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
Different types of sources and artefacts, including human remains
Places historians can find sources to investigate the past
Places human remains have been discovered
Reasons human remains have been preserved
The ways in which ancient human remains have been preserved
Methods and results of scientific analysis used on human remains
The issue of consent when using scientific analysis on human remains
How ancient human remains, and other sources, are used to understand the life and times in which the person lived
The significance of human remains as a source of historical information
Ancient human remains that can be seen today
Where and how human remains are displayed
Reasons human remains have been displayed, including Aboriginal Peoples’ remains
Different perspectives about who should own human remains
Issues with the acquisition and display of human remains