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
Items of importance to personal or community history
Different types of sources
Places historians can find sources to investigate the past
How sources are used to understand people, places and events from the past
Sources can be used to ask and answer questions about the past
Sources which demonstrate how a person, site, society or event has been represented over time
Different representations of the past
Compare differing interpretations and representations of the past
Reasons a person, site or event might be represented differently
Ways people remember or celebrate a significant person
Symbols or objects that are commonly used to remember or celebrate a significant person
Reasons for commemorating people or events in history
Commemorations of significant people or events in history
Symbols or objects used in a commemoration of a significant person or event in history