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Rationale/Aims Modern History

Rationale The Modern History curriculum enables students to study the forces that have shaped today’s world and provides them with a broader and deeper comprehension of the world in which they live. While the focus is on the 20th century, the curriculum …

Rationale/Aims | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

Rationale/Aims Ancient History

Rationale The Ancient History curriculum enables students to study life in early civilisations based on the analysis and interpretation of physical and written remains. The ancient period, as defined in this curriculum, extends from the development of …

Rationale/Aims | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Ancient History

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures is addressed in this subject through the investigation of sites of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the preservation and conservation of those sites. Students …

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

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The contributions of museums to our understanding of ancient ways of life and the question of whose past is represented in museum displays and exhibitions

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The contribution of sculpture, pottery, inscriptions and other literary sources to an understanding of life in Athens, for example Aristophanes’ plays The Wasps, The Frogs and The Acharnians

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The contribution of the sources to an understanding of the motivation of key individuals for example Pericles, Cleon, Brasidas, Nicias and Alcibiades

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How human and animal remains have contributed to a better understanding of the people who lived in these cities

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the spatial distribution of the hazard, and how an understanding of biophysical and human processes can be used to explain the patterns that are identified

ACHGE024

the diffusion and resulting spatial distribution of the hazard, and how an understanding of biophysical and human processes can be used to explain its spread

ACHGE074

The concept of anthropogenic biomes and its implications for our understanding of the functioning of the world’s ecosystems.

ACHAH032

The significance of the human remains for an understanding of the life and times in which they lived, including the social status of individuals, the beliefs and practices of the society, the health of ancient populations, and the nature of the envir …

ACHAH340

The significance of the sources for understanding the nature of Athenian democracy and Athenian imperialism; the nature of Athens’ relations with her allies, and attitudes towards the Athenian Empire

ACHAH382

How ancient writers and writing (for example Seneca, Strabo, Martial, and Pliny), inscriptions and graffiti contribute to our understanding of life in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

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The reliability of Tacitus’ The Annals and other sources for an understanding of the nature of Roman politics, the balance of power between Emperor and Senate, the motivations of individuals, and the importance of the military, and the corruption of governing …

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The importance of the work of Australians at the sites (for example Lazer, Mackenzie-Clark, Allison, Ellis, Jean-Paul Descoeudres and Frank Sear) in better understanding life in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

ACHAH056

The different interpretations and representations of the ‘fall’ of the Roman Empire in the West (from the ancient past, to the more recent past, to today), including Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and his view that the Roman Empire fell …

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