History - common core subject in programmes for general studies (HIS1-02)

competence aims after the supplementary studies qualifying for higher education – vocational education programme

Understanding of history and methods

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• explain why historians and others divide time into periods and discuss the criteria used for this
• find and assess different types of historical materials and origins as sources, and usethem in his or her own historical presentations
• use digital tools to plan, carry out and present a problem-oriented study based on his or her own questions relating to historical material
• present a person from history and discuss how contemporary social frameworks influenced the actions of this person
• interpret and use historical data when working with history
• explore different brief historical presentations of one and the same event, and discuss the authors' choice of approach and research theses
• discuss and elaborate on how history has been used and is used in political contexts
• examine how his or her own ideas about the past have been shaped and discuss the factors that cause people to have different perceptions of the past
• provide examples and discuss and elaborate on how exhibitions, relics, anniversaries or celebrations of particular historical events are important for the present

Society and people in a historical perspective

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• explain how natural resources and technological developments have helped shape early society
• compare two or more societies from antiquity and discuss the importance of antiquity in modern politics, architecture or other art forms
• present a topic from the middle ages by showing continuity or major shifts in one or more areas
• elaborate on social conditions and development of the state in Norway from around 700 to around 1500 and discuss possible influences from other cultures, societies and states
• elaborate on important features of Sami history and discuss Sami relations with states having Sami settlements up to around 1800
• discuss and elaborate on how the ideas of the period of the Enlightenment influenced and were influenced by social revolutions in the 1700s and 1800s
• elaborate on the development of trade, commerce and industry in Norway from around 1500 to around 1800 and analyse the impact on social conditions during this period
• elaborate on the main features of the industrial revolution and examine its importance for the development of trade, commerce and industry and societal conditions in Norway
• elaborate on the development of democracy in Norway from the 1800s and up to 1945 and analyse the driving forces behind this development
• present key features of colonialism and the situation in a non-European area in the 1800s seen from different perspectives
• discuss and elaborate on how the national state has created a sense of national and cultural belonging, but also conflicts and suppression
• assess the importance of different ideologies for people, political movements and the development of the state in the 1900s
• discuss and elaborate on the background of the two world wars and discuss and elaborate on the impact these wars had on the Nordic countries and the international community
• discuss and elaborate on some economic, social, political and cultural characteristics of post-war development in Norway
• discuss and elaborate on the policy conducted by the Norwegian national state in relation to indigenous peoples, national and ethnic minorities in the 1800s and 1900s, and discuss some consequences of this policy
• examine one or more international conflicts after 1945, and assess these based on different perspectives
• find examples of events that have shaped the history of a non-European country after 1900, and reflect on how the country might have developed if these events had not taken place
• examine the background for an on-going conflict, and discuss and elaborate on reactions in the international society
• provide examples of how different expressions in music, architecture or pictorial art may be considered in relation to developments in other societal areas