Conference presentation
Resolving a Revolution: An engaging unit for the new Senior Modern History Syllabus
QHTA State Conference, 2018 (Brisbane, Australia, 30-Jun-2018 - 30-Jun-2018)
Queensland History Teachers' Association
2018
Abstract
The imminent introduction of QCAA’s new senior Modern History syllabus is an exciting opportunity to develop units to make History not only more engaging, but also more relevant to students lives. The American Revolution may not seem such an obvious choice. However, as a topic for historical inquiry, it offers a plethora of sources to evaluate, insights into modern governance and, as American politics is often in the news, contemporary interest and relevance. The events and the outcome of the Revolution, which in retrospect seem to have had an air of inevitability, had no successful antecedents, making it a valuable depth study in the development of Ideas in the Modern World.
In this unit, students will have the opportunity to examine the enduring legacy of the Revolution and the ideas and ideals it has come to embody (QCAA, 2017, 2.6). The revolution included defeat and victory on the battlefields; political intrigue and the art of compromise; statesmanship and betrayal; and the production of arguably the most significant historical document of all time, the Declaration of Independence, which has influenced decolonisation and government the world over. What more could a budding Historian in Year 11 want from their Senior School learning?
Details
- Title
- Resolving a Revolution: An engaging unit for the new Senior Modern History Syllabus
- Authors
- Craig Johnston (Author) - Clayfield College
- Conference details
- QHTA State Conference, 2018 (Brisbane, Australia, 30-Jun-2018 - 30-Jun-2018)
- Publisher
- Queensland History Teachers' Association
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99530907402621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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