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7–10History 7–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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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.

The Industrial Revolution (1750–1850)

Historical context: Europe’s need for more resources as a result of the Industrial Revolution led to the movement of peoples around the globe. This contributed to the making of the modern world as we know it.

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 the Industrial Revolution through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to the Industrial Revolution
  • Technologies used in daily life and their purpose

  • How technology can make life easier for people or solve problems

  • How a familiar technology is produced and distributed

  • The location of Britain

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in the Industrial Revolution
  • Groups of people who were affected by the Industrial Revolution

  • How the daily lives of workers, including women and children, changed during the Industrial Revolution

  • The contributions or achievements of a significant individual or group

  • A specific technological invention that occurred during the Industrial Revolution and why it was invented

  • How a specific technological invention changed society

Impact and legacies of the Industrial Revolution
  • The impact of a technological invention of the Industrial Revolution on daily life today

  • The ongoing impact of the Industrial Revolution on working life today

  • Perspectives on a contemporary issue that is linked to or illustrates working life

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