The Historian as Magician

The Art of Weaponized History

Description

In this unit, we look at the various ways historians often weaponize history in the service of ideological causes.  In doing so, we examine a number of case studies of weaponized history in practice.

[10 Hours]

Unit Skills and Objectives:Unit Skills and Objective

• Develop an understanding of the ways in which historians weaponize history in the service of their ideological causes
• Develop an understanding of the role metanarratives have in creating  models of history, interpreting events and  making historical judgements
• Develop online computer research skills in a range of settings
• Record research findings in a systematic and appropriate manner
• Read, listen and view a range of historical sources
• Write about history and historical sources
• Critically analyze and evaluate historical sources
• Make informed and reasoned historical judgements
• Develop note-taking and summarising skills