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 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 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
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
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
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
ACOKFH001
the theory that people moved out of Africa between 120 000 and 60 000 years ago and migrated to other parts of the world, including Australia
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ACOKFH001 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH031
The nature of sources for ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia’s past in the ancient period, such as the use of resources
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ACDSEH031 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACOKFH016
the nature and significance of the Industrial Revolution and how it affected living and working conditions, including within Australia
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ACOKFH016 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH088
The short and long-term impacts of ONE of these ideas on Australia and the world
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ACDSEH088 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH083
Experiences of slaves, convicts and free settlers upon departure, their journey abroad, and their reactions on arrival, including the Australian experience
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ACDSEH083 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH084
Changes in the way of life of a group(s) of people who moved to Australia in this period, such as free settlers on the frontier in Australia
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ACDSEH084 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH020
The extension of settlement, including the effects of contact (intended and unintended) between European settlers in Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
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ACDSEH020 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH089
Experiences of non-Europeans in Australia prior to the 1900s (such as the Japanese, Chinese, South Sea Islanders, Afghans)
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ACDSEH089 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH090
Living and working conditions in Australia around the turn of the twentieth century (that is 1900)
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ACDSEH090 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH091
Key people, events and ideas in the development of Australian self-government and democracy, including, the role of founders, key features of constitutional development, the importance of British and Western influences in the formation of Australia’s …
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ACDSEH091 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH095
The places where Australians fought and the nature of warfare during World War I, including the Gallipoli campaign
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ACDSEH095 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACDSEH096
The impact of World War I, with a particular emphasis on Australia including the changing role of women
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ACDSEH096 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACOKFH021
continuing efforts post-World War II to achieve lasting peace and security in the world, including Australia’s involvement in UN peacekeeping
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ACOKFH021 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum