Unit 4: The Modern World since 1945 Modern History
This unit examines some significant and distinctive features of the modern world within the period 1945 – 2010, in order to build students’ understanding of the contemporary world - that is, why we are here at this point in time. These include changes …
Unit 4: The Modern World since 1945 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century Modern History
This unit examines the characteristics of modern nations in the 20th century; the crises that confronted nations, their responses to these crises and the different paths nations have taken to fulfil their goals. Students study the characteristics of TWO …
Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century | Modern 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
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 Geography
Rationale The study of Geography draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It enables students to appreciate the complexity of our world and the diversity of its environments, …
Rationale/Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH133
the use of technology in ancient times to access resources and control the environment
ACHAH133 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Ancient Societies | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH201
The significance of Athens’ leadership of the Delian League, the transformation of the League to an empire, and the methods of control used by Athens to 445BC
ACHAH201 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH071
The basis on which the colonists claimed sovereignty and imposed control, including conquest, treaty and the doctrine of ‘terra nullius’; and the consequences for the legal status and land rights of Indigenous peoples
ACHMH071 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Movements for Change in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH067
The post-war changes in social conditions affecting women, for example birth control with the introduction of the contraceptive pill; improved pay and employment opportunities; affirmative action; campaigns against violence, war and discrimination and …
ACHMH067 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Movements for Change in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH138
The changes that transformed Russia, including the New Economic Policy, the creation of the USSR, the Five Year plans and how they contributed to state control of the economy, forced rural collectivisation, state-created famine and the modernisation of …
ACHMH138 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH139
The different experiences of individuals and groups in the period to 1945, including peasants and factory workers, and the methods the regime employed to control them, including mobilisation and propaganda, repression, the Purges and the Great Terror …
ACHMH139 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH039
The geographic and historical context of Masada, including its location and physical features, an overview of the Roman control of Judaea and the organisation of the province, the problems between the Jews and the Romans leading to the outbreak of war, …
ACHAH039 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH186
An overview, as background, of the nature of the world order at the end of World War II, colonialism in the Eastern communist bloc and Western capitalist bloc, and the emerging role of the United Nations
ACHMH186 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4: The Modern World since 1945 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH191
The changing nature of world order in the period 1989-2010, for example the peaceful reunification of Germany, the US as superpower, the exercise of military power, and economic influence
ACHMH191 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4: The Modern World since 1945 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH146
The internal development of Japan after the Occupation and the nature of its foreign policy, including the nature of the constitution and political system; the terms of the US-Japan Security Treaty, and the nature of the political order that followed; …
ACHMH146 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum