TERTIARY & CAREERS PATHWAYS:
museum attendant, public servant, author, arts administrator, lawyer, tour guide, criminologist, archaeologist, museum curator, administrative assistant, librarian, human rights activist
The Elective History course is designed for students who love history, who have a passion for the subject, read widely in the area and enjoy exploring the past. This course provides an opportunity for students to develop a knowledge and understanding of past societies and historical periods that are not studied in the mainstream course. This is done by completing several minor individual research tasks and one major research tasks or class group presentations. The aim is to broaden students understanding of World history and to improve and perfect the skills needed to research, analyse and record their understanding and presenting work in different formats. Different historical perspectives on important historical events and issues will be examined as part of the course. This will allow students to form their own opinion and to assess their reliability and usefulness as a source.
Areas of Study:
Students will explore history through a range of thematic and historical studies such as:
Key Skills Achieved:
Students will develop skills in the following by completing several tasks to:
Assessment:
There will be a variety of tasks undertaken from the following:
Contributions to class discussions and completion of class work will also be considered.
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