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7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

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Stage 4

Historical context 2 (options): The medieval world (c. 500 – c. 1600)

Students investigate at least ONE of the following options:

  • Medieval Europe
  • The expansion of Islam*
  • Polynesian expansion across the Pacific*
  • The Vikings
  • The Angkor/Khmer Empire*
  • Japan under the Shoguns*
  • Mongol expansion*
  • The Ottoman Empire*
  • The Black Death in Asia, Europe and North Africa*
  • Renaissance Italy
  • The Spanish conquest of the Americas

At least ONE depth study option to be chosen from a non-western option (marked with an *).

Depth study (option) – Renaissance Italy (c. 1400 – c. 1600)

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 historical inquiry, using information from a range of sources as evidence where appropriate

  • Create written texts to explain historical concepts related to Renaissance Italy

Background and origins of Renaissance Italy

  • Geographical context and natural features that shaped Renaissance Italy

  • Role of wealth in the development of the Renaissance

  • Key events within the chronology of Renaissance Italy

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in Renaissance Italy

  • Ideas regarding the influence of classical thinking on ways of perceiving the individual and the world

  • Features of art, architecture, science and technology in Renaissance Italy, including the work of key individuals

  • The role of patronage of families such as the Medici and their relationship with artists in the creation of works of art and architecture

  • The role and significance of a chosen individual during the Renaissance

Impact and legacies of Renaissance Italy

  • The cultural, political and scientific legacy of the Renaissance

  • Changing interpretations of the nature and impact of the Renaissance

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