Inquiry

The inquiry gives students an opportunity to:

• explore an area of specialisation of individual interest
• extend their skills (including skills in research and acknowledgment of sources), and
• enrich their understanding of the significance of an idea, a value, a belief, a practice, an innovation, a person, or an event, from the ancient world to its own culture or to another culture/s, or to another time or to another time and culture

Each student should negotiate a proposal with the teacher, undertake the inquiry, and present their ideas in an informed and persuasive argument.

At least 50% of the inquiry should be located in the period from c. 2000 BCE to 907 CE. An inquiry may focus on:

• any aspect of the ancient world not listed in any topic
• an aspect of a topic undertaken in class when used as a comparison with another aspect of the ancient world, provided that the aspect of the topic studied in class is not greater than 50% of the inquiry
• an aspect of personal interest when used as a comparison with another aspect of the ancient world, provided that the aspect of personal interest is not greater than 50% of the inquiry.