i.+History+Extension

EXTENSION
It is important to provide students with an opportunity to improve their historical skills whilst they are studying Modern History in year 11 and 12. This is particularly true for students who wish to or have the potential to do Extension History in year 12. Some of the strategies that could be used to develop students' skills as well as encourage an interest in Extension History are shown below.


 * Source Analysis – this is an extremely important skill for students to learn. Giving the students a wide array of sources in relation to the different topics which are being studied will develop their knowledge and ability of source analysis. The sources that the students should be given should vary widely from primary to secondary sources. There are a number of questions which the students should be able to answer from any source and these include finding the origin, motive, audience and perspective.


 * =====Historical Perspective: Whilst studying history it is important to allow students to see and get an understanding of different perspectives which exist within all historical events. Historian’s publications of historical events will provide particular interpretations of the past which the students can analyse and interpret, to not only understand the biases and perspectives but also form some of their own opinions.=====


 * ICT: Lessons where the students are able to use the internet to search is also important for their learning of historical skills. This would be particularly useful for them to conduct activities to determine which websites that are useful. This needs to be scaffolded at first but could be developed so that the students would be able to distinguish for themselves whether or not a site is useful, reliable and accurate.

The following document is a pamphlet that the capable students would be provided to encourage them to take extension history in their HSC year: