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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.

Popular culture in Australia (1945 – c. 2010)

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 popular culture through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Background, origins and connections to popular culture in Australia
  • Individual preferences for entertainment, sport, fashion, literature or art

  • Groups in the community that share the same interest

  • Ways in which special interest groups in the community can be inclusive of everyone

  • The locations of United States and Britain on a map

  • Ways in which popular culture has changed after the Second World War

Significant groups, individuals, ideas, beliefs, practices or events in popular culture in Australia
  • The development of television or music and its influence on Australian culture

  • The role of a key individual in shaping popular culture

  • Australia’s contributions to international popular culture, including the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

  • The impact of advances in technology in changing ONE form of popular culture

Impact and legacies of popular culture in Australia
  • School or local activities or events that promote the inclusion of everyone in an aspect of popular culture

  • How social media influences popular culture

  • Perspectives on popular culture

  • A current event related to popular culture

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