11–12History Extension 11–12 Syllabus
The new History Extension 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026.
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabus
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Year 12
- HX-12-01
analyses different approaches to history and the complexity of factors that shape historiographical perspectives in different eras
- HX-12-02
constructs a position about an area of historiographical interpretation, and discusses and challenges other positions
- HX-12-04
communicates through detailed, well-structured texts to explain, argue, discuss, analyse or evaluate historiographical issues
Historiographical skills
Students use a variety of sources to:
- identify and analyse differing historical and historiographical interpretations or issues
- explain why different producers of history have differing perspectives and approaches
- develop and challenge a view(s) about historical or historiographical issues.
The historiographical skills are to be integrated with the key questions.
The nature, role and status of history in different eras
Differing interpretations and perspectives of the aims and purposes of history
The issues of truth, objectivity and causation
The use and misuse of history
The credibility and legitimacy of producers of history
The identity of specific producers of history
The context of producers of history
The aims and purposes of the producers of history and their work(s)
The differing methods of the producers of history
The use and significance of evidence
Subject matter and structure of historical works
Forms of historical communication
The changing nature and availability of evidence
Differing identities and contexts of the producers of history
Differing perspectives about approaches to the construction of history
Different philosophies of history
The role of new technologies in the research, construction and production of history
Different audiences and consumers of history