Welcome to your self paced research component for Australian History Studies.

Welcome to your self paced research component for Australian History Studies. 

As you complete these activities you will develop research and analytical skills as you work your way through each activity. This research will take two weeks to complete and can be done in class time or as home work.

You will need to use your student login to access this unit either at home or in class. If you do not have a class login please speak with your teacher.

There are FOUR activity posts for you to complete. Once you have completed  Activities 1-3 you will have gathered enough information to complete your final project.

Final Assessment (Activity 4 - Tying it all Together : is where you and your group will teach your fellow students in a short (3-5 minute) presentation on a topic of your choosing.

Primary and Secondary Documents.

In each activity you will be directed to research primary documents and secondary documents.

Primary sources are created or written during the time being investigated.

Examples of primary sources include official documents; personal documents, such as diaries and letters; photographs; film and documentaries. 

Secondary sources are accounts about the past that were created after the time being investigated.

Examples of secondary sources include writings of historians, encyclopaedia, documentaries, history textbooks, and websites

This is a primary document - it is a soldiers service record.

What you will need to do in each activity.

1.  Read the information provided in each activity.
2.  Follow instructions given
3.  Collect your questions and research findings (.doc) and place in your History Folder located at Documents/year9/2015/yourname. 
4. This collection of assessment article is important and is referred to as your Folio.
• if you have presented a joint assessment each student is to keep copy of the joint project in their folio.
• it is your responsibility to ensure your folio is not deleted (keep a back up copy).

• Think about what  topic for your final presentation will be.

Final Assessment 

At the end of your research you will have a resource folio with profiles a person and in a group of 4 you will teach the class about the life of one soldier or nurse.