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7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Content

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.

Key ideas and movements (1750–1918)

Historical context: Europe’s need for more resources as a result of the Industrial Revolution led to the movement of peoples around the globe. This contributed to the making of the modern world as we know it.

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 key ideas and movements through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to key ideas and movements
  • A change, movement or new idea experienced in the school community

  • The advantages and disadvantages of having new ideas or ways of doing something

  • Personal and collective actions for a social issue

  • Key ideas that have had an impact on communities

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in the history of key ideas and movements
  • The features of ONE key idea or movement

  • Contributions or achievements of a significant individual or group in the development of ONE key idea or movement

  • How ONE key idea or movement was challenged

  • Significant moment(s), achievement(s) or turning point(s) in ONE key idea or movement

Impact and legacies of key ideas and movements
  • The ongoing impact of ONE key idea or movement on the lives of people today

  • Perspective on a contemporary issue that is linked to or illustrates ONE key idea or movement

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