For any new students doing this assessments, my advice is to invest your time wisely. Although it may seem appealing to frolic around instead of researching it wont end too well in the end. As you do your research and implement it into your essay, do your bibliography as you go!!! This may not be important to you then, it may be very overwhelming when you go back to find out what information came from which website. I wish you all the best of luck.
P.S some of the topics we looked at: American Civil War, Communist Russia, Feudal Japan and the Reign of Terror in France
Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation. Ibn Khaldun 14th century
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~Pearl Buck
To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to the maker, then it takes on a quality that will confuse humanity. - Kemal Ataturk
INDEPENDENT LEARNING REQUIRES SELF-DISCIPLINE
SIGNIFICANCE - Why this matters. Historiography is the study of history writing. As historians make new evidence and interpretations available debates and new understandings of the past become possible. In this task, students conduct their own investigations to understand the process of history writing and how it influences explanations about individuals and their times.
YOU WILL NEED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCE IN THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES FROM THE SYLLABUS:
MODERN HISTORY SYLLABUS OUTCOMES:
P1.1 describe the role of key individuals, groups and events of selected studies from the eighteenth century to the present
P1.2 investigate and explain the key features and issues of selected studies from the eighteenth century to the present
P3.1 ask relevant historical questions
P3.2 locate, select and organise relevant information from different types of sources
P3.3 comprehend and analyse sources for their usefulness and reliability
P3.4 identify and account for differing perspectives and interpretations of the past
P3.5 plan and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from different types of sources
Debate: That history needs to be continually revised to attain a more objective interpretation.
Date: 04/10/2018
Subject: Good Luck
Date: 05/20/2017
Subject: Meji Restoration
Fixed part a and b. I haven't really done anything else apart from that and my introduction
Date: 05/14/2017
Subject: civil rights movements
this week i have focused on editing my introduction for the essay and i shall begin my annotated bibliography in the weeks coming.
Date: 05/05/2017
Subject: US history
This week i focused on editing and perfecting my introduction. Next week i would like to focus on my annotated bibliography, and possibly begin my first point (if possible).
Date: 05/05/2017
Subject: civil rights movements
i have finished step 4 and started to choose my primary and secondary sources and i have started my annotated bibliography of my sources. i have took on the advice given and relating my paragraph to the question.
Date: 05/05/2017
Subject: Nazi ideology
This week I planned the structure my essay, I will begin the introduction tonight and have it finished. I will use the weekend to perfect the introduction and to begin to formulate body paragraph.
Date: 04/23/2017
Subject: reign of terror in france
this week, i have gathered primary and secondary sources to complete 3A and 3B worksheets. i have looked at speeches from that time period for my primary source and for secondary sources i have looked at books and websites. i also started to get ready for the intro of the essay and by the end of this week i want to have a draft to edit.
Date: 04/02/2017
Subject: Meiji Restoration
This week i have formulated my sources into paragraphs and structured them accordingly. For example one paragraph would talk about a secondary source and the other paragraph would talk about another. I have also been finishing off my step one and two worksheets and submitted them
Date: 03/26/2017
Subject: Che Guevara
This week, i focused mostly on finding primary and secondary sources to help me complete worksheet 3A. I visited the Amazon website and managed to find both primary and secondary sources . This is helping me come to a conclusion to my essay statement about Che Guevara whether he had a positive or negative influence . I managed to find primary sources written by Che Guevara himself such as ones written in his diaries. I also found other sources which were secondary such as books that were written about him and what he done. There are not many sources such as website/books that talk about Che Guevara from an objective View which makes it difficult for one to make their own judgement about him. I also continued reading about his biography and watching documentaries about him and what major events occurred during his lifetime. I will continue finding a variety of primary and secondary sources and make sure that the majority of worksheet 3A is complete by the end of this week.
Date: 03/26/2017
Subject: weekly research log
This week i have started to combine my evidences to formulate an extended response for my essay question. I have begun to ask more questions about the Meiji so i have turned these questions into sub topics which i can later research for my essay. But before ive done these, i have continued to look extensively for major primary sources such as pictures and quotes from books which have been written in that era
