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11–12Ancient History 11–12 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 6

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Investigating ancient history – The nature of ancient history

Students may investigate one or more of the following options, part of an option or elements of the content as appropriate. Content from the options can also be combined for an integrated study or combined with any of the case studies.

  • The investigation of ancient sites and sources
  • The representation of the ancient past
  • Conservation and reconstruction of ancient sites
  • Cultural heritage and the role of museums
  • The treatment and display of human remains
The investigation of ancient sites and sources
Archaeology
  • Ways historians and archaeologists record history

  • Processes of archaeological excavation

  • How historic sites can provide historians with an understanding of events, people and developments in the past

  • Types of archaeological and scientific methods

  • Ways that archaeological and scientific methods can be used to investigate and reconstruct the past

Limitations and reliability of sources
  • Different types of sources

  • Places where historians can find sources to investigate the past

  • Sources can be used to ask and answer questions about the past

  • Different sources can provide different representations of the past

  • Issues associated with reconstructing the past through archaeological evidence

  • Issues associated with reconstructing the past through ancient written texts

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