HISTORY PROJECT WORK

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21 CEnTuRY’S ICOnIC EVEnTS - a TImElInE
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INTRODUCTION
History is one of the most important disciplines in school education. It is the study of the past,
which helps us to understand our present and shape our future. It promotes the acquisition and
understanding of historical knowledge in breadth and in depth across cultures.
The course of history in the Middle years is to enable the students to know that history is a
critical discipline, a process of enquiry, a way of knowing about the past rather than just a
collection of facts.
The syllabus helps them to understand the process, through which a historian collects, chooses,
scrutinises and assembles different types of evidences to write history.
To this end, students of classes 6th to 8th will be doing some projects in 2017-18 as a part of
their regular curriculum to further explore the scope and reach of History. It takes students to a
life beyond textbooks and provides them a platform to refer materials, gather information,
analyse it further to obtain relevant information and decide what matter to keep and hence
understand how history is constructed.

OBJECTIVES: Project work will help students:

 To develop skills to gather data from a variety of sources, investigate diverse viewpoints
and arrive at logical deductions.
 To develop skills to comprehend, analyse, interpret, evaluate historical evidence and
also understand the limitations of the historical evidence.
 To develop 21st century managerial skills of co-ordination, self-direction and time
management.
 To give a multidisciplinary approach to topics.
 To learn to work on diverse cultures, races, religions and lifestyles.
 To learn through constructivism a theory based on observation and scientific study.
 To inculcate a spirit of inquiry and research.
 To communicate data in the most appropriate form using a variety of techniques.
 To provide greater opportunity for interaction and exploration.
 To understand contemporary issues in context to our past.
  To develop a global perspective and an international outlook.
 To grow into caring, sensitive individuals capable of making informed, intelligent and
independent choices.
 To develop a lasting interest in history discipline.

Students to remember:
 The topic “21st century’s iconic events- A Timeline” is to be discussed in four aspects:
Political, economic, social and cultural.

 The class will be divided into 4 groups and each group will be assigned one aspect of the
topic.

 The students are expected to work on their respective aspects of the topic as soon as it
is assigned to them so that they can participate effectively in the discussions which are
to be held after immediately half yearly exams.

 The project work can culminate in the form of Power Point

Presentation/sway/Charts/albums/debate/panel discussion, paper presentation and so
on.

 Students can use newspaper cuttings, photographs, film footage, recorded

written/speeches and windowpanes in the class.

 Some suggested links for reference:

https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/25-iconic-moments-that-define-the-21st-
century-thus-far/

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/most-important-events-of-the-21st-century

http://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2000-2009.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/09/most-important-inventions-of-
the-21st-century-in-pictures/