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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

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

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 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

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 ACHHS149

understanding the different meanings of particular terms and concepts when viewed in their historical context, such as feudalism in medieval Europe and Japan

Elaboration ACHHS171

understanding that the reliability and usefulness of a source depends on the questions asked of it (for example, an account may be one-sided; however, it may still be useful in revealing past prevailing attitudes)

Elaboration (1) ACHHS187

explaining the context of a source such as the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) and the significance of that context in understanding responses to the report (with varying perspectives)

Elaboration ACHHS189

understanding that the reliability and usefulness of a source depends on the questions asked of it (for example, an account may be one-sided and therefore of use in revealing past prevailing attitudes)

Elaboration ACHHS207

posing a key question such as: ‘How were the pyramids at Giza built?’ and understanding that there may not be a definitive answer; identifying related questions to inform the inquiry including: ‘What evidence is there?’ ‘What theories have been devel …

Elaboration (1) ACHHS189

discussing the reliability and usefulness of Martin Luther King’s 1963 ‘I Have A Dream’ speech as a source to assist in understanding the aims and motivations of the US Civil Rights movement

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