11–12Modern History 11–12 Syllabus
The new Modern History 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabuses for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Modern History Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2027, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabuses for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2028
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
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.
The following options are suggestions only. Teachers may develop their own options to support student interests and abilities. Students may explore one option, part of an option or elements of the content as appropriate.
- The nuclear age 1945–2021
- Civil rights in the United States 1945–1972
- The Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa 1948–1994
- The struggle for democracy in Burma 1948–2021
- From the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square 1966–1989
- The changing world order 1989–2016
Respond to relevant questions about the past
Describe a significant event from their own past
Communicate an awareness of continuity in their own life or community
Communicate an awareness of change in their own life or community
The difference between imposed and self-managed change in their own life
Causes of a recent change in their own life
Impacts of a recent personal change
Reactions to change
A recent social, economic or political change
The geographical region where the change took place
Factors that led to the change
Countries involved in the change
A key personality involved in the change
Significant groups associated with the change
Significant movements associated with the change
Issues involved in the change
Resistance from an individual
Resistance from a group
Aspects of government responses
Aspects of government involvement
Military responses
Consequences and impacts of the change
Contributions of the change to the world today