Penalties for Late Assessment: 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.59pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.

Use of Generative AI in this unit:

While Macquarie University does not  'ban' the use of Generative AI, I would strongly discourage you from using it. This is for a number of reasons:

1. learning to write clearly and well is a fundamental skill, and one of the most important things you will learn in your humanities education. If you outsource writing, then you're not learning, and you're certainly not going to improve. You also will not learn how to edit AI-generated text if you don't know how to write yourself.

2. There are serious academic integrity issues with AI - if you use these tools to complete your work, is it even 'your' work? Generative AI relies on industrial-scale intellectual property theft from scholars and writers.

3. Generative AI cannot generate knowledge. It cannot find create anything new. It can only mix information that has already been found and written and input into computers by humans. You, on the other hand, can generate new knowledge. 

4. Using AI does not guarantee accurate results - again, it undermines the development of your critical thinking skills and your ability to evaluate sources. AI often produces really poor history!

5. AI tools have significant negative environmental impacts - they use far more energy and water than standard google searches, for example. 

6. University is a singular opportunity to develop and extend your skills; use that opportunity, rather than outsourcing it to technology. You will reap the rewards for the rest of your life. 

Delivery:

this unit is taught through a combination of a lecture, a film screening and tutorial discussions - the lecture and film screening will be available online, and you must listen to the lecture  and watch the film before you before you come to class. You will need to reflect on your learning each week. 

Resources:

All the required readings for PBHS1101 are available via the iLearn site or directly through the University Library. You do not require any textbooks.

The library holds most of the required films for this unit, as well as a large number of other films you will find useful or relevant. You can also access many films through your online rental or streaming services. You may have to purchase access to one or two of the film texts we study in the unit.

Week 1 – Introduction: studying history on screen

Week 2 – Representing lives: Elizabeth I and the Biopic

Week 3 – Fabrications, Inventions and ‘Truth’

Week 4 – Module One: Ancient Rome – Spartacus

Week 5 – Module One: Ancient Rome - Gladiator

Week 6 – Module Two: Medieval/Medievalism - Braveheart

Week 7 – Module Two: Medieval/Medievalism -The Adventures of Robin Hood

Week 8 – Module Three: Genre, Humour and the Holocaust – Life is Beautiful

Week 9 – Module Four: War and National Identity - Gallipoli

Week 10 – Module Four: War and National Identity - Dunkirk

Week 11 – Module Five: Women’s Liberation - Mad Men

Week 12 – Module Five: Women’s Liberation - Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo