The History Project

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How do the annotated bibliography and process log evidence genuine historiographical research, and what makes them analytical rather than merely descriptive records?

Students compile the annotated bibliography and process log of the History Project, documenting and evaluating sources historiographically and recording the development of the investigation

A deep dive into the two documentary components of the History Project, the annotated bibliography and the process log. How to evaluate sources historiographically rather than summarise them, and how to record research decisions and changes of direction so the process evidences a genuine, reflective inquiry.

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How do you choose a History Project topic and frame a focus question that allows a genuine historiographical investigation?

Students select an area of changing historical interpretation and frame a focus question that enables an individual historiographical investigation

Foundational task of the History Project, choosing an area of changing historical interpretation and framing a focus question that is historiographical rather than narrative. How to test a topic for a real debate, identify historians on each side, and avoid the most common scoping errors.

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What are the components of the History Project, and how do the historical process and the essay demonstrate historiographical understanding?

Students plan, research and present the History Project, comprising the historical process elements and a sustained essay responding to the focus question

How the History Project is built and assessed, the historical process elements, the proposal, annotated bibliography and process log, and the essay that argues the focus question. How to evidence research, reflection and a sustained historiographical argument using named historians and the concepts of Constructing History.

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