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
Students investigate key features, individuals, groups, events and developments that shaped the history of a selected nation. Students are to investigate ONE of the following countries during a specific period of the 20th century.
The historical concepts and skills content is to be integrated as appropriate.
- Australia 1918–1949
- China 1927–1949
- Cuba 1940–1991
- Indonesia 1945–2004
- Iran 1945–1989
- Japan 1904–1937
- Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941
- United States 1919–1941
Republican economic policies in the 1920s and early 1930s
Long-term causes of the Great Depression
The impact of the Great Depression on farmers, workers, women and African Americans
Attempts to halt the Great Depression: the presidencies of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Successes and failures of the New Deal
The impact of growing urbanisation and industrialisation
The growth and influence of American consumerism, including entertainment
Social tensions, including immigration restrictions, the urban–rural divide, religious fundamentalism, Prohibition, crime, racial conflict, anti-communism and anti-unionism
The aims, nature and strategies of US foreign policy
Factors shaping US foreign policy, including domestic pressures