HSC History Extension Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the HSC History Extension Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Who Are Historians? Producers of History from Ancient Times to the PresentKey questions · Key question: Who are historians?

   Producers of history over time

2. Identity and Context: Values, Beliefs, Gender, Class, Status and ConstraintsKey questions · Key question: Who are historians?

   Identity and context of historians

3. What Is History For? Changing Aims, Purposes and Roles of HistoryKey questions · Key question: What are the purposes of history?

   Aims, purposes and role of history

4. The Use and Misuse of History: Legitimacy, Myth, Propaganda and DenialKey questions · Key question: What are the purposes of history?

   Use and misuse of history

5. How Historians Work: Methods, Evidence, Truth and ObjectivityKey questions · Key question: How has history been constructed, recorded and presented over time?

   Methods, evidence and objectivity

6. Forms of Communication and Types of History: from Epic to Digital, Micro to MacroKey questions · Key question: How has history been constructed, recorded and presented over time?

   Forms of communication and types of history

7. Why Approaches Change I: Evidence, Contexts, Perspectives and Philosophies of HistoryKey questions · Key question: Why have approaches to history changed over time?

   Evidence, contexts, perspectives and philosophies

8. Why Approaches Change II: Changing Technology and Changing AudiencesKey questions · Key question: Why have approaches to history changed over time?

   Technology and audiences

9. Ancient and Medieval Producers: Herodotus to Ibn KhaldunHistorians · Producers of history from ancient times to the present day (examples chosen by this hub to serve the four key questions)

   Ancient and medieval producers

10. From Voltaire and Gibbon to Ranke and Marx: Enlightenment, Whig and 'Scientific' HistoryHistorians · Producers of history from ancient times to the present day (examples chosen by this hub to serve the four key questions)

    Enlightenment and nineteenth century

11. Annales, History from Below, Carr and Elton, and the Postmodern ChallengeHistorians · Producers of history from ancient times to the present day (examples chosen by this hub to serve the four key questions)

    Twentieth-century schools and postmodernism

12. Feminist, Postcolonial, Public and Digital History; Australia's History WarsHistorians · Producers of history from ancient times to the present day (examples chosen by this hub to serve the four key questions)

    Feminist, postcolonial, public and digital history

13. Ancient Case Studies: Cleopatra VII, Athenian Democracy, Rome and the Provinces, Early Christianity, the Collapse of the WestCase studies · Case studies: Ancient (Cleopatra VII; Athenian Democracy; Rome’s Impact on the Provinces; The Origins of Early Christianity; The Collapse of the Western Roman Empire)

    Ancient case studies

14. Medieval and Early Modern Case Studies: the Crusades, Witch Hunts, Elizabeth I, Spain and the Aztec EmpireCase studies · Case studies: Medieval and Early Modern (The Crusades; Witch Hunts and Witch Trials; Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Age; Spain and the Aztec Empire)

    Medieval and early modern case studies

15. Modern Case Studies: Napoleon, Western Imperialism, Churchill or Thatcher, Appeasement, KennedyCase studies · Case studies: Modern (Napoleon; Western Imperialism in the 19th Century; A British Prime Minister: Winston Churchill OR Margaret Thatcher; Appeasement; John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

    Modern case studies

16. Asia Case Studies: Genghis Khan, the Opium Wars and the Partition of IndiaCase studies · Case studies: Asia (Genghis Khan; The Opium Wars; The Partition of India)

    Asia case studies

17. Australia Case Studies: the Frontier, Women Convicts, Menzies or Whitlam, Representations of AnzacCase studies · Case studies: Australia (The Frontier in Australia; Women Convicts in New South Wales; An Australian Prime Minister: Robert Menzies OR Gough Whitlam; Representations of Anzac)

    Australia case studies

18. Section I (Key Questions): Integrating Unseen Passages and Your Own SourcesExam & project · HSC exam technique (Section I and Section II) and the History Project

    Section I technique

19. Section II (Case Study): Answering the Historiographical Issue Across Your Areas of DebateExam & project · HSC exam technique (Section I and Section II) and the History Project

    Section II technique

20. The History Project: Proposal, Process Log, Annotated Sources, 2500-Word EssayExam & project · HSC exam technique (Section I and Section II) and the History Project

    History Project