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7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

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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.

Rights and freedoms of Australian women (c. 1945 – c. 2012)

Historical context: In the modern world, people have become more involved in global movements such as sustainability, rights, freedoms and equality. Australia works with its neighbours and other nations to address these shared goals.

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 rights and freedoms of Australian women through oral, visual written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to rights and freedoms of Australian women
  • Rights and responsibilities as students

  • Rights and responsibilities as members of the community

  • Key components in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  • Rights and responsibilities of Australian citizens

  • People throughout history with limited rights and freedoms

  • Women in familiar contexts and their roles

  • Women in a range of fields, nationally and globally

  • Similarities and differences between the lives of women prior to the Second World War and women today

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in rights and freedoms of Australian women
  • Areas where women have not had the same rights as men

  • A significant event, development or campaign that contributed to popular awareness of women’s issues

  • The role of a key individual or group in the women’s rights movement

  • The influence of a local or international development related to women’s rights

  • Local, state, national or international groups and activities that support and advocate for women

Impact and legacies of rights and freedoms of Australian women
  • School or local activities or events that promote women’s rights and freedoms

  • Similarities and differences between the rights of women in Australia and women in ONE other country

  • Perspectives on women’s rights

  • A current event related to women’s rights

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