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7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Content

Stage 5

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.

The past in the present

Historical context: People lived before us. We can learn about the past using sources such as documents, interviews, visual or tactile materials, artefacts or sites.

This focus area is unique to Years 7–10 Life Skills.

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 the past through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Events of the past
  • Everyday objects and activities from now (present), a long time ago (past)

  • Significant events in the recent past

  • Chronology of significant events in the recent past

Evidence of the past
  • Evidence of the past in the local area and beyond

  • Archaeologists investigate sites to learn about the past

  • Historians use an inquiry process to answer questions about the past

  • Types of sources used to investigate the past

  • The processes of historical inquiry, including asking questions, identifying and using sources, recognising perspectives in sources and communicating about the past

  • History of a local Aboriginal identity and/or Language group

  • History of a local site

Conservation and preservation of the past
  • Ancient sites that are still being conserved and preserved

  • Australian sites that protect and preserve the heritage of Aboriginal Peoples

  • Importance of conserving artefacts and remains from the past

  • How individuals can contribute to conservation

Significance of the past
  • The impact of a person or event from the past on life today

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