7–10History 7–10 Syllabus
The new History 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
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.
Historical context: The Second World War played a pivotal role in shaping the modern world.
This focus area aligns with:
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Content in Working with historical concepts and skills outlines how historical concepts and skills are to be integrated with all other content in this focus area as part of the process of historical inquiry.
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Engage in the historical inquiry process
Communicate ideas about the Holocaust through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
How people behave responsibly in groups
Times when people have not been treated fairly
How to recognise when people are not treated fairly
Upstander behaviour when people are not treated fairly
Responses and strategies when personally not treated fairly
Survivor stories of people affected by the Holocaust
The geographical location of the Holocaust
Aspects of the daily life and living conditions of Jewish people living in Nazi-occupied Europe
Significant places in the Holocaust, including ghettos and concentration camps in Germany and Poland
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
The contributions of a significant individual or group
Key moment(s) or turning point(s) in the Holocaust
Local or national activities or events that commemorate the Holocaust
Other groups affected by the Nazi persecution
An event related to the legacy of the Holocaust
The impact of the Holocaust on the Jewish people