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 histories of the modern world
Teachers select at least ONE option from the list below:
- Colonisation and decolonisation in the modern world
- Key cultural, scientific and philosophical developments in the modern world
- Movements for democracy and peace in the modern world
- Political conflict and its aftermath in a country or region in the modern world
- Significant group or individual from a country or region in the modern world
- Social and political history of a country or region in the modern world
- Women in the modern 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 modern world
Organise historical events or actions in chronological order
Communicate ideas about the past through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
How things have changed in society over time
New ideas can lead to change
Change can be immediate or long term
Groups and individuals can have different reactions to change
The purpose of a key cultural, scientific or philosophical development in the modern world
Roles of people connected to the selected cultural, scientific or philosophical development in the modern world
Key events related to the selected cultural, scientific or philosophical development in the modern world
Different experiences of groups or individuals related to the selected cultural, scientific or philosophical development in the modern world
Impact and legacy of the selected cultural, scientific or philosophical development