HaSS Historical Studies Specialisation

Course aim

To develop a deep, conceptual and foundational content knowledge in historical studies through exploring the content and skills of the Australian Curriculum: History. Students will develop the capacity to think historically through historical concepts and key content areas that underpin the history curriculum. Inquiry and research skills will also be honed to support the teaching of engaging, critical and creative history in the primary school setting.

Course content

Students will study units of work that will provide deep content knowledge in conceptual thinking in history. They will explore major periods of history that are pertinent to teaching children from Reception to Year 7 while using primary resources to develop historical stories. Students will also explore the use of inquiry and research skills in the study of history and interpret the achievement standards and quality task design.

Textbook(s)

Green, D., & Price, D 2019, Making humanities and social sciences come alive, First Edition, Cambridge University Press.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Tutorial	3 hours x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online activities)	3 hours x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Research assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.