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 the ancient world
Teachers select at least ONE depth study option from the list below:
- Early human societies
- Aboriginal Peoples’ historical interactions
- Law and justice in an ancient society
- Significant individual in an ancient society
- Social structures and cultural traditions of a group in the ancient world
- Slavery and slave trades in an ancient society
- Trade and cultural exchanges across the ancient world
- Women in ancient societies
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 the ancient world
Explain the different interpretations of selected written sources, oral sources or material culture
Create written texts to analyse historical concepts related to the ancient world
Aboriginal Peoples’ historical interactions across Language Groups
Features of Aboriginal Peoples’ historical social structures, trade and travel
Purpose of historical interactions between different groups of Aboriginal Peoples
Impact and legacy of the historical interactions among Aboriginal Peoples