Learning Outcomes:
Students taking this module will:
1. Develop their own ideas and realise those ideas through practical projects.
2. Understand the value of historical skills in the context of modern careers;
3. Examine the potential of a career in history;
4. Receive basic training in the production and presentation of history in modern media;
5. Develop individual skills within a collaborative framework;
6. Undertake practical projects in history.
Indicative Module Content:
Class List:
Week 1: Practising Public History: An Introduction
Week 2: Exhibiting History 1: Design and Format (computer lab, room number to be notified in week 1)
Week 3: Exhibiting History 2: Content and Presentation (computer lab, room number to be notified in week 1)
Week 4: From the Archives 1: Document Selection
Week 5: Historical Audio Content Production 1: From Pre-Production to Delivery
Week 6: Historical Audio Content Production 2: The Pitch
Week 7: Production Week (podcasting slots to be provided)
Week 8: Research Week
Week 9: WordPress design
Week 10: From the Archives 2: Contextualisation Training
Week 11: Dissertation workshop: planning your thesis
Week 12: Conclusion: presentation week, the public history practitioner