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History / Year 10 / Historical Skills / Perspectives and interpretations

Curriculum content descriptions

Identify and analyse different historical interpretations (including their own) (ACHHS191)

Elaborations
  • examining different accounts of the first 1957 rock’n’roll tours of Australia and identifying the different perspectives based on age
  • explaining the enthusiasm of young people for the 1957 rock’n’roll tours of Australia and the opposition of older generations, as reflected in the sources
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Critical thinking,  Explanations (Factual texts),  Historiography

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William Dalrymple: Writing history 2

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Peter FitzSimons: Introduction

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William Dalrymple: Introduction

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Peter FitzSimons: Interview

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Peter FitzSimons: writing style

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William Dalrymple: Resources

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William Dalrymple: Writing history 1

In this resource William Dalrymple talks about writing history. Learncast video.

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William Dalrymple: Teaching Notes

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William Dalrymple: Interview

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Peter FitzSimons: Research process 2

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Peter FitzSimons: Inspiration

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