11–12Ancient History 11–12 Syllabus
The new Ancient History 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabuses for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Ancient History Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2027, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabuses for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2028
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Life Skills
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.
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
Items of importance to personal or community history
Engaging with local Aboriginal Communities
Different types of sources
Places historians can find sources to investigate the ancient past
How sources are used to understand people, places and events from the ancient past
The importance of the context or provenance of an artefact
Sources can be used to ask and answer questions about the past
Personal connections to cultural heritage
Ownership of cultural property
Illegal trade and looting in reference to antiquities and archaeological sites
The importance of cultural property for the society to which it belongs
The different ways museums collect, display and store artefacts
Various stakeholders interested in artefacts and sites
Different perspectives about who should own cultural property
Perspectives about the acquisition and display of artefacts
The contributions of museums to our knowledge of history