Year 8 History
The ancient to the modern world The Year 8 curriculum provides a study of history from the end of the ancient period to the beginning of the modern period, c.650– 1750 AD (CE). This was when major civilisations around the world came into contact with …
Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Rationale History
History is a disciplined process of inquiry into the past that develops students’ curiosity and imagination. Awareness of history is an essential characteristic of any society, and historical knowledge is fundamental to understanding ourselves and others. …
Rationale | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Structure History
The Australian Curriculum: History is organised into two interrelated strands: historical knowledge and understanding and historical inquiry and skills. Historical knowledge and understanding strand This strand includes personal, family, local, state …
Structure | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard History Year 8
By the end of Year 8, students recognise and explain patterns of change and continuity over time. They explain the causes and effects of events and developments. They identify the motives and actions of people at the time. Students explain the significance …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard History Year 10
By the end of Year 10, students refer to key events, the actions of individuals and groups, and beliefs and values to explain patterns of change and continuity over time. They analyse the causes and effects of events and developments and explain their …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH033
Significant beliefs, values and practices of the ancient Egyptians, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death and funerary customs
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ACDSEH033 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH036
Significant beliefs, values and practices of the ancient Greeks, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death and funerary customs
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ACDSEH036 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH039
Significant beliefs, values and practices of the ancient Romans, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death and funerary customs
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ACDSEH039 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH045
Significant beliefs, values and practices of Indian society, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death and funerary customs
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ACDSEH045 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH042
Significant beliefs, values and practices of Chinese society, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death and funerary customs
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH042 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHHS212
Identify and describe points of view, attitudes and values in primary and secondary sources
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHHS212 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHHS155
Identify and describe points of view, attitudes and values in primary and secondary sources
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACHHS155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH149
Continuity and change in beliefs and values that have influenced the Australian way of life
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH149 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACDSEH036
investigating the significant beliefs, values and practices of the ancient Greeks (for example, the Olympic Games or the Delphic Oracle)
Elaboration | ACDSEH036 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACDSEH036
investigating significant beliefs and values associated with warfare (for example, heroic ideals as revealed in the Iliad) and military practices (for example, army organisation, the hoplite phalanx and naval warfare)
Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH036 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACDSEH045
investigating the significant beliefs, values and practices of Indian society associated with, for example, the role of the family and religious ceremonies (such as rites of passage for boys and men; rites of passage for girls and women; marriage rit …
Elaboration | ACDSEH045 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACDSEH045
investigating the significant beliefs, values and practices of Indian society associated with death and funerary customs (for example, cremation, the use of professional mourners, the construction of stupas)
Elaboration (1) | ACDSEH045 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACDSEH042
investigating the significant beliefs, values and practices of Chinese society associated with daily life (for example, irrigation and the practice of agriculture, the teachings of Confucius, the evidence of daily life from the Han tombs)
Elaboration | ACDSEH042 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACHHS212
identifying the perspective in a historical source, such as the saying of Confucius, ‘women and underlings are especially difficult to handle’, and discussing the values and attitudes of the society that produced it
Elaboration (1) | ACHHS212 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHHS155
describing the values and attitudes revealed by a source (such as an individual account) and using additional sources to show how they are broadly representative of the values and attitudes of the society
Elaboration | ACHHS155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum