7–10History Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025)
The new History Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the History Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2019).
2026 and 2027 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028 – Start teaching the 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. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Life Skills
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.
Investigating historical themes
Teachers select at least ONE option from the list below:
- Contributions of women in a historical context
- Histories of a selected group across different eras
- History of crime and punishment
- History of scientific and medical innovations
- History of spies and espionage
- Popular culture in historical contexts
- Propaganda and mass media across different eras
- Revolutions that changed the world
Content in Thinking and working historically 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.
LoadingUse relevant historical concepts and skills
Engage in the process of historical inquiry, including the use of sources
Explore historical sources to learn about life in the past
Organise historical events or actions in chronological order
Communicate ideas about the past through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
Common themes in familiar stories
Stories throughout history that share a common theme
Personal connections to historical themes
Reasons for crime in a selected historical context
Purpose of punishment in a selected historical context
Key events connected to crime and punishment in a selected historical context
Ways different groups of people experienced crime and punishment in a selected historical context
Impact and legacy of crime and punishment