3.1

What is an inquiry?

Topics

Research Proposal

Research

Primary vs. Secondary Sources

3.1 Research an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders

What is an inquiry?

For History 3.1, an inquiry is a historical investigation where you examine an historical event, person, or movement to understand what happened, why it happened, and why it was significant.

Steps:

Research Proposal (Planning/preparation)
Background research
Creating questions
Research and source collection
Annotating
Reflection/self-assessment

Topics

Choose one of the following historical events to base your inquiry on:

Second Wave Feminism (United States), 1960-1980
Anti-Apartheid Movement (South Africa), 1960-1994
The Stolen Generation (Australia), 1910-1970
Parihaka (Aotearoa New Zealand), 1881
Rātana Movement (Aotearoa New Zealand), 1918-1936
Gay Rights Movement (United States), 1969-2015

Research Proposal

To get Achieved in this assessment standard, you MUST create a research proposal, this includes:

explains the importance of the topic selected
developed relevant focusing question(s) from preliminary research
specifically identified possible sources through preliminary research

Research

You MUST select sufficient relevant historical evidence making sure it is collected and organised

e.g.

both primary and secondary evidence is selected to enable comprehensive analysis of an historical event or place
organisation of evidence is clear, such as sorted by source type, focusing question, highlighting, etc.
evidence details are recorded accurately (author, title, publisher, city of publication, date of publication, full URL and accession date(s))

For Excellence:

Shown initiative in the gathering and selecting of relevant evidence

e.g. persevering with difficult sources, and/or using evidence from sources which are not readily available.

How to research

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Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Annotations

Produced annotated comments by:

identifying the relevance, and assessing the comparative usefulness, of the selected evidence in terms of the focusing question(s) being investigated
identifying different perspectives
cross referencing specific information or ideas between sources to support the analysis of the evidence
assessing the reliability of the evidence and/or source
identifying omissions or inaccuracies in the information.

For Merit & Excellence:

Produced annotated comments that meet the Achieved requirements and:

are analytical and critical
that include assessment of the reliability of selected evidence

Evaluation

Evaluating the research process means to:

explaining the successes and difficulties encountered in conducting the research
explaining how the line of inquiry may have changed as evidence was accumulated,
identifying the issues to consider for future inquiries

For Excellence:

Evaluated the research process comprehensively:
analysing the strength(s) and weakness(es) of the process
analysing how these strength(s) and weakness(es) are likely to impact on the validity of the findings
considering alternative research steps and/or line(s) of inquiry and/or methods, and their implications.

Presentation

You can present this inquiry in one of two ways:

Online Template
Physical Book

The online template (created and provided by Tch.), will have step by step sections you will need to fill in.

The physical book (provided by Tch.) will mean printing/glueing your sources, and hand-writing your annotations. Your reflection can be done online and printed for the book.

One way is not better than the other, it is personal preference so choose what will be best for you!