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Five Week Self-Directed Research Task
Five Week Self-Directed Research Task
historical_investigation_2023-04-20 (1).docLEARNING INTENTIONS
LEARNING INTENTIONS
To understand the requirements and processes of an historical investigation.
To understand the requirements and processes of an historical investigation.
To download a copy of the process diary
To download a copy of the process diary
Students engage in ONE historical investigation through which they further develop their skills.
Students engage in ONE historical investigation through which they further develop their skills.
The historical investigation is designed to further develop relevant investigative, research and presentation skills.
The historical investigation should extend a particular area of student interest.
The historical concepts and skills content is to be integrated as appropriate.
The investigation also provides the context for a practical application of the general capabilities.
As defined in the NSW Ancient History Stage 6 Syllabus, the Ancient period covers history from the development of early human communities to the end of late antiquity (around AD 650).
Year 11 Ancient History Task 2.docxTopics you can not do
Topics you can not do
Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger
The Augustan Age 44 BC–AD 14
The Augustan Age 44 BC–AD 14
Egypt in the Ramesside Period.
Egypt in the Ramesside Period.
The following process is to be followed to complete the Historical Investigation:
The following process is to be followed to complete the Historical Investigation:
Consider an historical area (Egypt, Near East, China, Greece, Rome) and choose an ancient period.
Then choose a personality or event (confirm your choice of topic with your teacher)
Formulate an historical question that you will investigate and address in essay form.
You are to develop an historical inquiry question which incorporates a key historical concept.
Locate and interrogate a range of sources (eg for their usefulness and reliability).
Select and organise relevant information.
Synthesise evidence from a range of sources to develop a hypothesis that you support with reasoned historical argument.
Write the first draft of your essay, checking you are:
using historical concepts and terms appropriately
examining the significance of the selected personality or event
presenting and communicating the findings of the historical investigation in an appropriate and well-structured written form.
Reflect on the draft and how well it addresses the question in a clear and concise way.
Complete and submit a final essay response (1000–words, including an appropriately formatted reference list.
Select one key source used in your investigation and complete a critique of the source (200–250 words). This may include:
the evidence provided by the source
an evaluation of how important the source was to your investigation.
Use the SOURCE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION SCAFFOLD to help structure this response.
Source analysis and evaluation scaffold.docxProcess Diary
Process Diary
You will use a process diary to keep track of your historical investigation.
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