Researching Local History QLS Level 3

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