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11–12Ancient History Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2024)

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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 treatment and display of human remains
Ancient 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

Display and ownership of human remains

  • 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

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