e-Learning activity - Timeline of historical events

e-Learning activity summary

Summary:

Prepare a timeline of key events of an Asia-Pacific civilisation

Stimulus resources

• Stimulus 1:  India profile and timeline on the BBC website.
• Stimulus 2: British history timeline on the BBC

Purpose

The purpose of this e-Learning activity is to identify and become more familiar with a civilisation of your choice located in the Asia-Pacific region. Note:

• This e-learning activity also requires you to become familiar with online data searches and navigating your way around available information.
• You should continue to look for e-books and online journals as part of your research for this e-learning activity.

Learning outcome actions

1. Decide on a civilisation in the Asia-Pacific you want to explore. Begin researching general information on your selected civilisation using the available online resources.
2. Refine your search by narrowing your focus to either a specific timeframe (eg. 1500 – 1800), or a specific dynasty, social, political or indigenous movement, or some other specific focus. Your timeline does not need to be fancy – the examples provided as stimulus demonstrate two ways in which a timeline can be prepared but they are certainly not meant to be prescriptive.
3. Your timeline should be around 250-300 words in length. You really only need to include the key issues and events pertaining to your particular area of research relevant to your chosen civilisation so don’t get bogged down in information overload.
4. Please enter any useful online sources you accessed during this e-learning activity.
5. Prepare a blog post of the timeline (recommended) or personal learning journal entry using a word processor or Google document.
6. Remember to apply the RRAP101 tag (or label) to your post. (This is needed for harvesting your post for the course feed.)