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11–12Ancient History 11–12 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Content

Year 11

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.

Historical personalities

The following personalities are suggestions only. Teachers may develop studies of a different personality to meet student interest or ability. Students may explore one personality or elements of the content as appropriate.

  • Egypt – Hatshepsut
  • Egypt – Akhenaten
  • The Near East – Xerxes
  • China – Qin Shi Huangdi
  • Greece – Pericles
  • Greece – Alexander the Great
  • Rome – Julius Caesar
  • Rome – Agrippina the Younger
Connections and context

  • Significant places and events in their own life

  • Chronology of events in their own life

  • Similarities or differences in experiences in their own life compared with experiences of the selected personality

  • The geographic locations where the selected personality lived

  • The main features of the society the selected personality lived in

  • Sources and what they tell us about the selected personality

Background

  • Biographical details of the selected personality

  • Family background and position of the selected personality

  • Education and early life, and how these impacted events later in life

  • Marriage and alliances, and how these helped or hindered the selected personality

  • Career and ambition, and how these impacted the selected personality

  • Rise to power and influence of the selected personality

Key features and developments

  • Personal relationships and their significance

  • Different perspectives of individuals and groups about the selected personality

  • Enemies and opposition, and the actions taken by the selected personality in response to these

  • Political activity of the selected personality

  • Manner and impact of death

Sources from the past and the present

  • The historical reliability of the sources

  • Accessibility of the sources

  • Limitations of the sources

  • The usefulness of each source

Significance and legacy

  • Impact and influence of the selected personality during their lifetime

  • Significance and impact of the selected personality on the modern world

  • Comparison of ancient and modern interpretations of the selected personality

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