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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) – The Spanish conquest of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1572)

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 the Spanish conquest of the Americas

Background and origins of 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

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in the Spanish conquest of the Americas

  • 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

Impact and legacies of 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

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