Historical Studies

Undergraduate

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Your study is delivered on campus and/or online
On campus, Online
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Area/Catalogue
EDUC 2048
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Course ID
203500
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Campus
Mawson Lakes, Magill, Online
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Education
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Course level
2
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
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Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

This course aims to develop a deep, conceptual and foundational content knowledge in historical studies through exploring the content and skills of the Australian Curriculum: History. Students will develop the capacity to think historically through historical concepts and key content areas that underpin the history curriculum.

  • Analysis Of Personal Knowledge And Skills
  • Understanding The Australian Curriculum - History - Internal
  • Understanding The Aust Curriculum - History - External
  • Historical Significance - Internal
  • Historical Significance - External
  • Colonisation - Internal
  • Colonisation - External
  • Developing Years - Internal
  • Developing Years - External
  • Storytelling And Quality History Teaching - Internal
  • Storytelling And Quality History Teaching - External
  • Silent Histories - Internal
  • Silent Histories - External
  • The Impact Of Migration - Internal
  • The Impact Of Migration - External
  • Nationhood - Internal
  • Nationhood - External
  • An Historical Study On A Local Scale - Internal
  • An Historical Study On A Local Scale - External

Course learning outcomes

  • Understand and apply knowledge of the Australian Curriculum: History to plan relevant and engaging learning experiences and quality assessment
  • Apply historical research skills and demonstrate an ability to think historically in a conceptual and critical manner
  • Think historically through applying the historical concepts
  • Understand the pedagogical content knowledge involved in the teaching of HaSS: History

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • Must not have completed EDUCX235 Historical Studies OR must not have completed EDUC3080 at the University of South Australia

Assumed knowledge

N/A

Textbook(s)

N/A

Inherent requirements

N/A

Other resources

TEXTBOOK: Green, D., & Price, D. (2025). Making Humanities and Social Sciences Come Alive: Early Years and Primary Education (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN (Print): 9781009217156. ISBN (eBook): 9781009217149.

Assessment

  • Professional Simulation – 15%
  • Essay – 35%
  • Report – 50%