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HSTY2700: What Do We Want? Protest in Australia

Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

The unit follows Australian protest movements across the last century. We will examine struggles over labour rights and working conditions in the 1900s, womens suffrage, Aboriginal land rights, race relations and the White Australia Policy, homelessness during the Great Depression, freedom of speech during the Cold War, the Vietnam Moratorium and sexual liberation in the 1970s, the environmental movement, refugees and asylum seekers, and LGBT rights today. In the process we will explore changing ideas about government, community and identity while conducting individual research projects through local archives.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit History
Credit points 6
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 1000 level in History or Ancient History
Corequisites
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None
Prohibitions
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None
Assumed knowledge
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None

Available to study abroad and exchange students

Yes

Teaching staff

Coordinator Timothy Briedis, timothy.briedis@sydney.edu.au
Type Description Weight Due Length
Assignment Essay outline
Essay outline
10% - 750 words
Outcomes assessed: LO2 LO8 LO7 LO6 LO4 LO3
Assignment Research essay
Essay
45% - 2250 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO9 LO8 LO7 LO6 LO5 LO4 LO3 LO2
Assignment Final assessment
Final assessment
35% - 1500 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9
Participation Tutorial participation
n/a
10% Ongoing n/a
Outcomes assessed: LO2 LO8 LO7 LO6 LO5 LO4 LO3

Assessment summary

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a High distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a Distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name

Mark range

Description

High distinction

85 - 100

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an exceptional standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.

Distinction

75 - 84

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a very high standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.

Credit

65 - 74

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a good standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.

Pass

50 - 64

Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.

Fail

0 - 49

When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

  • Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
  • After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

WK Topic Learning activity Learning outcomes
Mid-semester break During mid-semester break you will work on your research essays Independent study (3 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9
Week 01 1. Introduction: Protest in Australia 2. Paradise Down Under? Visions of Australia. Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO7 LO8
Week 02 1880s Popular Protest in the Big City: Marvelous Melbourne and Sinful Sydney Lecture (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO6 LO7 LO8
How do I research ‘Protest in Australia?’: Primary Source Workshop NB: we will meet in the Seminar Room on Level 2 of Fisher Library for this workshop Workshop (1 hr) LO2 LO4 LO6 LO9
Australia as Social Experiment Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 03 1. 1890s Anti­-Chinese Protests, Larrikinism and the White Australia Policy 2. Worker's Rights: The Great Strike of 1917 Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO6 LO7 LO8
1890s Poverty, Protest and Race Anxiety in Australia Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 04 1. 1910s ANZAC and the Blood Vote: Anti­-Conscription Protests during WWI 2. Researching Indigenous Australian Protest Movements: an Introduction Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO6 LO7 LO8
1910s The Bood Vote, Anti­-Conscription Protests and the ANZAC legend Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 05 1. 1920s Fears, Fantasies and Feminist Revolution in Jazz Age Australia 2. Screenshots: Film and Protest in Twentieth Century Australia (James Findlay guest lecture) Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
1920s­ Fears, Fantasies and Feminist Revolution in Jazz Age Australia Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 06 1. 1930s Power, Poverty and Protest: The Great Depression 2. 1940s The Migration Revolution: Post War Immigration and Assimilation Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO6 LO7 LO8
1930s Power, Poverty and Protest: The Great Depression Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8
Week 07 Reading week (no lecture on Tuesday) and State Library of NSW Tour during the Thursday lecture slot 10-11. Field trip (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9
Week 08 1. 1950s The Cold War: Protest in fifties Australia 2. Spies and Surveillance: The Petrov Affair and Anti­-Communist Protest (Ebony Nilsson guest lecture) Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
1950s The Cold War: Nuclear Testing and Reds Under the Bed Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 09 1. 1960s Sex, Feminism and the Pill: The Sexual Revolution 2. 1970s Vietnam War Protests, Student Activism and Youth Culture Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
1960s Sex, Feminism and the Pill Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 10 1. Greening the Land: The Environmental Movement 2. 1980s Treaty, Native Title and Indigenous Land Rights Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Greening the Land: The Environmental Movement Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8
Week 11 1. 1990s, The Stolen Generations, Indigenous Activism and the Bringing them Home Report 2. 2000s Globalisation and Anti-Globalisations Protest movements Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
1990s The Stolen Generations, Indigenous Activism and the Bringing them Home Report Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO8
Week 12 1. 2010s Social Media and Protest Culture: The #MeToo Movement in Australia 2. LGBTQI Rights and Marriage Equality Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO6 LO7 LO8
2010, Social Media, LGBTQI rights and #MeToo Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9
Week 13 1. 2020 How did we get here and what do we do?: Climate Change and Class War (Hannah Forsyth guest lecture) 2. Summing up and Exam Preparation Lecture Lecture (2 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9
Exam Preparation Tutorial (1 hr) LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6 LO7 LO8 LO9

Attendance and class requirements

Attendance is compulsory. If you need to miss a lecture or tutorial please provide me with a medical certificate

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Required readings

  • A History of Australia by Mark Peel and Christina Twomey and is available for purchase at the University of Sydney’s Co­op Bookshop.

 

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. introduce you to some of the aspects of the national past that remain contested ground in contemporary scholarly and political debates
  • LO2. gain from this unit a body of knowledge about Australian history and an in depth study of the principles, practices and boundaries of history as a discipline
  • LO3. strengthen your oral and written communication skills and your ability to acquire and evaluate new knowledge through independent research
  • LO4. learn how to identify, investigate and solve problems, to locate, access and use information using appropriate media, tools and methodologies
  • LO5. have developed your ability to participate in discussion and argument and to work collaboratively with others
  • LO6. develop the skills you need to read written primary sources such as letters, legal documentation, literature and newsprint, but also visual and oral, including silent film, art, architecture, photography and oral history ­
  • LO7. gain an understanding of how the historiographical catagories of 'immigrant', 'indigenous,' 'citizen' and 'other' emerged and are ­debated in Australian society
  • LO8. you will have developed your ability to assess historiographical questions and develop historiographical arguments using primary and secondary sources
  • LO9. you will be able to conduct an original research project, strengthening your skills as an independent learner and researcher

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1 Depth of disciplinary expertise

Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.

GQ2 Critical thinking and problem solving

Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.

GQ3 Oral and written communication

Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.

GQ4 Information and digital literacy

Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.

GQ5 Inventiveness

Generating novel ideas and solutions.

GQ6 Cultural competence

Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.

GQ7 Interdisciplinary effectiveness

Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

GQ8 Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity

An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.

GQ9 Influence

Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes Graduate qualities
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 GQ8 GQ9

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