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 history and archaeology
Teachers select at least ONE option from the list below:
- Archaeology and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
- Archaeological sites and remains
- Maritime and underwater archaeology
- Rock art and petroglyphs
- Specialised field of archaeology
- Technology and archaeology
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 approaches, methods, or tools used to investigate history and archaeology
Explore sites or material culture 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
Everyday items that tell us about our past
Why it is important to preserve items that tell us about our past
Ways everyday items can be preserved for the future
Significant sites of rock art or petroglyphs
Methods used in the study of the selected rock art or petroglyphs
Ways to preserve the selected rock art or petroglyphs
Changes in the ways that the selected rock art or petroglyphs are investigated and protected
Reasons the selected rock art or petroglyphs are significant
Ethical responsibilities for the protection of rock art and petroglyphs