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
Stage 4
- HIE4-ADJ-01
in Stage 4 teachers may adjust the Stage 5 outcomes as appropriate to the needs of students in Years 7 and 8
Investigating histories of women
Teachers select at least ONE depth study option from the list below:
- Historical experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
- Historical experiences of women and migration
- Recovering women’s forgotten voices
- Women and access to education across different eras
- Women in a selected society
- Women of influence in a historical context
- Women’s roles in social movements and in advancing human rights
- Women’s roles in revolutions
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.
LoadingEvaluate and use relevant historical concepts and skills
Engage in historical inquiry, analysing and integrating information from a range of sources as evidence
Examine how historical narratives can be used to represent a historical context related to Histories of women
Explain the different interpretations of selected written sources, oral sources or material culture
Create written texts to analyse historical concepts related to women’s history
Background and historical context of a selected woman of influence
Key developments in relation to the life of a selected woman of influence in an historical context
Experiences and contributions of a selected woman of influence in an historical context
Impact and legacy of a selected woman of influence