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 of continuity and change, cause and effect, perspectives, significance and contestability
Engage in historical inquiry, integrating information from a range of sources as evidence where appropriate
Create written texts to analyse historical concepts related to imperialism in Asia
Dominance of Asian empires and regional powers prior to 1750
Nature of Portuguese, Dutch and English exploration and trade with China and Japan prior to 1750
The role of European trading companies including the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company in Asia in this period
ONE Asian nation’s response to a key event: either China and Britain in the Opium Wars (1839–1860); Indonesia and the Netherlands in the Java War (1825–1830); OR India and Britain in the Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny) (1857)
The role of nationalism and resistance movements in response to imperialism in ONE Asian nation
The role and significance of Japanese expansion on the regional power dynamics in East Asia
At least ONE of the following impacts and legacies:
The impact of the end of Japanese isolation and the Treaty of Kanagawa (1868) on the region
The impact of the Treaty of Nanking (1842) and consequences of the decline of the Qing dynasty on China’s influence in the region
The impact of the First World War in Asia and Japanese involvement in the conflict