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View the general glossary of assessment terms that apply to all HSC subjects.
Glossary for Ancient History stage 6 syllabus
©Board of Studies NSW (1999), Stage 6 syllabus Ancient
History.
The glossary is designed to assist teachers in interpreting the
syllabus and to aid student learning.
| areas of
study |
define the
specific aspects to be studied within each topic, eg significant
political events, developments and issues; military events and
issues. |
|
chronology |
the
arrangement of events and dates according to their occurrence in
a linear sequence of time. |
|
content |
the
substance or subject matter to be studied by students in Stage 6
Ancient History, eg 'Overview of significant events from Dynasty
I to the death of Pepy II'. Knowledge and understanding, skills
and values and attitudes are to be integrated into the syllabus
content. |
| core
study |
the
compulsory study undertaken by all students in Stage 6, by which
Higher School Certificate performance scales are measured. In the
case of Ancient History, Part 1, Personalities in their Times,
has been designated as the Core Study. |
|
empathy |
an
understanding of events, beliefs, values and attitudes from the
perspective of others. |
|
evidence |
the
information that tends to prove or disprove a conclusion. It can
be used to establish the fact or point in question. |
|
historiography |
the study of
how history is constructed. It involves the critical analysis and
evaluation of the reliability of evidence, as well as the way
history has been written in the past. |
|
interpretation |
a way of
understanding and explaining what has happened in the past. The
discipline of History acknowledges that there is often more than
one view of what has happened in the past. |
|
perspective |
a point of
view or standpoint from which historical events, problems and
issues can be analysed, eg a gender perspective (either masculine
or feminine) on the past. |
| principal
focus |
a broad
description of the subject matter to be studied in Stage 6
Ancient History, eg' Through a study of an Ancient Personality,
students will gain an understanding of the personality in the
context of their time'. |
| primary
source |
anything
archaeological or written which comes from the same time as the
person or event being studied. If it is an artefact, it is an
object that was made or constructed in the period being studied.
If it is a written source, it is something that was written or
reported by a person in the time being studied. |
|
source |
anything
that has survived from the past. It can be either written or
archaeological. The source is the raw material that the historian
uses to ask questions of the past. A source should not be
confused with' evidence' (see above); it does not become evidence
until it is used. |