Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Mark Hearn
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp or (3cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Why are Australians troubled by refugees? Why do women still struggle
for equal pay? Why were indigenous people denied citizenship, and have
their children removed? Why does the mining industry exert so much influence in Australian public life? How have economic forces shaped
the Australian environment? What is Australia's place in the world?
Modern Australian society was formed in the nineteenth century. The values, tensions, debates and economic forces of contemporary Australia can only be fully understood with reference to their 19th century context. In providing that context this unit explains why the past continues to influence the Australian experience.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Source Analysis | 20% | 25th August, 2016 |
Research Essay | 40% | 6th October 2016 |
Reflective Essay | 20% | 17th November 2016 |
Tutorial Presentation | 10% | 1 week in 13 weeks |
Tutorial Participation | 10% | Ongoing Weeks 2 - 13 |
Due: 25th August, 2016
Weighting: 20%
This task is a primary source analysis. On a form provided you will answer a set of pre-formulated questions, using one of the primary sources provided in the first six weeks of semester.
Word Length: 1500 words.
Due: Thursday, 25 August, 5 pm.
Due: 6th October 2016
Weighting: 40%
You will be required to write a long research essay on a set question (which you will find under 'Assessment' on the iLearn homepage for this unit). You will choose one from a list of twelve questions provided which have bibliographies attached. You will be required to find two primary sources to include in your essay.
Word Length: 2500 words.
Due: 5 pm Thursday 6th October, 2016.
Further information about this assessment task will be found on the iLearn homepage for this unit.
Due: 17th November 2016
Weighting: 20%
You will be required to write an essay which reflects on how nineteenth century Australian history is relevant to contemporary Australia using three examples from this unit.
Word Length: 1,000 words
Due: 5 pm Thursday, 17th November, 2016.
Due: 1 week in 13 weeks
Weighting: 10%
Students are required to make a presentation to class on a chosen theme. Working individually, or with a partner, you will select one topic from across the twelve themes covered (excluding the first introductory week) and make a presentation to your peers on that topic. You will need to do three key things:
This will be peer reviewed. On a form I provide, you will be assessed on the quality of your presentation based on organisation, structure, communication and engagement. In assessing a peer you will be required to justify the mark you enter.
External Students
The same will apply for external students. In the first week, I will get you to nominate a week on which to lead the online discussion and I will select peer reviewers.
In weeks where there is no-one to lead, as convenor I will lead.
Due: Ongoing Weeks 2 - 13
Weighting: 10%
Day Students:
Attendance at tutorials is compulsory. You will be required to contribute to class discussions on weekly topics. This might involve working as part of a group or making individual contributions. Attendance, alone, is not enough. As you will see when you visit the iLearn site, each week has two set secondary readings as well as a primary source. You need to have read these before coming to class each week and contribute to a range of in-class tasks and discussions. In some cases you will be required to locate primary sources yourself and bring to class.
Your participation is measured according to the quality of your contributions, your preparation and your overall engagement with the unit and the weekly topics.
External Students:
The same applies for external students except your 'attendance' is measured via the quality of your participation in the online discussion forums. You will be required to login to discussions every week and contribute to the online forum by adding notes and information, asking questions, uploading relevant and interesting source materials for the class, providing focus questions or responding to the same.
Dr Mark Hearn is the convenor of this unit. However, lectures are shared with two other members of the Department of Modern History - Dr Mark Hearn and Dr Tanya Evans, identified on the Unit Schedule with their initials. These lectures will be pre-recorded and you will be required to listen to them every week as you normally would in conjunction with weekly topics covered in class.
This unit has an online presence in iLearn. You will need access to a reliable computer and broadband internet.
All lectures are recorded.
There is no textbook. However, there is a unit reader, containing all the weekly readings, which is available as a PDF download from the MHIS204 iLearn page.
Week | Lecture | Tutorial |
1. 1-5 August |
a. Introduction b. Foundations: 1788 (AH) |
Introductions |
2. 8-12 August |
a. Enlightenment Discovery (MH) b. Macquarie (MH) |
The Macquarie Archive |
3. 15-19 August |
a. Dispossession (AH) b. Settling the Land (AH) |
NSW Supreme Court - Colonial Case Law |
4. 22-26 August |
a. Domesticity (TE) b. Rise of Democracy (MH) |
The Dress Register |
5. 29 August - 2 September |
a.Gold (TE) b. Bushrangers (MH) |
Place for a Friendless Female |
6. 5-9 September |
a. Economy (MH) b. Indigenous Labour (AH) |
Eureka |
7. 12-16 September |
a. Urban Beginnings (AH) b. Religion (MH) |
Environmental Transformations |
BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
8. 3-7 October |
a. Charity (AH) b. Non-Europeans in Australia (AH) |
Aboriginal Protection? |
9. 10-14 October |
a. LABOR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY b. Work (MH) |
South Pacific Islanders |
10. 17-21 October |
a. Youth (TE) b. Sport (TE) |
The Beach |
11. 24-28 October |
a. Women and Work (AH) b. The 'Woman Question' (AH) |
Larrikins |
12. 31 October - 4 November |
a. Doomed Race (AH) b. Birth of White Australia (AH) |
Sex War |
13. 7-11 November |
a. 1890s (MH) b. Summary (AH) |
1890s Depression |
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18/07/2016 | Error in nominated day in assessment task - dates were correct. |