Creative assignments

Always check your teacher or marker's requirements before choosing a format for your final piece of work.

Additional resources

Dr Andrew Brown-May, historian

Michael Pryor, author

By presenting your work creatively, you can highlight your strengths, entertain your audience and use the format to make your ideas more convincing.

Creative writing and performance

The people or events you've researched can be the starting point for a creative writing or a performance piece, such as:

short story
diary or a letter
newspaper report
script for a radio play or show
monologue or short play
debate
speech or skit.

Multimedia

You can use audio visual equipment and computer software to create really interesting assignments. If you've got a video camera, try using your research to make a:

short film
documentary
TV show – like a game show, reality TV show or talk show
news program
interview.

If you've got audio recording equipment, try making:

an oral history program
a radio talk-back show
a radio play.

If you have access to a computer and the relevant software your assignment could include:

clay-mation
stop-motion
backlit shadow puppets
photomontage.

For example

Create a mock-umentary about a person by staging interviews with people they knew during their lifetime. Base your script on information you've found during your research.

For example

You might have seen a reality TV show about people who volunteered to live like Australian settlers for a few months. You could create a similar show for an assignment on a particular period in history.

For example

An assignment about Ned Kelly's hanging could be presented as a breaking news report using quotes from newspapers and primary sources. You could include interviews with police as well as people who helped Ned along the way.

For example

Audio recordings are great because you don't need to find props and locations like you would for a video. You can make anything seem real with sound effects and voices, and you can do it anywhere you can find a computer and a microphone.

For example

Just because you present your work in an interesting way doesn't mean you don't do the same research you'd do for a written assignment.

William Buckley's escape

Ellen Kelly

Squizzy Taylor

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