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 constructed lives
Teachers select at least ONE option from the list below:
- Biographical study of a historical figure
- Biographical study of a group in history
- Comparative biographical study
- Personal narratives or oral histories
- Unsung lives
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 in a biographical study
Explore portrayals of people in a biographical study 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
Personal histories of familiar people
Ways personal histories can be recorded or communicated
Reasons for engaging with personal histories
Ways of recording or communicating a biographical study of an individual whose story has not been fully recognised in their time and context
Changes in the ways that information about the selected individual has been collected, recorded or shared
Reasons the selected individual is significant
Ethical responsibilities to include diverse perspectives when representing a historical figure