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Reflective Essay (1500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO5, SILO6, SILO8
Presentation (equivalent 500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO7, SILO8

Mildura, 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Katherine Ellinghaus

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 0.50 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Research Project/Essay (2000 words)Students will be offered a choice of a public history project or a traditional research essay.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Reflective Essay (1500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO5, SILO6, SILO8
Presentation (equivalent 500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO7, SILO8

Shepparton, 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Katherine Ellinghaus

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 0.50 hour unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Research Project/Essay (2000 words)Students will be offered a choice of a public history project or a traditional research essay.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO5, SILO6, SILO7, SILO8
Reflective Essay (1500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO5, SILO6, SILO8
Presentation (equivalent 500 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO7, SILO8