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
Year 11
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 case studies are suggestions only. Teachers may develop ideas and concepts from these case studies to support student interests and abilities. Students may participate in a single case study, part of a case study, or elements of content as appropriate.
Case studies from Australia, Europe and North America
- Australia and the rise of communism
- Making change: The Day of Mourning to the National Apology to the Stolen Generations
- The changing nature of Anglo–Irish relations
- The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty
- The transatlantic slave trade
- The American Civil War
- The rise of the American environmental movement
- Women’s movements
- Pemulwuy
- Queen Victoria and the Victorian Age
- Leon Trotsky
- The American Revolution
- Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
Case studies from Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America
- The Boxer Rebellion in China
- The British in India and Burma
- The Meiji Restoration
- Tibet in the modern world
- Contact in the Pacific
- The making of modern South Africa
- The origins of the Arab–Israeli conflict
- Empress Dowager Cixi
- Sun Yat-sen and the end of imperial China
- India under Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi
- Ho Chi Minh
- Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
- The New Zealand (Māori) Wars
- The Kingdom of Kongo
- The Mahdi and the siege of Khartoum
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- The dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
Teachers may develop their own case studies where appropriate to meet student interests and abilities. If they do so, they should consider the following aspects in their case study:
- relevance to the present
- key historical features and issues
- the role of individuals and groups within their chosen context
- key events and/or developments, and how they shape the past
- the significance of the site, individual or society
- impact and legacy
Significant events in own life
Chronology of events in own life
Significant people and places in own life
Features of where they live
Important characteristics of own family, familiar groups and the community
Chronology of the selected case study, including placement in time of the society
Location and geographical features of the selected case study
Significant people, places, artefacts and events of the selected case study
The defining characteristics of the society of the selected case study
Connections to people, places or events of the selected case study
Sites of importance for the selected case study
Sources and what they reveal about the selected case study
Different interpretations or representations of the selected case study over time
Areas of historical controversy
Changing perspectives over time
Reliability and limitations of sources
Significant people and their impact
Way of life for different groups of people
Beliefs, spiritualities and practices and why they were important
Role and status of different groups in the society
Interactions with neighbouring societies
The nature of weapons and warfare
Causes of conflict
Impacts of conflict
Significant aspects of culture, including traditions and celebrations
Developments in science, technology or medicine
How people participated in entertainment and recreation
Rise and decline of people, places and culture
Importance of sites to key groups of people
Status and depiction of different people, places and events
Causes of the historical event, development or movement
People who were significant to the event, development or movement and their actions
How the event, development or movement impacted people in the past
How the event, development or movement shaped the past
21st century ethical issues
Continuing traditions and practices
Influence of people, places or events of the selected case study on the modern world
Significance of a relevant site today
Appreciation of the impact of history on modern life