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
Year 12
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
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
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