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
Stage 4
Teachers select at least ONE option from:
- 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 *).
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 historical inquiry, using information from a range of sources as evidence where appropriate
Create written texts to explain historical concepts related to the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Location of the major civilisations and cities of the pre-contact Americas
Reasons for Spanish exploration, conquest and settlement of the Americas
Routes of Spanish conquistadors and the societies they encountered
Key features of ONE pre-contact American society
Role of beliefs or religion in ONE pre-contact American society
Perspectives of first-contact experiences between the Spanish conquistadors and ONE Indigenous society from the Americas
The Spanish conquest of ONE pre-contact American society and Indigenous resistance
Role and significance of a chosen individual during the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Short-term and long-term effects of the Spanish conquest on ONE pre-contact American society and on Europe
Changing interpretations and representations of the legacy of ONE pre-contact American society