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 popular culture
Overview of changes to Australian society after the Second World War (WWII)
The increasing influence of American culture on Australians in the 1950s
Australian popular culture during the 1950s and 1960s
The impact of the Cold War and economic pressures on popular culture in the 1970s and 1980s
The impact of advances in technology in changing ONE form of popular culture during the 1980s, 1990s and/or 2000s
The influence of overseas developments and multiculturalism on ONE aspect of Australian popular culture
Australia’s contribution to international popular culture, including the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
At least ONE of the following impacts and legacies:
The impact of television and film, music, sports, fashion, literature, cultural identity or technology from around the world in influencing Australian society
The impact of Americanisation and globalisation on changes to Australian society