History TfU Project Guidelines - 2010

Victoria School Sec One History TfU Project Guidelines

Term 3 Assessment components (CA):

TfU Project – 60%
CA paper in Week 8 – 40%

What is this project all about?

This project is about the use of evidence in history and the different ways in which the evidence is used to reconstruct the past.

In order to do this, you will form groups of one to four to complete this project. This project consists of a number of different components which require you to work closely with your group mates in order to complete the project.In your groups, find a photograph that is of some historical value.

This history project is about this photograph and through the study of this photograph, we hope to find out more about its origins, background and historical significance.

What kind of photograph?

Preferably a photograph that dates back to (at least) your parents' generation.
The photograph must have some form of historical significance. It is advisable to show your teacher the photograph for approval before you continue with the interview and research.
The components are as follow:

Component 1: Oral Interview (10%)

This component requires you to conduct an oral interview with a person who has some knowledge of the photograph. You may use the following to formulate your interview questions. You are encouraged to pose more questions to your interviewee.

Clearly state the year (or the period) the photograph was taken.
Briefly describe the place and what is happening in the photograph.
Identify the people in the photograph. Who were they? What were their occupations? How old were they when the photograph was taken?
(Note: More marks will be awarded to groups with well-formulated questions. A full transcript of the interview is required for grading.)

Component 2: Background Research (15%)

After completing the oral interview, you are required to do some research based on the information gathered from the interview. Do a little background research on the historical events that took place during that year and relate it to the photograph. You may use the following questions to guide your research.
How is your photograph related to or reflective of that particular year or era?
What is the historical significance of this photograph?

(Minimum number of words: 350)

Component 3: Individual Reflection (5%)

Component 3 requires you to reflect upon your learning through the completion of this unit and your group project.
1. What have you learnt?
2. Challenges that you faced throughout the project and how you overcame them?What are some of the thoughts and feelings that you have?

Assignment requirements:

All documents should be typed in Arial, font size 12, 1.5 paragraph spacing. No hand-written papers will be accepted. Names, class and register numbers have to be clearly indicated on the cover page.

Deadlines:

You will need to submit a draft of the project to your respective teacher for checking by the final week of Term 3, with Friday (3 Sep 2010) being the last day of submission. It is not necessary for you to submit a complete project but the teacher must be able to see some form of progress.

Final submission date of the TFU project: Term 4 Week 1 (17 Sep 2010)

Penalty for late submission: 10% of the total marks will be deducted for every day of late submission.