Telling History: Introduction to Church History
CH1001Z / 8001Z
To read history is to meet people from the past through the stories they left us, the objects they lived with, and the art they created. Telling History engages with a variety of primary and secondary sources across the last two millenniums to allow students to understand and re-tell the stories that have helped to shape how we understand the church, faith, and community. This unit also includes integrated academic skill development in giving oral presentations, writing essays, and actively participating in tutorial or seminar discussions – including discussion leadership.
Subject Details
| Duration | One Semester |
| Availability | First Semester |
| Core/Elective | Core |
| Delivery Mode | Mixed Mode - onsite or online |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Prescribed Texts |
Required Text/s NA Please see the unit reading list Recommended Text/s Arnold, John. 2000. History: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780192853523 Fea, John, Jay Green, and Eric Miller. Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian's Vocation. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010. ISBN: 0268029032 Hoffer, Peter Charles. 2014. Clio among the Muses: Essays on History and the Humanities. New York: New York University Press. ISBN: 1479832839 |
Assessments
Quizzes: Weeks 4 & 9. Weighting 20%
Weekly Participation: Weeks 1-12. Weighting 20%
Tutorial presentation: Weeks 3-8 and 10-12. Weighting 25%
Short essay: Week 12. Weighting 35%
Teaching and Learning Plan
This subject will involve:
One 2 hour lecture per week
One 1 hour tutorial per week
Online preparation & reading 2 hours per week
Learning Outcomes
Students completing this unit will:
Develop an introductory understanding of how to read and analyse primary and secondary sources.
Demonstrate an emerging understanding of key terms and ideas in the discipline of history.
Engage in peer learning through classroom discussions, including leading a tutorial discussion (the week of their tutorial presentation), and contributing to an online group project.
Grow an understanding of academic forms of writing for the history discipline including primary source analysis, oral presentation, argumentative essay writing, and the conventions of an academic bibliography.