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= = Aims: · To gain an understanding and appreciation of the long and varied history at Toorak College and how it shapes you as a person. · To encourage Year 7 students to use previous generations of Toorak College Old Girls as a valuable historical resource. · To appreciate cross generational interaction. · To transfer the recording of history into an appropriate electronic format. · To develop inquiry, interviewing and communication skills. By the end of the project, you will have achieved the following: - Working as part of a team to pursue an area of interest for a particular decade in Toorak College’s history. - Applying research and higher order thinking skills such as critical thinking. - Effectively used primary and secondary resources. - Understand the nature of the school archives and learn how to carefully access and use the resources found in this location. - Producing a digital historical record to be presented to the Old Girls’ which informs the community about a particular decade of Toorak College’s history. - Completing a review and evaluation of your group’s research steps. ||
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