Course description
This course will allow you to study when and where you want, at your own pace. All coursework can be submitted by post or email making it simple and hassle-free. All of the materials will be delivered to you, so it couldn’t be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors are always a click away by email, giving you a full years’ worth of support and advice to help get you through your course!
Course Content
Unit 1 What is Local History
- Clarify what local history is
- Ways in which people get involved with local history
- Local history and its significance to the broader field
- State of military technology pre-war
Unit 2 Using Sources
- Types of sources available
- Value of each type of source
- Potential drawbacks with sources
- Analyse a source
Unit 3 Using Local Archives
- Local archive system
- How key features of a local archive can be used
- How archives are used by local historians
- Rules and polices for using archives
- Plan an archive visit
Unit 4 Sources for Local History
- The sources that are the most useful to local historians
- Different types of sources can be found
- Which sources are useful in answering a range of different questions
- Location of useful sources
- Issues with different sources
Unit 5 Writing and Publishing
- Creating a plan for a written piece
- Characteristics of a well written history
- Importance of referencing and source citation
- Options for publishing your work, both physically and online
Unit 6 Putting It All Together
- Producing an outline for a local history study
- Creating a research plan for a project
- The broader role which local history plays in the historical field
- Taking your study further
- Employability options in the field of local history
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