7–10History 7–10 Syllabus
The new History 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Stage 5
Students can investigate the following options
Relating to Historical context 4 (core): The making of the modern world (1750–c. 1945)
- The Industrial Revolution
- The movement of peoples
- Imperialism in Asia
- Key ideas and movements
- The Holocaust
Relating to Historical context 5 (core): The modern world
- Rights and freedoms of Australian women
- Migration experiences
- Popular culture
- The environmental movement
Relating to content in either Stage 4 or Stage 5:
- School-developed topic
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 process of historical inquiry.
Loading...Evaluate and use relevant historical concepts and skills
Engage in historical inquiry, integrating information from a range of sources as evidence where appropriate
Create written texts to analyse historical concepts related to the Industrial Revolution
The British Agricultural Revolution, population movements and changing patterns of settlement in Britain
The connection between imperialism and industrialisation
Key technological inventions that affected transport, manufacturing and industrialisation
Changes in social structure and living conditions in Britain
Working conditions in factories, mines and other occupations, with particular emphasis on child labour
Social movements and ideologies that emerged and influenced change during the Industrial Revolution
At least ONE of the following impacts and legacies:
The contribution of industrialisation to the development of Britain in this period
Short-term and long-term impacts of the Industrial Revolution