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 12
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.
Students may investigate one or more of the following options, part of an option or elements of the content as appropriate. Content from the options can also be combined for an integrated study or combined with any of the case studies.
- The investigation of historic sites and sources
- The contestability of the past
- The construction of modern histories
- The representation and commemoration of the past
Examples of real sources, fakes and forgeries
Problems identifying real sources, fakes and forgeries, including the identification and origin of artefacts, human remains and documents, and the reliability of writers who did not witness the events they describe
Why people create fakes and forgeries
Difficulties with scientific and comparative dating techniques for documents and objects
Challenges in the process of undertaking a historical investigation
Different representations of the past
Sources can interpret the past differently
Different interpretations of a person or event from the past in sources