Stage 3 History • Virtual Site Study

Remembering the Past

An inquiry into the Australian War Memorial, Canberra — exploring how places, objects, images and personal stories shape the ways Australians understand and remember the past.

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Student: Kayla Serra | Student number: 22025893 | Course/Unit: TEAC2063

How do we know — and how do we remember?

How does the Australian War Memorial use places, objects, images and personal stories to shape how Australians understand and remember the past?

This virtual site study positions students as historians rather than passive visitors. Students will observe, question, analyse, compare, corroborate and interpret evidence before constructing their own evidence-based historical narrative.

Observe

Separate what a source actually shows from what we think it might mean.

Interrogate

Ask who created a source, when, why, for whom and what it can — and cannot — tell us.

Compare

Explore various experiences and viewpoints rather than depending on just one narrative.

Construct

Use evidence to create and justify an interpretation of the past.