Myths and Mysteries of History
UndergraduateTAS-EPR3022025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $2,440
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Myths and Mysteries of History
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, the student will be able to:
- Examine key controversies and debates in history that are suited to teaching Years K-8 of the Australian Curriculum
- Demonstrate pedagogical content knowledge by analysing and evaluating primary and secondary sources suitable for teaching history in K-8 educational contexts
- Communicate effectively by demonstrating literacy across a broad range of communication modes and technologies suitable for K-8 educational contexts
- Module 1: What is History? Historiography
- Module 2: Primary Sources
- Module 3: Secondary Sources
- Module 4: Communicating History
Did the First Australians invent bread? Was Captain Cook eaten in Hawaii? Did Atlantis really exist? Were the Vikings traders or raiders? Did the Anzacs land at the wrong place? Was Ned Kelly a hero or a villain? Who killed JFK? This subject will deepen your knowledge of history, from Deep Time, through ancient and medieval times, to key social and political events of the 20th Century. Historical thinking concepts will guide your research as you use inquiry learning to investigate some of the myths and mysteries that make history controversial, contested and engaging.
- Critical Evaluation of an Historical Debate (40%)
- Test (10%)
- Analysis of Primary Sources (25%)
- Evaluation of Secondary Sources (25%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-EDS-ADG-2025 - Associate Degree in Education Support
Others
12.5 credit points at Intermediate level or higher
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Associate Degree in Education Support
UndergraduateTAS-EDS-ADG