Year 9 History
The making of the modern world The Year 9 curriculum provides a study of the history of the making of the modern world from 1750 to 1918. It was a period of industrialisation and rapid change in the ways people lived, worked and thought. It was an era …
Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 History
The ancient world The Year 7 curriculum provides a study of history from the time of the earliest human communities to the end of the ancient period, approximately 60 000 BC (BCE) – c.650 AD (CE). It was a period defined by the development of cultural …
Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 History
The modern world and Australia The Year 10 curriculum provides a study of the history of the modern world and Australia from 1918 to the present, with an emphasis on Australia in its global context. The twentieth century became a critical period in Australia’s …
Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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
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
Elaboration (4) ACDSEH050
listening to the Gregorian chants of Western Christianity and exploring how they reflect the nature and power of the Church in this period
Elaboration (4) | ACDSEH050 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACDSEH096
explaining the treatment of people of German descent during the war (for example, their classification as ‘enemy aliens’ and placement in internment camps, as well as their depiction in government propaganda)
Elaboration (4) | ACDSEH096 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents History
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: History are available as PDF documents. History: Sequence of content 7-10 History: Sequence of achievement 7-10
PDF documents | 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
ACDSEH001
How historians and archaeologists investigate history, including excavation and archival research
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH001 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH129
The role of a significant individual in ancient Egyptian history such as Hatshepsut or Ramses II
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH129 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH130
The role of a significant individual in ancient Greek history such as Leonidas or Pericles
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH130 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH131
The role of a significant individual in ancient Rome’s history such as Julius Caesar or Augustus
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH131 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH133
The role of a significant individual in Indian history such as Chandragupta Maurya or Ashoka
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH133 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH132
The role of a significant individual in ancient Chinese history such as Confucius or Qin Shi Huang
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH132 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH078
The extent of the Mongol expansion as one of the largest land empires in history
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACDSEH078 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Aims History
The Australian Curriculum: History aims to ensure that students develop: interest in, and enjoyment of, historical study for lifelong learning and work, including their capacity and willingness to be informed and active citizens knowledge, understanding …
Aims | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACDSEH001
identifying different approaches to historical investigation such as the use of excavation and stratigraphy, oral history and use of data derived from radiocarbon dating
Elaboration | ACDSEH001 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHHS165
discussing the contestability of particular historical terms such as 'settlement', 'invasion' and 'colonisation' in the context of Australia’s history
Elaboration | ACHHS165 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACHHS206
defining and using terms such as BC (Before Christ), AD (anno Domini), BCE (Before Common Era), and CE (Common Era); prehistory (before the period of textual recording) and history (the period beginning with named individuals and textual recording)
Elaboration | ACHHS206 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum