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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.

The environmental movement (c. 1960 – c. 2015)

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:

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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 environmental movement through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to the environmental movement
  • Sustainable practices used at school or home and the impact of these practices

  • How people care for a familiar or local natural environment

  • The responsibility of citizens to manage and care for the environment

  • A site that has been impacted by environmental change

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in the environmental movement
  • A significant event, development or campaign that contributed to popular awareness of an environmental issue

  • The role of a key individual or group in the environmental movement

  • The influence of a local or international development related to the environmental movement

  • Local, state, national or international groups and activities that care for the environment

Impact and legacies of the environmental movement
  • Local activities or events that care for the environment

  • A current event related to the environmental movement

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