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7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

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Stage 4

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

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.

Migration experiences (1945 – c. 2016)

Historical context: In the modern world, people have become more involved in global movements such as sustainability, rights, freedoms and equality. Australia works with its neighbours and other nations to address these shared goals.

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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Working with historical concepts and skills
  • Use relevant historical concepts and skills

  • Engage in the historical inquiry process

  • Communicate ideas about migration experiences through oral, visual written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to migration experiences
  • Personal or local stories of people coming to Australia, including when, from where, how and why they came

  • Personal or local cultural celebrations or milestones and their significance

  • Aspects of everyday life that are influenced by culture

  • Cultural activities or events that celebrate different groups within the school community

  • The geographical location of the countries from which Australia’s postwar migrants came

  • Reasons people migrate

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in migration experiences
  • The experience of an individual or migration group, including the experiences of migrant women

  • A turning point or series of events that influenced the reasons that a group of people migrated to Australia

  • The influence of a local and/or international development on the migration group

  • Local, state, national or international groups and activities that support migrants and refugees

  • Rights and responsibilities of residents in Australia

Impact and legacies of migration experiences
  • School or local activities or events that promote intercultural understanding

  • The impact of migration on multiculturalism in Australian society

  • How Australians celebrate a shared national identity

  • A current event related to migration

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