Unit Outline

Who are the most interesting characters on your family tree? Would you like to write their stories to share with other family members, or with a wider audience? Perhaps you have an ancestor who is intriguing because of what you don't know about them and so can only imagine their story. This unit is an introduction to writing non-fictional and fictional narratives based on genealogical records. Students will gain skills in crafting engaging, readable family history narratives through writing historical and/or fictional pieces about people, places, and events from their family records.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Use and reflect on a wide range of key strategies and techniques for writing narratives based on genealogical research
2	Demonstrate skills in analysing and interpreting historical sources
3	Produce a coherent work of short fiction or non-fiction based on genealogical research
4	Observe the conventions of spelling, punctuation, and grammar in narrative writing

Alterations as a result of student feedback

The assessment tasks have been updated and a learning platform (Feedback Fruits) has been removed following student feedback.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Quizzes	Refer to Assessment Description	30 %	LO1, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Genealogical Research Task	Refer to Assessment Description	30 %	LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Written Narrative and Reflection	Refer to Assessment Description	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Quizzes

Task Description:

Six quizzes based on the weekly learning materials. Each quiz is worth 5%

Task Length:

6 quizzes with 5 questions per quiz

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate knowledge of key strategies and techniques for writing narratives based on genealogical research	LO1
2	Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions of English spelling, punctuation and grammar	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Genealogical Research Task

Task Description:

Quiz based on research tasks using genealogical records

Task Length:

10 questions

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate skills in analysing and interpreting historical records used in genealogical research	LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 3: Written Narrative and Reflection

Task Description:

Written narrative (1000 words) and reflection (250 words)

Task Length:

1250 words

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate the use of key strategies and techniques for writing narratives based on genealogical records	LO1
2	Demonstrate skills in analysing and interpreting historical sources	LO2
3	Produce a coherent work of short fiction or non-fiction based on genealogical records	LO3
4	Observe the conventions of spelling, punctuation, and grammar in narrative writing	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.