Course Outline And Summary, Ancient History: Ancient History

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TUGGERAH LAKES SECONDARY COLLEGE
YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY 2013
ANCIENT HISTORY

Yearly Planner
Course Outline
Outcomes
Syllabus Documents

THE ENTRANCE CAMPUS
YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY – Ancient History
YEARLY PLANNER 2013

Term 1: Friday 1/2/13 – Friday 12/4/13
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
28/1

4/2

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

18/2

11/2

25/2

4/3

11/3

18/3

25/3

HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE

Term 2: Monday 29/4/13 – Friday 28/6/13
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
29/4

6/5

Week 10
1/4

8/4

TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB

TASK 1

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

20/5

13/5

Week 11

27/5

3/6

10/6

17/6

24/6

TASK 2

HOMER AND THE TROJAN

Students learn about:
1 Methods of investigating the historical past
 roles of history and archaeology in investigating the past; complementary nature of both disciplines  the unique methodologies of the historian and archaeologist; the contribution of written and material remains in providing evidence of the past
2

The nature of sources and evidence
 archaeological and written sources; how evidence is lost, preserved and rediscovered
 the nature of evidence provided by written and archaeological sources, complementary and contradictory  asking questions of archaeological and written sources
 determining the reliability of archaeological and written sources
 historiographical issues raised by archaeological and written sources

3

Reconstructing the past: the role of sources and evidence
 reconstructing the past using archaeological and written sources; analysis of sources for use as evidence; recognising the provisional nature of the evidence
 testing hypotheses using types of sources; complementary and contradictory evidence; determining authenticity, reliability and usefulness of sources
 forensic techniques used to bring together a coherent