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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

Links to Foundation to Year 10 Modern History

The Modern History curriculum continues to develop student learning in history through the same strands used in the Foundation to Year 10 history curriculum, although in the historical knowledge and understanding strand in Years 9-10, there is a focus …

Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

Structure of Modern History Modern History

Units In Modern History, students study the forces that have shaped the modern world and develop a broader and deeper comprehension of the world in which they live. The Modern History curriculum consists of four units. For each unit there are five to …

Structure of Modern History | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Modern History

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures includes study of the ideas that have influenced movements for change, the progress towards recognition and equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the focus of continued …

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

ACHMH027

The significance of the American Revolution into the 19th century: for example its impact on other revolutionary movements; and the implications for Australia of the cessation of British convict transportation to the United States

ACHMH028

Modern History Senior secondary Curriculum - The Australian Curriculum v8.3 The main causes of the French Revolution including the influence of the Enlightenment; the increasingly prosperous elite of wealthy commoners who …

ACHMH062

The legal and political entitlements of women in Western societies, for example the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and France at the start of the 20th century, including their right to vote, their right to stand for Parliament, marriage …

ACHMH068

The importance of legislation in securing changes for women since World War II, for example, Roe vs Wade (US); the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Australia); the failure of the United States to ratify the 19th amendment on Equal Rights; the Equality Act …

ACHMH120

An overview of Australia in 1918 as background information for more intensive study of the period

ACHMH122

The impact of the Great Depression on different groups within Australian society and the effectiveness of political responses to the crisis

ACHMH123

The changing nature and significance of Australia’s foreign policy from 1916-1949

ACHMH124

The nature and scope of Australia’s war effort in Europe, Asia and the Pacific (1939-1945)

ACHMH189

The involvement of Australia in the Cold War, with particular reference to foreign policy, nuclear testing at Maralinga, and the war in Vietnam

ACHMH193

An overview, as background information, of the impact of World War II on Australia and Asia, including the significance of the fall of Singapore, the political and social impact of the war with Japan, the increasing regional involvement of the United …

ACHMH194

The nature of Australia’s response to key developments in the period, including the success of the Communists in China, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, the return of the French to Vietnam, Indonesian claims for independence, Australia’s adherence to the …

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