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State Library of NSW

State Library of NSW. Sources are the raw material of history, they are what history is made of. http://www.skwirk.com.au/. Megan Perry Manager Community Learning Services. P&D-3152-10/2009. Australian History “• Students think Australian history is important but do not like it.

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State Library of NSW

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  1. State Library of NSW Sources are the raw material of history, they are what history is made of. http://www.skwirk.com.au/ Megan Perry Manager Community Learning Services P&D-3152-10/2009

  2. Australian History “• Students think Australian history is important but do not like it. • Teachers feel that students do not enjoy Australian history. • Numbers taking Australian history in the senior school have been in rapid decline across the board since the early 1990s. • Numbers taking Australian history in university are skyrocketing.” WHY? Tony Taylor - http://www.historyteacher.org.au/files/20080906_Forum_TTaylor.pdf

  3. Sources and evidence • Primary source – the raw material of history, usually defined as a piece of historical evidence which is made or written by a person who lived at the time and directly linked with an event or series of events in the past. • Secondary source – usually defined as sources that post-date the events under study and form a commentary on these events – textbooks, biography, monographs • Evidence – sources are the clues and evidence is the argument that you draw from the sources and the clues All sources must be questioned!

  4. Sources and sources

  5. Sources • Artefacts – the pyramids, breast plate, Stonehenge • Photography and film • Cartoons from newspapers and journals • Drawings, sketches and paintings • Newspaper editorials, letters and articles • Extracts from speeches • Extracts from writings of commentators • Extracts from original official records • Maps • Statistics • Music and poetry • Posters and advertising • Blogs/wikis? Wikipedia/Citizendium Key ISSUES Always question sources: • who wrote/built/made/developed the source and what is their point of view - bias • Why • When • Where • What is missing – who is left out

  6. Not just books! • Manuscripts • Pictures • Photographs • Maps • Coins • Sound recordings • Videos • Newspapers • Artefacts Sources @ SLNSW

  7. Algernon Talmage, "The Founding of Australia. By Capt. Arthur Phillip R.N. Sydney Cove, Jan. 26th 1788" / Original [oil] sketch [1937] ML 1222

  8. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/learning_at_the_Library/hurley_video.htmlhttp://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/learning_at_the_Library/hurley_video.html

  9. Image: The Costume of the Australians, c.1817, Edward Charles Close in his Sketchbook of New South Wales Views, watercolour, PXA187

  10. The HIDDEN web State Library of NSW http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ Historic Houses Trust http://www.hht.net.au/ Hyde Park Barracks Museum http://www.hht.net.au/museums/hyde_park_barracks_museum Original material – objects/artefacts Manuscripts, oral history and pictures catalogue Books – search box on front page 0r catalogue Discover collections – stories with primary sources embedded

  11. The Mitchell Library is where the history of this nation is written. Use the Library and the resources that are FREELY available to you – the Librarians! When in doubt – ASK!!!! www.sl.nsw.gov.au/learning/extension2011 And finally Good Luck!!!

  12. Technologies currently under investigation at SLNSW ScanRobot2 Gesture page turning The Bavarians Really out there!!

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