Skip to content

A NSW Government website

Welcome to the NSW Curriculum website

NSW Curriculum
NSW Education Standards Authority

7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2027
Expand for detailed implementation advice

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.

Human rights and freedoms (c. 1938 – c. 2017)

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

This focus area aligns with:

  • Stage 5 Loading...
  • Stage 5 Loading...

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.

Loading...
Working with historical concepts and skills
  • Use relevant historical concepts and skills

  • Engage in the historical inquiry process

  • Communicate ideas about human rights and freedoms through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to human rights and freedoms
  • 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

  • How appropriate and respectful terminology can empower people, including Aboriginal Peoples

  • The influence of a local and/or international development on changes to rights and freedoms

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in human rights and freedoms
  • Experiences of children who were part of the Stolen Generations

  • The significance of Student Action for Aborigines (SAFA) and the 1965 Freedom Ride

  • Aspects of Aboriginal Peoples’ fight for an end to racism and discrimination

  • Key aspects of Aboriginal Peoples’ fight for land rights

  • A significant event in bringing about positive change in the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal Peoples

  • The fight for rights and freedoms for ONE other group of people in Australia – either women, people with disability or migrants

  • Local, state, national or international groups and activities that promote equality

Self-advocacy
  • How to communicate preferences, needs and wants

  • How to communicate when needs are not met

  • How to communicate when people are unsafe or not being treated fairly

  • How to get help when there is a problem at home, at school or in the community

  • Advocacy for rights in a school, local or national context

Impact and legacies of human rights and freedoms
  • Local activities or events that promote equality

  • Ways people participate as citizens in Australian society

  • The impact of the fight for rights and freedoms on the identity of Aboriginal Peoples

  • A current event related to rights and freedoms

Related files