In the HSC Extension course, students evaluate the ideas and processes used by historians to produce History and apply what they have learned to areas of historical interest with increasing independence. This is a I unit course. Ancient and/or Modern History are prerequisites. 

1. Go behind the scenes and explore the special effects of History.

2. Consider how social media and a globalized world has changed the way we write and receive History. 

The Year 12 (HSC) Course includes: 

Part 1:

a) Through a critical study of a wide range of readings from ancient to contemporary times, we investigate the philosophy of such issues as the role of the Historian in society, the purpose of history as a political device and the impact of digital technologies on the construction and consumption of History. 

b) Case Study: For example, The last Tudor Monarch – Elizabeth I. Here we use the “toolbox” learnt in section (a) and apply such tools in a real historical environment. Engaging in such areas of debate as ERI’s religious beliefs and reforms and the impact of gender on her ability or perceived inability to reign, lead and administer her kingdom effectively. 

Part 2: 

Individual history project. Students develop a research question and present an historical investigation of a topic of their choice. This is worth 35 of the 50 internal assessment marks for the course. Like all other major works this is student-initiated work, sustained by continuous interaction and supervision with the teacher. It is an opportunity for each student to be an historian, perhaps even to re-write History, to set the record straight. 

Evidence collection and evaluation, critical thinking and communication, advanced written communication, data analysis, time management, independent problem solving, project design, interpersonal interaction/co-operation and debate, deductive and inductive reasoning, differentiated empathy.  

An A4 exercise book for each topic or a BYOD device.  

• Architect

• Legal professions

• Marketing

• Interior design

• Teacher

• Diplomat

• Human resource management

• Archaeologist

• Museum curator

• Travel consultant

• Archivist

• Gamer-software designer

• Photography

• Editor

• Writer (novelist, playwright, etc.)

• Journalist

• Philologist

• Speech writer

• Public relations consultant  

As they become available:

• Museum exhibitions

• The B.I.G. Overseas Study Tour

• HSC study days – generally held at a University of Sydney campus.

• Nil, unless you don’t return your pack of Year 12 HSC textbooks, which you will then be invoiced for at the retail price.